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Hello everyone, welcome back to Chibi and Chill,
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the Pokemon and anime podcast. I hope you're
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doing well. I am back from Florida and at the
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time of recording this, I am still a little bit
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jet lagged for sure. I still feel a little bit
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tired. I'm getting there though. Getting there,
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but the vacation is over. It was amazing. It
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was amazing. It always feels, doesn't it, like
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holidays and vacation just goes so fast. Like
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all of a sudden, you're done, you're ready, you're
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packing to come home and the depression sets
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back in. But it was amazing. I'm sure if you've
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seen all my stories on Instagram or TikTok, Facebook,
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you'll see some of my stories on there from Epic
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Universe, from Islands Are Adventures, City Walk.
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all that good stuff i'm a huge fan huge fan of
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the universal studios parks and i'm already itching
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to book the next holiday book the next trip to
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kind of know that i've got another one lined
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up i you know it's just i need to know that i'm
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going again i just need to know that i'm going
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again um but yeah an amazing vacation i hope
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you guys had an amazing week as well This week
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is another podcast episode. I'm recording this
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on, like, Tuesday to kind of get really back
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into the swing of things. And this one is another
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Friday. So I hope you've had a great week. I
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hope future me has recovered from this, from
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the sleepiness by this time as well. So that
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would be amazing. I really hope so. But today
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we've got a really, really fun topic. It's all
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about the brand new Pokemon game. that was revealed
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just as i was traveling over to florida and it
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is pokemon pokopia and it's scheduled for release
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in 2026 and honestly this might be one of the
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most unique pokemon games we've ever seen and
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i'm so excited to kind of dive into this a little
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bit more now normally when we hear about a new
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pokemon game we expect like trainers we expect
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the battles the gyms the new pokemon and This
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kind of big coming -of -age journey about becoming
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the champion of that region. You know, all that
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kind of thing. But Pokopia is harder to say than
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what I think. Pokopia throws all of that out
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the window, essentially. And instead, it's about
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building and creating a world, I guess. Pokopia
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throws all of the kind of normal stuff of a Pokemon
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game out of the window. And instead... It's about
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building, it's about creativity, it's living
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side by side with Pokemon in a cozy, relaxing
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way. Almost like if you put Animal Crossing and
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Pokemon had a baby. And that alone has me super,
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super excited. I'm a massive fan of cozy games
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and I'm super excited. I'm super, like I'm super
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into Animal Crossing games. So this kind of thing
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is all over, all over me. So today I'm going
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to take you through some, take you through it
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all essentially, take you through everything
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that we know about Pokeopia so far, the unanswered
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questions, the details, and also my own hopes
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and wish lists for the game as well. Plus I'll
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dive into some fun little tangents I guess I
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know, like fun, cosy Pokemon spin -offs that
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we've had in the past, comparisons to other live
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sim games, and even a few fan theories that we...
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with what's kind of floating around, around what's
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going on with Ditto in this story. So grab a
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snack, get comfortable. So let's dive in to Pokemon
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Pocopia. So first off, let's go through the basics
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of the game. So Pocopia is being developed by
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Koei Tecmo in collaboration with Game Freak and
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it's launching exclusively on the Nintendo Switch
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2 sometime in 2026. Now, we don't have a firm
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date yet, just the year, but some folks are speculating
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it could land in around springtime, which would
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fit nicely with the game's kind of fresh start,
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new life kind of vibe, that kind of spring clean
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kind of idea. But the game is described as a
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life simulation. Instead of being a trainer you
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actually play as a Ditto. The Pokemon Ditto.
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That has transformed into a human. And your mission
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is to build your very own Pokemon paradise. So
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similar to Animal Crossing in that kind of respect.
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And to do that you'll be collecting resources.
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Crafting furniture. Farming crops. And most importantly
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caring and making friends with the Pokemon in
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the game as well. That come and kind of enjoy
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your... area your region i guess but here's a
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twist it's ditto can learn moves from pokemon
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it befriends and those moves actually help with
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tasks in the game and around the island so instead
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of using bulbasaur's leafage in battle you're
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going to use it to grow greenery or instead of
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squirtle's blastoise squirtle or blastoise kind
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of using water gun it's going to be watering
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your crops instead of using it in battle. It's
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kind of taking the moves that we know and love
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from Pokemon and use them in a new creative kind
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of way. So that mechanic takes familiar Pokemon
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abilities and puts them into this super cozy
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everyday life kind of context, which is super
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creative and super fun. I think it'd be really
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cute. I wonder how many moves there are, you
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know, how limited is that, but I'm sure we'll
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see more. But the world itself is dynamic. There's
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a full day and night cycle tied to real world
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time. So the same as Animal Crossing. So we've
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got changing weather and multiple biomes to explore
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as well. So we're not going to be stuck in this
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kind of like grassy area. So maybe in the morning
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you're tending to your garden under the sun.
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And at night you're stargazing in a forest clearing
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with your Pokemon companions. You know, finding
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other resources, finding wood, that kind of thing.
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But that combination of real lap time and in
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-game progression feels like it's designed to
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kind of keep you checking in daily. Similar to
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how Animal Crossing does, there's timed activities
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or timed stuff that you need to do because it's
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daytime or stuff you need to do because it's
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nighttime or dusk. You know, it kind of keeps
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you kind of coming back like normal life, essentially.
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and visually the game leans into this more kind
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of stylized cozy art style it's softer more playful
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than we kind of see in a lot of pokemon games
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and definitely designed to make you feel more
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relaxed while you're playing it so that definitely
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definitely is a big selling point to me i like
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the cozy cute kind of vibe of this game but this
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isn't the first time the pokemon has experimented
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with a cozier or slower paced game some of you
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might remember the pokemon on The GameCube I
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think it was. Pokemon Channel. And that game
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was literally about watching TV with Pikachu.
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It was super low stakes. Very chill. And honestly
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it was ahead of it's time. To be fair. In the
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kind of cosy game kind of idea. But then there
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was Cafe Remix. And now I kind of like Cafe Remix.
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It's a game that I constantly kind of fall out
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of. And forget about. But I love it when I do
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play it. But it's a puzzle game with a cosy cafe
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vibe. Where you serve food. Two Pokemon and it's
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super adorable. You use different Pokemon for
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different abilities. They have different kind
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of techniques. That help you progress through
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different levels. And of course Pokemon Snap.
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Now I loved Pokemon Snap. There was the version
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on the N64. And there was new Pokemon Snap. And
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all of them are all about slowing down. Taking
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photos. just vibing with the Pokemon really and
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appreciating Pokemon in their natural environments
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and kind of just seeing how they go about their
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lives when they're not with a trainer or they're
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not in a battle or they're not being evolved
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you know just kind of literally going about their
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their lives and I love that kind of vibe and
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I think that's the kind of idea and vibe that
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we'll see in this new game Pocopia. So I think
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it sounds really, really cute. It's essentially
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Animal Crossing meets Pokemon, which is something
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I can definitely, definitely get behind. But
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let's talk about one of the most intriguing details,
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which is this role of playing as a Ditto instead
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of like just a person. So in the trailer, Ditto
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emerges from a Pokeball and nearby is this broken,
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dusty kind of Pokedex. That immediately raises
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a lot of questions. So why is the Ditto alone?
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Does it have a trainer? Well, I assume it has
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a trainer because it's in a Pokeball. So where
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is the trainer? And why did it choose to take
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the form of a human anyway? You know, why would
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it not just kind of stay as a Ditto and, I don't
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know, escape, I guess? Or, you know, go about
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his life to find his trainer? You know, what's
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going on there? Why? There's a lot of mystery
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around this trainer. Why have they abandoned
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him? I really hope not. Them, I guess. I hope
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not. I hope it's not as sad as that. But some
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fans are already spinning theories. One popular
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idea is that Ditto's trainer might have disappeared
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or even passed away. And Ditto is now carrying
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on in their place. So the idea that they've kind
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of, they've, their trainer was a farmer or...
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um a traveler and ditto wants to carry on that
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kind of vibe carry on that history carry on that
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legacy um that would add a surprising emotional
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layer to the game i'm i'm unsure why would that
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well they would add that but i'm sure it'll a
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new layer to the game as well so it'll still
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be really nice but with that emotional layer
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it's it's still a cozy game so another theory
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is that ditto isn't just mimicking a human at
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random maybe it's specifically mimicking its
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old trainer almost in a way of keeping them alive
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through its actions and through the legacy which
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is really interesting and that kind of hidden
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lore isn't kind of new for pokemon either think
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about how pokemon mystery dungeon amazing games
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uh starts you're a human who wakes up as a pokemon
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so we've had this similar idea before with no
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idea why or even how how that kind of works or
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how that kind of happened but Pokemon Legends
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Arc is drops your character out of time into
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an ancient world as well so we've had these kind
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of human and Pokemon kind of mergers before but
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Pocopia might look cute and cozy but don't be
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surprised if there's this deeper and even bittersweet
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story under the surface I wonder how how they'll
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add that kind of emotional attachment to it I
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guess and how they'll kind of work with that
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I think that'll be really, really interesting
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to see how they kind of add a pure storyline
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to this. Or even if they will, maybe they'll
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just give a tiny, tiny storyline. But this does
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make me kind of think about how we'll have...
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If there is this storyline hidden underneath,
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this storyline of your trainer, something happening
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to your trainer, and how we'll see that kind
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of story develop, does it mean that we'll find
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notes in this Pokédex? Will we find... parts
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of this trainer's life in and around the farm
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or the region do we learn more about this trainer
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as we kind of go on do we find them again there's
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a lot of kind of hidden notes in there so i think
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they could add like a little bit of a mystery
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element to this so i think that could be really
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really interesting and really kind of fun i'll
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be super up for having that kind of mystery idea
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to kind of give the game a little bit of an undercurrent
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as well But what don't we know yet? Of course
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there's still a ton of unanswered questions and
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we don't know how deep the crafting system kind
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of goes. Will it be like Animal Crossing where
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you can decorate and arrange everything freely
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or is it going to be more limited? Can you try
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and terraform the land, build paths, design buildings
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and make your own paradise truly unique? I kind
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of like the idea of it being like Animal Crossing
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where you can terraform. You can place buildings
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and paths and wherever. Place anything wherever
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you kind of like. I really like the idea of it
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being almost, I don't want to say a copy of that,
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but a mimic of that essentially. But in Pokemon
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form. I like the idea of having that kind of
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Animal Crossing vibe. I loved Animal Crossing.
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Like during, during COVID, the COVID time. I
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got so in so into Animal Crossing I cannot tell
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you how obsessed I got it was kind of one of
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those great outlets to kind of escape what was
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going on during that time and just be able to
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dive into a cozy sim game was just perfect it
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came out the perfect time and I feel like everyone
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I know dived into Animal Crossing and I'm so
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ready to kind of do that again but with Pokopio
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you know it's it's perfect but I love the idea
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of Crafting an island on Minecraft. On Minecraft.
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That's because I was going to speak about Minecraft
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after. On Animal Crossing. I love crafting an
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island on Animal Crossing. Like I put so much
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effort into my island. Not that I play it much
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now. My poor islanders. But I put so much effort
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into my Animal Crossing island. And I'm really
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hoping to have that kind of same effect on Pocopia.
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I want to be able to craft this super unique
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island. Based on what Pokemon I have, what abilities
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I have, the cycles, the mysteries, that kind
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of thing. You know, I really want to dive into
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it like full force. But then there's the question
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of multiplayer. Imagine being able to visit a
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friend's Pokopia, a bit like an Animal Crossing,
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and see how their Pokemon community has grown
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as well. Maybe you could trade resources, help
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each other build, or actually just enjoy each
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other's islands. I think in multiplayer mode...
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could take this game from a fun spin -off to
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more of like a cool cult classic essentially
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and of course will there be any battles at all
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my guess that is that if they exist they'll be
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optional maybe like sparing matches or mini games
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rather than fun battles like maybe maybe like
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you have to battle a squirtle or take on a maybe
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not even like a battle, maybe like a puzzle to
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get Squirtle's ability to be able to add a pond
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to your island, that kind of thing. But even
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if battling isn't a focus, I think it'd be nice
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to have a tiny taste of that competitive edge
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somewhere or that kind of trial somewhere so
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that it's not just kind of you walk up to a Squirtle,
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you get their ability and you carry on. You know,
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I don't want it to be super, super easy. I kind
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of like the puzzle or the... that kind of side
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of it, you know, the competitive kind of... strategic
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edge to it but i've already done it and it's
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not hard to compare pokopio to games like animal
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crossing or minecraft animal crossing taught
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us how much fun it actually can be to check in
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daily on your game on this kind of like dynamic
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island decorate a home form bonds with the villagers
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and pokopio feels like it's taking all of that
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structure but swapping out villagers for pokemon
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and adding that their own kind of twist to it
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honestly I can imagine or I'd imagine people
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having a favorite neighbor like oh yeah in my
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copia Evie lives next door and Snorlax hangs
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out Snorlax hangs out by the river kind of vibe
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and I am I'm the same with Animal Crossing I
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have my favorite villagers like mine were I tried
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I think I had nearly all of them I think I have
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one left um to catch not to catch But to invite
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to my village. Which was the little octopus ones.
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I absolutely loved those. I had the red one and
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I had the pink one. Forgive me because I do not
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know their names off by heart. But I absolutely
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loved those. So I kind of made it a mission to
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kind of invite all of those onto my island. And
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I feel like this is going to be the exact same
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idea. And I wonder how they'll update this game
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as well. To include new Pokemon or new regions.
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I think this is one of those games where. There
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can constantly be a new stream of new Pokemon,
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new abilities, new regions. I think they've got
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a lot of scope for this game. I think this could
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be a bigger thing than what I think some people
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are thinking it could be. I think there's so
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much focus sometimes on the mainline Pokemon
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games that I think something like this could
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go super, super under the radar and then all
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of a sudden be a huge phenomenon. You know, I
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think it'd be really cool. And one that's other
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similar is Minecraft. So on the other hand, Minecraft
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is literally all about building, crafting, creativity.
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And if Pocopia leans into crafting even half
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as much as Animal Crossing and Minecraft, the
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possibility for building unique paradises could
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be literally endless. Imagine making... A giant
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greenhouse for grass types. Or a beach area for
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water types. That kind of creative freedom that
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you could do. Could keep people playing for literal
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years. You could spend hours and hours and hours.
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Building this perfect like. Utopia for the grass
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types. Or a haunted house for example. For the
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ghost types. I would love to do that. I think
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that could be really really fun. And I think
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if they take. The best bits of Animal Crossing.
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The best bits of Minecraft. I think those could
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be really, really strong. But I think if we just
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look at the bigger picture as well, I think Pokopio
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represents a really important move for the Pokemon
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franchise. I think Pokemon has always been about
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adventure, competition, collection. But this
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game is all about a different side of Pokemon.
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It's about something else and it's more about
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creativity and connection. Connection to Pokemon.
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Connection to the world that you're creating.
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and connection to a slower more mindful and calm
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type of play you know there's because we're so
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focused on you can play the pokemon game super
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calm and super chill um but there is that competitive
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edge to them you know there the battles can be
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stressful they can be harder they can be a lot
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obviously a lot more competitive and i think
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the pokopia game allows us to sit back and chill
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with the pokemon just enjoy the world that you're
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building with them and because life can be so
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it's going to get really deep now but i think
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because life can be so like fast paced and go
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go go we're at work we're doing this we're looking
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after the pets we're looking after the house
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you know there's so much going on in normal everyday
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life i think a game like this is coming at the
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perfect time assuming it's still coming out on
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time assuming it's coming sooner rather than
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later but I think it's it's going to be perfect
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I think it'll be a great little chance for people
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to chill out and just enjoy their island with
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their with their Pokemon friends a little bit
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like we did with Animal Crossing, Animal Crossing
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gave us that time to chill in an island see the
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sunset and sunrise enjoy night time enjoy day
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time enjoy any time of the day At the exact same
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time of day. In game as in real life. So it felt
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more connected. I think that's really really
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interesting. But I think it diversifies the franchise
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a little bit more as well. Pokemon already has.
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Competitive battling. AR experiences like Pokemon
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Go. Mobile puzzlers. Photography games. I think
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adding a cozy live sim into the mix. Really gives
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Pokemon a game for everyone. I think there's
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a game for literally. everyone then at that point
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I think the franchise has enough stuff for people
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to just really dive into I think this is a perfect
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game for people that love Animal Crossing and
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a perfect game for everyone that loves cozy simulation
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builds and because it's exclusive to the Switch
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2 I think Nintendo is positioning this as one
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of their consoles kind of early showcase games
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especially with their like key franchise I think
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if they do it right It could be one of the games
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that people buy the system for, not because it's
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flashy, but because it's comforting and because
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it's a novelty at first, to be sure, because
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it's a novelty to begin with. But I think it's
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one that could really, really highlight the quality
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of the Switch 2. I think my wish list, I think
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I'd love a really strong, comprehensive... building
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system that lets it be super creative not just
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like not just pre -made furniture i think there'll
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be some aspects where we just place a pre -made
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chair or pre -made desk or something a little
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bit like animal crossing but i'd love the kind
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of minecraft option as well and lots of styles
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lots of customization options and seasonal changes
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that actually kind of bring the season through
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would be amazing like imagine winter bringing
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ice types into your island or or making certain
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berries more abundant or being able to grow like
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um like a cozy cozy pumpkin themed um cafe that
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kind of thing you know adding adding that when
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it gets to spooky season ghost types are more
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prominent you know there's a haunted like challenge
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you can do haunted puzzles That kind of thing,
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you know, that kind of layer of, okay, it's this
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kind of season, it's this time of year. This
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means your island now experiences all of this.
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I think that would be really, really gorgeous
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and a way to kind of celebrate the seasons in
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real life, but also celebrate them in a Pokemon
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way. I'd love some optional challenges like little
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quests or tasks that give you goals without forcing
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you into that kind of rigid structure as well.
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And I like, I... One of the best points of Animal
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Crossing was the music. Like that kind of like
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slow lo -fi kind of music. And the soundtrack
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for this needs to be perfect. At Cozy Games live
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and die by their music. I think I can leave Pokopio
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running in the background a bit like Animal Crossing.
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Just to hear the soundtrack while I work or relaxed.
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I'll be thrilled. I listen to lo -fi music a
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lot in the day. Just to... kind of have something
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on in the background I find it really calming
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and relaxing so I kind of want the same for Pocopia
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and finally I think I'd love that emotional storytelling
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with Ditto and the trainer even if it's just
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subtle I don't need like a big cinematic but
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just knowing that there's a deeper thread running
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through the game would make it really great as
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well to kind of know that there's a little bit
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of a story that's undercurrent in the whole thing
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as well but as thoughts come next let's keep
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an eye on the nintendo direct that's where we'll
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likely get new trailers maybe new gameplay footage
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and watch for details on how the crafting and
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building system will work and whether multiplayer
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is confirmed as well that's not that's not confirmed
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yet and of course keeping out for the community
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wild theories as well these are always the best
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ones because fans always have the best ideas
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let's be fair and always find hidden clues in
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the smallest smallest details um so that's everything
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i know everything we know so far there's the
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details that's the kind of overall structure
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of the game and a little bit of speculation as
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well about pokemon pokeopia to me it feels like
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it's one of the most exciting exciting spin -offs
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in years if i'm honest apart from legends that's
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that's an ultimate favorite But it could be the
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ultimate cozy Pokemon game that's not on a mobile,
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you know? The kind of title that you sink hours
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into without actually realising it, much like
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Animal Crossing. But now I want to hear from
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you guys as well. You know, are you excited for
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Pokemon Pokopia? You know, what features are
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you hoping for? I've shared my wishlist, what's
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yours? Do you think a cozy spin -off like this
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can stand alongside the mainline Pokemon titles?
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I think a lot of the time, the... these spin
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-offs can be forgotten and they have that novelty
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and they kind of like die off um but I think
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a lot of the time a lot of them end up being
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loved by a really specific community and loved
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by a great a great many but never get the shine
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the shine in the spotlight that I think they
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deserve so I really hope Pocopia has that kind
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of that kind of quality to it to give it that
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special drive and give it that kind of special
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moment in the spotlight but Thank you so much
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Hello everyone, welcome back to Chibi and Chill,
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the Pokemon and anime podcast. I hope you're
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doing well. I am back from Florida and at the
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time of recording this, I am still a little bit
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jet lagged for sure. I still feel a little bit
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tired. I'm getting there though. Getting there,
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but the vacation is over. It was amazing. It
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was amazing. It always feels, doesn't it, like
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holidays and vacation just goes so fast. Like
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all of a sudden, you're done, you're ready, you're
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packing to come home and the depression sets
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back in. But it was amazing. I'm sure if you've
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seen all my stories on Instagram or TikTok, Facebook,
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you'll see some of my stories on there from Epic
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Universe, from Islands Are Adventures, City Walk.
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all that good stuff i'm a huge fan huge fan of
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the universal studios parks and i'm already itching
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to book the next holiday book the next trip to
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kind of know that i've got another one lined
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up i you know it's just i need to know that i'm
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going again i just need to know that i'm going
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again um but yeah an amazing vacation i hope
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you guys had an amazing week as well This week
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is another podcast episode. I'm recording this
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on, like, Tuesday to kind of get really back
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into the swing of things. And this one is another
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Friday. So I hope you've had a great week. I
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hope future me has recovered from this, from
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the sleepiness by this time as well. So that
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would be amazing. I really hope so. But today
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we've got a really, really fun topic. It's all
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about the brand new Pokemon game. that was revealed
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just as i was traveling over to florida and it
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is pokemon pokopia and it's scheduled for release
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in 2026 and honestly this might be one of the
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most unique pokemon games we've ever seen and
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i'm so excited to kind of dive into this a little
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bit more now normally when we hear about a new
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pokemon game we expect like trainers we expect
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the battles the gyms the new pokemon and This
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kind of big coming -of -age journey about becoming
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the champion of that region. You know, all that
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kind of thing. But Pokopia is harder to say than
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what I think. Pokopia throws all of that out
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the window, essentially. And instead, it's about
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building and creating a world, I guess. Pokopia
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throws all of the kind of normal stuff of a Pokemon
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game out of the window. And instead... It's about
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building, it's about creativity, it's living
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side by side with Pokemon in a cozy, relaxing
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way. Almost like if you put Animal Crossing and
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Pokemon had a baby. And that alone has me super,
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super excited. I'm a massive fan of cozy games
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and I'm super excited. I'm super, like I'm super
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into Animal Crossing games. So this kind of thing
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is all over, all over me. So today I'm going
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to take you through some, take you through it
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all essentially, take you through everything
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that we know about Pokeopia so far, the unanswered
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questions, the details, and also my own hopes
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and wish lists for the game as well. Plus I'll
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dive into some fun little tangents I guess I
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know, like fun, cosy Pokemon spin -offs that
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we've had in the past, comparisons to other live
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sim games, and even a few fan theories that we...
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with what's kind of floating around, around what's
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going on with Ditto in this story. So grab a
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snack, get comfortable. So let's dive in to Pokemon
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Pocopia. So first off, let's go through the basics
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of the game. So Pocopia is being developed by
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Koei Tecmo in collaboration with Game Freak and
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it's launching exclusively on the Nintendo Switch
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2 sometime in 2026. Now, we don't have a firm
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date yet, just the year, but some folks are speculating
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it could land in around springtime, which would
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fit nicely with the game's kind of fresh start,
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new life kind of vibe, that kind of spring clean
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kind of idea. But the game is described as a
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life simulation. Instead of being a trainer you
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actually play as a Ditto. The Pokemon Ditto.
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That has transformed into a human. And your mission
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is to build your very own Pokemon paradise. So
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similar to Animal Crossing in that kind of respect.
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And to do that you'll be collecting resources.
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Crafting furniture. Farming crops. And most importantly
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caring and making friends with the Pokemon in
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the game as well. That come and kind of enjoy
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your... area your region i guess but here's a
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twist it's ditto can learn moves from pokemon
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it befriends and those moves actually help with
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tasks in the game and around the island so instead
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of using bulbasaur's leafage in battle you're
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going to use it to grow greenery or instead of
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squirtle's blastoise squirtle or blastoise kind
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of using water gun it's going to be watering
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your crops instead of using it in battle. It's
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kind of taking the moves that we know and love
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from Pokemon and use them in a new creative kind
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of way. So that mechanic takes familiar Pokemon
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abilities and puts them into this super cozy
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everyday life kind of context, which is super
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creative and super fun. I think it'd be really
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cute. I wonder how many moves there are, you
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know, how limited is that, but I'm sure we'll
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see more. But the world itself is dynamic. There's
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a full day and night cycle tied to real world
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time. So the same as Animal Crossing. So we've
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got changing weather and multiple biomes to explore
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as well. So we're not going to be stuck in this
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kind of like grassy area. So maybe in the morning
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you're tending to your garden under the sun.
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And at night you're stargazing in a forest clearing
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with your Pokemon companions. You know, finding
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other resources, finding wood, that kind of thing.
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But that combination of real lap time and in
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-game progression feels like it's designed to
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kind of keep you checking in daily. Similar to
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how Animal Crossing does, there's timed activities
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or timed stuff that you need to do because it's
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daytime or stuff you need to do because it's
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nighttime or dusk. You know, it kind of keeps
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you kind of coming back like normal life, essentially.
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and visually the game leans into this more kind
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of stylized cozy art style it's softer more playful
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than we kind of see in a lot of pokemon games
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and definitely designed to make you feel more
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relaxed while you're playing it so that definitely
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definitely is a big selling point to me i like
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the cozy cute kind of vibe of this game but this
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isn't the first time the pokemon has experimented
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with a cozier or slower paced game some of you
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might remember the pokemon on The GameCube I
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think it was. Pokemon Channel. And that game
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was literally about watching TV with Pikachu.
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It was super low stakes. Very chill. And honestly
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it was ahead of it's time. To be fair. In the
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kind of cosy game kind of idea. But then there
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was Cafe Remix. And now I kind of like Cafe Remix.
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It's a game that I constantly kind of fall out
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of. And forget about. But I love it when I do
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play it. But it's a puzzle game with a cosy cafe
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vibe. Where you serve food. Two Pokemon and it's
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super adorable. You use different Pokemon for
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different abilities. They have different kind
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of techniques. That help you progress through
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different levels. And of course Pokemon Snap.
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Now I loved Pokemon Snap. There was the version
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on the N64. And there was new Pokemon Snap. And
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all of them are all about slowing down. Taking
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photos. just vibing with the Pokemon really and
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appreciating Pokemon in their natural environments
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and kind of just seeing how they go about their
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lives when they're not with a trainer or they're
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not in a battle or they're not being evolved
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you know just kind of literally going about their
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their lives and I love that kind of vibe and
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I think that's the kind of idea and vibe that
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we'll see in this new game Pocopia. So I think
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it sounds really, really cute. It's essentially
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Animal Crossing meets Pokemon, which is something
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I can definitely, definitely get behind. But
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let's talk about one of the most intriguing details,
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which is this role of playing as a Ditto instead
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of like just a person. So in the trailer, Ditto
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emerges from a Pokeball and nearby is this broken,
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dusty kind of Pokedex. That immediately raises
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a lot of questions. So why is the Ditto alone?
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Does it have a trainer? Well, I assume it has
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a trainer because it's in a Pokeball. So where
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is the trainer? And why did it choose to take
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the form of a human anyway? You know, why would
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it not just kind of stay as a Ditto and, I don't
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know, escape, I guess? Or, you know, go about
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his life to find his trainer? You know, what's
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going on there? Why? There's a lot of mystery
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around this trainer. Why have they abandoned
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him? I really hope not. Them, I guess. I hope
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not. I hope it's not as sad as that. But some
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fans are already spinning theories. One popular
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idea is that Ditto's trainer might have disappeared
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or even passed away. And Ditto is now carrying
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on in their place. So the idea that they've kind
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of, they've, their trainer was a farmer or...
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um a traveler and ditto wants to carry on that
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kind of vibe carry on that history carry on that
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legacy um that would add a surprising emotional
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layer to the game i'm i'm unsure why would that
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well they would add that but i'm sure it'll a
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new layer to the game as well so it'll still
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be really nice but with that emotional layer
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it's it's still a cozy game so another theory
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is that ditto isn't just mimicking a human at
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random maybe it's specifically mimicking its
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old trainer almost in a way of keeping them alive
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through its actions and through the legacy which
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is really interesting and that kind of hidden
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lore isn't kind of new for pokemon either think
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about how pokemon mystery dungeon amazing games
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uh starts you're a human who wakes up as a pokemon
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so we've had this similar idea before with no
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idea why or even how how that kind of works or
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how that kind of happened but Pokemon Legends
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Arc is drops your character out of time into
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an ancient world as well so we've had these kind
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of human and Pokemon kind of mergers before but
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Pocopia might look cute and cozy but don't be
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surprised if there's this deeper and even bittersweet
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story under the surface I wonder how how they'll
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add that kind of emotional attachment to it I
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guess and how they'll kind of work with that
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I think that'll be really, really interesting
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to see how they kind of add a pure storyline
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to this. Or even if they will, maybe they'll
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just give a tiny, tiny storyline. But this does
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make me kind of think about how we'll have...
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If there is this storyline hidden underneath,
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this storyline of your trainer, something happening
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to your trainer, and how we'll see that kind
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of story develop, does it mean that we'll find
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notes in this Pokédex? Will we find... parts
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of this trainer's life in and around the farm
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or the region do we learn more about this trainer
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as we kind of go on do we find them again there's
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a lot of kind of hidden notes in there so i think
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they could add like a little bit of a mystery
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element to this so i think that could be really
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really interesting and really kind of fun i'll
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be super up for having that kind of mystery idea
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to kind of give the game a little bit of an undercurrent
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as well But what don't we know yet? Of course
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there's still a ton of unanswered questions and
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we don't know how deep the crafting system kind
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of goes. Will it be like Animal Crossing where
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you can decorate and arrange everything freely
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or is it going to be more limited? Can you try
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and terraform the land, build paths, design buildings
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and make your own paradise truly unique? I kind
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of like the idea of it being like Animal Crossing
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where you can terraform. You can place buildings
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and paths and wherever. Place anything wherever
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you kind of like. I really like the idea of it
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being almost, I don't want to say a copy of that,
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but a mimic of that essentially. But in Pokemon
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form. I like the idea of having that kind of
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Animal Crossing vibe. I loved Animal Crossing.
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Like during, during COVID, the COVID time. I
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got so in so into Animal Crossing I cannot tell
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you how obsessed I got it was kind of one of
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those great outlets to kind of escape what was
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going on during that time and just be able to
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dive into a cozy sim game was just perfect it
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came out the perfect time and I feel like everyone
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I know dived into Animal Crossing and I'm so
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ready to kind of do that again but with Pokopio
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you know it's it's perfect but I love the idea
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of Crafting an island on Minecraft. On Minecraft.
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That's because I was going to speak about Minecraft
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after. On Animal Crossing. I love crafting an
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island on Animal Crossing. Like I put so much
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effort into my island. Not that I play it much
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now. My poor islanders. But I put so much effort
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into my Animal Crossing island. And I'm really
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hoping to have that kind of same effect on Pocopia.
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I want to be able to craft this super unique
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island. Based on what Pokemon I have, what abilities
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I have, the cycles, the mysteries, that kind
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of thing. You know, I really want to dive into
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it like full force. But then there's the question
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of multiplayer. Imagine being able to visit a
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friend's Pokopia, a bit like an Animal Crossing,
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and see how their Pokemon community has grown
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as well. Maybe you could trade resources, help
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each other build, or actually just enjoy each
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other's islands. I think in multiplayer mode...
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could take this game from a fun spin -off to
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more of like a cool cult classic essentially
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and of course will there be any battles at all
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my guess that is that if they exist they'll be
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optional maybe like sparing matches or mini games
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rather than fun battles like maybe maybe like
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you have to battle a squirtle or take on a maybe
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not even like a battle, maybe like a puzzle to
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get Squirtle's ability to be able to add a pond
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to your island, that kind of thing. But even
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if battling isn't a focus, I think it'd be nice
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to have a tiny taste of that competitive edge
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somewhere or that kind of trial somewhere so
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that it's not just kind of you walk up to a Squirtle,
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you get their ability and you carry on. You know,
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I don't want it to be super, super easy. I kind
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of like the puzzle or the... that kind of side
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of it, you know, the competitive kind of... strategic
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edge to it but i've already done it and it's
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not hard to compare pokopio to games like animal
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crossing or minecraft animal crossing taught
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us how much fun it actually can be to check in
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daily on your game on this kind of like dynamic
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island decorate a home form bonds with the villagers
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and pokopio feels like it's taking all of that
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structure but swapping out villagers for pokemon
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and adding that their own kind of twist to it
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honestly I can imagine or I'd imagine people
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having a favorite neighbor like oh yeah in my
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copia Evie lives next door and Snorlax hangs
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out Snorlax hangs out by the river kind of vibe
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and I am I'm the same with Animal Crossing I
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have my favorite villagers like mine were I tried
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I think I had nearly all of them I think I have
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one left um to catch not to catch But to invite
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to my village. Which was the little octopus ones.
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I absolutely loved those. I had the red one and
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I had the pink one. Forgive me because I do not
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know their names off by heart. But I absolutely
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loved those. So I kind of made it a mission to
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kind of invite all of those onto my island. And
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I feel like this is going to be the exact same
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idea. And I wonder how they'll update this game
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as well. To include new Pokemon or new regions.
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I think this is one of those games where. There
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can constantly be a new stream of new Pokemon,
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new abilities, new regions. I think they've got
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a lot of scope for this game. I think this could
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be a bigger thing than what I think some people
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are thinking it could be. I think there's so
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much focus sometimes on the mainline Pokemon
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games that I think something like this could
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go super, super under the radar and then all
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of a sudden be a huge phenomenon. You know, I
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think it'd be really cool. And one that's other
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similar is Minecraft. So on the other hand, Minecraft
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is literally all about building, crafting, creativity.
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And if Pocopia leans into crafting even half
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as much as Animal Crossing and Minecraft, the
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possibility for building unique paradises could
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be literally endless. Imagine making... A giant
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greenhouse for grass types. Or a beach area for
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water types. That kind of creative freedom that
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you could do. Could keep people playing for literal
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years. You could spend hours and hours and hours.
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Building this perfect like. Utopia for the grass
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types. Or a haunted house for example. For the
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ghost types. I would love to do that. I think
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that could be really really fun. And I think
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if they take. The best bits of Animal Crossing.
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The best bits of Minecraft. I think those could
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be really, really strong. But I think if we just
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look at the bigger picture as well, I think Pokopio
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represents a really important move for the Pokemon
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franchise. I think Pokemon has always been about
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adventure, competition, collection. But this
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game is all about a different side of Pokemon.
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It's about something else and it's more about
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creativity and connection. Connection to Pokemon.
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Connection to the world that you're creating.
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and connection to a slower more mindful and calm
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type of play you know there's because we're so
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focused on you can play the pokemon game super
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calm and super chill um but there is that competitive
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edge to them you know there the battles can be
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stressful they can be harder they can be a lot
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obviously a lot more competitive and i think
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the pokopia game allows us to sit back and chill
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with the pokemon just enjoy the world that you're
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building with them and because life can be so
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it's going to get really deep now but i think
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because life can be so like fast paced and go
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go go we're at work we're doing this we're looking
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after the pets we're looking after the house
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you know there's so much going on in normal everyday
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life i think a game like this is coming at the
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perfect time assuming it's still coming out on
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time assuming it's coming sooner rather than
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later but I think it's it's going to be perfect
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I think it'll be a great little chance for people
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to chill out and just enjoy their island with
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their with their Pokemon friends a little bit
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like we did with Animal Crossing, Animal Crossing
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gave us that time to chill in an island see the
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sunset and sunrise enjoy night time enjoy day
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time enjoy any time of the day At the exact same
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time of day. In game as in real life. So it felt
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more connected. I think that's really really
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interesting. But I think it diversifies the franchise
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a little bit more as well. Pokemon already has.
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Competitive battling. AR experiences like Pokemon
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Go. Mobile puzzlers. Photography games. I think
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adding a cozy live sim into the mix. Really gives
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Pokemon a game for everyone. I think there's
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a game for literally. everyone then at that point
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I think the franchise has enough stuff for people
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to just really dive into I think this is a perfect
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game for people that love Animal Crossing and
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a perfect game for everyone that loves cozy simulation
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builds and because it's exclusive to the Switch
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2 I think Nintendo is positioning this as one
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of their consoles kind of early showcase games
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especially with their like key franchise I think
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if they do it right It could be one of the games
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that people buy the system for, not because it's
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flashy, but because it's comforting and because
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it's a novelty at first, to be sure, because
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it's a novelty to begin with. But I think it's
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one that could really, really highlight the quality
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of the Switch 2. I think my wish list, I think
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I'd love a really strong, comprehensive... building
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system that lets it be super creative not just
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like not just pre -made furniture i think there'll
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be some aspects where we just place a pre -made
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chair or pre -made desk or something a little
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bit like animal crossing but i'd love the kind
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of minecraft option as well and lots of styles
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lots of customization options and seasonal changes
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that actually kind of bring the season through
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would be amazing like imagine winter bringing
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ice types into your island or or making certain
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berries more abundant or being able to grow like
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um like a cozy cozy pumpkin themed um cafe that
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kind of thing you know adding adding that when
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it gets to spooky season ghost types are more
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prominent you know there's a haunted like challenge
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you can do haunted puzzles That kind of thing,
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you know, that kind of layer of, okay, it's this
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kind of season, it's this time of year. This
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means your island now experiences all of this.
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I think that would be really, really gorgeous
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and a way to kind of celebrate the seasons in
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real life, but also celebrate them in a Pokemon
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way. I'd love some optional challenges like little
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quests or tasks that give you goals without forcing
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you into that kind of rigid structure as well.
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And I like, I... One of the best points of Animal
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Crossing was the music. Like that kind of like
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slow lo -fi kind of music. And the soundtrack
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for this needs to be perfect. At Cozy Games live
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and die by their music. I think I can leave Pokopio
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running in the background a bit like Animal Crossing.
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Just to hear the soundtrack while I work or relaxed.
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I'll be thrilled. I listen to lo -fi music a
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lot in the day. Just to... kind of have something
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on in the background I find it really calming
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and relaxing so I kind of want the same for Pocopia
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and finally I think I'd love that emotional storytelling
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with Ditto and the trainer even if it's just
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subtle I don't need like a big cinematic but
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just knowing that there's a deeper thread running
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through the game would make it really great as
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well to kind of know that there's a little bit
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of a story that's undercurrent in the whole thing
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as well but as thoughts come next let's keep
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an eye on the nintendo direct that's where we'll
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likely get new trailers maybe new gameplay footage
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and watch for details on how the crafting and
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building system will work and whether multiplayer
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is confirmed as well that's not that's not confirmed
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yet and of course keeping out for the community
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wild theories as well these are always the best
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ones because fans always have the best ideas
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let's be fair and always find hidden clues in
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the smallest smallest details um so that's everything
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i know everything we know so far there's the
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details that's the kind of overall structure
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of the game and a little bit of speculation as
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well about pokemon pokeopia to me it feels like
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it's one of the most exciting exciting spin -offs
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in years if i'm honest apart from legends that's
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that's an ultimate favorite But it could be the
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ultimate cozy Pokemon game that's not on a mobile,
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you know? The kind of title that you sink hours
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into without actually realising it, much like
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Animal Crossing. But now I want to hear from
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you guys as well. You know, are you excited for
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Pokemon Pokopia? You know, what features are
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you hoping for? I've shared my wishlist, what's
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yours? Do you think a cozy spin -off like this
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can stand alongside the mainline Pokemon titles?
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I think a lot of the time, the... these spin
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-offs can be forgotten and they have that novelty
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and they kind of like die off um but I think
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a lot of the time a lot of them end up being
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loved by a really specific community and loved
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by a great a great many but never get the shine
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the shine in the spotlight that I think they
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deserve so I really hope Pocopia has that kind
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of that kind of quality to it to give it that
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special drive and give it that kind of special
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moment in the spotlight but Thank you so much
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