After 25 seasons of companionship, the trainer and his favorite animal hand over. A new series is announced for next year.
End clap for Sacha and Pikachu after 25 seasons of adventures: the Pokémon Company announced on Friday the launch in 2023 of a “new Serie“with characters”never seen before“, including the duo Liko and Roy. “The new series will debut in several countries in 2023“Said the Pokémon Company, partly owned by the Japanese video game giant Nintendo and which manages the rights to the brand ranging from the television series to the collectible card game.
“The new series will be released after the current season“in which Sacha Ketchum, protagonist of the series with his faithful companion Pikachu, is crowned best”world trainer“After 25 seasons of adventures, she completed. Special episodes will constitute the “final chapter of Ash and Pikachu’s adventures” and “will give a glimpse of what the future holdsto the two emblematic characters. These episodes will be broadcast in France on Gulli on Wednesday mornings.
“Fans will watch with as much pleasure the new series, which will take up all the codes specific to the Pokémon cartoons dear to their hearts: action, adventure, friendship, and Pokémon.“, further indicated the Pokémon Company. First released in Japan in 1996 as a video game for the Game Boy console, Pokémon has spawned one of the most popular cultural franchises worldwide, alongside “Star Wars” and “Harry Potter“.
Available in countless forms, collectible card game, objects, stuffed animals or film adaptations, the successful saga of capturing monsters has also revolutionized mobile games with Pokémon Go, which introduced geolocation and augmented reality mechanisms. The new video games of the Pokémon franchise Scarlet and Purple on the Nintendo Switch console got off to a flying start with ten million sales in just a few days after their release in late November.
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