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Press release:
August 14th, 2026 – Nintendo and The Pokémon Company Group have announced that, in just over four months since its launch on March 5th, 2026, Pokémon Pokopia sold more than 5 million units worldwide*1. The game is available exclusively on Nintendo Switch 2.

Pokémon Pokopia is a relaxing life simulation game devoted to crafting, creating and building. Players take on the role of a peculiar Ditto and restore a desolate land using its transformation skills and its surprising new crafting abilities. As players cultivate the world’s natural beauty, they’ll encounter more Pokémon to work together with and build their very own cosy utopia.

In the Pokémon Pokopia Expansion Pass paid DLC*2, players can look forward to three parts of additional content to expand their Pokémon paradise. Part 1: Bubbly Basin released on August 5th and features an underwater town with more Pokémon to discover, new furniture to build, new food to prepare, and more. A free software update launched simultaneously for all Pokémon Pokopia players, adding a new move called “Dive” that allows Ditto to explore underwater.

For a deeper dive into Part 1 of the Pokémon Pokopia Expansion Pass paid DLC and more, take a look at the Expand your Pokémon Pokopia adventure! (Nintendo Switch 2) trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRTEgAL0ViU. Part 2 of the Pokémon Pokopia Expansion Pass paid DLC will release in late 2026, introducing accessories for Pokémon to wear, and new furniture.

Global sales for Pokémon Pokopia surpass 5 million units worldwide in just over four months since its launch for Nintendo Switch 2. In this relaxing life simulation game, players can savour the slow life and build a Pokémon paradise. Part 1 of the Pokémon Pokopia Expansion Pass launched on August 5th, and two additional parts of new content will release in the future.

For further updates:

Nintendo website https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/

Nintendo Switch 2 website: https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/switch2

amiibo website https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/amiibo

Nintendo of Europe on X https://x.com/nintendoeurope

Nintendo UK on X https://x.com/nintendouk

Nintendo UK on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/NintendoUK

Nintendo Switch UK on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/NintendoSwitchUK

amiibo UK on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/amiiboUK

Nintendo UK on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/NintendoUK

Nintendo of Europe on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nintendoeurope
Nintendo Switch on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/NintendoSwitchEurope/

About Nintendo:

Nintendo Co., Ltd., headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, has been providing a wide range of entertainment products and experiences since its founding in 1889, beginning with the manufacture and sale of Hanafuda playing cards. Since the 1983 release of the Family Computer (Famicom) system in Japan, and continuing through Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo’s focus has been the development, manufacturing, and sale of its gaming systems and software. To date, Nintendo has sold more than 6.1 billion video games and over 870 million hardware units globally, and has created franchises such as Mario™, Donkey Kong™, The Legend of Zelda™, Pokémon™, Metroid™, Kirby™, Animal Crossing™, Pikmin™, and Splatoon™. Nintendo’s continuing mission is to create reasons to choose Nintendo for unique, family-friendly entertainment that puts smiles on the faces of everyone it touches.

A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of Europe, based in Frankfurt, Germany, serves as headquarters for Nintendo’s operations in Europe. For more information about Nintendo of Europe, please visit the company’s website at https://www.nintendo.com/eu.

Jonas “O.J” Ek
The Gaming Ground
Twitter: @TheGamingGround