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Pokémon fans think they’ve discovered a new, upcoming form for a Gen 4 species in Pokopia

This Pokémon needs the love.

Destructoid

Pokémon Pokopia review – collectible creatures create their own perfect world

Work together with a bunch of lovable Pokémon to restore a long-abandoned town in this novel, absorbing game that’s quite unlike others in the series

The Guardian - UK

Pokemon Pokopia's Animal Crossing comparisons get even stronger as devs reveal "special limited-time in-game events" starting with a Gen 2 picnic collection

"These Pokemon can’t be encountered outside of this event," so hop on it

GamesRadar

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Pokemon Pokopia features a riff on Minecraft's iconic Redstone system, and fans are already dreaming up the possibilities: "This is like super advanced"

The possibilities are endless

GamesRadar

Pokémon Pokopia is the highest-rated Pokémon game since X/Y on Metacritic, and it's not even out on Nintendo Switch 2 yet

Pokémon Pokopia launches on Nintendo Switch 2 this week, and it's already Metacritic's highest-rated Pokémon game of all time.

TechRadar

As Pokopia ties for the series' best game according to Metacritic, fans are left confused by its competition: "…Pokemon Y was the highest-rated Pokemon game?"

Some argue that other Pokemon games are "SO much better"

GamesRadar

Pokopia Metacritic score not only makes it 2026's highest-rated game, but the best Pokemon title of all time

And second place isn't HeartGold/SoulSilver, somehow

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Pokemon Pokopia review: "My new cozy obsession has my year ahead sorted – building my dream paradise alongside monster pals is just too good to put down"

GamesRadar

Pokemon Pokopia turns classic Garry's Mod mode Prop Hunt into a Ditto-fueled mini-game where you transform into trees and barrels

There's something suspicious about that rock

GamesRadar

"Save me Pokopia. Pokopia save me": Animal Crossing with pocket pals looks exponentially cuter in chunky new Nintendo Treehouse stream

"Hype has increased significantly"

GamesRadar

From Pokopia to Gen 10, here are my top 7 Pokemon Day 2026 predictions to kick off the 30 year celebrations with a bang

Champions, the Aardman collab, and many, many mobile games should also feature heavily

GamesRadar

Pokemon Pokopia follows Minecraft's lead in featuring persistent private servers with unlimited member caps, but you'll have to "swap in and out" as it only accommodates four at once

Players will need to form an orderly queue

GamesRadar

Pokopia finally gives starving Pokemon Mystery Dungeon fans some food with its talking 'mons as the life sim's devs "really focused" on conveying each one's "unique personality"

Mystery Dungeon fans can finally eat good, or at all, really

GamesRadar

Pokemon Pokopia's new Pikachu form was dubbed "unfortunate Pikachu" by co-dev Koei Tecmo, but it comes from a place of love: "We were surprised and thrilled"

Pikachu passed away waiting for Colosseum and XD to come to Switch Online

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Pokemon Pokopia director thought up the Animal Crossing-like while placing grass for Ruby and Sapphire, as he wanted to give players "the experience of creating their own Pokemon world"

"My job was to place the grass"

The Guardian - UK

What is Pokopia? Inside the calming Pokémon game that ditches battles for gardening

We explore the cosy world-building spin-off with Game Freak’s Shigeru Ohmori and his fellow developers – and learn how it began with a Pokémon-hunting dream

GamesRadar

Pokemon devs "wanted to create a different type of game that's not an RPG" with cozy life sim Pokopia, but that whole idea "was a challenge"

After Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, Pokopia senior director Shigeru Ohmori wanted to "create a different type of game than usual"

GamesRadar

Pokopia "doesn't force you to wait" like Animal Crossing – the cozy Pokemon life sim wants you to knock stuff out your "own way" instead of waiting "a whole day to continue to play"

For the trainer on the go

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90 minutes with Pokemon Pokopia convinced me this could be the biggest cozy game since Animal Crossing, and I'm already eager to spend hundreds of hours in it

Hands-on | Pokemon's first life sim is incredibly moreish, and I can already tell it's going to take over my life

GamesRadar

Pokemon life sim Pokopia shows off 4-player multiplayer oozing with Animal Crossing vibes, and new Pokemon forms including this mossy Snorlax I'm already in love with

It's even more like Animal Heracrossing than we first thought

Destructoid

New trailer shows that Pokopia is genuinely just Animal Crossing with Pokémon—and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that

Inject it into my cozy veins.

Destructoid

Before Pokopia, the devs made this underrated gem you need to play

Pokopia already looks good, but there's one huge reason I'm excited and it's a forgotten Switch gem

GamesRadar

Palworld dev seemingly fires back at comparisons between life sim spin-off Palfarm and Pokemon Pokopia, says he's "surprised" folks think Pocketpair has "wizard-level developers able to make a game in 1 week"

"The tinfoil hats are out in force"

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