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What is Pokémon Arena 2D?
Pokémon Arena 2D is a free fan game in development by Big Kid Nation: real-time arena battles in pixel art, made by fans for fans. It isn’t out yet. There is no demo and no download. The public beta opens in December 2026, and everyone can play it.
The battle at the top of this page is a separate mini game, just for fun while you wait. It is not Pokémon Arena 2D itself.
How to tell us from the fakes
This site, pokemonarena2d.com, is the official one, and so is bigkidnation.com. If anyone asks you to pay, log in or download something to play Pokémon Arena 2D, it isn’t us. When the beta is ready it will be announced here, to the list and on the channels below.