{"id":136254,"date":"2026-02-27T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-198089"},"modified":"2026-02-27T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:00:00","slug":"gallery-heres-a-closer-look-at-the-first-official-artwork-from-pokemon-winds-waves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/02\/27\/gallery-heres-a-closer-look-at-the-first-official-artwork-from-pokemon-winds-waves\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallery: Here&#8217;s A Closer Look At The First Official Artwork From Pok\u00e9mon Winds &amp; Waves"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e73b25b88c3e2\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e73b25b88c3e2\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"e73b25b88c3e2\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Pokemon Winds &amp; Waves\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e73b25b88c3e2\/pokemon-winds-and-waves.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e73b25b88c3e2\/pokemon-winds-and-waves.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"503\" alt=\"Pokemon Winds &amp; Waves\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo Life \/ The Pok\u00e9mon Company<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gen 10 is official! Earlier today at the end of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/guides\/pokemon-presents-february-2026-every-announcement-how-would-you-rate-it\">the Pok\u00e9mon Presents broadcast<\/a>, The Pok\u00e9mon Company finally lifted the lid on the next mainline entries in the monster-catching super-series: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/pokemon-winds-and-waves\">Pok\u00e9mon Winds &amp; Waves<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Coming to Switch 2 sometime in &#8220;2027&#8221;, we got our first look <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/02\/pokemon-winds-and-waves-announced-for-switch-2-launching-next-year\">via a trailer<\/a>, and the makers have released the first art from the upcoming games, including illustrations for the main character pairs from each version, the new starters, and the improbably named Pikachu pair, Mr. Windychu and Ms. Wavychu.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s take a closer look, shall we?<\/p>\n<h2>Pok\u00e9mon Winds &amp; Waves Reveal Artwork<\/h2>\n<h3>Logos<\/h3>\n<p>Starting at the beginning, we&#8217;ve got some super high-res logo shots, highlighting the winds and, indeed, waves, as you&#8217;d expect. Gotta love a big ol&#8217; .png&#8230;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"f1860e1ba1ef2\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Pokemon Winds &amp; Waves\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f1860e1ba1ef2\/pokemon-winds-and-waves.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f1860e1ba1ef2\/pokemon-winds-and-waves.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Pokemon Winds &amp; Waves\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Main characters<\/h3>\n<p>Next up, it&#8217;s the main characters, with each game offering a slightly different flavour:<\/p>\n<p>First, the Winds pair:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"cols cols-2\">\n<div class=\"col col-1 col-width-50\"><a title=\"Pokemon Winds &amp; Waves\" class=\"scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/bbf4447242ef6\/pokemon-winds-and-waves.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/bbf4447242ef6\/pokemon-winds-and-waves.445x629.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"629\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Pokemon Winds &amp; Waves\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col col-1 col-width-50\"><a title=\"Pokemon Winds &amp; Waves\" class=\"scanlines scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/754632cf11881\/pokemon-winds-and-waves.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/754632cf11881\/pokemon-winds-and-waves.445x629.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"629\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Pokemon Winds &amp; Waves\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Images: The Pok\u00e9mon Company<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p>Second, the Waves duo:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"cols cols-2\">\n<div class=\"col col-1 col-width-50\"><a title=\"Pokemon Winds &amp; Waves\" class=\"scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f06ed7a7a2b31\/pokemon-winds-and-waves.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f06ed7a7a2b31\/pokemon-winds-and-waves.445x629.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"629\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Pokemon Winds &amp; Waves\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col col-1 col-width-50\"><a title=\"Pokemon Winds &amp; Waves\" class=\"scanlines scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/bec933531c9a2\/pokemon-winds-and-waves.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/bec933531c9a2\/pokemon-winds-and-waves.445x629.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"629\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Pokemon Winds &amp; Waves\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Images: The Pok\u00e9mon Company<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<h3>Starters<\/h3>\n<p>Next, it&#8217;s the adorable new starter Pok\u00e9mon, Browt, Pombon, and Gecqua.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Images: The Pok\u00e9mon Company<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<h3>Special Pikachus<\/h3>\n<p>And finally, two new &#8220;Special&#8221; Pikachus: Mr. Windychu and Ms. Wavychu. We <em>wonder<\/em>, which one will be in which version? It&#8217;s impossible to know.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\">\n<div class=\"cols cols-2\">\n<div class=\"col col-1 col-width-50\"><a title=\"Pokemon Winds &amp; Waves\" class=\"scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/cdf862fd7a254\/pokemon-winds-and-waves.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/cdf862fd7a254\/pokemon-winds-and-waves.445x445.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"445\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Pokemon Winds &amp; Waves\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"col col-1 col-width-50\"><a title=\"Pokemon Winds &amp; Waves\" class=\"scanlines scanlines\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c31dbe6812141\/pokemon-winds-and-waves.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c31dbe6812141\/pokemon-winds-and-waves.445x445.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"445\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Pokemon Winds &amp; Waves\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Images: The Pok\u00e9mon Company<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<hr>\n<p>Ah, always nice to have some fresh, offical &#8216;mon art. Let us know what you make of these below.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/pokemon\/related-articles:197850,198072,198071 @ 1772266364 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Life \/ The Pok\u00e9mon Company Gen 10 is official! Earlier today at the end of the Pok\u00e9mon Presents broadcast, The Pok\u00e9mon Company finally lifted the lid on the next mainline entries in the monster-catching super-series: Pok\u00e9mon Winds &amp; Waves. Coming to Switch 2 sometime in &#8220;2027&#8221;, we got our first look via a [&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-136254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136254","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=136254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136254\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}