Pokemon Pokopia Launches March 5, 2026 for Switch 2 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 11 November 2025 / 1,442 Views
The Pokemon Company and developers Game Freak and Koei Tecmo announced Pokémon Pokopia will launch for the Nintendo Switch 2 on March 5, 2026.
A new trailer for the game that features roughly 10 minutes of gameplay footage will be released on November 13 at 6:00 am PT / 9:00 am ET / 2:00 pm UK. You will be able to watch it on YouTube.
Digital pre-orders will open tomorrow, November 12, while physical edition pre-orders will open on November 13. The physical edition ships on a game-key card, according to a newly posted video.
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This is unsurprisingly on brand for the pokemon company. Crazy how they maximize profit at every turn. Low budgets, low effort, and now won’t even ship a real physical game.
GKC release… yikes! That’s a first for Nintendo.
That’s surprising for a Nintendo/relatively big release from The Pokémon Company. Hopefully Nintendo aren’t following with their own first and second party releases of similar sales potential.
I will never buy a GKC.
im on your side, but there will be a game on a GKC you will have to play sooner or later
I'll play it without buying it or giving Nintendo a single red cent.
The milking is in unreal
WOW. this cant be 70 and still only a game key card. Nintendo i think are really embracing their old ways this gen..
I'm honestly more shocked this is apparently a $70 game. When I saw it announced it looked like a little $40 game to me. The fact that it is $70 AND is GKC is just wild.
Using Pokemon for the first game key card related to Nintendo lol
