The Pokémon Company (Minato-ku, Tokyo / President, Representative Director and CEO: Tsunekazu Ishihara) and Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Minami-ku, Kyoto / President: Shuntaro Furukawa) are honoured to announce that Pokémon’s first Nintendo Switch game, Pokémon Pokopia—released worldwide on March 5, 2026—has sold over 2 million copies worldwide in its first four days. Sales outside of Japan make up about half of that total. （*Source: Nintendo Co., Ltd. data / including the digital version. *Sales: Nintendo Co. Ltd. (excluding Japan) )
This title, planned and co-developed by The Pokémon Company, GAME FREAK inc., and KOEI TECMO GAMES, is Pokémon’s first cozy sandbox game. In Pokémon Pokopia, players get to restore a desolate land with the help of Pokémon friends, savor the slow life, and create their own delightful world.
Players get to play as a Ditto transformed as a human, and create their ideal utopia while gathering resources such as wood and stone to create tools, or berries to share with Pokémon friends. The in-game clock is linked to real-world time, giving players the opportunity to enjoy a moving, cozy world with changing weather and the many different Pokémon that live in it.
This title includes modes and features that require an Internet connection and a paid Nintendo Switch Online membership.
The game card included in the physical version of this title is a game-key card.
Please ensure you have the following ready to use the physical version (game-key card):
An internet connection.
At least 10 GB of free space. (Additional free space may be required for update data.)
The software will be downloaded when first playing the game.
Please see below for more details.