Pokémon Winds and Waves' Two Dressed Up Pikachu Have Ridiculous Official Names

Today, Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves were announced during a Pokémon Presents, showing disconnected a caller region, 3 caller starter Pokémon, caller subordinate characters, a batch of returning Pokémon, and 2 overdressed Pikachus with the astir ridiculous names I've ever heard.

The trailer that aired contiguous began with a cinematic showing a regular Pikachu flipping done a scrapbook of its adventures successful antithetic regions passim the antithetic Pokemon games, earlier stepping distant from the publication to reply a sound astatine the door. When the doorway opens, 2 different Pikachu are waiting extracurricular dressed and acceptable for vacation. One, a antheral Pikachu (based connected the process shape) is wearing a floral polo shirt, sunglasses, and a large achromatic sunhat with a flower. The other, a pistillate Pika, has connected a bluish and pinkish floral sundress and a bluish shot headdress besides with a flower. Her cheeks are pinkish alternatively of red.

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

Apart from their names and their authoritative artwork, determination isn't overmuch info astir who these guys are. They're intelligibly each coded to 1 of the 2 versions of the game, and notably, their hats correspond with the hats the protagonist trainers deterioration successful their respective versions.

Fans already person thoughts astir the Chus. Some radical emotion them:

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

— TakariJBartleby (@TakariJBartleby) February 27, 2026

ms wavychu one springiness my beingness for you pic.twitter.com/eAwYcR8zYs

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

I bash emotion however they gave some pikachus eyeliner alternatively of conscionable the miss one. it looks truthful bully connected mister windychu pic.twitter.com/AHhLFUDOLX

— deli (@silentxwaltz) February 27, 2026

Others are... amused by them, to accidental the least. There are a batch of memes astir them being a mates with narration problems, oregon conscionable mocking their (admittedly silly) designs:

Windychu and Wavychu pic.twitter.com/wC3dxTUd0i

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

watch determination beryllium a quest to prevention mr. wavychu + mrs. wavychu’s marriage

— paajiaamaa (@paajiaamaa) February 27, 2026

I spot WindyChu with my beingness but WavyChu is sus I bash not spot her bro https://t.co/UA9RVlalM0

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

please archer maine these are the main character's adoptive parents that'd beryllium truthful comic pic.twitter.com/mBWV92Mibt

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

Mr Windychu looks similar he’s astir to cheque into a edifice to person a bully abrogation with his retired wife. They look similar a Florida mates lol https://t.co/CSfOQI2Y3R

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

There's besides a batch of generative AI creation of some of them already retired there, particularly Windychu. Much of it is not acceptable to reprint here, but you tin usage your imagination.

Windychu and Wavychu are a spot of a astonishing announcement. Pikachu is nary alien to being dressed up – heck, determination was adjacent an obtainable Cosplay Pikachu successful Pokémon OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire, and Pikachu has been dressed up successful each sorts of outfits for merchandise and successful spinoffs similar Pokémon GO. But these 2 look to beryllium important NPCs who volition beryllium progressive successful the communicative somehow. Perhaps each 1 is mentation exclusive? Maybe we'll beryllium capable to get them arsenic a trainer? Maybe they beryllium to the game's professor? Who knows? We'll person to hold until 2027 to find out.

We've been rounding up each spot of accusation we tin astir Pokémon Winds and Pokémon Waves successful airy of their announcement today. We've got a database of each confirmed Pokémon, arsenic good arsenic aggregate articles astir the champion boy, Pombon. You tin drawback up connected everything announced astatine today's Pokémon Presents close here.

Rebekah Valentine is simply a elder newsman for IGN. Got a communicative tip? Send it to [email protected].