Pokémon Winds vs Waves: all the differences

Pokémon Winds and Waves: the differences summed up

If you want to see all the differences between Pokémon Winds and Waves, we’ve listed them in the table below for you:

Confirmed differences in Pokémon Winds and Waves

A couple of differences between Pokémon Winds and Waves are known already.

Player Outfits

One confirmed alteration between Pokémon Winds and Waves is the outfits the protagonists wear. In the Winds version, the cap, backpack, gloves and other accessories are all white. In Pokémon Waves, these items are all blue.

Mr. Windychu and Ms. Wavychu

Each of the new Pokémon games has its own Pikachu mascot. For Winds, this is Mr. Windychu, and for Waves, it's Ms. Wavychu. It’s not known yet whether these Pokémon have any special powers or how they’ll help you in the game.

Unconfirmed differences in Pokémon Winds and Waves

Not a lot is known about the Pokémon Winds and Waves games, so there are still some expected differences that haven’t been confirmed yet.

Exclusive Pokémon

Usually, when a new Pokémon game releases, the two versions will have exclusive Pokémon that can only be found in that specific game. It’s likely that Pokémon Winds and Waves will have this feature too, but Nintendo hasn’t announced it yet.

Cover Legendary

Since Pokémon Gold and Silver, each Pokémon game with two versions has had a different Legendary Pokémon on the cover. Will Pokémon Winds and Waves have two distinct covers? They likely will, but we don’t know for sure yet.

What stays the same between the games

Like always, there are also similarities between the two versions. For example, the starter Pokémon that you can choose from will be the same in both games: Browt, Pombon and Gecqua. Aside from that, the setting and region you’ll get to explore are also the same.

Both Pokémon Winds and Waves also release on the same date in 2027, exclusively on the Nintendo Switch 2.

Which version of Pokémon Winds and Waves should you choose?

Now the remaining question is whether you should buy Pokémon Winds or Pokémon Waves. Generally, it doesn’t really matter which Pokémon game you buy since you get the same experience with both. Once the lists of Pokémon are out, you can compare each game’s exclusives and see which version suits you best.

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