Pokémon Whoosh!
| Pokémon Whoosh! | ||||
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| Release date | July 30, 2026 | |||
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| Publisher(s) | The Pokémon Company, Kouichi Ooyama | |||
| Age | 7+ | |||
| Players | 2-4 | |||
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Pokémon Whoosh! (Japanese: ポケモンシュシュシュ! Pokémon Whoosh Whoosh Whoosh!) is a Pokémon board game. It was released on July 30, 2026.
In Pokémon Whoosh!, players take turns throwing Poké Ball cards to catch Pokémon and score points.
Contents
- 96 double-sided disc-shaped cards (4 colored decks of 24 cards each)
- 1 playmat
- Instruction manual
How to play
Pokémon Whoosh! is played with 2 to 4 players and takes 10 to 15 minutes to complete. In Pokémon Whoosh!, players take turns throwing cards to catch Pokémon on the playmat, scoring points based on the Pokémon caught.
Setup
The playmat is laid down on a flat surface (table, floor, etc.), and each player takes a colored deck of circular cards. There are two types of cards in Pokémon Whoosh!: regular Poké Ball cards contain a Pokémon on one side and a Poké Ball on the other, while special Poké Ball cards only contain the image of a Poké Ball on both sides. Each deck contains 21 regular Poké Ball cards plus 3 special Poké Ball cards: 1 Ultra Ball card, 1 Net Ball card, and 1 Dream Ball card. Each player shuffles their deck of regular Poké Ball cards, putting the 3 special ball cards on the bottom of the deck.
To begin, each player puts the top card of their deck — Pokémon-side up — on the playmat, such that each card is touching the innermost circle with the "Pokémon Whoosh!" text. The player who goes first is decided by rock-paper-scissors, then play proceeds clockwise.
Gameplay
Each player takes turns throwing their cards to catch Pokémon on the playmat; the player may throw their cards in any way they want. If a throw lands outside of the playmat, the player is allowed to reattempt their throw. If a throw lands inside the playmat but doesn't overlap with a Pokémon, it is discarded and is set aside into a discard pile, which is shared by all players. For younger players, the playmat contains a smaller circle inside, which may be used to define a larger outside rethrow area.
To catch a Pokémon, the player's thrown card must land Poké Ball-side up and overlap fully or partially with all of the numbers on the Pokémon card. If multiple players are aiming to catch the same Pokémon, the player who throws the last Poké Ball to cover all of the numbers on the Pokémon wins the catch. If a card lands Pokémon-side up and overlaps with another Pokémon card already on the playmat, players can only catch the Pokémon on top before catching the Pokémon below it.
Once a player catches a Pokémon, they collect it and put it in a pile in front of them, and all of the Poké Ball cards used to catch the Pokémon are discarded. If there are no more Pokémon of a player's deck color on the playmat, they must put the top card of their deck Pokémon-side up (in the same manner as during setup) as a new Pokémon for everyone to catch.
Pokémon
Below is a list of all 21 Pokémon cards in Pokémon Whoosh! and their attributes. Each of the 4 colored decks contains the same group of Pokémon.
If an effect has a player recover Poké Ball cards from the discard pile, they can only recover Poké Ball cards of the same color as their deck.
| # | Pokémon | Points | Marks | Effects | |
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Charizard | 3-1-1 | — | — |
| 0025 | 
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Pikachu | 3 | — | — |
| 0052 | 
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Meowth | 1 | — | Steal: When a player catches Meowth, they may take 1 of another player's caught Pokémon at random. |
| 0054 | 
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Psyduck | 2-1-0 | Water | — |
| 0079 | 
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Slowpoke | 1-1 | Water Sleeping | — |
| 0094 | 
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Gengar | 1 | — | Curse: When a player catches Gengar, they choose a player. That player skips their next turn. |
| 0113 | 
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Chansey | 2-1 | — | Lucky: When a player catches Chansey, everyone recovers 2 Poké Balls from the discard pile. |
| 0127 | 
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Pinsir | 2-1 | Bug | — |
| 0150 | 
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Mewtwo | 3-0-0-0 | — | Bring Along: When a player catches Mewtwo, they take 1 random card from the discard pile as a Pokémon card, and adds it to their caught Pokémon. |
| 0371 | 
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Bagon | 1-1 | — | — |
| 0393 | 
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Piplup | 2 | Water | — |
| 0416 | 
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Vespiquen | 2-1 | Bug | Blow Away: When Vespiquen enters play, discard all Poké Ball cards already in play (except for Poké Balls underneath Pokémon). |
| 0518 | 
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Musharna | 2-1 | Sleeping | Sleep: When a player catches Musharna, they skip their next turn. |
| 0544 | 
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Whirlipede | 1-1 | Bug | Swarm: When a player catches Whirlipede, they recover 2 Poké Balls from the discard pile. |
| 0570 | 
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Zorua | 1 | — | Illusion: When a player catches Zorua, they may trade it with 1 of another player's caught Pokémon. |
| 0658 | 
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Greninja | 3-0 | Water | Water Shuriken: When a player catches Greninja, they take an extra turn. |
| 0686 | 
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Inkay | 2 | — | Psychic Power: When a player catches Inkay, they recover 1 Poké Ball from the discard pile. |
| 0778 | 
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Mimikyu | 2 | — | — |
| 0821 | 
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Rookidee | 1 | — | Blow Away: When Rookidee enters play, discard all Poké Ball cards already in play (except for Poké Balls underneath Pokémon). |
| 0906 | 
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Sprigatito | 1 | — | Offer Help: When a player catches Sprigatito, they recover 2 Poké Balls from the discard pile. |
| 0980 | 
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Clodsire | 2-1-0 | Sleeping | — |
Special Poké Balls
Special ball cards have unique Poké Balls that can immediately catch a Pokémon it overlaps with, without having to cover all of the numbers on the Pokémon card. These ball cards may be used at any point in the game. Effects that recover Poké Balls from the discard pile do not recover these cards.
| Poké Ball type | Effects | |
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Ultra Ball | It can immediately catch a Pokémon that has the number "2" on it. |
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Net Ball | It can immediately catch a Pokémon that is Bug - or Water -type. |
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Dream Ball | It can immediately catch a Pokémon with a Sleeping mark. |
Finishing the game
Once a player runs out of cards in their deck, they can no longer catch Pokémon and thus are out of the game. The game ends once all the players have run out of cards. Each player scores points based on the sum of numbers on the Pokémon they have caught, and the player with the highest amount of points wins.
Release information
Pokémon Whoosh! was first announced via the official @poke_times Twitter/X account on May 23, 2026,[1] before the game's release on July 30, 2026.
Pokémon Whoosh! and Pokémon GOITA were both exhibited together at the Pokémon Board Game Corner booth during the 2026 PokémonXP event held from August 28 to 30, 2026 in San Francisco, California, United States.[2]
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Trivia
- The gameplay of Pokémon Whoosh! is similar to that of milk caps (Pogs) or Menko cards, except players do not have to strike the cards in play and flip them over to collect them.
- The artworks on the box, cards, and instruction manual of Pokémon Whoosh! were illustrated by Oswaldo KATO.[3]
References
- ↑ Tweet by【公式】ポケモン情報局 (@poke_times). Posted May 23, 2026. Retrieved May 25, 2026.
- ↑ PokémonXP & Worlds — Exhibitors: Pokémon Board Game Corner
- ↑ Tweet by 加藤オズワルド (@ozoztv). Posted on August 25, 2026 (archived).
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