Pokemon Sleep

'We know we kept you all waiting,' the Pokémon company said before announcing the app is coming later in 2023.

Your sleep data gets crunched into one of three sleep types: “Dozing, Snoozing, or Slumbering.” Pokémon whose sleep type matches yours will appear in the game, which is an easy and adorable way to start to get a sense of how well you’re sleeping. You can pre-order the Steam version of the game for 10% off from most Green Man Gaming which is set to release on March 28. As befits a Pokémon game, the title features Professor Neroli, “who’s researching Pokémon sleep.” That sounds like serious, academic business for sure, but it seems rather straightforward in practice. You get a rough average of the overall time you were asleep (and not staring into the blinding light of your phone, doomscrolling on Reddit for six hours...you know who you are), and some fancy stat readouts for various bits of sleep data. If you’ve ever used a sleep app before, this ought to look very familiar. Check out all the details here:

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In a break from Pokémon series tradition, the main star seems to be Snorlax (the big sleepy Pokémon) rather than Pikachu (the electric mouse Pokémon), though the trailer also features somebody getting poked by a Bulbasaur (shoutout to all of the cool kids who picked Bulbasaur) and another shot with a Slowbro in the bed—even though Slowbro, which is like a small hippopotamus with a gigantic crustacean attached to its tail, seems like one of the objectively worst pocket monsters to have in your bed. [The Pokémon Company re-announced ](https://www.polygon.com/pokemon/21058244/pokemon-sleep-release-date-trailer) [Pokémon Sleep](https://www.polygon.com/pokemon/21058244/pokemon-sleep-release-date-trailer) this morning, including its stupidly named Pokémon Go Plus+ attachment (yes, two pluses!), and it’s actually coming out for real later this year… Unfortunately, Pokémon Sleep seemingly ended up being another weird thing that Nintendo put its name on and then never released, much like [that attachment for the Wii](https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Wii_Vitality_Sensor) that would track your blood pressure or whatever and Metroid Prime 4.

Pokémon Sleep is finally launching in 2023 with a sleep-tracking app and Pokémon Go+ Plus accessory.

Apps with similar features frequently track movement and noise — is Pokémon Sleep or the Pokémon Go+ Plus accessory doing the same? There’s the obvious example of the Wii, the godfather of the brief motion control craze of the early 2000s, and the Wii Fit Balance Board, an accessory that was essentially a smart scale. The more you sleep, the more Pokémon you’ll identify, filling out a “sleep style index” as you go. Nintendo, one of the co-owners of The Pokémon Company, has regularly tried to create games around getting you off the couch, and in some cases, explicitly designed to improve your health. The real difference is how Pokémon Sleep weaves game mechanics into what amounts to a habit-building exercise and how that’s just the latest example of Nintendo’s long history of tying health to games. As the game sorts your nights of sleep into “one of three sleep styles—dozing, snoozing, or slumbering,” you’ll attract Pokémon associated with that sleep style and find them gathered around the Snorlax when you wake up in the morning.

This new Pokemon game lets you play with Pokemon while you catch some Zzzs. Pokemon Sleep Details and more here!

In the future, it will let you select between your different Poke Balls and will prove to be a great monitor for the new Pokemon game. It’s a small Poke Ball-shaped device that you can leave on your pillow at night to help you with Pokemon Sleep or carry in a bag during the day to catch Pokemon automatically with Pokemon GO. Along the way, you will get to unlock certain rare sleep styles in Pokemon such as Goofy Style, Droopy-Eared Sleep, One-Eyed Sleep, Curled-Up Sleep, and more.

The Pokemon Company has announced that Pokemon Sleep, a game that rewards players for good sleeping habits, is finally going to launch soon.

Pokemon Sleep is a game that rewards players for getting a good night's sleep. While not required to play Pokemon Sleep, it can be used instead of a player's smartphone. The Pokemon Company has announced that Pokemon Sleep, a game that rewards players for good sleeping habits, is finally going to launch soon.

Pokemon's last major smartphone hit, "Pokemon Go", had fans on the move hunting the lovable characters, but its next release will focus on a more relaxing ...

You'll work with a large Snorlax who lives on the island and Neroli, a professor who's studying Pokemon sleep styles." "The longer you sleep, the higher your score in the morning, and the more Pokemon you'll see appear around Snorlax," the company said, urging players to "rest your very best!" The Pokemon Company has revealed it will release "Pokemon Sleep" across most of the world in summer 2023, four years after it first announced plans for the game.

A screenshot of the Pokémon Sleep explainer video, showing Snorlax sleeping surrounded by other Pokémon. I wish that were me. Credit: Nintendo ...

Pokémon that share the same sleep style as you will subsequently appear in the app, gathering around the giant sleeping Snorlax that is the focal point of the game's island setting. This was followed by the Pokéwalker pedometer in 2009, which could connect to Pokémon HeartGold or SoulSilver to grant Pokémon experience based on the player's step count. A follow up to the Pokémon GO Plus, this device will alert Pokémon Sleep isn't the first time Pokémon has flirted with health gadgets. Players leave their phone beside them when they go to bed, allowing Pokémon Sleep to record and analyse their snooze overnight. Judging by screenshots of the app, these appear to be analogous with phases of sleep.

Pokemon Sleep Release In Summer 2023, image of the app screen with a sleeping Snorlax. After being originally announced in 2019, Pokémon Sleep is now expected ...

The item will connect to smartphones using Bluetooth and will transfer data to the Pokémon Sleep app. This device will be designed so that players can simply hit the button when they are going to sleep and drift off to Joining the ranks of Pokémon Professors is Professor Neroli, who players will encounter on the island and get to aid in his research. After being originally announced in 2019, Pokémon Sleep is now expected to release in the summer of 2023. The app is designed as a way to gamify users sleeping habits by tracking how long they sleep as well as the quality of sleep. The announcement came with new footage of the game and some information on how the gameplay mechanics will work, all with some adorably sleepy Pokémon to accompany it.