it's a placeholder, the real release date is likely in November. They do it that way so that parents have time to get gifts for their kids for Christmas
some people pointed out that he looks like he's wearing a rugby jersey, and they're clearly doing something that looks soccer-adjacent, and considering how huge football is in the UK on which the region is based, I'd be surprised if they didn't
I am rather curious about the other two though. Sobble is some kind of chameleon, so that offers a lot of possibility, but all I get from Grookey is... monkey
eh, it's fast and strong. I like it a lot, especially since it really gives me monkey king sun wukong vibes, but I can admit that it could have a better movepool
personally I hope that the fire bunny turns into a fire fairy but we'll see