
Pokopia's announcement may go down in history as the Pokémon franchise's biggest "wait, huh?" moment. Game Freak's stab at cozy, slice-of-life gaming has been turning heads for months, drawing a hearty cocktail of hopeful enthusiasm and cynical skepticism.
Now that the game is out, optimism seems to have won out. Critics and publications are praising Pokopia across the board, and the life-simulator game now sits at the pinnacle of the Pokémon franchise on Metacritic.