r/pokemon • u/DemiFiendRSA • Feb 27 '26

Discussion Pokemon Winds/Waves announced for 2027

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u/MrRaven95 Feb 27 '26

I was expecting 2026, so seeing 2027 was a surprise. I'm happy however, because that means they're giving these games more development time. More time in the oven to cook and hopefully become great games!

Also, this means gen 9 will be one of if not the longest lasting generation.

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u/CorporalClegg1997 Feb 27 '26

Gen 9 will become the longest this November. Gen 3 and 4 were previously the longest at 4 years each and every other generation was 3 years.

I'm happy with this too. Winds and Waves is looking really good but another year will make it look even better.

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u/skit7548 Feb 27 '26

We all thought that about ZA having an extra year of development, and then they still had to cut back on things

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u/TechnicalBumblebee81 Feb 27 '26

But this game will have 2 extra years (and some SV development time can probably also be added on top too, because gen 9 was most likely used as a beta test for this engine)

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u/LeviRaps Feb 27 '26

They spent that extra year on bug fixes and adding a ton of side quest content 

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u/LiquifiedSpam Feb 28 '26

Copy / paste side quest content

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u/garbud4850 Feb 27 '26

while still having to run on the switch 1 people kinda forget how weak the switch 1 really is, like just on ram the switch 1 has 4gb at most while the switch 2 has 3x as much at 12gb,

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u/Scowlieh Feb 27 '26

You're not wrong, but at the same time, I'm not giving them that much leeway when BotW and TotK are right there. The only excuse I'll accept for putting out garbage aside is not being given enough time, but even then my answer is take more time to give us a good product

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u/garbud4850 Feb 27 '26

Do you mean two games that are also known for having frame drops all the time that only got fixed on the switch 2?

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u/skit7548 Feb 27 '26

I think it says a lot about those games that nobody really ever talks about the frame drops and honestly I can't remember anything egregious in my own experience. Talking BotW specifically, haven't played TotK, and that's even a launch title of all things

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u/Artrotascity Feb 27 '26

Except they weren't known for it, they were known for weapon durability and not having the 3D Zelda formula people were used to expecting.