Contemplating we already had a Pokémon Presents only a month in the past, I wasn’t anticipating to see a brand new Pokémon recreation at right this moment’s Nintendo Direct. But right here we’re, studying a couple of new recreation known as Pokémon Pokopia, and it appears to be like like a cross between Animal Crossing and a farming sim.
On this Change 2 recreation, you play as a Ditto who takes on a human kind and helps construct an area for the native ‘mons. It’s sort of an odd idea, and I truly hate seeing the little beady-eyed Ditto particular person’s face, however I’m down for extra Pokémon video games that present this world in a special mild. The sport will launch in 2026. Take a look at the reveal trailer right here:
Play as a Ditto reworked right into a human and form an empty land into a good looking dwelling for Pokémon in Pokémon Pokopia, releasing on #NintendoSwitch2 in 2026. #NintendoDirect pic.twitter.com/zTiVcLHAgJ
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) September 12, 2025
Visually, the sport employs one thing fairly just like the minimalist, chibi model of Pokémon Good Diamond and Shining Pearl, however actually Ditto is the one character that it’s tremendous noticeable with, because the Pokémon simply kinda appear like they all the time have. The one benefit of taking part in as Ditto, nevertheless, is that you just’ll be capable of speak to your fellow Pokémon, so they appear to operate like Animal Crossing villagers with their very own personalities, wishes, needs, and goals. The trailer reveals numerous totally different appears to be like in your Ditto human, so you possibly can most likely customise them to your liking. There’s additionally one shot of two gamers strolling round in the identical space, so it appears to be like such as you’ll be capable of go to your folks’ villages, too.
General, it appears to be like fairly neat. Animal Crossing-style life sims don’t often maintain my consideration for very lengthy, however the Pokémon framing would possibly preserve my curiosity a bit bit longer. I’m only a goal-oriented participant so video games which can be nearly sustaining one thing are tougher for me to get into. However in the event you’re in search of one thing a bit cozier on the earth of Pokémon, it appears to be like like Pokopia will ship that.
