#GIANT STUFFED SNORLAX BLUETOOTH#
MCWHERTOR: This is all done by placing your phone or a dedicated Bluetooth device next to your pillow while you're sleeping. VERONICA TAYLOR: (As Ash Ketchum) That's a Snorlax?ĭETROW: At night, the game monitor is gathering data on your sleep. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #2: (As Snorlax, snoring). MCWHERTOR: So there is a component of Pokemon Sleep that you play while you're awake, and it's caring for and feeding a Pokemon called Snorlax.ĭETROW: And if there isn't a stuffed Snorlax in your house like there is in mine, it is a big bear-like creature best known, if you can't guess from the name. He describes the game as part virtual pet, part sleep tracking device. He's been following Pokemon Sleep since it was initially announced in 2019.
MICHAEL MCWHERTOR: The original pitch was they want Pokemon players to look forward to waking up every morning using Pokemon Sleep.ĮSTRIN: That's Michael McWhertor, a video game writer for Polygon. And this week, we got a trailer and a promise that, in July, we will get Pokemon Sleep. There's also Pokemon Smile, meant to incentivize kids and probably a few adults to brush their teeth. You have Pokemon GO, which encourages you to go outside and catch Pokemon and maybe do some walking in the process. Pikachu.Īnd nestled in there is a small portfolio of what might be called lifestyle-related games. UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR #1: (As Pikachu) Pika pi (ph).
There are movies, TV shows, trading cards, video games. There is by now a vast ecosystem of media related to Pokemon.
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