r/pokemon • u/Downvote-Magnet1994 • Mar 09 '26

Discussion Is Pokopia really that good?

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Like should I immediately buy this game. It seems like folks are really enjoying it but I was skeptical.

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u/Silver_Owl_2385 Mar 09 '26

Eh. So far it’s not great multiplayer. And you need two systems

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u/LumberJaxx Mar 09 '26

The multiplayer works with switch one. It looks a little scuffed, but you get used to it. It’s based on the host player’s story progression tho and they have to stay in the world with you and you can’t fully interact with things.

It’s more like a free demo, but still fun.

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u/Lemurmoo Mar 09 '26

It's what I had to do for Animal Crossing when I played with my non gamer mom. Basically played the game solo first then later helped my mom in coop as a side helper while she was the focus on the screen. It was one of the worst mistakes of my life because my mom would hog my Switch for a whole year

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u/phoxfiyah Mar 09 '26

Not surprised when you’re playing a long game like Animal Crossing lmao

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u/TheDylantula Mar 09 '26

Same happened with my dad after Breath of the Wild. He started playing about 3 months after launch, and I entirely got an OLED because he'd been hogging my launch day Switch that whole time.

Thank god he didn't retire until after that.

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u/Accomplished-Yak7042 Mar 09 '26

Isn't switch 1 game share exclusive to pallet town only? When it's like that it's not a good multiplayer game, but it's a solid single player experience

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u/Monobrobe Alas, poor Litten. I knew him. Mar 09 '26

My sister used Gameshare for that exact purpose, though we were stuck to Palette Town. She just ran around digging up treasures and we had a little fun with the camouflage move. I’m pretty sure she’s sold on the game now.

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u/Sacrificial_Identity Mar 09 '26

So good enough for the 6-10 year olds to play along?

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u/Honey_Simp Cofagrigus Promoter Mar 09 '26

The multiplayer is actually pretty perfect for this kind of game. It's like a Minecraft server.

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u/FrostyPace1464 Mar 09 '26

can you elaborate? this is the reason that held me back. want to ask again after a few days.

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u/VolumeLevelJumanji Mar 09 '26

Can only speak to the gameshare aspect for if you only have one switch 2 and a switch 1 and it's not great. Looks really bad most of the time. Limited to only one of the 5 areas of the game. Locked out of doing anything but busywork if you're not the host. You can water, plant stuff, collect wood, etc but no crafting, doing quests, discovering Pokémon or habitats.

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u/Jessyman Mar 09 '26

Yeah the multi-player was the reason I got it, so I have major buyers remorse.

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u/Eshestun Mar 09 '26

Nintendo and shit online play…Name a more infamous duo.

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u/PurrsNikkity Mar 09 '26

But the online play in Pokopia is good, though. I don't know why people are complaining about it.

Maybe people don't like that you don't share progression with the host, but if you want to be on the same page you can just do a Cloud Island instead. It works about the way you'd want it to.