At the closing of the Pokémon World Championships 2024 in Honolulu, The Pokémon Company has revealed the host cities for not only the next championships in 2025 but also the 2026 event.
Next year’s competition will be held in Anaheim, California from August 15th to 17th, 2025, while the following year will take place in San Francisco from August 28th to 30th, 2026. Despite the “World Championships” moniker, that’s two in a row for the state of California alone, and a continuation of a trend since the event’s inception that’s seen it held in the US nearly every year.
The news came as part of the current Pokémon World Championships closing ceremony, which also held updates on Pokémon Go, Pokémon UNITE, the Pokémon Trading Card Game, along with a release date announcement for the new Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket app, which is launching on October 30th.
The Pokémon World Championships 2025 and 2026 locations were revealed in a trailer which you can watch below:
In case you missed it earlier, Pokémon TCG Pocket is an upcoming new free-to-play mobile app that’ll simulate opening packets of Pokémon cards and collecting them and trading with friends as well as offer a “streamlined” version of playing the actual TCG.
The game will also different virtual card treatments including “Immersive” cards unique to the app that let players see even more of the worlds within the card art, and while the exact mechanics of buying packs in-app wasn’t made clear, we do know that users will get two free packs to open every day.
Hot off of pre-registrations kicking off, The Pokemon Company has also revealed the launch date for the Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket. The app is set to arrive on Android and iOS devices starting October 30th, 2024. You can pre-register below:
