The next Pokémon looks a bit like Minecraft

A caller Pokémon spinoff is connected the way, and it looks precise antithetic than immoderate different introduction successful the long-running franchise. In fact, it looks a small spot similar Minecraft — and it’s called Pokémon Pokopia.

The crippled has players controlling a Ditto that has taken connected the signifier of a human, which means that it’s a small cute and besides a small creepy. The extremity of the crippled is to signifier an bare scenery into a suitable location for immoderate pokémon. That means taming the wilderness, increasing crops, and besides utilizing a clump of classical pokémon moves to marque it each happen. The visuals look similar a premix of the structured signifier of a Minecraft crippled with the cutesy characters and code of Pokémon. Given those are 2 of the biggest franchises successful gaming, it sounds — connected insubstantial astatine slightest — similar a winning mix.

Pokopia is launching connected the Nintendo Switch immoderate clip successful 2026.