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Prior to ''Pokémon Sword and Shield''{{'}}s release on the Nintendo Switch (which is primarily marketed as a home console device but has handheld capabilities), all titles within the main ''Pokémon'' series were released for handheld devices. In the first four generations, each set of games were released for a different console: Generation I titles were released for the [[Game Boy]], Generation II titles were released for the [[Game Boy Color]], Generation III titles were released for the [[Game Boy Advance]], and Generation IV titles were released for the [[Nintendo DS]]. Generation V titles were also released for the Nintendo DS.

Prior to ''Pokémon Sword and Shield''{{'}}s release on the Nintendo Switch (which is primarily marketed as a home console device but has handheld capabilities), all titles within the main ''Pokémon'' series were released for handheld devices. In the first four generations, each set of games were released for a different console: Generation I titles were released for the [[Game Boy]], Generation II titles were released for the [[Game Boy Color]], Generation III titles were released for the [[Game Boy Advance]], and Generation IV titles were released for the [[Nintendo DS]]. Generation V titles were also released for the Nintendo DS.

The latest games in the main series, ''[[Pokémon Scarlet and Violet]]'', were released in November 2022, starting the ninth generation of Pokémon. A two-part DLC called ''The Treasure of Area Zero'' was released in 2023: ''The Teal Mask'' was released in September, and ''The Indigo Disk'' was released in December.

The latest game in the main series, ''[[Pokémon Legends: Z-A]]'', was released in October 2025. Longtime players return to Kalos (the Pokémon version of France), assisting the urban development in Lumiose City (the Pokémon world's Paris) to transform the city into an environment where people and Pokémon can comfortably live. New Mega Evolutions are introduced, and Z-A players can move freely with their Pokémon in battle as opposed to the turn-based battles in the past.

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