Pokemon Champions will have Ranked, Casual, and Private battles for online multiplayer. The game will not feature all Pokemon at launch, obut select creatures like Dondozo and Charizard have been confirmed.

During today’s Pokémon Presents, the company showed off “Pokémon Champions,” a new battle-focused game for Switch and mobile.

Nintendo's game page for Champions mentions how additional games and systems are required for multiplayer mode and also notes how a Nintendo Account and internet access is required for the game's online features.

A former Pokemon world champion says that the series' new competitive title, Pokemon Champions, could have a massive impact on the competition circuit.

At the Pokemon Presents 2025 event on Thursday, the developers unveiled Pokemon Champions, an all-new battle-focused game. Featuring familiar mechanics such as Pokemon types, abilities and moves, the game will allow cross-platform battles on the Nintendo Switch,

Revealed during the Pokemon Presents stream today for Pokemon Day, Pokemon Champions is in development for the "Nintendo Switch family of systems" as well as mobile devices. Main series developer Game Freak is planning the game, and The Pokemon Works is developing.

We didn’t see Pokémon Champions in motion during the Pokémon Presents showcase today, but the new battle simulator might be the most important announcement made during the presentation. The game is being positioned as the future of Pokémon’s competitive play,

Pokemon Champions will have a limitation at launch that may be disappointing to fans of Nintendo's monster-battling franchise.

The official announcement trailer for Pokémon Champions has been released, introducing a new, battle-focused game developed collaboratively by Game Freak and The Pokémon Works.