All Pokémon World Championship Announcements Recap

While hundreds of thousands of fans travel to or tune into the Pokémon World Championships every year to watch the best players compete for prestige, but that is only part of what makes the event so appealing. Because, at the end of the 2025 2025 Pokémon World Championships, we got a rapidfire set of announcements for various areas of the franchise, such as X. 

Following the VGC Masters finals in the Anaheim Convention Center on Aug. 17, the closing ceremony for the 2025 Pokémon World Championships featured brand new reveals for Pokémon UNITE, the Pokémon TCG, and more. This ceremony was something The Pokémon Company and its partners were hyping up all weekend at the event and on broadcasts, even more than in previous years. 

At previous events, we saw new Pokémon TCG products revealed for the first time, release dates for big updates shared and even exclusive reveals for upcoming games. This year, the focus was on X, as X stole the show following the event’s conclusion. Here is a full list of those 2025 Pokémon World Championship announcements. 

Empoleon, Dhelmise, and Vaporeon will all soon join the lineup of Pokemon Unite. Empoleon, the final stage evolution of Gen 4 starter Piplup, was confirmed for release on September 19. It looks like plenty more new playable ‘mon are in the works, so development on Pokemon Unite isn’t slowing down any time soon.

As the performers closed out the 2025 Pokemon World Championships with one last song, the Pokemon Go account had already begun to tease the arrival of Eternatus to the game. Rather than revealing an upcoming event, the Go team soon announced the start of a Special Timed Research for Eternatus that kicked off in Anaheim at the venue for the tournament.

Eternatus will role out to the rest of the world in an event later this month and looks to be the biggest Dynamax boss the game has seen.

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Mega Evolutions are headed to Pokémon TCG Pocket, confirming previous leaks reported by Esports on SI. Among the cards teased were Mega Blaziken EX, Mega Altaria, and Mega Gyarados. The trailer ended by revealing that the next season would begin “This Fall”.

Along with this announcement, Pokémon Legends: Z-A was playable for the first time at the 2025 Pokémon World Championships. Esports on SI got early access to the demo build, sharing extra details about the new Rogue Mega battles, Z-A Royale and more.

The biggest headline of all: Pokemon Legends Z-A has Multiplayer!! Players will compete in 4-way battle royale matches, opening the door to a brand new type of Pokemon esports.

In a stunning announcement to close out a wave of shocking reveals, The Pokemon Company comfirmed that not only will Pokemon Champions be supported on the brand’s competitive circuit, but the new mobile title will be the main game for VGC next year. The Champions trailer also showed Mega Dragonite, indicating that new mega forms from Legends Z-A will be making their way into the new competitive title.