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All Pokemon’s Mainline Games for Nintendo Switch

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With Pokemon Home integration for Scarlet and Violet coming soon, players will want to make sure they have every game available and ready to move up to the most current generation of the games. Here’s the list of every mainline Pokemon game available on Nintendo Switch:

The two most recent mainline games in the series, Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet are the first open-world RPGs in the Pokémon series. As you enjoy the hallmarks of the series—meeting, teaming up with, battling, training, and trading Pokémon—you’ll be able to immerse yourself in a newly evolved adventure. Roam the world with friends for the first time in multiplayer and take on Tera-Raids together! Tackle the gyms and challenges of the region in any order you wish!

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The Teal Mask

Step out of the Paldea region as you take a school trip to the land of Kitakami. There, you’ll meet new people and Pokémon while unraveling the mysteries behind the area’s folk tales.

The Teal Mask is slated for release in fall 2023.

The Indigo Disk

The story continues as you become an exchange student and visit Blueberry Academy. Most of this unusual school is located under the ocean, and its curriculum emphasizes Pokémon battling.

The Indigo Disk is slated for release in winter 2023.

Pokemon Legends Arceus

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Your adventure is set in the expansive natural majesty of the Hisui region, in an age long ago when it was rare for people and Pokémon to live in close harmony. In time, this land of Hisui will come to be called Sinnoh—a region you may know well.

Sneak up and throw pokeballs to catch pokemon in real time for the first time ever in the Pokemon series! Battle raging golden deities and dodge their attacks to wear them out and survive to travel the open wilderness for one more day.

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Pokemon: Brilliant Diamond

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Experience the nostalgia of the Pokémon Diamond™ and Pokémon Pearl™ games in an adventure reborn on Nintendo Switch™ systems.

The original story has been faithfully reproduced, and these remakes include easy-to-understand, player-friendly conveniences of the modern Pokémon series, plus up-close-and-personal Pokémon battle scenes.

Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu!

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Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee are remakes of the Gameboy classic Pokemon Yellow Version. Revisit the Kanto region with modernized graphics and quality of life features like multiplayer and the removal of HMs.

You’ll meet either Pikachu or Eevee when you begin your adventure. Pikachu or Eevee will be your partner throughout your adventure and grow with you. Unlike regular Pokémon, your partner prefers to be out of its Poké Ball, so it will stay with you by hanging on your shoulder or riding on your head. It also seems to have no interest in evolving!

Pokeball Plus

Use the Pokeball Plus controller compatible with Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee to aid in catching pokemon in game! (Also compatible with Pokemon Go)

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Pokemon Sword

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Explore the Wild Area, a vast expanse of land where the player can freely control the camera. Team up with three other players locally or online in multiplayer co-op Max Raid Battles in which players will face off against gigantic and super-strong Pokémon known as Dynamax Pokémon.

Discover Galar, an expansive region with diverse environments, from a peaceful countryside and contemporary cities to a thick forest and snow-covered mountains. The people and Pokémon who live here work together closely to develop the industries within it.

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The Isle of Armor is full of environments not seen in Galar before—you’ll find wave-swept beaches, forests, bogs, caves, and sand dunes!

The island is home to a dojo for Pokémon battles. You and your Pokémon will train hard to become even stronger under Mustard, the Trainer who is the master of this dojo.

The Crown Tundra is the second area you’ll be able to visit with your Expansion Pass. See for yourself this vast landscape, with its drifts of glittering snow! In this frigid area with jagged, snowy mountains, people have settled in a small, tight-knit community.

New Pokémon Snap

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New Pokémon Snap is an all-new game inspired by the 1999 Nintendo 64 game Pokémon Snap. This Nintendo Switch adventure will take you from island to island on an ecological survey, photographing Pokémon and building your own Pokémon Photodex!

Pokkén Tournament DX

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Pokkén Tournament DX is a one-on-one Pokémon fighting game exclusively for Nintendo Switch. Over 20 Pokémon overflowing with personality will be joining the battles!

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Rescue Team DX

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Build a rescue team to take on mysterious, changing dungeons and strategically plan your moves as you venture forth to make the Pokémon world a safer place…and uncover your true purpose along the way.

And that’s it! These are every mainline pokemon game entry currently available for the Nintendo Switch Systems (Excluding digital only games) I know that’s a lot of pokemon games to go through and with game prices on the rise, why not use Gamefly to rent with no fear of commitment? Leave a comment if this list has helped in any way and have a wonderful day!