Pokémon Gen 10 leaked starters sound like the best we've had in years

The next Pokémon game may be Pokémon Legends: Z-A but fans are already looking towards the future, and it’s bright.

I’m very excited for Pokémon Legends: Z-A, especially since it’ll be the first new Pokémon game on the Nintendo Switch 2, so I’m expecting big things from the performance, especially after Pokémon Scarlet & Violet.

Aside from that, it also just looks like a solid entry in the series, with some interesting mechanics and of course the return of Mega Evolutions.

There’s one glaring flaw with it though, the starter Pokémon suck; sorry if that hurts your feelings, but variety is the spice of life and Pokémon Legends: Z-A’s starter line-up doesn’t have it.

Fortunately, it sounds like the next Pokémon game, Gen 10, will deliver a solid starter line-up if the leaks/rumours are to be believed.

Rumour has it that the Gen 10 Pokémon game will be called Pokémon Tides and Gales and will feature a setting that’ll have players hopping between islands on their quest to catch-’em-all.

The starter Pokémon will apparently feature a fire-type goat, a water-type octopus and a grass-type snail.

Take it with a pinch of salt, of course, but if there’s any credibility to the rumour, it doesn’t sound half-bad, and don’t forget they sometimes get a secondary type when they evolve so this could get even more interesting.

Also mentioned in the leaks is the return of another starter Pokémon, Charmander, who’ll apparently appear with a regional ground-type variant. It always amazes me how easily The Pokémon Company can slip Charmander/Charizard into all of its Pokémon titles.

As said before, you need to take this with some salt as it’s still early-days, but with Pokémon Legends: Z-A releasing later this year it seems pretty likely that work on the next game will have already begun.