Pokémon Presents February 2024: Everything Announced

The Pokémon Company just held its first Pokémon Presents event of the new year, lasting nearly 13 minutes with news and information on the popular franchise for the foreseeable future. IGN has you covered with everything announced during the February 2024 Pokémon Presents below.

New Tera Raid Events in Scarlet and Violet Start Tomorrow

Today is not only the first Pokémon Presents event of 2024, but also marks the anniversary of Pokémon Red and Green, released in Japan. To celebrate Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, players will have the chance to do a tera raid where they can catch one of the three final evolutions of the Gen 1 starters. The event starts tomorrow with the Mighty Venusaur event and will end on March 5. The next event starts March 6, and players will be able to catch a mighty Blastoise until March 12. On March 13, tera raids to catch a Mighty Charizard begin and will conclude on March 17.

Pokémon Horizons: The Series Collaboration Event Starts Next Week in Pokémon Go

A new collaboration event between Pokémon Go and the anime series Horizons: The Series kicks off on March 5, two days before Pokémon Horizons: The Series premieres in the US exclusively on Netflix and will continue on March 11.

As part of the collaboration event, Charcadet, Armarouge, and Ceruledge, all of which were Pokémon that originated from the Pladea region, will arrive in Pokémon Go. Additionally, Pikachu wearing Cap's Hat will be a new costumed Pokémon that will appear during the event.

Pokémon Training Card Game Goes Mobile

If you are looking for another way to play Pokémon on your phone and you are a fan of the official Pokémon training card game, I have good news! During today's presentation, Pokémon Training Card Game Pocket was announced.

This game will allow you to collect virtual Pokémon cards in addition to battling with your friends. Pokémon Training Card Game Pocket is a collaboration between the Pokémon Company, the Pokémon Training Card game creator Creatures Inc., and Masters Ex creator DeNA

The game is designed for those familiar with the Pokémon TCG, in addition to those who love pocket monsters but never played. Pokémon Training Card Game Pocket is out sometime this year on iOS and Android.

A New Pokémon Legends Game Is Out Next Year

The last major announcement from today's Pokémon Presents was a teaser trailer for a new Pokémon Legends game. While no gameplay was shown, several hints from the trailer point out that the game, officially titled Pokémon Legends: Z-A will be set in the Kalos region or, at the very least, Lumiose City, the main city in Kalos.

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