{"id":62578,"date":"2026-03-10T21:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=62578"},"modified":"2026-03-10T18:28:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T09:28:56","slug":"night-owl-pokemon-pokopia-players-in-japan-heartbroken-about-having-to-wake-up-sleeping-pokemon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/night-owl-pokemon-pokopia-players-in-japan-heartbroken-about-having-to-wake-up-sleeping-pokemon\/","title":{"rendered":"Night-owl Pok\u00e9mon\u00a0Pokopia\u00a0players in Japan heartbroken about having to wake up sleeping Pok\u00e9mon\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Considering&nbsp;<strong>Pok\u00e9mon&nbsp;Pokopia<\/strong>\u2019s&nbsp;day&nbsp;and&nbsp;night cycle is linked to your Nintendo Switch 2\u2019s built-in&nbsp;clock,&nbsp;there are players who, due to the busy nature of their lives, can only play the game at night.&nbsp;As spotted by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.denfaminicogamer.jp\/news\/260309e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Denfaminicogamer<\/a>, since most Pok\u00e9mon go to sleep when darkness falls, some Japanese players&nbsp;have&nbsp;expressed regret&nbsp;for having to wake&nbsp;their&nbsp;monster companions&nbsp;up to interact with&nbsp;them.&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=\"Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia \u2013 Launch Trailer \u2013 Nintendo Switch 2\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-zpr21HzJ9Q?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>One of Pok\u00e9mon&nbsp;Pokopia\u2019s&nbsp;features is the ability to assign Pok\u00e9mon to craft items and structures. Since no one likes to be&nbsp;woken up in&nbsp;the middle of the night,&nbsp;a number of&nbsp;Japanese&nbsp;players&nbsp;are saying that it \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/totakekesokuhou\/status\/2030308995064381596?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">feels a bit heart-wrenching<\/a>\u201d to&nbsp;ask them to do&nbsp;manual labor&nbsp;during their off-hours.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some players&nbsp;are more critical of the real-world time sync, saying it is&nbsp;difficult to appreciate everything the game has to offer as a working adult.&nbsp;While there are those who&nbsp;are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/dgsseven7\/status\/2029469175312466242?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hoping for a&nbsp;sped-up timeline<\/a>,&nbsp;others&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sin_dokudami\/status\/2030943937259778512?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">think the realistic time length was an intentional design choice<\/a>&nbsp;so that players could enjoy the game at a slower pace.&nbsp;Though you can manually change your console clock to experience Pok\u00e9mon&nbsp;Pokopia&nbsp;at whatever time you wish, some think that this method ruins the immersion and can be seen as a form of cheating&nbsp;similar to&nbsp;another Nintendo life simulation exclusive,&nbsp;Animal Crossing.&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\">\uff76\uff99\uff8e\uff9e\uff73\u304f\u3093\u3082\u304b\u3093\u308f\u3044\u3044\u3060\u3088\u304a\u304a\ud83e\udd70\ud83d\udd25\u27e1.*<br><br>\u304a\u884c\u5100\u826f\u3044\u5bdd\u65b9\u306a\u306e\u611b\u304a\u3057\u3044\u306a\ud83e\udd26\u200d\u2640\ufe0f\u2661\u2661<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%81%BD%E3%81%93%E3%83%9D%E3%82%B1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u307d\u3053\u30dd\u30b1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%81%BD%E3%81%93%E3%81%82%E3%83%9D%E3%82%B1%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u307d\u3053\u3042\u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f3<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/px6f4U3cLW\">pic.twitter.com\/px6f4U3cLW<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \ud835\udc3f\ud835\udc4e\ud835\udc67\ud835\udc62\ud835\udc59\ud835\udc56 \u262a\ufe0e\ud80c\ude12\ud80c\udf7c(\u307d\u3053\u3042\u767a\u72c2\u4e2d) (@v_nill_1fuwaa9) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/v_nill_1fuwaa9\/status\/2030880625255932244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Amidst&nbsp;apologies to&nbsp;fictional creatures&nbsp;and&nbsp;in-game&nbsp;timeline criticisms,&nbsp;some&nbsp;just want to take pictures of sleeping Pok\u00e9mon. Since&nbsp;not every game in the franchise features&nbsp;them, players are going out of their way to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/raibarori\/status\/2030292849162608859?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">complete their collection of sleeping Pok\u00e9mon snapshots<\/a>. Thanks to Pok\u00e9mon&nbsp;Pokopia\u2019s&nbsp;cute aesthetic and unique Pok\u00e9mon (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mopu_pkmn\/status\/2030974275419832502?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the pale Peakychu<\/a>&nbsp;is especially cute while&nbsp;it\u2019s&nbsp;resting&nbsp;in a fetal position), the game\u2019s photo mode is seeing a lot of use.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon&nbsp;Pokopia&nbsp;is available on Nintendo Switch 2.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/pokemon-pokopia-has-shattered-a-popular-japanese-headcanon-that-slowpoke-is-a-cute-sleepy-gyaru\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia has shattered a popular Japanese headcanon that Slowpoke is a cute, sleepy gyaru<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/pokemon-pokopia-creator-says-the-idea-came-from-his-rookie-days-placing-grass-on-the-map-at-game-freak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia creator says the idea came from his rookie days \u201cplacing grass on the map\u201d at Game Freak<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese gamers who can only afford to play Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia at night say it \u201cfeels heart-wrenching\u201d to wake up Pok\u00e9mon to do manual labor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":62584,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,70],"class_list":["post-62578","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 - 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