What is it like to sleep soundly at night with your favorite Pokémons?
The long wait is over. The Pokémon Company has finally revealed the freshest and the most exciting details on its hotly anticipated product, Pokémon Sleep. You remember it was announced back in 2019, but with very few details. Yesterday, during a livestream, the company revealed a bunch of trailers that show off the actual experience with the app.
How Pokémon Sleep works
Well, essentially, the app is a sleep tracker, where the user interacts with the Pokémon in the app by, what else? Sleeping. Depending on how you snooze, you will attract various kinds of creatures. Sleep is divided into three types: dozing, snoozing, and slumbering.
“Do you find yourself struggling to get energized in the morning? Has the same old bedtime routine grown tiresome? Now, you can turn your sleep into entertainment with Pokémon Sleep! Playing this game is simple: place your smartphone by your pillow, then go to sleep. Just like that, waking up in the morning becomes something to look forward to!” the app said on its official website. “Your adventure takes place on a small island where you’ll carry out research on how Pokémon sleep. You’ll work with large Snorlax who lives on the island and Neroli, a professor who’s studying Pokémon sleep styles.”
Pokémon GO Plus +
Aside from the app, a new device was also revealed: Pokémon GO Plus + (take note, you got two pluses right there, so you know there’s something in it). This is a new version of the Pokémon GO companion device that works as a sleep tracker for your Pokémon Sleep and as a tool for Pokémon GO, though it appears it is not needed for playing Sleep, which only requires a smartphone.
The official website stated, “Researching Pokémon sleep styles is even easier when you use Pokémon GO Plus +, which allows you to keep track of your sleep with the press of a button. Pokémon GO Plus + uses Bluetooth Low Energy technology to link with Pokémon Sleep. When it’s time for bed, just hold the device’s central button, place it by your pillow, and then go to sleep. Not only will Pokémon GO Plus + help measure your sleep data, but Pikachu’s familiar voice can give you cute prompts when it’s time to wake up or go to sleep.”
Pokémon Sleep is slated to launch worldwide, excluding certain regions, this summer, while Pokémon GO Plus + releases this July 14th. No specific release date has been revealed for Pokémon Sleep.
Treat this like your Pokémon GO, but in sleep mode.
