{"id":136247,"date":"2026-02-28T03:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T03:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-198105"},"modified":"2026-02-28T03:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T03:55:00","slug":"pokemon-winds-waves-will-be-released-exclusively-for-switch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/02\/28\/pokemon-winds-waves-will-be-released-exclusively-for-switch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Winds &amp; Waves Will Be Released &#8220;Exclusively&#8221; For Switch 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c375c16877729\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c375c16877729\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"8367be104bdbb\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Pok\u00e9mon Winds And Waves\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8367be104bdbb\/pokemon-winds-and-waves.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8367be104bdbb\/pokemon-winds-and-waves.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Pok\u00e9mon Winds And Waves\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Since the arrival of the Switch 2 generation last year, certain first-party titles have received cross-platform releases. Trainers saw this with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_legends_z-a\">Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A<\/a>, but this won&#8217;t be the case for the new mainline entry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/pokemon-winds-and-waves\">Pok\u00e9mon Winds &amp; Waves<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In case you somehow missed it, The Pok\u00e9mon Company has clearly stated in official press materials and the new webpage how these next-generation entries developed by Game Freak are &#8220;exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2&#8221;. In other words, Nintendo&#8217;s existing hybrid platform isn&#8217;t part of the plans.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Developed by GAME FREAK exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2, these new titles feature an open world to explore, with beautiful windswept islands and a vast ocean with glittering waves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At a glance, this new generation is already looking quite promising, and Game Freak potentially has over a year to polish the experience, with the titles currently scheduled for a 2027 release.<\/p>\n<p>So, this means <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_scarlet_and_violet\">Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet &amp; Violet<\/a> and Legends: Z-A are likely the last &#8220;major&#8221; new entries that will be released on Nintendo&#8217;s original Switch hardware.<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo previously said it would continue supporting the original Switch as long as there&#8217;s an audience, but also understands &#8220;exclusive games are crucial when launching new hardware&#8221; and intends to shift support to its new hybrid system as the fan base grows.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:177898,198072 @ 1772267638 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>How do you feel about the decision to offer this new Pok\u00e9mon game exclusively on the Switch 2? <em>Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company Since the arrival of the Switch 2 generation last year, certain first-party titles have received cross-platform releases. Trainers saw this with Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Z-A, but this won&#8217;t be the case for the new mainline entry Pok\u00e9mon Winds &amp; Waves. In case you somehow missed it, The Pok\u00e9mon Company has clearly stated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}