Shocking Pokémon announcement this Sunday

Pokémon fans (yes, we know you’re out there) would do well to keep their eyes peeled and glued to their TVs this coming Sunday (September 18^th) if you’re in Japan. The rest of us just need to stay online. According to reports, Game Freak’s Pokémon director, Junichi Masuda will be appearing on a Japanese Pokémon show called Pokémon Smash and on the show he will be making a “shock announcement”. Other than the fact that it is supposed to be shocking, no other clues were given.

Any guesses to what the announcement will be? The most shocking thing I can think of would be the availability of Pokémon on non-Nintendo consoles. Perhaps a Pokémon FPS game? The discontinuation of the franchise (highly unlikely)? But I guess we’ll just have to stay tuned until the 18^th to find out.