Rumor: Pokemon Winds & Waves was delayed from November 2026 and caused major scheduling problems

New nuggets of information have emerged regarding the long-awaited upcoming Pokémon game, Pokemon Winds and Pokemon Waves, for the Nintendo Switch 2. The games were apparently planned for release this month, but were pushed back at the last minute because they just weren’t ready for release. This in turn caused huge scheduling problems for The Pokemon Company in its games and media.

• The decision to postpone Winds & Waves from November 2026 to November 2027 was made at the very last moment in January, with the games simply not being ready yet.
• This caused huge scheduling problems across all of The Pokémon Company’s projects.
• The anime is affected the most as the original plan was to end Pokémon Horizons in episode 136, but TPC convinced the anime producers to create an additional arc to tease Generation 10 with Navi having Konetsu.
• However, due to the last minute delay, they had to abandon much of their plans for the Gen 10 arc and replace Konetsu with Ditto.
• The Pokémon anime will be on hiatus from March 2027 until approximately September/October 2027.
• The reworked Gen 10 arc in Pokémon Horizons will now debut in late 2027 and will be approximately 25 episodes long.
• Pre-production for the next Pokémon anime is underway, but due to all the delays, it’s not expected to launch until 2029.
• Ash is not planned to return, the new series will again focus on all regions.

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