“Turn your sleep into entertainment”: the Pokémon Company will launch its new game “Pokémon Sleep” in the summer of 2023, focusing on a more relaxing activity than its predecessor, sleep.
With “Pokémon Go”, the players hunted, using their mobile phone, creatures that they could visualize both in their living room and in a park.
Now, “the longer you sleep, the higher your score will be in the morning,” the company announced of the new “Pokémon Sleep” game, which will launch in the summer in most countries around the world.
Trailers for the new game suggest it combines a sleep tracker for smartphones with the game.
“Your adventure takes place on a small island where you will research how Pokemon sleep. You will work with a large Snorlax who lives on the island and Neroli, a professor who studies Pokemon sleeping styles,” said added the company in a press release, published late Monday evening.
“The longer you sleep, (…) the more Pokémon you will see appear around Snorlax,” the company said, urging players to “rest better!”.
Fans will also be able to purchase a “Pokémon GO Plus+” — a Pokéball-shaped gadget that users can place next to their pillow, with Pikachu’s voice delivering “cute messages when it’s time to wake up or go to sleep.” to sleep”.
The game “Pokémon Go”, launched in 2016, has been an international phenomenon.
The free game uses satellite locations, graphics, and cameras to overlay cartoon characters in real world environments, challenging players to capture and tame the “creature monsters.”
But the players have been accused of being responsible for road accidents and other offenses as they roam the streets with their noses on their phones.
Pokémon has been a worldwide hit since its launch as a role-playing game in 1996 on Nintendo’s Game Boy console. The franchise, whose tagline is “Gotta Catch ‘Em All,” also includes movies and a hugely popular animated TV show.
