The runtime for tomorrow’s July 22 Pokémon Presents showcase looks to have dropped online, with the show expecting to last 24 minutes and show off a lot of upcoming Pokémon updates and games, though most of the information surrounding the direct hasn’t been confirmed yet.
The leak reportedly comes from the official South Korea YouTube channel, which unexpectedly uploaded the video placeholder ahead of time, showing a 24-minute run time. That would make it one of the longer Pokémon Presents in a while. And makes us wonder what’ll be shown off at the show.
With so much Pokémon goodness, we wanted to put forward what we want to see in tomorrow’s Pokémon Presents, as well as our general expectations on how we expect the show to go.
Pokémon Legends Z-A will almost certainly take up a lot of the presentation and will show off (we hope) some new gameplay and maybe a couple of new Mega Pokémon the game has in store, or new Pokémon in general. With the release only a few months away and a demo being at Gamescom end of August, we’d hope to see more than what we have currently seen and maybe hints at the story.
We also expect a lot of the start of the presentation to be focused on updates to most of Pokémon’s live service games, such as Pokémon Sleep, Pokémon GO, Pokémon Unite, and more. Showcasing already announced stuff or new content coming soon, maybe in a quickfire round like we have seen in previous Pokémon Presents.
Furthermore, we imagine we will finally get new information on Pokémon Champions, which is coming out on Switch and Mobile, and maybe even a release date. The game seems to be the new format for competitive Pokémon battling, and we wouldn’t be surprised if it becomes the official game for the Pokémon VGC circuit after the 2026 World Championships due to its unique battles allowing Mega Evolution, Gigantamax, and more in one singular game.
I imagine we also get one big new game revealed, and while I want to hope and pray for something Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, I feel like Pokémon Company might try and tease something related to Gen 10, even if it’s just a couple of seconds, with a bigger reveal than planned next year for Pokémon’s 30th anniversary.
But that is our prediction. What do you expect to happen? Let us know in the comments below.
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