View source for Pokémon Masters to be released this summer

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year=2019 |
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blurb=The upcoming freemium mobile game Pokémon Masters will be released in North Hemisphere summer 2019 for iOS and Android. The game will feature pairs of Trainers and Pokémon facing off in 3-vs-3 battles. }}
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[[File:Pokémon Masters artwork.png|thumb|Promotional artwork]]
The upcoming {{wp|freemium}} mobile game Pokémon Masters will be released for {{wp|iOS}} and {{wp|Android (operating system)|Android}} in North Hemisphere summer 2019 (Southern Hemisphere winter). The game will feature pairs of Trainers and Pokémon facing off in 3-vs-3 battles.

Each Trainer is paired with a single Pokémon, with this pair known as a sync pair. At launch, there will be 65 sync pairs that can be recruited, with more added after launch. Counting {{bp|Tate and Liza}} as a single character, exactly 65 notable Trainers have been shown in promotional material; this excludes characters original to Pokémon Masters and generic Trainers. The full list can be found on {{bp|Pokémon Masters#Confirmed appearances|on Bulbapedia}}.

In battle, the player controls three sync pairs at once against three opposing sync pairs in a real-time battle. Each sync pair has a different role, such as strike or support, so the game encourages players to choose a team of sync pairs that complement each other. Both Pokémon and Trainers can use moves, but these moves are limited by the move gauge (which recharges over time) or have a limited number of uses.

In addition to standard moves, players can occasionally deploy sync moves—powerful attacks performed by specific sync pairs. Sync move animations borrow many visual aspects from {{bp|Z-Move}}s.
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Masters Acerola Passoland.png|Acerola and Passoland
Masters Korrina Lucario.png|Korrina and Lucario
Masters Iris Haxorus.png|Iris and Haxorus
Masters Rosa Snivy.png|Rosa and Snivy
Masters Thorton Bronzong.png|Thorton and Bronzong
Masters Cynthia Garchomp.png|Cynthia and Garchomp
Masters Barry Piplup.png|Barry and Piplup
Masters Flannery Torkoal.png|Flannery and Torkoal
Masters Brendan Treecko.png|Brendan and Treecko
Masters Clair Kingdra.png|Clair and Kingdra
Masters Blue Pidgeot.png|Blue and Pidgeot
Masters Misty Starmie.png|Misty and Starmie
Masters Brock Onix.png|Brock and Onix
Masters Red Charizard.png|Red and Charizard
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