Pokémon Sleep

Pokémon Sleep is an upcoming mobile game for Android and iOS, as part of the Pokémon series.

Pokémon Sleep
Developer(s)Select Button
Niantic
Publisher(s)The Pokémon Company
SeriesPokémon
Platform(s)iOS, Android
ReleaseTBA
Mode(s)Single-player

Development

It was apparently being developed by Japanese studio "Select Button", with assistance by Pokémon Go developer Niantic, and was going to be published by The Pokémon Company.[1][2] It was announced on May 28, 2019 by Tsunekazu Ishihara, CEO of the Pokémon Company, during a press conference held in Tokyo as well as on the company's official Twitter page.[3][4] The game was planned to be released in 2020,[5] but while it has not officially been canceled, there have been no updates about the game's release as of 2021. However, an SSL certificate was registered in April 2021, which does raise the possibility it has not been canceled.[6]

Gameplay

The game tracks the amount of time a user sleeps, using the accelerometer of the external Pokémon Go Plus+ accessory, and communicates the data to the user's mobile device via Bluetooth for sleep-related gameplay. Although the gameplay specifics have not been revealed, The Pokémon Company has promised it will turn "sleeping into entertainment" in a similar way to how the Pokémon franchise's other mobile games, Pokémon Go and Pokémon Smile, turned walking and oral hygiene into entertainment respectively. [7][8]

References
  1. https://www.techinasia.com/select-button-games-mola-mola-creators
  2. Fennimore, Jack (2019-05-28). "Pokemon Sleep: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". Heavy.com. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
  3. "'Pokémon Sleep' is a gaming app where you earn rewards for sleeping". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  4. Makuch, Eddie (2019-05-29). "Pokemon Sleep Is A New App To Make Sleeping Entertaining". GameSpot. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  5. Browne, Ryan (2019-05-29). "A new Pokemon app that tracks your sleep is set to be released next year". CNBC. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
  6. "Is Pokémon Sleep Still Coming Out?". ScreenRant. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  7. Lum, Patrick (2019-05-29). "Pokémon Sleep: game unveiled that 'turns sleeping into entertainment'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
  8. May, Tiffany (2019-05-29). "Pokémon Sleep Wants to Make Snoozing a Game Too". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
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