The Pokémon 30th anniversary celebration continues, and this latest release is a must for those into the franchise. Ever since it began in 1996 with GameBoy’s Pokémon Red and Green, it has become a massive icon in pop culture and introduced not only numerous characters but also near-countless original creatures. Now, this latest release will help fans keep up to date on where the franchise has gone after all these years.
Pokémon is a Japanese franchise that takes place in a world where humans coexist with superpowered creatures called Pokémon. The franchise is currently in its 9th generation thanks to the release of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, which takes place in the Paldea region. As of writing, Pokémon is the highest-grossing media franchise of all time, generating over $130 billion worldwide. At the same time, it released its latest spin-off title earlier this year, called Pokémon Pokopia, which takes place in a post-apocalyptic Pokémon universe. Due to the sheer amount of content Pokémon has released, this latest product keeps fans up to date on Pokémon’s most notable feature: its iconic creatures.
The Pokémon — Official National Pokédex: 1996-2026 is a book that contains every detail about all 1,025 Pokémon the franchise has introduced so far, from Pokémon Red and Green to Scarlet and Violet, as well as their other characteristics, like height, weight, and evolution, and other forms, like Mega Evolution, Gigantamax, Terastallization, and Regional Variants, to name a few. At the moment, Pokémon — Official National Pokédex: 1996-2026 is only available in Japanese, with a reported price of ¥2,750 (~$17.27 USD), and an English/international release has yet to be announced.
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Collider Exclusive · Universe Personality Quiz Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong in the Most? Star Wars · Lord of the Rings · Harry Potter · Game of Thrones · Star Trek
Five legendary universes. Five completely different visions of what the world could be — or already was. One of them is the world your instincts, your values, and your particular way of existing were built for. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🚀Star Wars
💍Lord of the Rings
🧙Harry Potter
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👑Game of Thrones
🖖Star Trek
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What gives your life its deepest sense of meaning? Every universe is built around a different answer to this question.
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Which kind of world do you most want to inhabit? The environment shapes who you become. Choose carefully.
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How do you prefer your conflicts resolved? The shape of a world’s conflicts tells you everything about its soul.
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Who do you want beside you when things get difficult? Your ideal companions reveal the world you were made for.
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What is your relationship with power? How you seek, wield, or resist power is the map of who you are.
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How does your universe treat good and evil? A world’s moral architecture tells you more about it than any map.
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What role would you naturally fall into? Every universe has archetypes. Which one fits you without trying?
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What do you ultimately believe about the future? The answer to this is the clearest window into which universe already lives inside you.
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Your Universe Has Been Chosen You Belong In…
Your answers point to the iconic universe your values, your instincts, and your particular way of seeing the world were built for. This is where you would find your people — and your purpose.
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A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
You believe in the cause — in the idea that freedom is worth fighting for even when the odds are impossible and the empire is vast.
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You are drawn to the moral clarity of a universe where hope itself is a form of resistance.
You’d find your people in the Rebellion — a ragtag coalition of true believers held together by conviction more than resources.
Star Wars is fundamentally a story about ordinary people choosing to matter in an extraordinary conflict — and that is exactly your kind of story.
The Force may or may not be with you. But the will to use it for something larger than yourself certainly is.
Middle-earth
Lord of the Rings
You understand, in the deepest part of yourself, that the journey matters as much as the destination — and that the world’s beauty is worth protecting even at great cost.
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Middle-earth is a world of ancient wonder, deep friendship, and a darkness that only retreats when enough small acts of courage accumulate.
You would thrive here because you value the fellowship more than the glory — the road more than the arrival.
Tolkien’s universe rewards patience, loyalty, and the willingness to carry something heavy across a very long distance.
Those are not burdens to you. They are simply how you move through the world.
The Wizarding World
Harry Potter
You believe that love, loyalty, and doing what’s right are not naive sentiments — they are the most powerful forces in any world, magical or otherwise.
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The Wizarding World is a place of wonder hidden in plain sight, where learning is transformative and the bonds you form at school follow you into every battle.
You would flourish here because you take both the magic and the friendships seriously — and you understand that one without the other is incomplete.
Harry Potter’s universe ultimately rewards those who choose to stand for something even when standing is terrifying.
That choice — made quietly, without guarantee — is something you understand completely.
Westeros · The Known World
Game of Thrones
You see the world clearly — its power structures, its hypocrisies, its brutal arithmetic — and you are not paralysed by that clarity. You use it.
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Westeros is a world that rewards intelligence, adaptability, and the willingness to understand that every alliance is also a negotiation.
You would survive here — possibly thrive here — because you don’t confuse the world as it is with the world as you’d like it to be.
Game of Thrones is a story about what happens when the idealists and the realists collide. You are sharp enough to know which one lasts longer.
Winter always comes. You are already prepared.
The United Federation of Planets
Star Trek
You believe the future is worth building — that curiosity, cooperation, and the expansion of understanding are not just ideals but the most practical path forward for any civilisation.
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Star Trek is a universe where the questions matter as much as the answers, and where encountering something utterly alien is cause for wonder rather than fear.
You would belong here because you are fundamentally optimistic about what intelligence and decency can achieve — while being honest about how hard that achievement is.
The Federation is the universe’s most ambitious thought experiment: what if we actually got better?
You don’t just hope that’s possible. You think it’s the only thing worth working toward.
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What Do We Know About The Next ‘Pokémon’ Installment?
Image via The Pokemon Company
This year, The Pokémon Company announced the next mainline Pokémon game, Pokémon Winds and Waves, bringing the franchise to the 10th generation. While the official name and full details of the new region have yet to be revealed, earlier trailers teased that Pokémon Winds and Waves will take inspiration from Southeast Asian countries like Indonesia. Pokémon has revealed the three new starter Pokémon that will be introduced in the game: Browt, the Grass-type Pokémon that resembles a bird; Pombon, the Fire-type Pokémon that resembles a dog; and Gecqua, the Water-type Pokémon that resembles a gecko. Their evolution forms have yet to be shown. The NHK Symphony Orchestra will perform the theme song for Pokémon Winds and Waves, and as of writing, other details like the plot, new gameplay mechanics, and who the Legendary Pokémon are have yet to be shared.
Pokémon Winds and Waves is scheduled to come out in 2027. In the meantime, you can stream Pokémon Horizons: The Series on Netflix. Follow Collider for more updates.
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