‘Pokémon Pokopia’ seems cute. This is every little thing to know.

I am sorry, did somebody order an outrageously cute Pokémon recreation that allows you to farm crops, take lengthy naps, and construct little homes, one that may drag me out of the perpetual hellscape that’s the 24-hour information cycle?

Properly, it is coming.

Having fun with the success of the newly launched Pokémon Legends: Z-A, Nintendo has introduced the approaching of Pokémon Pokopia, an adorable-looking cosy recreation that lets you construct a pleasant little existence for your self amongst your Pokémon neighbours. Developed by Koei Tecmo, Pokémon’s first life simulator recreation is about for launch on Nintendo Change 2 in 2026.

Nintendo confirmed a trailer for the sport as a part of Nintendo Direct in September and there will be one other proven on the firm’s announcement occasion on Thursday, Nov. 13 at 9 a.m. ET — you may watch that reside.

However what precisely is Pokémon Pokopia? This is every little thing we all know.

What sort of recreation is Pokémon Pokopia?

A life and farming simulator recreation akin to Animal Crossing, Immortal Life, Develop A Backyard, Stardew Valley, and plenty of others, Pokémon Pokopia sees you enjoying as loveable amorphous blob Ditto, who has assumed the looks of a human being (sure, Ditto can shake up their mobile construction and seem as regardless of the hell they need, keep centered).

Your activity, as in all farming sims, is to gather supplies like wooden and rocks, farm crops in accordance with a ranger of climate situations, and construct a house for your self and your Pokémon neighbours — however you may apparently have a a lot simpler time of it should you befriend different Pokémon and take up their candy, candy expertise.

“For instance,” Nintendo mentioned in its announcement, “Ditto can use Bulbasaur’s Leafage so as to add greenery to the panorama or Squirtle’s Water Gun to hydrate vegetation.”

The extra you are inclined to mentioned panorama, the extra Pokémon will seem, the extra houses you may construct for them — and set up your personal little superb empire city of Pokémon neighbours. Within the trailer, the sport’s world looks like a Minecraft land-shaping state of affairs, one the place you may add little Animal Crossing-style options like waterfalls, outside eating areas, windmills, and extra.

Credit score: Screenshot: Nintendo / YouTube

Like different life sims, the sport mimics real-time day and night time occasions, and your vitality is paramount, drained by actions and restored by napping.

The sport might be accessible in English, Japanese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Korean, and each Simplified and Conventional Chinese language.

Will Pokémon Pokopia be on-line?

Credit score: Nintendo

In line with Nintendo, you’ll join with different gamers on-line offering you pay for a Nintendo Change On-line membership. In its announcement, Nintendo mentioned you’ll “invite Pokémon and even different gamers to go to and hang around with you.”

When can I play Pokémon Pokopia and the way a lot will it price?

Credit score: Nintendo

Pokémon Pokopia might be launched on the Nintendo Change 2 on March 5, 2026.

The sport will price $69.99 by means of Nintendo’s web site and preorders are actually open. That is the identical worth as Pokémon Legends: Z-A.

There’s been a little bit of controversy across the launch, as IGN stories, followers had been caught off-guard with the sport’s announcement that Pokémon Pokopia would be the first Nintendo-published recreation provided on a Recreation-Key Card (which you may must obtain the sport’s full information) — regardless of Nintendo saying in Could that it had “no plans to make use of Recreation-Key Playing cards for Nintendo-developed titles.”

The writer (and Ziff Davis-owned sister website of Mashable) famous that this recreation has been developed by Koei Tecmo, not Nintendo, and that it is solely Nintendo’s Japan website that’s presently displaying the sport as a Recreation-Key Card launch. So, we’ll see what occurs.