{"id":29201,"date":"2024-04-01T12:43:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T03:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=29201"},"modified":"2024-04-01T12:43:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T03:43:06","slug":"pokemon-sleep-announces-global-competitive-sleeping-tournament-april-fools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/pokemon-sleep-announces-global-competitive-sleeping-tournament-april-fools\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Sleep announces global competitive sleeping tournament (April Fools)\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In one of the most surreal April Fools jokes this year, The Pok\u00e9mon Company announced a worldwide \u201cPok\u00e9mon Sleep Champion Tournament,\u201d planned for 2024. The promotional video depicts intense sleep battles happening before a live audience.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Welcome to the Pok\u00e9mon Sleep World Champions Tournament! \ud83e\udd71\ud83c\udfc6\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l1KYusUIPKk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Sleep, normally a peaceful app designed to <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20240201-26555\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">improve users\u2019 quality of sleep<\/a> while providing some casual gameplay, suddenly took a competitive turn. Players who qualified to represent their countries through the Pok\u00e9mon Sleep app enter an arena of sleep booths, where they engage in sleep battles before an audience. Battles are accompanied by live commentary by \u201cKenny Mattress\u201d and \u201cChris Pillow.\u201d The competitors perform their personal sleep routines, such as doing stretches, reading boring books and relaxing with plushies.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Pok\u00e9mon Sleep Champion Tournament, participants have 8.5 hours to sleep, and their scores are calculated using the time it took them to enter deep sleep, their sleep rhythms, and general \u201csleep-style artistry.\u201d The high production value of this elaborate April Fools stunt has earned a good number of double takes, with the words \u201cPok\u00e9mon Sleep Worldwide Tournament\u201d briefly tending on X in Japan.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2508\u2508\u2508\u2508\u3000Pok\u00e9mon Sleep\ud83d\udca4 \u2508\u2508\u2508\u2508<br>\ud83c\udfc6CHAMPION TOURNAMENT 2024\ud83c\udfc6<br>\u2508\u2508\u2508\u2508\u2508\u2508\u2508\u2508\u2508\u2508\u2508\u2508\u2508\u2508\u2508\u2508\u2508\u2508<br><br>8\u6642\u9593\u534a\u306e\u58ee\u7d76\u30d0\u30c8\u30eb\u3002<br>\u9802\u70b9\u306b\u7acb\u3064\u306e\u306f\u3001\u8ab0\u3060\uff01\uff1f<br><br>\ud83d\udc47\u71b1\u6226\u306e\u3088\u3046\u3059\u306f\u3053\u3061\u3089\u2705<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lZJNYrsc9W\">https:\/\/t.co\/lZJNYrsc9W<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%83%9D%E3%82%B1%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%97?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f3\u30b9\u30ea\u30fc\u30d7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%83%9D%E3%82%B1%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%97%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E5%A4%A7%E4%BC%9A?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f3\u30b9\u30ea\u30fc\u30d7\u4e16\u754c\u5927\u4f1a<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/64i6m0YcAR\">pic.twitter.com\/64i6m0YcAR<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u300ePok\u00e9mon Sleep\uff08\u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f3\u30b9\u30ea\u30fc\u30d7\uff09\u300f\u516c\u5f0f @\u597d\u8a55\u914d\u4fe1\u4e2d (@PokemonSleepApp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PokemonSleepApp\/status\/1774572467987587541?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Post translation:<\/strong> <em>A fierce battle lasting 8.5 hours&#8230;Who will rise to the top!?\u00a0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Sleep is free to play on <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/pok%C3%A9mon-sleep\/id1579464667\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iOS<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=jp.pokemon.pokemonsleep&amp;hl=en&amp;gl=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Android<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><br><br><em>Written by. Amber V based on the\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20240401-288056\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>original Japanese article<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0(original article\u2019s publication date: 2024-04-01 08:00 JST)<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a very elaborate April Fools stunt, The Pok\u00e9mon Company has announced a worldwide \u201cPok\u00e9mon Sleep Champion Tournament,\u201d planned for 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":29204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,70],"class_list":["post-29201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news","tag-pokemon-series"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pok\u00e9mon Sleep announces global competitive sleeping tournament (April Fools)\u00a0 - 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