Today, Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves were announced during a Pokémon Presents, showing off a new region, three new starter Pokémon, new player characters, a lot of returning Pokémon, and two overdressed Pikachus with the most ridiculous names I've ever heard.

The trailer that aired today began with a cinematic showing a regular Pikachu flipping through a scrapbook of its adventures in different regions throughout the different Pokemon games, before stepping away from the book to answer a knock at the door. When the door opens, two other Pikachu are waiting outside dressed and ready for vacation. One, a male Pikachu (based on the tail shape) is wearing a floral polo shirt, sunglasses, and a big white sunhat with a flower. The other, a female Pika, has on a blue and pink floral sundress and a blue baseball cap also with a flower. Her cheeks are pink instead of red.

These are, apparently, Mr. Windychu and Ms. Wavychu, and no, I'm not making those names up. These names are from the official Pokémon website.

Apart from their names and their official artwork, there isn't much info about who these guys are. They're clearly each coded to one of the two versions of the game, and notably, their hats correspond with the hats the protagonist trainers wear in their respective versions.

Fans already have thoughts about the Chus. Some people love them:

Mr. Windychu does slay 💅 pic.twitter.com/JdJ939vBjk

— TakariJBartleby (@TakariJBartleby) February 27, 2026

ms wavychu i give my life for you pic.twitter.com/eAwYcR8zYs

— ˖ 𑣲 ushia ﹒ 𖤐 (@staryuchu) February 27, 2026

I do love how they gave both pikachus eyeliner instead of just the girl one. it looks so good on mr windychu pic.twitter.com/AHhLFUDOLX

— deli (@silentxwaltz) February 27, 2026

Others are... amused by them, to say the least. There are a lot of memes about them being a couple with relationship problems, or just mocking their (admittedly silly) designs:

Windychu and Wavychu pic.twitter.com/wC3dxTUd0i

— Loidy//Macie (@omgloidy) February 27, 2026

watch there be a quest to save mr. wavychu + mrs. wavychu’s marriage

— paajiaamaa (@paajiaamaa) February 27, 2026

I trust WindyChu with my life but WavyChu is sus I do not trust her bro https://t.co/UA9RVlalM0

— Vika 🇻🇪 (@Vika_too) February 27, 2026

please tell me these are the main character's adoptive parents that'd be so funny pic.twitter.com/mBWV92Mibt

— QuinnQwerty! 📺 (@QuinnQwerty) February 27, 2026

Mr Windychu looks like he’s about to check into a hotel to have a nice vacation with his retired wife. They look like a Florida couple lol https://t.co/CSfOQI2Y3R

— JayE 🎮 FF Tactics & Hyrule Warriors DE (@CaptainFalchion) February 27, 2026

There's also a lot of generative AI art of both of them already out there, especially Windychu. Much of it is not fit to reprint here, but you can use your imagination.

Windychu and Wavychu are a bit of a surprising announcement. Pikachu is no stranger to being dressed up – heck, there was even an obtainable Cosplay Pikachu in Pokémon OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire, and Pikachu has been dressed up in all sorts of outfits for merchandise and in spinoffs like Pokémon GO. But these two seem to be important NPCs who will be involved in the story somehow. Perhaps each one is version exclusive? Maybe we'll be able to obtain them as a trainer? Maybe they belong to the game's professor? Who knows? We'll have to wait until 2027 to find out.

We've been rounding up every bit of information we can about Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves in light of their announcement today. We've got a list of every confirmed Pokémon, as well as multiple articles about the best boy, Pombon. You can catch up on everything announced at today's Pokémon Presents right here.

Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Got a story tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.

Bluepoint, the studio behind the successful Shadow of the Colossus and Demon's Souls remakes, reportedly pitched a Bloodborne remake last year that was rejected not by Sony, as many have thought, but by FromSoftware.

This comes from a new Bloomberg report discussing the reasons Bluepoint was shut down by Sony earlier this month. As Bloomberg shares, Bluepoint was working on a live-service God of War game, following its acquisition by Sony, and support work on God of War Ragnarok. The God of War game would have involved Atreus falling into Hades and different "versions" of him battling through it with some kind of cooperative element.

The idea didn't really coalesce and Bluepoint, famous for more traditional action games, was a poor fit for the project, so it was canceled in January 2025. The studio was encouraged to pitch other ideas, and the one that made the most sense was a remake of 2015's amazing, IGN 9.1/10, Bloodborne.

Fans have begged for a Bloodborne remake or sequel for years, with all sorts of rumors cropping up that one might be in the works at any given time. Popular belief has been that Sony, as the IP owner, is what stands in the way of FromSoftware actually making one. But according to Bloomberg, that may not be the case. According to those working at the studio, they were told that while Sony was interested in a Bloodborne remake, FromSoftware was not, and the idea was scrapped.

Bloodborne's status has long been in limbo, with various individuals with ties to the project sharing conflicting thoughts on what can be made of it. Back in 2024, FromSoftware director Hidetaka Miyazaki said it was "not in my place" to talk about a Bloodborne remake because FromSoftware does not own the IP. He also told Eurogamer at the time that the game would benefit from a release on modern hardware.

Then, the following year, PlayStation's Shuhei Yoshida offered a theory on KindaFunny as to what was going on with Bloodborne that may match up with what happened to Bluepoint's pitch:

Bloodborne has always been the most asked thing. And people wonder why we haven’t really done anything, even an update or a remaster. Should be easy, right? The company is known for doing so many remasters, right, some people get frustrated.

I have only my personal theory to that situation. I left first-party so I don’t know what’s going on, but my theory is, you know because I remember, you know, Miyazaki-san really, really loved Bloodborne, you know, what he created. So I think he is interested, but he’s so successful and he’s so busy, so he doesn’t want, he cannot do himself, but he does not want anyone else to touch it. So that’s my theory. And the PlayStation team respect his wish. So that’s my guess, right? Theory. I am not revealing any secret information, to be clear.

The question of why no one seems to want to hit such an obvious home run, or let someone like Bluepoint hit it for them, remains. FromSoftware is currently hard at work on The Duskbloods, a similarly vampire-themed game exclusive to Nintendo Switch 2. As for Bluepoint, it reportedly went on to pitch other ideas, such as an updated Shadow of the Colossus and a spin-off of Ghost of Tsushima, before it was tragically shut down by Sony, with leaders believing the studio was not equipped to make its own game and was unable to find a sensible partnership. Per Bloomberg, some companies are currently in talks to see if they can save the studio and take it off Sony's hands, but no word yet as to how successful that might be.

Rebekah Valentine is a senior reporter for IGN. Got a story tip? Send it to rvalentine@ign.com.