Pokémon Pokopia, An Animal Crossing-esque Life Sim, Will Hit Switch 2 On March 5

Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are trying thing a small different pinch Pokémon Pokopia. It’s a life sim crippled successful nan vein of Animal Crossing. Nintendo unveiled nan game during a Direct successful September, saying that it would get successful outpouring 2026. Now, nan institution has revealed that Pokémon Pokopia will deed Nintendo Switch 2 connected March 5.

There’s nary caller trailer for nan crippled conscionable yet — you’ll person to hold until Thursday, November 13 for that. Nor did Nintendo talk much specifications astir Pokémon Pokopia, other than to indicate nan cartridge will beryllium a Game Key Card (no crippled files are stored connected specified a cart, which is efficaciously a beingness cardinal that allows you to download a game). The institution announced nan merchandise day pinch nan astir bare bones of tweets:

Koei Tecmo workplace Omega Force is processing Pokémon Pokopia. We learned during nan Nintendo Direct a mates of months agone that you’ll play arsenic a Ditto who has taken connected nan guise of a human. You’ll meet much Pokémon and study caller abilities to thief you upgrade your organization and make your location conscionable nan measurement you want it.

Last month, location was different leak of files from Game Freak, nan main developer of Pokémon games. Among different things, nan specifications indicated that an description for Pokémon Pokopia is in nan works.

Before Pokémon Pokopia arrives, you’ll beryllium capable to lukewarm up for a Pokémon spirit of life sim by dipping backmost into Animal Crossing New Horizons, which is getting a awesome update and a Switch 2 version successful January. It includes support for rodent controls, ocular enhancements and different upgrades connected Switch 2. An update that will besides use to nan original Switch type will present a caller edifice location, much cosmetic items, a Lego collaboration and overmuch more.