“‘Making sleep fun’ is a concept that could only exist today, when nothing is considered enjoyable or even valid unless it contributes to some secondary economy,” Ian Bogost, a video game designer and the author of the book “Play Anything,” wrote on Twitter. Not everyone was thrilled with Pokémon’s plans to reach into dreamland.
“Everyone spends a large part of their lives sleeping, and turning that into entertainment is our next challenge,” Ishihara said at the news conference. Pokémon wants to captivate users again, awake or otherwise. Pokémon Go created a worldwide obsession when it was introduced three years ago, but within five months, the app had lost more than 80% of its active users, according to comScore, a US company that tracks media analytics. When tucked beneath the user’s pillow, it would send sleep data to a smartphone via Bluetooth. Nintendo America, which owns part of the Pokémon franchise, will produce a separate sleep-tracking device called the Pokémon Go Plus+. The companies involved in making the game released few details of how exactly sleep would be rewarded. “We love exploring the world on foot, and that can’t happen unless we have the energy to embark on these adventures,” he said. Part of the motivation behind the new game is the need for a good night’s sleep, said John Hanke, the chief executive of Niantic. The game will be developed with Niantic, the maker of Pokémon Go, and game design firm Select Button. Pokémon Sleep, by contrast, will track sleep patterns and change the game based on how long the user sleeps, and what time he or she wakes up. Before long, 28.5 million users were roaming the streets at odd hours, eyes glued to their smartphones, even stumbling into unexpected places. Pokémon Go was one of the first games to use augmented-reality technology when it was introduced in July 2016. Or as another game executive said, Pokémon Sleep would find ways to “reward good sleep habits.” “The concept of this game is for players to look forward to waking up every morning,” Ishihara announced at a news conference in Tokyo. Pokémon’s chief executive, Tsunekazu Ishihara, said Wednesday that the Japanese franchise planned to release a new game called Pokémon Sleep in 2020 aimed at nothing less than taking the world of video games into dreamland. Pictures / APĪ sequel to the Detective Pokemon game for the Nintendo 3DS handheld console will be released for the Switch, the Pokemon Company said.Now its creators hope to do the same to the nightly snooze. The move features the yellow Pikachu character – often the face of Pokemon – as a Sherlock Holmes-like crime-buster, complete with deerstalker.ĭetective Pikachu, voiced by Ryan Reynolds, in a scene from 'Pokemon Detective Pikachu.'Warner Bros.
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Pokemon's global appeal is reflected in the success of movie Pokemon Detective Pikachu, which has taken more than $120 million at box offices in North America. Nintendo has been trying to attract casual fans of Pokemon Go to its hybrid Switch games device with two beginner-friendly Pokemon Let's Go titles, which have sold more than 10 million copies as at the end of March. It will release two fully fledged Pokemon titles for the device in late 2019.
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The title could help entrench Pokemon's appeal beyond core gamers and tap into a growing market for health-tracking services.Īt the same event, Kyoto-based Nintendo Co Ltd said it was developing a sleep-tracking successor to its Pokemon Go Plus device, which allows users to "catch" Pokemon without taking out their smartphones.Īugmented reality smartphone game Pokemon Go, developed by San Francisco-based Niantic Inc, became a worldwide phenomenon after its launch in 2016 as players spilled out from living rooms onto the streets to hunt for Pokemon. Pokemon Sleep will use data points like how long the user slept and when they awoke, to change gameplay – though the Pokemon Company did not elaborate on how gameplay would change. "We want to turn sleep into entertainment," said Tsunekazu Ishihara, chief executive of the Pokemon Company, which helps manage the Pokemon franchise, at an event in Tokyo. Japan's Pokemon Company said on Wednesday it was developing "Pokemon Sleep", a mobile app that tracks players' sleep and uses the data for gameplay, with a release date set for next year.
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