Pokémon Pokopia (Switch 2): all the updates (latest: Ver. 1.1.1 / Next: Ver. 2.0.0)

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On this page, you will find all there is to know about the various updates for Pokémon Pokopia on Nintendo Switch 2.

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Pokémon Pokopia – Ver. 2.0.0

Release date: August 2026
Patch notes:

No patch notes available yet. This update brings the following to the game:

adds a new move: Dive. Using Dive allows Ditto to explore new environments underwater for the first time.
- In order to learn the newly added move Dive, you will need to complete the request “Raise the environment level!” in Bleak Beach. You will also need the ability to jump and know the move Surf.

Additional notes: none
Source: Nintendo / The Pokémon Company PR (09/06/2026)

Pokémon Pokopia – Ver. 1.1.1

Release date: June 18th/19th 2026
Patch notes:

Problems may occur when the number of placed items in an area exceeds a certain limit.
When using an emote while taking photos with the camera, Ditto’s facial expression may not change.

Additional notes: none
Source: Nintendo

Pokémon Pokopia – Ver. 1.1.0

Release date: June 9th/10th 2026
Patch notes:

The following improvements have been implemented:

Added new conversation variations between Pokémon.
Added new conversation variations when Pokémon have a “…” speech bubble.
Adjusted the timing and topic distribution of conversations when Pokémon have a “…” speech bubble.
When using chairs or beds, Pokémon accompanying Ditto will now use them together, if possible.
Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon, Umbreon, Glaceon, and Sylveon will now sleep at the edge of sofas, similar to Leafeon.
When placing objects, Pokémon accompanying Ditto will now avoid the placement preview area.
When moving Pokémon into a two-story house, you can now select the destination floor even while indoors.
When Pokémon process materials at the community box or furnace, they will prioritize locations closer to their own habitat.
While Ditto is falling after its transformation wears off, pressing the Run or Jump buttons will return Ditto to its human transformation and allow various controls.
The placement limit for items that use electricity has been increased from 512 to 1,024. (This will apply to items placed after installing the update.)
When placing the laser sensor item, the sensor’s detection range will now be displayed.
In the Environment Level details screen, you can now see which Pokémon’s comfort level requests you fulfilled that day.
In the Items section of the Collection menu, pressing the X Button will let you view color variations of flowers and hedges.
In the Filter menu of the Pokédex and Habitat Dex, the “Filter” action button has been renamed “Confirm.”
When saving game settings in the main menu, it is now clearer that a save is in progress.
You can now adjust game settings in the main menu while auto-saving is in progress.
Adjusted the dialogue in the request “Place the Ditto flag!” in Withered Wasteland to make it clearer where to place the flag.
Adjusted the dialogue in the important request “Yawn up a storm!” in Withered Wasteland to make it easier to understand how to increase the humidity.
Adjusted the dialogue in the request “Flowers in the planter!” in Bleak Beach to make the progression easier to understand.
Adjusted the request “Help fix up a home!” in Bleak Beach to make it clearer where to build the habitat.
Added dialogue options during in-game events that allow you to cancel trades.
During in-game events, you can now temporarily suspend trades at the Pokémon Center.
Adjusted the descriptions of Pokémon requests to build houses to make them easier to understand.
In multiplayer, a choice will now be displayed for whether to listen to a Pokémon’s request.
You can now obtain blocks of volcanic rock on Volcanic Dream Islands.
Changed the sound played when placing the shutter furniture item to a more appropriate one.
Adjusted the comfort level settings of the waterproof seat and stone fireplace furniture items to feel more natural.

The following issues have been fixed:

In certain situations, Pokémon may stop partway while processing materials from the community box.
In certain situations, transactions at the Pokémon Center or Poké Mart may end immediately.
Hoppip, Skiploom, and Jumpluff may be unable to move through the air.
When Pokémon appear at the Chansey resting area habitat, they may clip into the Chansey plant.
In the hot-spring shower habitat, Pokémon may not react to the hot spring.
During hide-and-sneak, doors and windows cannot be opened.
In certain situations, learning an emote may cause a Pokémon to fall.
While taking photos with the camera, if you set Ditto’s expression to the default, the expressions of other Pokémon may not change.
Some Pokémon may be less likely to appear in town if they do not have a habitat.
When bringing a Pokémon from another town, it sometimes may be unable to move into a block house.
In certain situations, Ludicolo may appear in two different towns, and when moving between towns, it may disappear from both.
When Vespiquen appears on a Cloud Island, items exchanged for honey may not be available until the next day.
During Virtual Mode, a Pokémon following Ditto may not get on a lift.
In certain situations, requests to place items in a home may not be able to be completed.
In certain situations, even after removing items that Pokémon dislike, their comfort level does not increase.
In certain situations, a Pokémon’s active time may not increase even when the brightness matches their preference.
In certain situations, Pokémon may comment that it has become darker or brighter even when no change was made.
While using Surf, pressing the L Stick may not sustain running.
In certain situations, when placing a poster on a wall, the placement preview may not display correctly.
The punching game item may sometimes not respond.
The treasure and jewel wall decoration items may display incorrectly underwater.
When wooden fencing is placed next to a wooden gate, they do not connect.
When constructing something that requires both the Bulldoze and Crush specialties, if a Pokémon that specializes in both is assigned, it may become impossible to assign a Pokémon to the Bulldoze slot.
With some construction kits, if construction is canceled under certain conditions, the screen may remain black and controls become unresponsive.
Under certain conditions, construction may not complete even on the following day.
When relocating or demolishing certain structures, such as the charging station, parts of the floor may become unbreakable.
In certain situations, drying out blocks with a Smooth Rock may cause seeds planted in them to disappear.
The request “Charge up the charging station!” in Bleak Beach may remain incomplete even after being completed.
During the request “Pokémon Center tour guide!” in the Sparkling Skylands, performing certain steps may prevent relocation.
In certain situations, going to a Dream Island may instead take you to Palette Town.
In certain situations, if going to a Dream Island fails, the game may become unplayable.
In certain situations in multiplayer, items may be lost during host transfer or when the session is disbanded.
After completing certain steps, if guests on a Cloud Island purchase a large number of items, the items may disappear.
In certain situations, completing a special challenge may prevent certain recipes from being learned.
On a Cloud Island, messages about in-game events may repeatedly appear.
The conditions for starting the jump rope contest on a Cloud Island are set incorrectly.
In certain situations, starting the construction completion event for “Skyland Building 4F” may cause the controls to become unresponsive.

Additionally, several other issues have been fixed to improve the overall gameplay experience.

Additional notes: none
Source: Nintendo

Pokémon Pokopia – Ver. 1.0.4

Release date: April 22nd/23rd 2026
Patch notes:

We have implemented improvements to address the following issues:

You can now relocate Pokémon Centers while in-game events are underway.

Additionally, the following issues have been fixed.

In Bleak Beach, the request “Wanted: Food!” could not be progressed under certain conditions.
In Bleak Beach, performing certain actions would prevent the request “Pool repair needed!” from appearing.
In Bleak Beach, after completing the request “Pool repair needed!” it was sometimes impossible for the player to have Happiny accompany them.
In the Sparkling Skylands, during the request “Pokémon Center tour guide!” performing certain actions could prevent the player from having Tinkmaster accompany them, making the request impossible to progress.
Performing certain actions would cause Professor Tangrowth to stop appearing.
If certain Pokémon were waiting to appear, other Pokémon would sometimes also fail to appear.
Performing certain actions could make Peakychu, Chef Dente, and Tinkmaster unable to leave town, preventing requests from being progressed.
Under certain conditions, picking up a relocation kit (prepare) would leave behind indestructible platforms.
Accessing the Pokémon Center PC with certain save data would cause the game to freeze.
During in-game events, rebuilding a Pokémon Center using certain actions would cause its decorations to appear floating.
During in-game events, trades could not be conducted at the Pokémon Centers on Cloud Islands.

Additional notes: none
Source: Nintendo

Pokémon Pokopia – Ver. 1.0.3

Release date: April 8th/9th 2026
Patch notes:

We have implemented improvements to address the following issues:

In some cases, Pokémon whose habitats have disappeared cannot be found even when searching for them using the “Search” function in the Pokédex.

Additionally, the following issues have been fixed.

If these issues have already occurred in your game, applying this update will resolve them.

When traveling to a Dream Island under certain circumstances, you arrive at Palette Town and are unable to return to the original town.
When moving between towns or when the in-game date changes, the screen remains dark, making it difficult to operate the game.
If you perform certain actions, it becomes impossible to relocate Pokémon habitats.
If construction is carried out in a certain way, building projects will not be completed until the in-game date changes.
In Bleak Beach, performing certain actions prevents progress during the request “Power up the charging station!”
In the Sparkling Skylands, performing certain actions causes the Pokémon that you requested construction help from to be removed, making it difficult to progress the request to rebuild the huge building.
On Cloud Islands, performing certain actions causes seasonal Pokémon to disappear from the town and Cloud Island.
When creating a new Cloud Island, an error occurs and the island cannot be created.

Some of the following issues have been partially fixed, making them less likely to occur.

By performing certain actions, the controller vibrates continuously.

Additional notes: none
Source: Nintendo

Pokémon Pokopia – Ver. 1.0.2

Release date: March 17th/18th 2026
Patch notes:

We have implemented improvements to address the following issues:

During the request “Rock Smash your way to treasure!” in Withered Wasteland, if the player places other blocks over the cracked blocks near Hitmonchan, it becomes difficult to understand how to progress the request.
During the request “To Snorlax!” in Bleak Beach, if the player places other blocks over the cracked blocks near Snorlax, it becomes difficult to understand how to progress the request.

Additionally, the following issues have been fixed.

If these issues have already occurred in your game, applying this update will resolve them.

During the request “Help make a home!” in Withered Wasteland, Squirtle may move on top of a tree and become impossible to talk to, preventing progress.
During the request “Find the Pokémon Center!” in Bleak Beach, if the cracked blocks on the bridge are broken before Professor Tangrowth crosses the bridge, it will become difficult to make progress on the request.
During the request “Find the Pokémon Center!” in Bleak Beach, a specific sequence of actions may prevent Professor Tangrowth’s bridge repair request from triggering, preventing progress.
In Rocky Ridges, a specific sequence of actions may prevent the event in which the player meets Rotom from occurring.
During the request “Clear off the path!” in Rocky Ridges, if the request is triggered under certain conditions, it will become difficult to make progress on the request.
Spinarak’s type is listed incorrectly in the Pokédex.

Additional notes: none
Source: Nintendo

Pokémon Pokopia – Ver. 1.0.1

Release date: March 3rd/4th 2026
Patch notes:

Several issues have been addressed to improve the gameplay experience.

Additional notes: none
Source: Nintendo

Pokémon Pokopia – Ver. 1.0.0

Release date: February 26th 2026
Patch notes:

No patch notes available. This is the base version of the game.

Additional notes: none
Source: game

How to download updates for Pokémon Pokopia on Nintendo Switch?

To download the updates for Pokémon Pokopia, you have three options:

let the console do its thing if you have automatic downloads activated, and didn’t completely turn it off

If not…

try to launch the game from the Home Menu while being connected to the internet. You should get a prompt when doing so: simply follow the instructions on screen;

select the game > press either + or – to go to the Options page > select Software update > select Via the Internet.

To check that you have the latest version installed, simply select the game on the Home Menu, and press – or + to go to the Options: the version number is displayed just below the game title.