The Future of Pokemon…? NEW RUMORS and LEAKS for Pokemon Day 2024 

What do you want most from Pokemon Day 2024?

One thing people have pointed out is that in part 1 of the sword & shield DLC, when you go and change your bike color, you can choose from “Sparkling White” and “Glistening Black” Now if we do indeed get Black & White remakes, and those are the titles of the games, then that would be amazing!

Black Gold and Silver White sounds cool though, especially where you have Reshiram above Ho-oh and Lugia above Zekrom

And then they announce Legends Z-A. I guess Riddler Khu isnt trustworthy anymore?

Props to the Black Gold & White Silver artist though. Those images look beautiful, I want those as my background.

It’s black and white 3. The background for one is black and the background for the other is white and in the second one he was bringing attention to the 3 lines

Damn man, I kinda missed you even though it pass a few weeks. However, you were my favorite person that went over “leaks” or rumors because the energy and vibes you gave.

The Legends Arceus Stream marathon and playing the game alongside was PEAK ADRIVE for me

Our Bug champion is back with more leaks 😢

I like how youre building your own "elemental monster "collecting" game" with Elestrals while also respecting and still being into Pokemon. Makes me very optimistic that the Elestrals game (if one is coming) will be great

I miss the days Dan would cover leaks it’s like looking at a high school graduation book 10 years later

I think I might have worked out the two eights...Both pics have a Black and White background which means it's a new Black and White game. However, when you look at the pic of the 8 in the white background, there are 3 shapes colour in black and 4 are coloured in a grey/white colour. If you do 4+3 you get 7, now what generations are Johoto and Unova? Gen 2 and Gen 5, what does 2+5 make? 7! This tells me the new main line Pokemon games are indeed some kind of mix of Gen 5 and 2.

The 8 looks like it is just Gen 5 + Gen 2

No, so the thing with the digital clock 8 is that the version with the greyed out parts, you can add 2 (the dots) in 2 different ways to the 3 horizontal stripes to make either 5 or 2 on the digital clock.

I just realized how the "leak" saying something takes place before PLA doesn't make sense because that's essentially the beginning of poke balls. at least if I remember correctly

The 8 and 3 riddle could also refer to Black and White 3. The 3rd game in the Gen 5 games.

The riddle at 2:30 is pretty clear: 2 and 5 overlapping, so the three horizontal lines from left to right are more dark and the vertical lines are only onetime seen by overlapping the numbers 2 and 5, so its pretty clear gen 2 and gen 5

In terms of the riddle, you could also assume the two dots are a reference to filling in two more of the greyed out spots in the second picture. Like, for example, You could fill in two the blank spots to make 5, you could fill in two the blank spots to make 2 or you could even make a 6 or 3 as well. I’ve always been hoping for a Gen 6 remake at some point, but because the photos are also in black, white and grey, I totally think it’ll be a Gen 5 game of some kind, which I’d also be excited for!

I think The clock riddle is that if you put a 2 and five on top of eachother then youd fil the whole thing but the 3 horizontal segments in the middle would be covered twice which is why they’re darker

Khu's digital clock riddle is potentially straightforward. Place a digital 2 on a digital 5, you get Khu's second image, with the dark horizontal bars (because they appear twice). The implication is completely unknown, though.

About time you dropped another video Dan! we missed you

It's odd how in the Teal Mask DLC there were a lot of Johto references and in Blueberry Academy there was a lot of Unova references. If Pokemon keeps with the pattern they've been doing then we would be getting a Johto game this generation and a Unova remake next generation. It's the remake generations that give the legendarys new forms like Primal Reversion and Origin Form.

If it’s not Legends Celebi, I’m out. Other than Legends Arceus, the last time I played a main series game was ORAS. The new stuff just isn’t hitting. In the other hand, BlackGold and WhiteSilver sounds cool.

They have no choice but to create another game just like arceus. "Let's go" was good but "arceus" was amazing. IMAGINE IF THEY MADE ARCEUS IN VR🥵

I thought the grayed out 8 is much simpler. If you overlap 2 and 5, the overlapped parts will be the darker shade.

I just don't want them to mess up my gem, Gen 5😭😭

I really really hope we get another legends game

I want whatever game you got playing in the background. That rendition of Johto was sick

the 8 is very interesting, because in the white version it looks like the kanji character for the number "3" with the three vertical lines

Maybe I'm oversimplifying the digital clock riddle, but the first image was black, the second was white, and the white image had 3 lines filled in, so was Riddler giving us a heads-up about Black and White 3 here? Possibly...

I'm expecting *Pokemon Unova Remakes/Sequel* from the Pokemon Presents next week.

a legends of celebi like that fan trailer we got after arceus would be super cool.

It makes far more sense for black/white to be one game reboot, legends kyurem, and johto to still be 2 games just based on the legendary shake up

1:55 this could be a long shot, but What if... -The Black & White = Unova -The 8 represents Gen 8 (The Generation with the first Legends Game) - And the digital clock represents it'll take place in the Future/Alternate Future rather than the past.

I really want a game about the great Pokemon war. LT. Surge could be featured in it that would fire

We're getting a Gen 2 game with Gen 1 post game and a Gen 5 game. 2+1+5=8

Fire steel Blaziken would be fucking dope

Fallowing the trend of generation numbers * 2 = remake then Generations 10, 12, 14, 16, and 18 will include remakes of generations 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 Gen 1 got originally remade in Gen 3 because Gen 2 was compatible with the original gen 1 while Gen 3 wasn’t, Gen 2 got remade in gen 4, gen 3 got remade in gen 6, and gen 4 got remade in gen 8

I don’t like let’s go style games, I’d prefer a Hgss style gen 5 remake with another region and a National dex, and make johto a legends style game. Bc the backstory for johto is already there, seeing the beasts before they were reborn and changed to entei raikou and suicune. The Luigi’s and ho-oh story lines. Potentially exploring an ancient kanto. It just seems so nice. But I know GF isn’t gonna put that much effort into them sadly😭

When talking about the potential new Let's Go games for Johto, the only two (non-legendary) Pokémon that I think would make sense for the game's mascots would be Espeon and Umbreon.

Makes sense to do the Johto games this year since it’s the 25 yr anniversary. But in the style of either the let’s go or BDSP

I honestly don’t think Pokemon will ever do a let’s go again, they will do remakes but not in the let’s go style or name

The riddle is easy. 2 dots stand for 2 seperate 7 segment display numbers that are overlapping. The darkened portions in the second picture represent where the numbers 2 and 5 overlap. Thus what the riddle is saying is we will either have both gen 2 and 5 or we will have a combo of gen 2 and 5.

I think we can all agree we would take a let's go of gen 2 which is also rumoured over this remake in your thumbnail.

Legends was set in the same region as the remakes so makes sense for that to happen again

I think the 8 of the clock is supposed to be 5 and 2 because if you overlap them in the clock it just shows 8

I just hope we Get Johto this year which is based on the past and Unova which is based in the future as Legends games

I’ve been an og gen 5 lover and like while I’d love more gen 5 content I’m just so scared it’s gonna turn out bad 😭

If it's a "Let's Go", it's gotta be Let's Go Umbreon & Espeon

I mean deep down, I would love a johto+unova game,, mixing the two regions, cause heart gold/soul silver was one of my favorites growing up.

Kitikami was an older style village with characters wearing traditional looking robes. A bit reminiscent of the johto games. And it featured a good amount of 2nd gen Pokémon. Also the village and robes were also similar to jubilife village from legends arceus. So hopefully new legends games. Never played black and white but from what I’ve heard it was a little more modern day based and a few futuristic touches. A little like indigo disk/ blueberry academy. Plus indigo disk featured quite a few 5th gen Pokémon. So maybe a remake or future version of a legends game? Just some theories

I’m hoping gen 5 remake as a legends game but I hope tepid gets a regional variant

The 8 also looks like if you had a digital 5 and 2 that overlaid each other it would show 8. Also the top, middle, and bottom lines would be the only overlapping ones which would explain why those 3 lines are darker. That could mean that 5 and 2 make 8 in this since

I’m a bit worried about all of this. On one hand, Gen2 having a fresh remake would be SO cool, and probably my most wanted project. Let’s Go, or Legends would be great, but I don’t want my favorite gen to get screwed up in any way. On the other hand, Gen5 is my least favorite gen, but I do NOT want an ILCA project out of it, for the sake of the community. I’d gladly take a Legends game from gen5. My stomach hurts for so many reasons. GF’s history over the last few releases have been questionable. I just want Johto to get the love and care it deserves, or left alone completely. I want Unova to be given the best treatment as well, even if it’s not my favorite Gen.

Is the digital 8 not also a reference to a fusion of gen 2 and gen 5? A digital 2 and 5 make up a digital 8..?

I just want an HD-2D Pokémon game 😢 would love the Octopath Traveler team to be able to make a core/mainline game!!!

I can’t see them doing let’s go again with different starters, cuz they used Pikachu and Eevee were the Starters for Pokemon Yellow. Johto doesn’t have an alternate set of starters. That aside, no way they use a Baby form Pokemon as the starter. If we get a Johto Let’s Go, it’ll probably just have the regular starters.

That is probably our only disagreement. Getting anything let's go/gen 2/5 remake would be the best thing for the franchise going forward. Legends didn't sell more copies than BDSP, which IMHO was miles better. Art, playstyle, nostalgia. Worked fine for this fan, but I can't stress enough, another legends game would be an absolute bust.

So I’ve been thinking a lot about what’s coming next for Pokemon the past couple weeks. Firstly, I think we’re going to get something Unova based in the very near future. Probably a Black and White 3 type of game, or a game set in the future in Unova. The Johto rumors are also pretty interesting to me, and I know we’ve gone a while without visiting that region also. Love both of these regions to death, so I’m of course very excited for anything relating to either of these regions. Then, we have Gen 10. Personally, I’m sold on the Netherlands. It definitely feels like a very pokemon-ish place, a place that would fit into the world of pokemon so neatly. I think the windmills and sunflora in Scarlet and Violet , the art on the walls and everywhere in general, and the starry night looking picture in one of the games (which game, I can’t remember now) have all been hints towards the Netherlands. I think art will be the general theme of the region just like beauty was for Kalos and unity through diversity was for Unova. Now I want to talk for a minute about what I think is a very big picture kind of thing for all the regions and for all the gens til now. In Japanese culture, seasons are a huge thing as far as I’m aware. The first four regions, based off of parts of Japan, respectively represented spring (Kanto), fall, (Johto), summer (Hoenn), and winter (Sinnoh). Then we had a reset with Unova. Unova was the first time we got to see all four seasons and the first time you could almost say the region didn’t line up nicely with one particular season. That being said, I think Unova still fits for spring. It was a new beginning for pokemon, a new part of the same cycle I believe. Kalos then would be fall, Alola would be summer, and Galar would be winter. Another way of looking at this is that so far, pokemon has gone from temperate region to temperate region to tropical region to cold region, and repeated this four-region cycle two full times now, and we’re in the third cycle. The Paldea region thus would represent spring, and I think this really fits. It’s got parts that represent the different seasons just like many of the regions have had, but it ultimately overall represents that part of the year which is spring, a time of new beginnings and time of possibility, birth, and rebirth. I think the next region will align with fall. I think the Netherlands lines up nicely with this. I know the Netherlands also brings to mind images of tons of flowers, and flowers are most typically associated with spring, but I think it still fits nicely. I think the Gen 11 region will be tropical or hot. Maybe India, Egypt, or Australia. Would love Mexico or Brazil as well. I think Gen 12 will be cold again. Maybe Scandinavia or Canada or something like that. Not going to lie, sometimes I’m very surprised we haven’t been to certain regions yet, such as Italy and Greece. I think it’s possible that in future regions we’ll start to see multiple countries represented in the same pokemon region, just like Spain and Portugal were put together for Paldea and Galar had England, Scotland, arguably in a way it represented all of the British Isles (sorry Ireland, I know you’re very separate and I hope I’m not offending anyone too much by saying all of this, I respect your culture and your sovereignty very much too…). I’d like to talk about one more thing tied to pokemon’s plans for every region. Not only do I feel like each region fits into the overall pattern of spring, fall, summer, winter, but, I think each region also fits into a distinct pattern that relates to the mythology and box legendaries. I know, Kanto’s box art featured the first trio starter pokemon final stages. Hear me out though. I think the cycle of regional box legendaries goes like this: 1st region in a four region cycle is pokemon or legendaries representing the past and the future. Think Reshiram and Zekrom, and Miraidon and Koraidon. 2nd region in a four region cycle represents birth and death or life and death. Think Ho-oh and Lugia, Xerneas and Yveltal. 3rd region in a four region cycle represents something celestial or tied to our celestial body (Earth). Think Groudon and Kyogre representing the endless struggle and/ or relationship between land and the sea, or think Lunala and Solgaleo representing the sun and the moon, or night and day, something very much tied to our planet and its relationship to other nearby celestial bodies which shapes life on our world. 4th region in a four region cycle represents something ethereal and cosmic in a way. Think Dialga and Palkia representing time and space or Zacian and Zamazenta representing the dichotomy between being an offensive or a defensive type of warrior, which in a way also represents the dichotomy between masculine and feminine, between being extroverted and action based or introverted and more reflective and feelings based. I think the current four region cycle we’re in will very much continue in this pattern. I think the next region we visit will represent fall, will have box legendaries representing something that somehow aligns with the concepts of life and death, will be a temperate region overall, will definitely have hints and ties to other regions we’ve already been to, and that when it’s all revealed, we’ll all go ohhh, yeah I see how that was hinted at by this and that from not only the previous region we went to (Paldea) but also regions going all the way back maybe as far as Kalos (the previous fall seasonal region) or Johto (the fall region before it). I know my theory might seem redundant and not speak to the huge diversity of sub-climates and biomes within each region that we’ve been to, but at the end of the day, pokemon regions have always, right from the very beginning, had overtones and undertones as far as what they represent and what they might be tied to. They’ve always had a clear regional climate and then parts within them which are different, so that each region has some deserts or some colder places where we might not necessarily expect them to be, simply for the sake of the region allowing for a bit of climate variance and different pokemon. I think eventually, we will **definitely** get regions based upon Italy, Greece, India, China, Egypt, Australia, Scandinavia, and South America (Brazil?). I think Italy and Greece will probably be in the same pokemon region. I think India will get its own, or maybe it will have parts of it that reflect Pakistan or parts of the Middle East. Excited for that. I think China will get its own, or maybe it’ll have a part of it that reflects Vietnam or Thailand or Taiwan. I think Egypt will probably get its own region, or will have parts of it that reflect other parts of Africa or maybe even parts of the Middle East. I think Australia will likely get its own or will have parts of it that also reflect New Zealand or Indonesia or the Philippines or maybe even Samoa a little bit. I think a Canada region would maybe include just a bit of Alaska or Greenland, maybe. I think a Scandinavian region would include Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Norway, maybe also Iceland and Greenland? I think a South America based region would probably be centered around Brazil and Brazilian culture and history, but might also include a bit of Argentina, Chile, Peru, or other South American countries (we love all of you!). I think a Mexico based region would probably include parts of it that reflect Central America or the Caribbean. I’m born and raised in Southern California, and nothing would make me happier than to see a region based off of the Western US, including California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Montana, Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, the Dakotas, maybe even parts of Oklahoma and Texas. Just a bunch of cowboy towns and big cities like LA, San Francisco, Portland, Las Vegas, all the great cities of the Western US and all the amazing nature. Imagine the Grand Canyon in a pokemon region that also has Las Vegas. That would be so dope. In short, there are so, so many great possibilities still ahead for the future of pokemon and pokemon regions. I can’t wait to see them all. I know everyone else who’s a pokemon fan also can’t wait to see these. I’m positive the pokemon company has plans or ideas floating around somewhere for all of the places I’ve just talked about. What are your thoughts on it? Are my theories pretty well thought out, or am I just pulling random things together? Would love to hear your thoughts, fellow pokemon fans. :) Oh, one last thing! I think the next region (based off of the Netherlands) will possibly also include influences or parts of it that reflect Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany, maybe just the western part of Germany, we’ll have to wait and see… :)

gen 2 and 3 - all new art and reverse with oldschool art - holorare as mix

What’s the legends style video clips in the background - that’s no legends arceus is it?

If we’re getting Let’s Go games set in Johto, I really want the starters to be Umbreon and Espeon.

Tbh, Johto and Unova doesn't have any gimmicks like Mega Evolution, etc. Even their starters doesn't have any special recognition out of all of them, except maybe for Typhlosion and Samurott, who both have Hisuian forms. I'm looking forward to them if that proves to be true!

I agree with the legend style I like the more open world

The Diamond and Pearl remakes killed my faith and joy for the Pokémon series games. I hope they do better with their next set of remakes and new Pokemon titles.

So legends arceus is set in the distant past... And we have SV which linked past and future. What about a Legends style game set in future /space age with ultra beasts? And some of the paradox mons from SV?

two dots means 2 numbers. 2 and 5 together make an 8 on a digital clock. the second image has the lines where 2 and 5 overlap darker. it's 2 and 5.

Honestly, I would prefer if we have something like Johto remake named Let's go Umbreon and Espeon. Think about it, Gold and Silver are colors. Gold is a color that could symbolise the heat, like a sun. Silver is a cold color, like the moon. For both games, you start with Eevee, but the eevee is lock to evolve into Espeon, the gold version, and Umbreon, for the silver version.

So no one thought about the fact that you can make both 5 and 2 out of the 8 and the dark areas are just where both the numbers would overlap?

the number 8 reminds me of the Blueberry academy symbol.

The way Khu's teaser is setup i actually considered a multi regional mmo style game. A legends game set far into the future with Johto, Kanto, and Unova collide from tectonic shifting. On our own Earth Japan and North America are lined up for a potential collision in the very far future. And what's even cooler to consider is that way back the Americas and Asia used to be one land for a long time until the land bridge between Alaska and Russia faded away. I would be totally stoked if we got to see the world of Pokémon before the continents spread apart and the potential new land when they collide in the opposite direction, and even meet the AI professors again in the timelines they threw themselves in.

I have a theory about the next game that I haven't heard anyone talk about. Koo said Drayton's lore is a spoiler for the next game after SV and I've been seeing rumors lately centered around a fused gen 2 and gen 5 game. What if it is a legends style game based off of the dragon tamer clans. Hassel mentions them multiple times during his story arc. Also when you invite him to the blueberry academy club room he has a special interaction with Drayton and mentions the dragon clans they are a part of. Also the pic Koo posted of the maps of Kanto, Johto, Unova, and Paldea have something to do with this theory too. To my knowledge they are the only regions that have significant characters that are associated with a dragon clan. Lance in Kanto, Clair in Johto, Drayden's family in Unova, and Hassel in Paldea. Also the female dragon tamer trainer in paldea has a very similar hairstyle to Clair. There are also significant dragon themed areas in both Johto and Unova. The Blackthorn dragon's den in Johto and the Dragonspiral tower in Unova. Also you could start in Opelucid City in Unova and your starters would be Treeko, Charmander, and Totodile with their final evos all getting new forms with the dragon type added to their primary types. Plus this is the year of the dragon. I've had this idea for awhile now and I think it has a shot at being a possibility. I guess we will know in a few days.

I NEED them to release the old games (at least some) on the switch. Ive been considering buying a 3ds but doing all of that is so expensive, and emulating on the computer takes some of the fun out of it. They could literally sell them for 30-50 bucks each and I would buy them. I 'm all for remakes but they take a lot of time, would be fun to have something to play until the new game is released.

1:55 Ruffled Rowlet!

Man I just want a pokemon battle revolution remake please I love this game if you feel the same like this

I would play a let's go wooper game in a heartbeat. I love wooper. He's such a happy little guy and absolutely adorable.

Marill and Aipom would make sense. Wooper - Togepi is weird

the one problem for a pokemon Legends Johto, Sinnoh starters shouldn't be one of the starters because Legends Arceus had Cynadiquil as a starter and Legends Arceus was the beging of the forming of Sinnoh so Legends Johto should be pre arceus so gen 4 starters and Gen 2 starters should not be used as starter pokemon.

Tbh the only things that I didn’t like about let’s go was the lack of wild battles and the candy system… Other than that the game was good, great art style and one of the if not THE best implementation of following pokemon

Probably unpopular opinion, I would hate it if the remake is "Legends" or "let's go" style....

Let's Go Wooper/Togepi is something that doesn't make sense, cause it seems that it's going off the premise of the starters not evolving like in Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee. But what people really seem to forget or don't acknowledge is that Pikachu/Eevee are basically remakes of Yellow, where Pikachu didn't evolve and straight up refused to (not to mention the inclusion of Jessie and James who were also in Yellow). There's no reason for another Let's Go game to NOT have the starters evolve, and if they were to go that route, why Wooper and Togepi?

I hope we do get a new Pokemon Legends game if the fire/water type Gyrados ends up being real that'd be pretty cool to see also hopefully the Pokemon games will get voice acting but it's unlikely 😔

I don't think adrive was around during the wooper beta phase

I hope it is not that two games in one rumor because Pokémon can’t even get one region right imagine what they could do it too

I think people who expect gen 5 remakes are way too optimistic, it was 7 years between ORAS and BDSP/Arceus, even if let's go was between them. It's way too soon for gen 5 remakes

What is the footage he's using for most of this? I don't recognize it

Legends Keldeo/Victini is my first guess.

If they are gonna do Let's Go, Johto I would suggest: Aipom and Marill as the mascots. Both Pokémon for one aren't BABIES and would have decent stats Wooper and Togepi suck if the stay as is. Although SmallAnt would be happy.

Pokemon Glittering Gray and Sparkling Crystal Gray for black and white remakes And Crystal for gold and silver Just make one game for each region and release them both

A 2dHd remake would be the best thing they have ever done

I swear if we get a bdsp style remake for either unova or johto ill have officially lost all hope in the franchise Hey personally i think it would be cool if quaxly got a legends form (i saw from a legends kyurem fanartist who designed it as a native american mallard) since its dex entry states it isnt actually native to paldea

With the introduction to baby pokemon in this generation i think lets go togepi and lets go azurill would be a better fit for the lets go remakes, and they can only evolve once you beat the 3rd gym since both require very high friendship to evolve, just a theory but it seems a bit more streamline in my eyes that way

U know u are right about legends 2 when pokemon go finally released every single legends pokemon in the shinno tour to shiko the next legends mon shovelware

Give me Legends Celebi and a Unova remake using SV's third person gameplay and I will be one very happy Pokemon fan

I see a tease, but I really feel like we are getting a mystery dungeon game more than anything. I want a black and white sequel or a remakes with the respective sequels with two games in one. Legends celebi is one I also want. I feel like Pokemon delving into the past is great and it feels fresh plus johto and its apricot balls makes sense for another legends game. Because going further into the past you need a new method of acquiring Pokemon and becoming friends since the balls didn't exist that long ago as far as I know in Pokemon lore.

I want a black and white remake but the mythicals arn’t shiny locked and u won’t have to wait for some timed event to get a special item

Definitely want a Legends style game

i thought they would maybe make black and white 3 one game just like legends arceus because the whole idea is that in 3, all 3 legendaries fuse together and become the original dragon so like 2 games wouldn't really make sense. so yeah could be like just 1 game

Doing a black and white x gold and silver would be 3 games in one. Unova, johto and kanto.

What is the b roll in the back ground. With the cherry blossom Tort and such?