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News Pokémon Legends: Z-A's Mega Dimension DLC Is Getting A Code-In-A-Box Release
Jumping through Hoopas
Just like we saw with Pokémon Scarlet and Violet's The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero back in 2023, the Legends: Z-A Mega Dimension DLC is getting a boxed release. The eagle-eyed amongst you will notice that we said "boxed" there, and not "physical", because once again, yes, this is another code-in-a-box situation. The...
News Uniqlo's New Pokémon Range Launches This Month
Grafaiai-ic tees
Uniqlo is no stranger to a Pokémon collab or two, so it will come as no surprise to hear that it has a collection inspired by the classics up its sleeve for the series' 30th anniversary. The company's latest Pokémon range launches in "late March", and it all circulates around the iconic 'mon art from Gen 1. For adults, there are...
Video How To Build A 'Real' House In Pokémon Pokopia
Get building with this quick tutorial
Pokémon Pokopia has been available on the Switch 2 for over a week now, and if you're still getting your head around the basics (or haven't got the game just yet), this quick and easy tutorial about how to make a 'real' house for you or your Pokémon offers some handy advice. We're not referring to assembly...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: Walkthrough, All Pokémon, Abilities, Building Tips & Tricks
A Pocket Monster Paradise
Welcome to our Pokémon Pokopia Full Walkthrough Guide hub! The Switch 2-exclusive is making a splash online, and we're here to help guide you through every single aspect of the game. Our Pokémon Pokopia Walkthrough will help you make your way through the main story, from exploring each of the four main towns to rolling...
News Pokémon Pokopia Is Getting A New Update Soon, Here Are The Details
Fixes for progression bugs and more
The relaxing life sim Pokémon Pokopia has got off to a tremendous start, with The Pokémon Company yesterday reporting the game's sales had already surpassed 2.2 million units globally in just four days. With the launch patch out of the way, the development team has now announced the next update will be arriving...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: How To Get Ho-Oh & Lugia
How to befriend the Rainbow and Diving Pokémon
If you've been playing a lot of Pokémon Pokopia lately, chances are you've spotted Ho-Oh and Lugia in the skies a few times. These two iconic Legendary Pokémon will appear at-random to drop Mysterious Feathers on the ground... for no real reason, it seems. But did you know you can actually speak...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: How To Get Raikou, Entei & Suicune
How to befriend the Legendary Dog trio
One of Pokémon Pokopia's hardest-to-find secrets is all about a trio of popular legendaries. Not only are the three Legendary Birds available from the original games, but so are the Legendary Dogs. They take some time to track down — just like in the original games, right? — but once you have them all,...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: What Is Stardust? - How To Make & Use Star Pieces
You're a Starmie
Pokémon Pokopia has a lot of new ways to use items we've seen throughout the series. In previous Pokémon games, Stardust is a quick way of making money. But in a world without proper money, what on earth could you use this mythical substance for? Stardust, rather than making Poké Dollars, now makes the much-better Star Piece...
News Pokémon Legends: Z-A Ranked Battle "Special Season" Begins Today With New Rules & Rewards
It's Shard out here
Pokémon Legends: Z-A's next Ranked Battle event begins today (12th March), and this one is a little different to those which have come before. You see, Season 8 is a "Special Season". What does that mean, exactly? Well, this Special Season has its own unique ruleset and rewards, the latter of which will see you loading up on...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: More Spores For Hoppip Event Guide - Hoppip, Skiploom, Jumpluff Habitats
Flowers for spring
Pokémon Pokopia brings with it seasonal events which focus on specific Pokémon not in the base game and exclusive items of furniture and decoration. More Spores for Hoppip focuses on a Gen 2 favourite, and features some lovely springtime florals to go along with it. In this guide, we have all the details on the More Spores for...
News Pokémon Pokopia Sales Surpass 2.2 Million Units Globally In First Four Days
The Switch 2 exclusive is off to a strong start
The relaxing life sim Pokémon Pokopia for the Switch 2 has got off to a roaring start, with The Pokémon Company and Nintendo today announcing global sales of the title have already surpassed 2.2 million units. Pokopia managed to achieve this in just the "first four days" since its launch on 5th...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: How To Get Articuno, Zapdos & Moltres
How to catch the Legendary Bird Trio
You can get tons of hours into Pokémon Pokopia, meet lots of new friends, create tons of habitats, and have no idea there's a chance to befriend some of the most-iconic Legendary Pokémon in the franchise. The Legendary Bird Trio are indeed available and ready and willing to settle down in any habitat or...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: Where To Find Ice
Snowhere to be found?
Pokémon Pokopia is bursting at the seams with materials and items to collect, but one of the rarest is also one of the most unusual: Ice. Ice, or Ice Blocks, are only available in a handful of locations, and you can go the entire game without seeing it ever. However, it's required for some secret end-game stuff, so you'll...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: Cooking Guide - All Food Recipes, Flavours & Effects
Ditto used cook! It's super effective!
As if there wasn't enough to do in Pokémon Pokopia, Omega Force and The Pokémon Company threw in a whole cooking system. This lets you make dishes that you can either eat to upgrade your Transformations or give as gifts to other Pokémon. In this guide, we've got a list of all 24 cooking recipes you can make...
News Pokémon Pokopia's Early Success Causes A Surge In Nintendo's Share Price
It's super eff... oh, you get it
The release of Pokémon Pokopia has seemingly led to a surge in Nintendo's share price following its early critical and commercial success. According to Bloomberg (thanks, VGC), the game being sold out in numerous outlets across the US and UK has caused a bit of a positive uplift amongs
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: How To Create Waterfalls
Every teardrop
Everyone loves a waterfall: aesthetically pleasing and calming, Ditto can create their own in Pokémon Pokopia. And why wouldn't you want to? The problem is, how do you make them, and how to transport water effectively? This guide will teach you how to create your very own waterfall — or even, waterfalls, in Pokémon Pokopia...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: How To Get Paper
Paper dreams
For some reason, paper is an essential building material in Pokémon Pokopia. Sure, it makes sense for books and other little accessories, but we wouldn't recommend building an entire... building out of it. Still, you'll want lots of it, and it requires a little bit of work. This Pokémon Pokopia guide is all about how to get Paper,...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: Final Transformation - How To Unlock Magnet Rise
How to level up your building with the best skill in the game
Ditto has a huge range of skills and Transformations throughout Pokémon Pokopia, but for a long time, you might be wondering why there's one empty slot left in your skill wheel. Well, there's one final skill to unlock, and it's only available once you've beaten the game. Magnet Rise is...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: How To Get Bricks
Just another brick in the wall
Bricks! Essential for building houses, even in some cases in Pokémon Pokopia. This material is required not just for creating the perfect home, but for a number of requests, including Pokémon Center builds and the Team Initiation Challenge. But where can you find Bricks? How do you make them? And what Pokémon do...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Pokémon Pokopia?
Has it crafted a space in your heart?
A Pokémon-meets-Minecraft life sim has been at the top of our 'Pokémon spin-offs we'd love to see' list for, well, forever, and last week, TPC finally made it happen. If you have taken one look at any of the Pokémon Pokopia marketing, then you'll know how adorable it is. This is a game that sees you hop into...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: Team Initiation Challenge Guide - All Beach Building Requests & Deliveries
Blasting off again?
Early on in Pokémon Pokopia, you'll be enrolled in a Team Initiation Challenge, a bit of an unusual request given that the world is currently in ruins and no human inhabits the place anymore. It may sound like a fun, silly series of fetch quests, but it's actually extremely important if you want to beat the game. This guide...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: How To Rebuild The Sparkling Skylands Pokémon Center
Make the town sparkle
The last of the four big Pokémon Centers in Pokémon Pokopia certainly the hardest to build. Requiring rare materials, the Sparkling Skylands hub is still worth reconstructing to give your town a much-needed Trading post, and is it really a town without a Pokémon Center? Our guide to rebuilding the Sparkling Skyland Pokémon...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: Ending Guide - Everything You Need To Do To Roll Credits
How to beat the main game
You've cleared all four main towns in Pokémon Pokopia. You're busy rebuilding everything and making the world look beautiful. But you're not sure how to "beat" the game and roll credits. That's where the Requests menu comes in handy. This Pokémon Pokopia guide will tell you everything you need to do to beat the main...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: Sparkling Skylands 'Rebuild The Huge Building' Guide - How To Help Tinkmaster
Blob the Builder
The final town of Pokémon Pokopia is easily the biggest and most-complicated. Sparkling Skylands is a beautiful sky-based locale spread across multiple islands which blend together elements of Celadon and Saffron City. It's bright, it's yellow, and it's full of trash. In this section of our Pokémon Pokopia story walkthrough,...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: How To Rebuild The Rocky Ridges Pokémon Center
A rocky road?
Pokémon Pokopia needs you to rebuild the Pokémon Centers, and next up is the volcanic paradise that is Rocky Ridges. Well, it'll be a paradise when you're done with it! Abundant in ores and materials, you'll need to up your gathering game to finish this project. This guide will help you rebuild the Rocky Ridges Pokémon Center, tell...
PSA Pokémon Pokopia Players Can Now Tour The Developer's Cloud Island
You'll need a code and Switch Online sub to visit
Apart from Mystery Gifts and events, the new relaxing life-sim Pokémon Pokopia for Switch 2 also allows you to visit Cloud Islands, which are separate from the main game experience. To give players a sample of what's to come in this new adventure, The Pokémon Company has joined in on the fun -...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: How To Get Pokémetal
How to make Pokémetal Ingots and find Pokémetal Fragments
There are tons of materials to gather in Pokémon Pokopia, but few are as rare as Pokémetal. This rainbow-coloured ingot is used in some of the rarer and more-valuable recipes, and you'll want to get as much as you can as you explore. In this guide, we'll tell you everything you need to...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: Should You Go To Bleak Beach Or Rocky Ridges First?
The sand or the rocks, your choice
Once you've completed the first main area of Pokémon Pokopia, you'll have a choice to make — which new town do I go to first? Does the beach sound nicer than a volcano? Or are you a fan of digging over swimming? We'll aim to answer the question of whether you should go to Bleak Beach or Rock
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: Mysterious Feathers - What To Do With Rainbow & Silver Feathers
A silver lining
Pokémon Pokopia is a game stuffed full of secrets and fun nods to the entire series' history, not just Kanto. And sometimes, you'll come across some fan-favourite Legendary Pokémon that'll drop you a surprise gift. But what are these Mysterious Feathers? This guide tells you everything you need to know about Rainbow and Silver...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: How To Increase The Environment Level
Love the environment
Pokémon Pokopia is an environmentalist game at its heart, so raising the Environment Level of each town is crucial to unlocking absolutely everything the game has to offer. You'll likely be doing this as part of the main story anyway, but there are additional bonuses and goodies to find if you put the time and effort into...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: Rocky Ridges 'Time To Party' Guide - How To Increase Mood & Make Curry
Spice it up
You've made some good progress in Pokémon Pokopia, and you've now reached your third (or second) area in the game: Rocky Ridges. This mountainous area is covered in tons of ash, and you'll have to deal with new things such as lava, hot springs, and minecarts. In this part of our Pokémon Pokopia story walkthrough, we'll cover...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: How To Rebuild The Bleak Beach Pokémon Center
Life's a (bleak) beach
Pokémon Pokopia's Bleak Beach may have gone from a dark, gloomy town to a bright, bustling coastline paradise by the time you're done with it. But you're not truly finished until you've build the Pokémon Center, right? Our guide here will help you on how to rebuild the Bleak Beach Pokémon Center, tell you where to get the...
Poll So, Will You Be Getting Pokémon Pokopia?
Go on, tell us
Pokémon Pokopia launched exclusively for the Switch 2 this week, and if you haven't already heard about this new relaxing life-simulation, it's been getting quite a lot of praise. The game has already shot to the top of Metacritic as one of the highest-rated Pokémon games of all time, and here in our review on Nintendo Life, we...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: Bleak Beach 'Brighten Things Up' Guide - How To Wake Up Mosslax
Light it up, let's go
Welcome to the second (or third!) part of our Pokémon Pokopia story guide. You've had to deal with a lot of water already in Withered Wasteland (and maybe even Rocky Ridges, if you've been there), but not this much. Bleak Beach isn't lacking in water, but it's certainly lacking in light. This section of our Pokémon Pokopia...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: How To Get Lumber
Lumber up
It's easy to lose track of how many different materials are available in Pokémon Pokopia, and one easy one to forget about is Lumber. This wood product is required as early as the Withered Wasteland Pokémon Center, but it's not immediately obvious how to get it. Plus, you'll need a lot of it if you're a keen wood builder. This guide...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: Can You Evolve Pokémon?
De-evolution?
Evolution is a staple of the Pokémon series, and with trailer after trailer showing multiple different evolutions for Pokémon Pokopia, fans have been wondering just how to evolve their favourites. How do you level up? Can you get a Moon Stone for Clefairy? Well, in a bold move for the series, you cannot evolve your Pokémon at all...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: Multiplayer Guide - How To Play With Friends
Better with friends
Multiplayer in Pokémon Pokopia is one of the cosy game's biggest draws, allowing you and up to three others to get together and create an adorable (or chaotic) paradise. Or you can just hang out, chill, and share tips. There are some limits on what you can do in multiplayer, but this guides here to talk you through all of the...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: Lost Relic List - What Are Relics, How To Appraise
Lost and found
Pokémon Pokopia's cute post-apocalypse hides relics of the past, and you'll come across many of them as you begin to rebuild and revitalise the world. Some of them are fun little nods to Kanto's past, while others are fun little items to give your home some decorative flair. This guide will cover everything you need to know about...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: All Ditto Transformations & Skills
Transformative
How does a Ditto go about revitalising the the world of Pokémon Pokopia? Well, by transforming into other Pokémon and learning their skills. These abilities turn Ditto into a bit of a swiss army knife — a 'mon that can do just about everything. This guide covers every single skill Ditto can learn in Pokémon Pokopia, including...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: All Pokémon Specialties & Abilities
Special Attack
Ditto isn't the only one who can do anything in Pokémon Pokopia. In fact, they'll need to rely on all the Pokémon friends they make along the way, using their Specialties to assist with all manner of tasks. This guide covers every single Specialty in Pokémon Pokopia, what each one does, and which Pokémon have these abilities...
News The Pokémon Company Issues Response To The White House's Pokopia Meme
"no permission was granted"
Ahead of the release of Pokémon Pokopia for Switch 2, fans have been passing the time by posting memes via a font generator from Pixel Frame, recreating the Pokopia logo with custom text. Someone on The White House's social media team apparently caught wind of this and created its own image using the Pokopia font...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: How To Rebuild The Withered Wasteland Pokémon Center
It's not a Wasteland anymore
You've seen the trailers, you've seen that you can rebuild Pokémon Centers, but how do you actually go about doing it in Pokémon Pokopia? Throughout the game, you'll be required to rebuild four different Pokémon Centers, which will grants each town a new building, increase the Environment Level, and give you a new...
Guide Does Pokémon Pokopia Use Mouse Mode Controls?
Mouse-carada
Mouse Mode is one of the Switch 2's defining features, but it often feels a little underutilised. So a game all about building and crafting like Pokémon Pokopia is the perfect place to implement this control scheme, right? Well, yes! You can use mouse controls in Pokémon Pokopia, and in this guide, we'll tell you how to use them and...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: Can You Change The Time Of Day?
Ditto used Time Travel. It's super effective!
Being a life sim, Pokémon Pokopia is built around a day and night cycle. Mornings, evenings, nights — you can do whatever you want, whenever you want. But sometimes you don't want to wait around for things to happen. While you can't change the time in the game, there are ways around it, so we'll...
PSA You Can Access Pokémon Pokopia's First In-Game Event Right Now
One week ahead of schedule
The Pokémon Company revealed the first details for Pokopia's debut limited-time in-game event earlier today. The 'More Spores for Hoppip' event officially kicks off on 9th March and runs until the 24th, but if you picked up your copy today and want to get involved early, you can now do exactly that. Yes, as spotted by...
News Pokémon Pokopia's Launch Trailer Is Too Cute To Handle
Ditto used Attract!
Well, fellow Trainers, today is finally the day. After months of having our hearts melted by adorable little trailers, Pokémon Pokopia is finally here, and what do you know, there's a fittingly sweet launch trailer to mark the occasion. There's nothing particularly new about today's footage (not if you've kept up with the news...
Guide Is Pokémon Pokopia On Switch 1?
1-block or 2-block?
Pokémon Pokopia looks like it's going to be a sure-fire hit. Combining the cuteness of the creatures with the building mechanics of Minecraft (and its like-minded peers) and the quests of Viva Pinata, it's a match made in heaven for families, friends, and Pokéfans alike. With Pokémon's long-time support of the Switch 1, and...
Guide Best Pokémon Spin-Off Games Of All Time
Ranked by you, now including Pokopia
We've updated this list with Pokémon Pokopia now that you've all had a chance to spend some quality time with it. It's been a massive hit from the off, but find out below how it ranks against 30 years' worth of Pokémon spin-offs. Enjoy! If there's any franchise that's no stranger to a spin-off or two, it's...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: Dream Island Guide - All Materials, Dolls & Islands
Dream a little dream
Materials are king in Pokémon Pokopia, so you'll need a handy way to gather specific types very quickly. That's where Dream Island comes in! A friendly Drifloon can transport you away to an island rich with building materials, items, and sometimes even habitat suggestions. This guide covers everything you need to know about...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: How To Use GameShare
Sharing is caring
Switch 2's GameShare feature is a boon for families, especially as you don't need to buy multiple copies of one game to use it. And what better game to play with your loved ones than Pokémon Pokopia. Unlike most other games on Switch 2, however, it's not immediately obvious how to access this feature. So this guide will help you...
