Pokémon Winds and Waves Will Not Appear at Pokémon 30th Anniversary Singapore Events

At a Pokémon 30th Anniversary press conference held in Singapore, The Pokémon Company addressed local events and upcoming mainline entries—confirming that the newly announced titles Pokémon Winds and Waves will not be featured as part of the Singapore celebrations. The conference included a moderated Q&A with The Pokémon Company corporate officer Susumu Fukunaga and director Go Nagano, and coincided with a large-scale Pokémon presence at Jewel Changi Airport and other Singaporean venues. Background The Pokémon franchise began in 1996 on Nintendo's Game Boy and marks its 30th anniversary in 2026. The celebration has produced a global slate of events, regional promotions and tie-ins; in Singapore specifically, Pokémon activations previously took place at Changi Airport in 2016 and have returned in 2026 with expanded programming. Nintendo’s current home-console platform, the Nintendo Switch, launched on March 3, 2017, and remains the primary home for recent mainline Pokémon releases. What The Pokémon Company said During the press conference, Susumu Fukunaga thanked Singaporean fans and said that the local fanbase has grown substantially since the first Changi Airport campaign in 2016, enabling the company to stage larger and more frequent events. He noted that the team has built capabilities and experience over the past decade and expressed gratitude to fans for their support. Fukunaga also confirmed plainly that Pokémon Winds and Waves—the upcoming mainline Pokémon entries—will not appear in the current slate of Pokémon 30th Anniversary events in Singapore, and asked fans to await future updates on those games. Go Nagano and other remarks Director Go Nagano was asked about personal favorites and regional growth. Nagano said his favorite Pokémon is Pincer, while Fukunaga named Mew and joked he hopes to wear a Mew-themed shirt in future events (he was wearing a Growlithe shirt from an Okinawa event). Nagano described strong brand awareness and purchasing power in Singapore and expressed the hope that Singapore could help lead regional growth. Event specifics The Singapore program includes a PokéSighting activation and a Pokémon Parade at Jewel Changi Airport—described at the conference as the first event of its kind in Asia outside Japan—and a region-exclusive PokéSighting Pikachu with blue hair. The transcript of the Q&A was edited and provided by NintendoSoup. Taken together, The Pokémon Company’s comments emphasize continued global celebrations for the series’ 30th anniversary while confirming that fans should not expect Pokémon Winds and Waves to debut during the Singapore events. Further official updates on Winds and Waves and other anniversary plans will arrive from The Pokémon Company and partner outlets in the coming months.