Pokémon Champions Heads to Switch in April 2026, With HOME Tie-Ins and Free Dragonite Bonus
TL;DR
Pokémon Champions is dated for a Switch release in April 2026 (mobile version later). Early downloads grant a Dragonite and its Mega Stone. Players can import Chesnaught, Delphox, Greninja, and Eternal Flower Floette from Pokémon Legends: Z-A via Pokémon HOME, with HOME allowing visiting Pokémon to enter Champions and return to HOME (moves must be retrained; training carries over unless the form changes). Only Pokémon that appear in Champions can visit from HOME, and Pokémon earned in Champions cannot be sent back to HOME. More release details are expected in the coming months.
- Pokémon Champions Brings The Fight To Switch This April Nintendo Life
- Pokémon Champions Is Coming to Nintendo Switch in April 2026 Pokemon.com
- Pokémon Champions Launches On Switch This April, Mobile Later This Year Game Informer
- Pokémon Champions Datamined in Pokémon HOME - Release May Be Closer Than Expected VICE
- We finally know when Pokémon Champions is coming out Polygon
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