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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 a 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...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: Complete Pokédex, All Pokémon Habitats
Gotta friend 'em all
Just because you're not catching Pokémon, doesn't mean there isn't a Pokédex. In Pokémon Pokopia, you need to tend to the environment to attract Pokémon back to their natural habitats, and doing so will add them to your Pokédex. This guide covers the complete Pokédex and Habitat Dex in Pokopia, with all the information...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: Trade Guide - How To Buy Items From Pokémon
Trade union
You'll need to buy items and furniture a few times in Pokémon Pokopia, but you don't need to rely on the Pokémon Center Terminal and the Life Coins you collect. Some Pokémon have the ability to Trade, which means they can run their own shops in each of the towns. In this guide, we'll tell you how to help set up a shop, how to Trade...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: Fly & Teleport - How To Find Missing Pokémon
Come fly (or teleport) with me
Having trouble finding a particular Pokémon pal? Pokémon Pokopia has a few handy ways of looking for missing 'mons, and it turns out, Fly and Teleport are your friends. These Pokémon Specialties will help you find the critter you're after — as long as you're already friends with them This guide tells you what you...
It's raining 'mon
Pokémon Pokopia might just look like a cosy life sim, but it's much more than that, with a structured story to follow and multiple locations to explore. You'll start off your adventure in the Withered Wasteland town, a once-lush town that has been left to dry out thanks to the lack of rain. This section of our Pokémon Pokopia...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: How To Raise Comfort Levels
Comfortably fun
In Pokémon Pokopia, you can't have a paradise without a happy set of residents. And so, making sure all of your Pokémon are comfortable is crucial to making the perfect home. Comfort Levels are hugely important to maxing out every single area in Pokémon Pokopia, and there are lots of different ways you can handle it. In tis...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: How To Change The Weather
Come rain or shine
Weather has long been part of the Pokémon series, and in Pokémon Pokopia, it's something you can bend to your will! Kind of. Using a couple of easy-to-get items, you can flip between the sunny skies and rainy days no problem. This guide will tell you how to change the weather in the game, how to get those elusive Castform...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: How Long Does It Take To Beat?
Time to get cosy
We all know asking how long a cosy life sim-esque game is a dangerous question, but that's exactly what we're doing here with Pokémon Pokopia, the latest Pokémon spin-off developed by the Dragon Quest Builders teams from Koei Tecmo and Omega Force. So, if you're just wondering how long it'll take you to clear the main story of...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: Beginner's Tips - What To Do First, How To Increase PP, Storage & More
Starting blocks
Pokémon Pokopia is a Pokémon game unlike any other. Blending Dragon Quest Builders, Animal Crossing, Viva Piñata, and all sorts of cosy life sim snippets, Pokopia is stuffed full of things to do that it can get quite overwhelming quite quickly. So to stop you from getting buried under the blocks, we've put together this handy...
News Pokémon Pokopia Limited-Time Special Event Announced - "More Spores For Hoppip"
Befriend these Pokémon while you can!
The relaxing and cosy life simulation game Pokémon Pokopia is now available on the Switch 2, and to celebrate the launch, there'll be a "limited-time" in-game event taking place next week. This is apparently just the beginning of these special events. The first one is called "More Spores for Hoppip" and will...
News Pokémon Confirms Anniversary Pikachu Plush Local Release
Following the confirmation of restocks in Japan
[Tue 3rd Mar, 2026 06:55 GMT]: Pokémon is celebrating its 30th anniversary in all sorts of ways, and one of the most in-demand products is the "Beginning Pikachu" plush, available at the Pokémon Center. At the moment, this retro Pikachu inspired the Pokémon's pixel design and look from the Game...
Talking Point After 30 Years, Is It Time To Reset The Pokédex?
Back to Route 1
Ever since Pokémon Legends: Z-A came out last year, a thought has been brewing that I haven't been able to shake. It was amplified as I watched the EUIC battles in February, and then cropped up again as I sat, mouth agape, at the Winds and Waves trailer. After 30 years, is it time to reset the Pokédex? Now, put those pitchforks...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: All Limited-Time Events & Exclusive Pokémon
Every Limited-Time Event and exclusive Pokémon in Pokopia
The Pokémon Company is going big with Pokémon Pokopia, throwing some limited-time events that will allow you to get some brand new Pokémon for your paradise. Sometimes, these 'mons will only be available during the event, so you'll want to hop in as soon as you can. This guide will cover...
Guide Pokémon Pokopia: Mystery Gift Codes List
All current Pokémon Pokopia Mystery Gift codes
Mystery Gifts are here once again in Pokémon Pokopia. And, c'mon, just because you can't catch the Pokémon, doesn't mean you can't still get some freebies. The Pokémon Company frequently drop free distributions for their games, and here, it ranges from furniture to food to materials — most likely!...
News Pokopia Joins A 3DS Entry As The Highest-Rated Pokémon Game On Metacritic
It's super-duper effective
Pokémon Pokopia is a good game. A really good game, in fact! It launches on 5th March 2026, but we and a bunch of other outlets have already provided our full verdict on the life-sim spin-off, and it seems that most are in agreement that it's a really darn good game. In fact, it's so good that it's actually now joint...
News Pokémon Pokopia For Switch 2 Receives A Day One Update
You'll need it to access online play
The new Pokémon game Pokémon Pokopia is almost here, and ahead of its Switch 2 release, the title has received a new update. If you've already preloaded the game, and this update isn't already preinstalled, you'll be prompted to update your copy. According to the official update from the development team, this...
Feature "Astonish Is Super Effective!" - How Pokémon Taught Me To Love Words
The Unown lexicon
"Enemy DUGTRIO used Fissure. It’s super effective!" I’m six years old, and I’m staring at Pokémon Yellow on my Game Boy Color screen, dumbfounded. This was my first time fighting Giovanni, the leader of Team Rocket, and he managed to one-shot my Blastoise with a move — a word — I’d never seen before. Fissure?...
Review Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen (Switch) - Red-Hot Nostalgia In A So-So Wrapper
TPC used Remember! It’s super effective!
Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen is a difficult game to evaluate. Re-released on the Nintendo Switch eShop to celebrate Pokémon’s 30th anniversary, this 22-year-old Game Boy Advance remake of the original Pokémon Red & Blue feels like a lacklustre way to celebrate one of the largest media franchises known...
News We Really Want To See This Pokémon Dice Game Roll Out A Western Release
TPC used Rollout
The Pokémon 30th anniversary celebrations are continuing to roll out this week, as TPC has today revealed that it's releasing a new version of Plakoro, a Japanese Pokémon dice game from the '90s. The game has only been confirmed for a Japanese release at the moment — where it'll launch at some point in July — but the more we...
News Pokémon Scarlet & Violet Announces Final Ranked Battle Season
Another generation winds down
Following last week's reveal of the next major Pokémon game Pokémon Winds & Waves (and a release window for the battle title Pokémon Champions), The Pokémon Company has officially announced it will be winding down Pokémon Scarlet & Violet's seasonal Ranked Battle content. The final season for the Switch game...
Guide Where To Buy Pokémon Pokopia For Nintendo Switch 2
Pokémon life-sim is out now
Pokémon Pokopia launched on Switch 2 on Friday 5th March 2026, bringing a life-sim flavour to the Pocket Monster world as you play a human-looking Ditto building a town, chatting with fellow Pokémon, and generally enjoying a cosy, colourful, crop-harvesting life. It's been very warmly received by critics, and we...
PSA Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen Switch Version Apparently Fixes Legendary Beast Glitch
Good news, trainers
Nintendo revived the Game Boy Advance titles Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen on the Switch last week, and while they offer the same classic experience, there are some notable changes. If you're planning to catch one of the Gold and Silver legendary beasts on your adventure, it seems you'll no longer have to worry about the infamous...
Round Up The Reviews Are In For Pokémon Pokopia
Pokopium needed?
Just in case the reveal of Gen 10 for the Nintendo Switch 2 wasn't enough, Pokémon Pokopia is also gracing us with its presence when it launches later this week on 5th March 2026. We've reviewed it, of course, and came away feeling really good about the cosy life-sim spin-off, awarding it a score of 8/10 and calling it "the...
Review Pokémon Pokopia (Switch 2) - One Of The Most Enticing Pokémon Games Ever
I'm gonna reconstruct block by block
We've now spent some time with Pokémon Pokopia's multiplayer modes, and they're the perfect companion to the creative single-player experience. Check out our thoughts at the bottom of this review. I feel like I’ve been rebuilding my relationship with Pokémon over the past decade. It’s been a weird...
Guide Pokémon Winds & Waves: Pokédex - Every Confirmed Pokémon So Far
Gen 10, catch 'em again
The Pokémon Company wrapped up its annual February Presents showcase with a first look at Pokémon Winds and Waves, the long-anticipated Gen 10 mainline games launching on Switch 2 in 2027. We've only had the one trailer at the time of writing, but we've been sorting through it frame-by-frame to bring you the following...
Feature 30 Pokémon You Probably Forgot That Deserve A Second Chance
Scraping the bottom of the Pokédex, with love
Given Pokémon’s roaring popularity for three decades straight, it’s a sheer numbers game to figure that each of its titular beasts is someone’s favourite. It’s also true that over 1,000 Pokémon can’t all share the limelight, meaning some are bound to fade into obscurity. While the most...
Guide Best Pokémon Games Of All Time
Every mainline 'mon, ranked
In honour of Pokémon's 30th anniversary, we're republishing our ranked master list of all the mainline games. Enjoy! Ranking the best Pokémon games is no easy feat, given that many of them are considered among the best games of their particular hardware generation. Then you have to consider just how many spin-off...
Gallery Here's A Look At Pokémon Winds & Waves On Switch 2
Coming 2027
As part of the 30th anniversary Pokémon celebrations, Game Freak this week lifted the lid on its new mainline game Pokémon Winds & Waves. This game is coming exclusively to the Switch 2 in 2027 and includes a new open world to explore as well as "beautiful windswept islands and a vast ocean with glittering waves". Of course, there are...
Quiz Can You Name That Pokémon?
IT'S PIKACHU
If you decided to click on this quiz, we'd wager that you call yourself a bit of a Poké fan — at the very least, you probably have a passing interest in all things 'mon — so you're probably well aware of the anime's "Who's that Pokémon?" mid-episode quiz. Admit it, you even read the title in the show's energetic tone, didn't you?...
Final What's Your Favourite Pokémon Ever? - Pick From Our 9 Poll Winners
1025 to 1
And here we are, after nine Pokémon polls covering every generation, it's time for the showdown: Who will you choose as the very best Pokémon ever? Today, we present the winning Pocket Monster from each of our previous polls (now closed) for the final nine-way battle to find out the overall Pokémon champion. Our thanks to everybody...
News Pokémon Winds & Waves Will Be Released "Exclusively" For Switch 2
Game Freak is moving on from the original Switch hardware
Since the arrival of the Switch 2 generation last year, certain first-party titles have received cross-platform releases. Trainers saw this with Pokémon Legends: Z-A, but this won't be the case for the new mainline entry Pokémon Winds & Waves. In case you somehow missed it, The Pokémon...
News Pokémon Unite Is Adding The Original Legendary Bird Trio As Playable Pokémon
Update: Zapdos is now available
[Fri 20th Feb, 2026 03:55 GMT]: Ahead of the 30th anniversary of Pokémon and the annual celebration Pokémon Day, the free-to-play MOBA Pokémon Unite has revealed the next trio of playable Pokémon coming to the competitive multiplayer game. It's the legendary birds Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres, which featured...
PSA Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen Switch Version Gives You The Mystic Ticket And Aurora Ticket
No Mystery Gift event required
Apart from reported name censorship, another update to the Switch versions of Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen has been spotted much later in the returning adventures. As highlighted by Pokémon fansite Serebii.net, when you beat the Elite Four and enter the Hall of Fame in the Switch versions, you'll receive the Mystic...
News Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen Switch Update Censors Naughty And Offensive Names
Watch your language, trainers
One of the joys for many trainers during the earlier generations of Pokémon was giving the main character and their rival a rude or downright inappropriate name. In the Switch eShop versions of Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen, it seems there have been some updates to this. As reported by Kotaku, you'll either have to get...
Poll So, Which Starter Will You Choose In Pokémon Winds & Waves?
Let the decision wash over you
We've got at least a year until Pokémon Winds & Waves comes to Switch 2's shores, but we're already thinking about the game's first big question — which starter will you pick? And, we've got to be honest, Generation 10 put a particularly tough choice in front of us. We've met the tempting trio already — the Grass...
Guide Pokémon Presents February 2026: Every Announcement - How Would You Rate It?
Smile and Waves, boys. Smile and Waves.
We were hoping that The Pokémon Company might have a little something special up its sleeve for the big 30th anniversary Pokémon Presents, and while it may not have been wall-to-wall bangers, there were certainly some surprises. Below, we've assembled a guide of every news drop, game reveal, and...
Gallery Here's A Closer Look At The First Official Artwork From Pokémon Winds & Waves
It comes in waves
Gen 10 is official! Earlier today at the end of the Pokémon Presents broadcast, The Pokémon Company finally lifted the lid on the next mainline entries in the monster-catching super-series: Pokémon Winds & Waves. Coming to Switch 2 sometime in "2027", we got our first look via a trailer, and the makers have rele
News Pokémon Legends: Z-A DLC Welcomes A Ferocious New Mega Evolution Today
Chomp down
Looking for a new Mega Evolution to add to your Pokémon Legends: Z-A team? Well, there's a brand new Mystery Gift Event for you, then. From today, players can get Mega Garchomp Z, a brand new Mega Evolution for a Gen 4 favourite Garchomp. However, this is exclusive for those who own the Mega Dimension DLC. Yes, they already have a Mega...
News Yes, Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen Are Getting Home Support
Coming later
Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen is out now on the Switch eShop, and for those of you worried about whether you'll be able to transfer your team to other games, fear not, as Pokémon HOME support has been confirmed. Compatibility with the storage app will be arriving at a later date, But transferring your 'mons will be a one-way deal, with...
Community Miltanks For The Memories - 30 Years Of Your Pokémon Stories
Heart(Gold)-warming
27th February marks the anniversary of Pokémon Red and Green in Japan, but this year's event is an extra special one: the Pokémon series is now 30 years old. In that time, it's evolved from a mere Game Boy monster-catching RPG into the world's biggest media franchise, with generations of gamers catching 'em all over three...
News New Pokémon Pokopia Trailer Introduces Even More Poké Pals
The secret inGreedent
We are under a week away from the launch of Pokémon Pokopia on Switch 2 on 5th March, but that hasn't stopped The Pokémon Company from revealing a little more info as a part of today's Presents showcase. If you weren't already sold on the adorable vibes of Pokopia from everything we've seen so far, this brand-new trailer...
News Pokémon Champions Brings The Fight To Switch This April
Are you ready to rumble?
We got our first proper look at Pokémon Champions in last year's Pokémon Presents showcase, and today, TPC has finally spilled the beans on a release date. Or, more accurately, a release window. As revealed at the end of the new trailer (above), Champions will arrive on Switch at some point in April 2026, with the mobile...
News Pokémon XD: Gale Of Darkness Comes To Switch 2 GameCube NSO In March
Shadowy
At last, we're getting another Pokémon game on Nintendo Switch Online! And it's the cult favourite RPG Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness on GameCube. Coming to the GameCube Nintendo Classics library — meaning it's exclusive to the Switch 2 — in March 2026, XD: Gale of Darkness is the second of two RPG-style spin-offs that released on the...
News Pokémon Winds & Waves Announced For Switch 2, Launching Next Year
Too much water
The Pokémon Company wrapped up today's Presents with the reveal of Pokémon Winds & Waves, the new mainline games in the series. We don't have anything specific on the release date front at the moment, though TPC confirmed that the games will receive a "global simultaneous release" at some point in 2027. This was more than we...
