Pokémon Presents
A Pokémon Press Conference is an event hosted by The Pokémon Company in Tokyo, Japan.
List of press conferences
2015
The Pokémon GO Press Conference (Japanese: 新事業戦略発表会 New Business Strategy Announcement) was announced and held on September 10, 2015, announcing the smartphone game Pokémon GO as a collaboration between The Pokémon Company, Niantic, and Nintendo. It was hosted by Tsunekazu Ishihara, John Hanke, Junichi Masuda, and Shigeru Miyamoto.
The conference was presented in Japanese and English with consecutive interpretation and streamed on Niconico. A video of the conference was later uploaded to the official English and Japanese Pokémon YouTube channels.
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2018
The Pokémon 2018 Video Game Press Conference (Japanese: ポケモン新作発表会 Pokémon New Work Announcement) was announced and held on May 30, 2018, announcing the spin-off game Pokémon Quest for the Nintendo Switch and mobile devices, the core series title Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! for Nintendo Switch, as well as a future core series title for 2019. It was hosted by Tsunekazu Ishihara, Shigeru Ohmori, Junichi Masuda of The Pokémon Company, Shinya Takahashi of Nintendo, and Tatsuo Nomura and John Hanke of Niantic.
The conference was presented in Japanese and English with consecutive interpretation and was live-tweeted by the official @Pokemon and @poke_times Twitter accounts. A video of the conference was later uploaded to the official English and Japanese Pokémon YouTube channels, as well as subtitled versions for the official French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Korean YouTube channels.
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2019
The Pokémon 2019 Press Conference (Japanese: ポケモン事業戦略発表会 Pokémon Business Strategy Announcement) was announced on May 27, 2019 and was held on May 29, 2019, announcing a Detective Pikachu game for the Nintendo Switch, a new Pokémon Center store in Shibuya, the cloud service Pokémon HOME, the mobile application Pokémon Sleep, the Pokémon GO Plus + device, and the spin-off game Pokémon Masters for mobile devices. It was hosted by Tsunekazu Ishihara of The Pokémon Company, Hiro Matsuoka of Toho, Yoriomi Uego of Pokémon Center, Ethan Wang of NetEase Games, Junichi Masuda of Game Freak, Kazuhiro Maruyama of Nintendo, and John Hanke of Niantic.
Unlike previous conferences, it was presented in Japanese, English, and Chinese with simultaneous interpretation after the initial comments by Ishihara presented with consecutive interpretation. It was also live-streamed worldwide starting at 6:00 pm PDT, 9:00 pm EDT, 2:00 am BST, 3:00 am CET, and 10:00 am JST on Twitch in English and YouTube in Japanese. As with the previous conference, it was live-tweeted by the official @Pokemon and @poke_times Twitter accounts. The stream was initially planned to also be live-streamed in Chinese on bilibili, but was canceled due to network issues. A video of the conference was later uploaded to the official English Pokémon YouTube channel and the official Chinese Weibo account.
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2020
Unlike previous years, these announcements were made as a series of pre-recorded presentations titled Pokémon Presents (Japanese: ポケモン新作発表会 Pokémon Presents Pokémon New Work Announcement: Pokémon Presents) rather than a real-life press conference, likely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
June 17
This presentation was announced on June 16, 2020 and was held on June 17, 2020, announcing Pokémon Smile, Pokémon Café Mix, New Pokémon Snap, the additions of Mega Evolutions and Victini to Pokémon GO, a special Zeraora Max Raid Battle event, and the addition of Galarian and new Isle of Armor-inspired trainer outfits to Pokémon GO. It was hosted by Tsunekazu Ishihara of The Pokémon Company.
It began at 6:00 am PDT, 9:00 am EDT, 2:00 pm BST, 3:00 pm CET, and 10:00 pm JST on the official English and Japanese Pokémon YouTube channels.
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June 24
This presentation was announced at the end of the previous Pokémon Presents on June 17 and was held on June 24, 2020, announcing Pokémon UNITE, a game for the Nintendo Switch and mobile devices, developed by TiMi Studios. It was hosted by Tsunekazu Ishihara and Masaaki Hoshino of The Pokémon Company, and Steven Ma of Tencent.
It began at 6:00 am PDT, 9:00 am EDT, 2:00 pm BST, 3:00 pm CET, and 10:00 pm JST on the official English and Japanese Pokémon YouTube channels.
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2021
February 26
This Pokémon Presents (Japanese: Pokémon Presents) presentation was announced on February 25, 2021 and was held on February 26, 2021 (North America) / February 27, 2021 (Japan), during the Pokémon 25th Anniversary. The presentation was hosted by Tsunekazu Ishihara and Takato Utsunomiya of The Pokémon Company. A retrospective trailer was broadcast, followed by a trailer for New Pokémon Snap and information on Pokémon Day events in Pokémon Sword and Shield, Pokémon Café Mix, Pokémon GO, and Pokémon Masters EX, culminating with the announcement of the Nintendo Switch video games Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl and Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
It began at 7:00 am PST, 10:00 am EST, 3:00 pm GMT, 4:00 pm CET, and 12:00 midnight JST on the official English and Japanese Pokémon YouTube channels.
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August 18
This presentation was announced on August 13, 2020 and will air on August 18, 2021. It will focus on video games Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl and Pokémon Legends: Arceus.
It will begin at 6:00 am PDT, 9:00 am EST, 1:00 pm GMT, 3:00 pm CET, and 10:00 pm JST on the official English and Japanese Pokémon YouTube channels.
See also
External links
- 2015: News From the Pokémon GO Announcement | Pokemon.com (archived)
- 2018:
- 2019:
- 2020: