A number of Pokemon followers are discovering that Pokemon Champions is not as much as snuff for the aggressive scene, saying that it lacks a number of Pokemon and gadgets that have been even marketed in pre-release trailers.
At present, Pokemon Champions solely helps 186 Pokemon, solely that includes totally developed kinds (with some exceptions like Pikachu). One X publish noticed by Kotaku factors out {that a} Mega Evolution for Raichu seen within the sport’s Pokemon Day trailer is not current in Champions, and another post highlights gadgets seen within the overview trailer that are not within the sport at launch.
>within the pokemon day trailer from a month in the past
>isnt even within the fucking sport
what did they imply by this pic.twitter.com/ssdJ3Rn6YE— Lewtwo (@Lewchube) April 8, 2026
To be considerably honest to The Pokemon Firm, a lot of the sport’s trailers have disclaimers saying that footage would possibly embody Pokemon “unavailable on the time of the Nintendo Change model’s launch,” implying that different missing Pokemon and Mega Evolution forms like Mega Raichu X could possibly be added at a later time or when the cell model of the sport releases.
Some gamers argued that the restricted merchandise choice and Pokemon roster ought to profit newer and informal gamers, with one Reddit post contending that lesser-used gadgets would possibly see extra utilization and another post arguing that Champions can be a greater introduction to aggressive play consequently.
Nonetheless, many have expressed disappointment in regards to the present state of Pokemon Champions on social media, with Serebii’s Joe Merrick lamenting that the sport is “simply missing so many choices,” predicting that “with fewer merchandise choices” and so few Pokemon to make use of, “aggressive goes to suck for some time.”
Pokemon Champions additionally has one other main subject, with some gamers saying they misplaced entry to some Pokemon House monsters after trying to switch them to Champions. Whereas Pokemon Champions has the potential to develop with future updates, patches, and different additions, the fanbase seems largely dissatisfied with its choices to this point.