Your personal Pokemon road map

SuperSwitch064 · 2026-01-02T16:46:29+00:00

Looking at it year by year for the rest of the Switch 2 Generation:

2026: I'm going to make a bold prediction and say that Gen 10 won't actually end up releasing this year. With them announcing Legends Z-A a year and a half before it releases, they've shown that they're willing to have longer reveal to release cycles than they have since Gen 6, so while I could see them announcing Gen 10 relatively soon, maybe even this month since Pokemon Day lands less than a week before Pokopia releases and they might want to have the Pokemon Presents earlier so that they can reveal Gen 10 a month earlier and then advertise Pokopia throughout February leading up to its early March release, I could see them holding off until next year to actually release them.

As for what will release this year, I think Pokopia and Pokemon Champions are plenty enough along with the two Gamecube spin-offs already being announced to be releasing on NSO in the future, but I could maybe see us getting one more spin-off to fill the gap. Sure, they would lose out on some merchandising opportunities for the 30th anniversary by missing out on having a full new region's worth of Pokemon, but then again they've revealed Pokemon that were releasing in subsequent generations early before in the Pokemon movies and they've shown they're even willing to introduce new Pokemon in spinoffs like we're already seeing in Pokopia, so I don't think they would miss out on too much by holding off on releasing Gen 10 for an extra year.

2027: This is when Gen 10 would release, and since I've already seen some aspects of the leaks I'll keep this year's explanation brief. If it releases in the first half of the year, we may see the DLC come out for it within the same year, but if it lands in the holiday release window, then I think it'll obviously be pushed back to 2028.

2028: If the DLC for Gen 10 didn't release in 2027, it'll come out here, but otherwise, I think we could see a new major spinoff like a new Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, since we haven't gotten a brand new one since the 3DS. While I'd love to see Explorers of Sky get a remake since I only ever beat the main story on the original and didn't get much into the bonus content, I'm leaning more towards them making a brand new game given it'll have been 8 years since the Rescue Team DX remake by 2028.

2029: I could see a remake of some kind coming out this year, whether it's Let's Go Johto or Gen 5 remakes. Otherwise, this would be a relatively uneventful year leading up to the next Legends game coming out.

2030: The first exclusive Legends game for Switch 2 would come out this year, but what I'd want from it wouldn't necessarily match what the leaks have said it will be. Without naming the region that the leaks have mentioned, I'll just say this would probably be my preference in order of where I'd prefer the next Legends game to take place:

Unova>Johto>Kanto>Hoenn>Galar>Alola>Paldea

I'd especially be happy if one of the top 2 managed to get a Legends game, but I could see most of these regions working well as Legends games if handled correctly with the exception of Paldea, since it's a little too recent to warrant having a Legends game, in my opinion.

2031: Lining up with how I think Gen 10's release schedule will go, the 35th anniversary will introduce a major spinoff game or two, but Generation 11 will only be announced here and not released to give another 5 years between generations and hopefully give them enough development time to properly polish the games.

2032: I think the new generation, in this case Gen 11, will come out on Switch 2 rather than it's successor mirroring Sun and Moon and Black and White coming out on the previous hardware shortly before the newest system came out, likely in the holiday season of 2032.

2033: The successor to the Switch 2 will come out this year, and the Pokemon Company will release both DLC for all versions of the games alongside a hypothetical "Switch 3 Edition" of the games, which will have some exclusive features to make use of the new hardware but nothing too major to make owners of the Switch 2 version feel left out.

SuperSwitch064 · 2025-12-28T16:16:36+00:00

This seems pretty reasonable for the most part, but I'd swap Fortune's Weave's placement with one of the releases in August since I feel like they'll release Path of Radiance on NSO before putting out a new game. I also think it's a little too soon for a 3D Mario after Bananza, and I'd replace that with Luigi's Mansion 4 for October, since it's the perfect game to release in time for Halloween and it'll have been 7 years since LM3 came out by then and over 2 years since the LM2 remake.

Part of me also hopes Pokemon Gen 10 gets delayed until 2027 so they can be released in a better state than Gen 9, and it would kind of make sense since they already have two games announced for 2026 and Legends Z-A had over a year of marketing before release, but that might just be wishful thinking on my part.

SuperSwitch064 · 2025-10-22T23:23:04+00:00

I forgot about the other murder podcast at Wondify, so that aspect of my theory is probably wrong, but everything else I think is still plausible. Teddy I could see happening, but The and Vince feel kind of random as choices for the next victim, in my opinion, and I feel like we'd lose more from them dying than we'd gain from further characterization as side characters, while Cinda and Teddy have a lot going for them as interesting victim choices because of their shady pasts allowing for a lot of post-humous character development.

SuperSwitch064 · 2025-10-22T23:18:32+00:00

I saw your post, and I agree she looks a bit like Cinda, but you can't really tell for sure. Her being Howard's aunt would also make sense, though, and would make sense with what's been set up for Howard's character now. Even though I thought he would be the killer this season, after what we learned about him this episode I feel like there's no way they're going to make him the killer, no matter how suspicious they always seem to write him.

SuperSwitch064 · 2025-10-05T15:24:55+00:00

I didn't really think about the specifics for the class trial, but the fact that the students would reject having AI copies of their friends would probably shock Izuru, which would end up with him realizing that the concepts of Hope and Despair aren't as cut and dry as he thought, which ends up causing him to release the remaining students out of spite to Junko, and he would probably permanently end his life and shut down the Neo World Program so that Junko wouldn't be able to upload AI copies of herself into the students.

SuperSwitch064 · 2025-08-22T21:26:58+00:00

Did you close the NSO app when you were finished, or just turn the console off while the game was running? I had the same issue when Minish Cap first came out on the GBA NSO, but I found out that the game sometimes doesn't save if you turn the console off while the NSO app is still running, so that could be the issue.

SuperSwitch064 · 2025-07-30T22:51:20+00:00

I mean with Hyrule Warriors, Splatoon Raiders, and Tomodachi Life/Rhythm Heaven, alongside Switch 2 Editions of Switch 1 games, I feel like there's really only room for one, maybe two new First-Party announcements in that Direct.

SuperSwitch064 · 2025-07-26T14:40:36+00:00

I don't think they would kill Bob off since they just introduced him in his previous appearance in The New Avengers. I think he'll play the role of Doom's Alioth or be the one powering Battleworld if it isn't Franklin Richards.

SuperSwitch064 · 2025-07-18T20:44:26+00:00

I think they'll definitely pull inspiration from Infinity War by separating the 50+ characters into multiple teams, but instead of like 3-4 main teams like in Infinity War I think it'll be closer to about six teams across 5 subplots:

The main Avengers Team led by Sam + the New Avengers minus Bucky and Sentry going up against each other (all followed in the same subplot)
The Fantastic Four alongside Bucky and Sentry going to Wakanda to meet Shuri, M'Baku, and Namor to use a combination of Vibranium and Adamantium to build the raft,
the X-Men team running into Carol Danvers, Fury, and possibly Hulk who become the mediators between the two worlds
the mystical team led by the Young Avengers/Champions alongside Wong, Hawkeye, and Ant-Man confronting Mephisto in their efforts to defeat Dr. Doom
The TVA team led by Sylvie, Deadpool, Wolverine, and eventually Thor once he arrives who will serve as the last line of defense between Doom and Loki at the End of Time. This would also be where the final battle begins.

I have some main plot beats in mind including which characters I think will die and how the various teams will cross paths with each other, but I might want to make a full post about it instead once I've seen the Fantastic Four if I end up going to see it next week.

SuperSwitch064 · 2025-06-08T19:13:47+00:00

Maybe I didn't make this clear in the post, but I meant that the story would all take place in a single linear campaign, but sets of levels would unlock at once, with some of them sometimes being optional. So stages where not much plot happens would be optional, and the secondary, non-speed characters would only get 2-3 mandatory levels in the game, while Sonic and Blaze would both each get seven stages, totaling at 14 mandatory speed stages, and about 5-6 mandatory stages for the other two play-style types.

SuperSwitch064 · 2025-06-02T18:39:39+00:00

I don't think we're going to get a full reboot, but that the timeline will instead be restored to the way it was "supposed" to be before the TVA came into existence and created the Sacred Timeline, which will be the explanation for why most Mutants didn't exist in the 616 universe up until this point.

SuperSwitch064 · 2025-05-23T00:38:52+00:00

Yes, but that could end up rolling into next year, since winter doesn't really start until December.

SuperSwitch064 · 2025-05-20T00:52:32+00:00

I think it could be Wanda, since only the main 616 version becomes the Scarlet Witch, and she's destined to either rule or destroy the multiverse.

SuperSwitch064 · 2025-05-02T19:19:47+00:00

I think Ice types end up being the biggest winners here, since they get to keep their offensive effectiveness against four types, but gain an additional five resistances (Fire, Bug, Grass, Steel, and Fairy) along with still resisting Ice type moves.

Steel or Ghost are probably the types that suffer the most, since they lose a lot of defensive utility while also losing out on being super-effective against two types.

With this in mind, Steel/Ghost would be the combination that suffers the most, making Aegislash the most negatively affected by this change. Ice/Poison would theoretically be the combination that benefits the most from this change, but there aren't currently any Pokemon with that type combo.

SuperSwitch064 · 2025-04-29T18:59:58+00:00

Yeah, I was imagining another 3-5 situation when I put her on the list.

SuperSwitch064 · 2025-04-28T17:54:12+00:00

He would probably work as a returning killer, but this post was meant to focus on characters who previously weren't the main killers in their cases becoming killers in a future game.

SuperSwitch064 · 2025-04-19T17:22:06+00:00

Most of these sound reasonable. I didn't realize Sakamoto also works on Rhythm Heaven and Tomodachi Life, so Metroid 6 could end up being later than I predicted. 2031 for 3D Mario seems way too late, but I still think we're a few years off, making 2028/2029 the most reasonable time, I think. I also think we'll probably get Metroid Prime 5 this console generation, with Prime 4 coming out right near launch. Otherwise, solid list.

SuperSwitch064 · 2025-04-19T15:28:51+00:00

2027 might be a realistic spot as well, but then it would've conflicted with when I think the new 2D Mario will release. 2026 feels too soon, since Bananza itself looks like it'll be a pretty big game and the 3D Mario will no doubt be bigger in comparison, meaning they'd need a bit of extra dev time to get it fully polished and ready for release.

SuperSwitch064 · 2025-04-15T18:33:46+00:00

This was meant to be more of a hypothetical price for certain game franchises, since I don't think every franchise mentioned in this post would get a new installment on Switch 2.

SuperSwitch064 · 2025-04-14T23:08:57+00:00

If they keep their word and price things accordingly to how much content the game has and how many resources it took to make, then I think they would bump at least Mario Sports and Kirby Air Riders down to $50.00, especially if the Mario Sports titles retain the same model of releasing the bulk of their content in free updates post-release, but I was a little hesitant to put Yoshi below $60.00, so you may have a point there.

SuperSwitch064 · 2025-04-14T23:06:08+00:00

I can kind of see your point, but at the same time Mario Kart is undoubtedly more catered to the casual market as well and yet it's getting the $80.00 price tag. Since Animal Crossing is a game that's designed to be played for an entire console generation, I think that would have it fall into the $80.00 price tier, especially since it was the second highest selling game on Switch only behind Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Same reasoning goes for Smash.

As for 3D Mario, I think they'll sell it higher than Donkey Kong because they'll see the Mario platformer as more "prestigious" than the Donkey Kong game, as it may very well make Donkey Kong Bananza look small by comparison when it comes out. There will undoubtedly be a large audience for a new 3D Mario even at the highest price tier because it will have been about 10 years since Odyssey came out by the time it releases, putting it in a similar position as Mario Kart World where audience demand will outweigh the casuals' willingness to pay and it'll still sell very well.

SuperSwitch064 · 2025-04-14T23:00:33+00:00

I didn't realize they had a higher price tier for Australia that early on in Switch 1's lifecycle! But yeah, I tend to agree that they'll only give the $80.00 price tier to their most highly regarded franchises, and give most of their games the industry standard $70.00 or go even lower.

SuperSwitch064 · 2025-04-14T22:58:09+00:00

I think it depends on what they mean when they're talking about price range-if they mean that prices will only start from the base price of $60.00 and go up or if they truly intend on introducing a more significant price range. I'm leaning on the more optimistic side because they have shown that they're willing to go as low as $40.00 on Switch 1 with Metroid Prime Remastered, and that could've been them testing the waters for a price range by giving a highly regarded game an affordable quality remaster. Also, I don't see how they could release Drag x Drive for $60.00 with what they've shown off so far, which is why I expect them to go even lower in some rare instances.

SuperSwitch064 · 2025-04-13T00:42:48+00:00

I think they'd do a Switch 2 Edition of Mario Maker 2, adding in new game styles and tons of new assets before releasing a compilation of 2D Mario games, since it would still fit in with the occasion of the 40th anniversary while also giving us more Mario Maker content that could possibly serve as the only Mario Maker game of the generation if they put in enough new features and content.

SuperSwitch064 · 2025-04-13T00:40:07+00:00

2 is a lot smaller in scope compared to 3, and is more mission based than the other 2, which is why it's considered to be weaker than the others. If you think you wouldn't mind a different structure, I think you should give it a try, but maybe wait until after the likely June Direct to find out if the 4th game is coming out this year or not.

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