The Pokémon Firm is releasing a brand new, sudden sport in the present day: Pokémon Buddies, a each day puzzle sport you’ll be able to obtain now for cellular gadgets, Swap, and Swap 2. The corporate revealed the sport as a part of a Pokémon Direct presentation that included new particulars on Pokémon Legends: Z-A and a Swap 2 bundle, Pokémon Champions, and extra.
In Pokémon Buddies, gamers untangle yarn—basically fixing totally different puzzles, like liberating pokémon from a field or fixing tracks—to make and gather plush toys. When you’ve made a toy, you then get to embellish your room with it. Very similar to with typical video games within the collection, gathering is necessary. The yarn you earn from puzzles, that are randomized between a number of totally different potential outcomes, dictates which plush toys you’re capable of make. Early puzzles, that are touched primarily based, are fairly easy. Finishing a route whereas drawing just one line, for instance, isn’t a lot of a problem when it’s the one line you’ll be able to draw.
Pokémon Buddies is free to obtain oniOS and Android, with puzzles provided each day. Gamers who wish to unlock extra puzzles might want to purchase DLC packs for $15 every, or as a bundle for $26. On Swap platforms, the sport prices $10 and contains the DLC.
The Direct additionally confirmed off extra gameplay for Pokémon Champions, a web based, battle-focused sport, and the extremely anticipated Pokémon Legends: Z-A, launching October 16. New to the Pokémon Legends universe: rogue Mega Evolutions, the place creatures evolve on their very own and wreck havoc; gamers will want buddies’ assist to take them down.
Nintendo is releasing a particular Swap 2 bundle alongside Z-A, which incorporates the sport and console, for $499.99. Notably, that worth is similar because the system’s launch bundle with Mario Kart World. The corporate will elevate the value of the unique Swap in August for some areas.
