Pokémon Pokopia gets a special announcement: World Championships preview set

The Pokémon Company has lined up a special Pokémon Pokopia announcement for August 21 as part of the Pokémon World Championships 2026 Preview Show livestream. That puts it exactly one week before the Pokémon World Championships arrive in San Francisco, set for August 28 through 30.

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The Preview Show will stream on Pokémon’s official Twitch and YouTube channels. The company hasn’t said what, exactly, it plans to reveal, but Part 2 of Pokémon Pokopia’s three-part paid expansion pass feels like the obvious candidate. Part 1, Bubbly Basin, just went live. Part 2 is scheduled for late 2026, and it would make sense to see new areas, more Pokémon to attract and look after, feature upgrades, and maybe some of the quality-of-life changes players have been asking for, like larger build zones, more freedom in where structures can go, and expanded habitats.

If you’re playing Pokémon Pokopia on Nintendo Switch 2, this stream is probably one to keep an eye on. The Pokémon Company says the habitat-building game has sold more than 5 million copies in a little over four months, which is a big start for a Pokémon game built around creating habitats rather than battling through gyms. A sizable update could give Pokémon Pokopia another push heading into the holidays, especially while the 2026-27 Championship Series is shifting around it, with Pokémon Unite getting its own Worlds and VGC adding the mobile game Pokémon Champions.

If you want to watch it live, the stream will be on Pokémon’s official Twitch and YouTube channels.

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