{"id":152448,"date":"2025-09-12T22:14:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T22:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/152448\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T22:14:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T22:14:09","slug":"pokemon-pokopia-looks-like-animal-crossing-for-pokemon-fans-and-im-here-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/152448\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia looks like Animal Crossing for Pok\u00e9mon fans and I&#8217;m here for it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 engadget-charcoal\">In one of the most unexpected announcements of today&#8217;s Nintendo Direct, Game Freak <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20250912294818\/en\/New-Nintendo-Direct-Kicks-off-the-Super-Mario-Bros.-40th-Anniversary-and-Brings-Slate-of-New-Announcements\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:revealed Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">revealed Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<\/a>, a game that is clearly inspired by the Animal Crossing series. When Pokopia is released sometime next year, you&#8217;ll assume the role of a Ditto determined to make a comfortable home for their friends. This Ditto has assumed the form of a human, and as they meet new Pok\u00e9mon, they&#8217;ll learn abilities they can use to transform their community. In turn, this work will lead to more Pok\u00e9mon coming to live in your home. The game features a beautiful tilt-shift art style that is reminiscent of Pok\u00e9mon&#8217;s third generation of games that debuted on the Game Boy Advance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 engadget-charcoal\">No word yet on an exact release date, but the game will be a <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/nintendo\/nintendo-switch-2-review-more-of-what-you-love-120048430.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Switch 2 exclusive;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Switch 2 exclusive<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In one of the most unexpected announcements of today&#8217;s Nintendo Direct, Game Freak revealed Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia, a game&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":152449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[48675,9355,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-152448","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-game-freak","9":"tag-nintendo-direct","10":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}