Pokemon Winds and Waves Leak is bad news for fans

This article was updated by Andrea Tram on May 7, 2026 with a history of trailer gaps and other information about new Pokémon games. It was first published on April 27.

Reputable Pokemon leaker and insider took to Twitter/X to share the leak regarding Pokemon winds and waves' The release window, and that's not good news. Pokemon winds and waves they are the 10th generation Pokemon game, first revealed with a 3-minute trailer earlier this year on February 27th, which is Pokemon Day. The trailer was much more detailed than the one we saw for the Gen 9 games, which only revealed game titles and appetizers. However, it also came with a surprise, as Pokemon winds and waves were announced for 2027.

This was not expected by many fans as 2026 is the 30th anniversary of the series and also the fourth full year Pokemon Scarlet and Violetso it was believed that Gen 10 will be released this November. However, the 2027 release window still makes sense, especially considering Gen 9 reception was very poor due to performance issues and glitches, giving Game Freak more time to polish Gen 10. For fans who were excited Pokemon winds and waves“Appetizers and the new Southeast Asia region, the bad news is that the release may be even further away than expected.

Say goodbye to the winds and waves of Pokemon in 2026

Pokemon leaker Riddler Khu, who has a proven track record of leaking them going back a year Pokemon Legends: Arceusstated on Twitter/X that Pokemon winds and wavesThe 2027 release will be late next year and the game will not be shown again this year. This may come as a big disappointment to all fans as it means that Gen 10 will most likely be released in November 2027, which is the typical release month for Pokemon games.

Moreover, not anymore Pokemon winds and waves news in 2026 means the games will most likely get another reveal on Pokemon Day 2027 and not before. This in turn means a full year of no news for Gen 10, which may be good from a hype cycle and marketing perspective, but also not great in terms of keeping fans interested. That's why Pokemon Pokopia came out in March and Pokemon Champions about three weeks ago, but right now there is no mainline in sight until Gen 10, creating a gap between the two Pokemon Legends: ZA and Pokemon winds and waves around two years.

One could argue that Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreenThe Switch release counts as a major release, and while that's not bad, these games are from 2004 and don't currently have Home of Pokemon support so far. Moreover, it is impossible to complete Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen's National Pokedex at the moment, as it requires Gen 3 games.

From Pokémon Ruby, Sapphireand Emerald on Switch and Switch 2 were datamined using Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreenIt is possible that they will be released in late 2026 or on Pokemon Day 2027 to ease the wait for Gen 10. Still, if the Riddler Khu leak is true, which was reported earlier this year, it will still be a long time coming. Pokemon winds and waves finally raise their heads again and then there may be more months of silence from pokemon day 2027 until summer 2027.