The Pokémon Firm is releasing a brand new, surprising recreation at the moment: Pokémon Mates, a day by day puzzle recreation you may obtain now for cell units, Change, and Change 2. The corporate revealed the sport as a part of a Pokémon Direct presentation that included new particulars on Pokémon Legends: Z-A and a Change 2 bundle, Pokémon Champions, and extra.
In Pokémon Mates, gamers untangle yarn—primarily fixing totally different puzzles, like releasing pokémon from a field or fixing tracks—to make and accumulate plush toys. When you’ve made a toy, you then get to embellish your room with it. Very like with typical video games within the sequence, gathering is essential. The yarn you earn from puzzles, that are randomized between just a few totally different attainable outcomes, dictates which plush toys you’re capable of make. Early puzzles, that are touched based mostly, are fairly easy. Finishing a route whereas drawing just one line, for instance, isn’t a lot of a problem when it’s the one line you may draw.
Pokémon Mates is free to obtain oniOS and Android, with puzzles supplied day by day. Gamers who need to unlock extra puzzles might want to purchase DLC packs for $15 every, or as a bundle for $26. On Change platforms, the sport prices $10 and consists of the DLC.
The Direct additionally confirmed off extra gameplay for Pokémon Champions, a web based, battle-focused recreation, and the extremely anticipated Pokémon Legends: Z-A, launching October 16. New to the Pokémon Legends universe: rogue Mega Evolutions, the place creatures evolve on their very own and wreck havoc; gamers will want buddies’ assist to take them down.
Nintendo is releasing a particular Change 2 bundle alongside Z-A, which incorporates the sport and console, for $499.99. Notably, that worth is identical because the system’s launch bundle with Mario Kart World. The corporate will increase the worth of the unique Change in August for some areas.