{"id":1803522,"date":"2026-03-03T12:10:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T09:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1803522"},"modified":"2026-03-03T12:10:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T09:10:17","slug":"metacritics-highest-rated-pokemon-game-is-now-the-animal-crossing-like-spin-off-pokopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1803522","title":{"rendered":"Metacritic&#8217;s highest-rated Pok\u00e9mon game is now the Animal Crossing-like spin-off, Pokopia"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a 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src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Pokemon-Pokopia-trailer-screenshot-showing-Ditto-dancing-with-confetti-falling-around-and-fairy-lights-strung-across-the-room.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Pokemon Pokopia trailer screenshot showing Ditto dancing with confetti falling around and fairy lights strung across the room\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Pokemon-Pokopia-trailer-screenshot-showing-Ditto-dancing-with-confetti-falling-around-and-fairy-lights-strung-across-the-room.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Nintendo<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1644925423.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1644925423.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/victoria-kennedy\">Victoria Phillips Kennedy<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-03-03T12:10:17+00:00\">March 3, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"97168ab0-566e-4c63-908e-fb3d4fd497ad\" data-name=\"Poku00e9mon Pokopia\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Poku00e9mon Pokopia\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Poku00e9mon Pokopia\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Poku00e9mon Pokopia\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Poku00e9mon Pokopia\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia\" title=\"Follow Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia\"><br \/>\n  Follow Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia has become the highest rated Pok\u00e9mon game <em>ever <\/em>on Metacritic.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, you read that right. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/company\/the-pokemon-company\/?sort-options=score\">Metacritic<\/a>&#8216;s list of The Pok\u00e9mon Company&#8217;s titles by Metascore confirms that Pok\u00e9mon&#8217;s Animal Crossing-like Pokopia is indeed top of the heap, edging out the previous record holder by one single point.<\/p>\n<p><!-- code from Primis - Eurogamer.net - eurogamer.net --><\/p>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- code from Primis --><\/p>\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Y, which was Metacritic&#8217;s highest rated Pok\u00e9mon game until Pokopia came along, has a Metascore of 88. Pokopia, however, has a Metascore of 89. Meanwhile Pok\u00e9mon Sun, Pok\u00e9mon Moon, Pok\u00e9mon X, Pok\u00e9mon White Version, Pok\u00e9mon Black Version, Pok\u00e9mon SoulSilver Version and Pok\u00e9mon HeartGold Version all sit with a Metascore of 87.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"right\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pokemon Metacritic scores\" height=\"1903\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Pokemon-Metacritic-scores.jfif?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 0.6148187073042565\" width=\"1170\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Pokemon Metacritic scores\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Pokemon-Metacritic-scores.jfif\" height=\"1903\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 0.6148187073042565\" width=\"1170\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Metacritic<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We here at Eurogamer are among the many who are already very taken with Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia, and our Lottie recently awarded it four out of five stars. &#8220;Pokopia succeeds in capturing the spirit of Pok\u00e9mon&#8217;s past without sacrificing its uniqueness, as one of the best spin-offs the franchise has ever seen,&#8221; she wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-review\">Eurogamer&#8217;s Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully for any fellow Pok\u00e9mon fans out there, there isn&#8217;t too much longer until you can see what all the fuss is about, as Pokopia releases on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a> later this week, on 5th March.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Pok\u00e9mon celebrated its 30th anniversary. To mark the occasion, we were treated to a Pok\u00e9mon-packed livestream, which included announcements such as a Game Boy-like device for Pok\u00e9mon music, GameCube&#8217;s Gale of the Darkness is coming to Switch 2 and quite a bit more. You can check out our full birthday round up in Matt&#8217;s aptly named feature: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/heres-everything-announced-in-todays-30th-anniversary-pokemon-presents-showcase\">Here&#8217;s everything announced in today&#8217;s 30th anniversary Pok\u00e9mon Presents showcase<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia has become the highest rated Pok\u00e9mon game <em>ever <\/em>on Metacritic.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, you read that right. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/company\/the-pokemon-company\/?sort-options=score\">Metacritic<\/a>&#8216;s list of The Pok\u00e9mon Company&#8217;s titles by Metascore confirms that Pok\u00e9mon&#8217;s Animal Crossing-like Pokopia is indeed top of the heap, edging out the previous record holder by one single point.<\/p>\n<p><!-- code from Primis - Eurogamer.net - eurogamer.net --><\/p>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- code from Primis --><\/p>\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Y, which was Metacritic&#8217;s highest rated Pok\u00e9mon game until Pokopia came along, has a Metascore of 88. Pokopia, however, has a Metascore of 89. Meanwhile Pok\u00e9mon Sun, Pok\u00e9mon Moon, Pok\u00e9mon X, Pok\u00e9mon White Version, Pok\u00e9mon Black Version, Pok\u00e9mon SoulSilver Version and Pok\u00e9mon HeartGold Version all sit with a Metascore of 87.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"right\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pokemon Metacritic scores\" height=\"1903\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Pokemon-Metacritic-scores.jfif?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 0.6148187073042565\" width=\"1170\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Pokemon Metacritic scores\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Pokemon-Metacritic-scores.jfif\" height=\"1903\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 0.6148187073042565\" width=\"1170\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Metacritic<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We here at Eurogamer are among the many who are already very taken with Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia, and our Lottie recently awarded it four out of five stars. &#8220;Pokopia succeeds in capturing the spirit of Pok\u00e9mon&#8217;s past without sacrificing its uniqueness, as one of the best spin-offs the franchise has ever seen,&#8221; she wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-review\">Eurogamer&#8217;s Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully for any fellow Pok\u00e9mon fans out there, there isn&#8217;t too much longer until you can see what all the fuss is about, as Pokopia releases on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Switch 2<\/a> later this week, on 5th March.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Pok\u00e9mon celebrated its 30th anniversary. To mark the occasion, we were treated to a Pok\u00e9mon-packed livestream, which included announcements such as a Game Boy-like device for Pok\u00e9mon music, GameCube&#8217;s Gale of the Darkness is coming to Switch 2 and quite a bit more. You can check out our full birthday round up in Matt&#8217;s aptly named feature: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/heres-everything-announced-in-todays-30th-anniversary-pokemon-presents-showcase\">Here&#8217;s everything announced in today&#8217;s 30th anniversary Pok\u00e9mon Presents showcase<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia Metacritic&#8217;s highest-rated Pok\u00e9mon game is now the Animal Crossing-like spin-off, Pokopia Ditto jam and twirl. Image credit: Nintendo News by Victoria Phillips Kennedy News Reporter Published on March 3, 2026 Follow Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia has become the highest rated Pok\u00e9mon game ever on Metacritic. 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