{
  "id": 4571371,
  "title": "2026 Pokémon World Championships: Everything Announced",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/2026-pokemon-world-championships-everything-announced",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-31T04:01:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IGN",
    "slug": "ign",
    "url": "https://www.ign.com/articles/2026-pokemon-world-championships-everything-announced"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In 2026, The Pokémon Company announced several exciting updates during the 2026 Pokémon World Championships and PokémonXP. A new animated movie, Pokémon Wild Card, featuring a Pokémon TCG player and a Mimikyu, will release in 2027. The 2027 Pokémon World Championships will return to Asia for the first time in four years, held in Singapore. The next edition of Pokémon Champions will feature new Z-Mega Evolutions, including Heatran, and return Armored Mewtwo. The Pokémon GO game will see Mega-Pokemon gaining an extra Charged Attack and Armored Mewtwo making a comeback. A new TCG set, featuring Legendary Beasts Suicine, Raikou, and Entei, along with Mega Attack Rare cards, has been teased. In Pokémon UNITE, all eight Eevee evolutions, including Flareon, Jolteon, Morpeko, and Toxtricity, will be available for players to use starting September and October. The Pokémon UNITE Aeos Crown 2027 Tokyo tournament is tentatively scheduled for late March 2027. Pokémon Tales: The Misadventures of Sirfetch'd and Pichu, set to be exclusive to Disney+, was also revealed. Additionally, a Fitbit Air Special Edition Pokémon Sleep watch was introduced at an unrelated panel during PokémonXP. CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara discussed future challenges in integrating Pokémon with wearable technology.",
  "summary": "The 2026 Pokémon World Championships ran simultaneously with the first official Pokémon fan convention, PokémonXP, but that doesn't mean there wasn't a slew of exciting announcements during the Pokémon World Championships closing ceremonies. Here's everything announced at the 2026 Pokémon World Championships you need to know, President and CEO of The Pokémon Company, Tsunekazu Ishihara shared the…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}