Multiplayer has long been a part of Game Freak’s monster-collecting franchise.

From day one, fans have been able to battle and trade with other trainers in the mainline games.

Despite this, a full-on mainline multiplayer title has not yet happened in the franchise.

Pokemon Multiplayer Game

Pokemon Day 2025 will ring in the franchise’s 29th birthday with a specialPokemon Presentslive stream.

As a part of this rumored lineup is a new multiplayer title, codenamedPokemon Synapse.

According to the Teraleak, this new multiplayer title will be unlike anything the franchise has done to date.

Several Pokemon standing next to each other with blue sky behind them

In fact, it could be a multiplayer shooter.

The name that keeps coming up in various leaks of the game is actually another Nintendo franchise,Splatoon.

On top of that, what platforms it could come to also remains a massive question mark.

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Although, there is a good chance it could jointhe expanding lineup of the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2.

ET on Thursday, February 27.

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