Everything announced at the Pokemon Presents August showcase

08.08.2023 - 17:03 / gamesradar.com / Tim Goodman / Pokemon Presents

Earlier today, on August 8, we were treated to one of The Pokemon Company's regular Pokemon Presents presentations. 

This time around, we got updates on things like Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's upcoming DLC, Detective Pikachu Returns, Pokemon Sleep, and more. If you missed out on today's showcase, here's everything announced during Pokemon Presents August 2023. 

You can watch the entire showcase below or scroll down to get a breakdown of exactly what was featured during the presentation. 

First up we got a rundown of the upcoming Pokemon World Championships 2023, which is taking place in Yokohama, Japan on August 11 - 13. This year, competitors will be competing against each other in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet as well as The Pokemon Trading Card Game, Pokemon Go, and Pokemon Unite. Perhaps the most exciting part of the event is the reveal of a brand new Pikachu plush that sees the little guy digging into a big bowl of ramen, which you can get a glimpse of above. 

Next up, we were treated to a first look at an upcoming animated series that will focus on the Pokemon Trading Card Game. Pokemon: Path to the Peak is set to premiere at the Pokemon World Championships 2023 and will follow the story of Ava, a young girl who's moved to a new town and gets welcomed into her school's Pokemon club. As for when the rest of us will be able to watch it, episode 1 is set to premiere via YouTube on August 11.  

Probbaly one of the biggest things to come out of this presentation is a brand new look at the upcoming Switch game Detective Pikachu Returns. In the trailer, we are reintroduced to the "tough-talking" Pikachu and his partner Tim Goodman as well as Tim's friends and family. This game already looks very promising and we don't have to wait that long to play it as Detective Pikachu Returns is set to release on October 6, 2023 - pre-orders are also now live. 

It was a pretty vague reveal, but during today's Pokemon Presents livestream, we got to see some footage of the latest Pokemon Horizons animated series - the first season of the Pokemon anime to not feature Ash and Pikachu as the main protagonists. The footage ended with the words "coming soon" so we're going to go ahead and guess it means that the Horizons series will be released outside of Japan in the not too distant future. 

After this, we got the rundown on Pokemon Go Fest 2023, which is set to take place (and in some cases, already has happened) in London, Osaka, and New York in early-mid August. Perhaps most important about this segment of the presentation is the news that - as of September 2023 - Pokemon from the Paldea region, including Sprigatito, Fuecoco, and Quaxley, will start appearing in Pokemon Go. 

As part of Pokemon Unite's 2nd-anniversary