Pokémon Pokopia
The Nintendo Switch 2 life sim where you play as a Ditto. A running log of every update to the game, plus everything on this site about it, kept in one place and revised as news lands.
Latest Updates Live
This page tracks Pokémon Pokopia as it changes — every release, update, patch and announcement, newest first. It is revised whenever new Pokopia news lands, so check back around each Expansion Pass part and software update. Last update: 5 August 2026. Every patch in full lives on the version history.
Bubbly Basin and Version 2.0.0 released
Expansion Pass Part 1 launched alongside the free Version 2.0.0 update. Bubbly Basin adds an underwater town, buoyant blocks, watermelons and a Dream Island. The free update adds Dive, upgrades Surf and makes a long list of quality-of-life changes.
Full contents and patch notes →Expansion Pass trailer published, Part 1 dated
The official Pokémon channel published an extended Expansion Pass trailer, confirming Bubbly Basin for 5 August 2026. Part 2 was dated to late 2026 and Part 3 to 2027.
Watch the trailer →Pokémon Pokopia released on Nintendo Switch 2
The first Pokémon life sim launched as a Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive, developed by Omega Force and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company.
What the reviews said →Next expected: Expansion Pass Part 2 in late 2026, then Part 3 in 2027.
Overview
Pokémon Pokopia is a life simulation game, and the first Pokémon title with no trainer battles, gyms or league. You play as a Ditto that has transformed to look human, rebuilding a world its people have left behind. Professor Tangrowth guides you, and the entire cast is Pokémon.
Progress comes from building habitats rather than catching. Give a species the environment it wants and it moves in, then lends you its specialty — Build, Grow, Water, Generate and the rest — to develop the town further.
| Released | 5 March 2026 |
| Platform | Nintendo Switch 2 (exclusive) |
| Genre | Life simulation |
| Developer | Omega Force (Koei Tecmo) |
| Publisher | Nintendo and The Pokémon Company |
| Latest version | 2.0.0 — 5 August 2026 |
| Expansion Pass | $34.99 / £29.99, three parts |
Articles
Bubbly Basin DLC and Version 2.0.0 Patch Notes
The first paid Expansion Pass chapter and the free 2.0.0 update, both released 5 August 2026. How to unlock Dive, what is in the underwater town, and the complete patch notes.
Pokémon Pokopia Review Roundup
Critic scores and what the press said at launch, collected from published reviews.
Pokémon Pokopia: Everything We Know
The pre-release primer. The premise, the habitat system, Professor Tangrowth, Peculiar Pokémon and multiplayer.
Bubbly Basin and Version 2.0.0
Expansion Pass Part 1, Bubbly Basin, released on 5 August 2026. It adds an underwater town reached with the new move Dive, buoyant blocks for building across multiple depths, watermelons as a crop, smoothies as a prepared food, seafloor furniture, new Ditto outfits and a Dream Island unlocked by a Starmie doll.
Dive itself is free. It arrives with Version 2.0.0, alongside a Surf upgrade, underwater building and a long list of quality-of-life changes that every owner receives.
Read the full breakdown and the complete 2.0.0 patch notes →
The Expansion Pass
The Expansion Pass is one purchase covering all three parts. Parts unlock as they release.
| Part | Release | New town | Headline addition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Part 1 — Bubbly Basin | 5 August 2026 | Yes | Underwater town, buoyant blocks |
| Part 2 | Late 2026 | No | Accessories for player and Pokémon |
| Part 3 | 2027 | Yes | New town |
Buying the Expansion Pass grants recipes for dynamic Ditto print blocks and wallpaper. Buying it by 31 August 2027 also returns a serial code by email for 30 rare Pokémetal ingots.
Bubbly Basin Screenshots
Official screenshots of Expansion Pass Part 1, published by The Pokémon Company.
