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Hands-on: The irresistible cuteness of Pokémon Pokopia, my favorite Pokémon game in years

Mashable·@Mashable·2 months ago
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You can find plenty of doom-and-gloom takes about the Nintendo Switch 2. Many of them boil down to complaints about the lack of compelling exclusive games for the system. The users making these complaints, however, have not yet played *Pokémon Pokopia*. A combined effort from Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, Game Freak, and Koei Tecmo, *Pokémon Pokopia* launches exclusively on Switch 2 on March 5. More importantly, you may not be prepared for how big of a deal this game might be. Opens in a new window Credit: The Pokémon Company Pokémon Pokopia $69.99 at Amazon Pre-order Here Essentially, the Nintendo team took *Minecraft*, stripped off the ugly art style, added social friendship mechanics a la *Stardew Valley*, and put a bunch of Pokémon in it. Personally, I do not vibe with these types of games at all. But *Pokopia* combines player creativity, charming writing, a magnetic sense of progression that makes it hard to put down, and a downright shocking level of depth.…

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