{"id":1845929,"date":"2026-03-25T11:15:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T08:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1845929"},"modified":"2026-03-25T11:15:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T08:15:38","slug":"pokemon-pokopias-second-limited-time-event-adds-sableye-in-late-april-but-you-can-already-cheat-your-way-into-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1845929","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia&#8217;s second limited-time event adds Sableye in late April, but you can already cheat your way into it"},"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 href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-pokopia\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia&#8217;s second limited-time event adds Sableye in late April, but you can already cheat your way into it<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Townsfolk.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Sableye-comes-to-Pokopia.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Sableye arrives in Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Sableye-comes-to-Pokopia.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer\/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=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\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\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-03-25T11:15:38+00:00\">March 25, 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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-pokopia\">Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<\/a> continues to be one of the most talked-about games of early 2026, and with the &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-more-spores-for-hoppip-event\">More Spores for Hoppip<\/a>&#8216; event adding three new creatures to Game Freak and Omega Force&#8217;s life sim title right after launch, it seems we&#8217;ll be regularly getting a lot of new visitors.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia - Official Reveal Trailer | Nintendo Direct\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4uBeQbL0VJA?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/4uBeQbL0VJA\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia &#8211; Official Reveal Trailer | Nintendo Direct<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4uBeQbL0VJA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>We&#8217;ve learned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/03\/icymi-you-can-access-pokemon-pokopias-second-in-game-event-early\">via Nintendo Life<\/a> that Dark\/Ghost-type Pok\u00e9mon Sableye is coming soon to the game. More specifically, the limited-time event to grab him will be live around 29th April. Many Pokopia players aren&#8217;t playing by the rules, however, so we aren&#8217;t shocked to hear they&#8217;ve cheated their way into the event early.<\/p>\n<p>Discovered as soon as the game launched, players can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-time-travel\">time travel in Pokopia<\/a> by simply altering the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Nintendo Switch 2<\/a>&#8216;s date and time. This can lead to unintended effects, but also to intended ones, such as kicking off events before they&#8217;re supposed to go live&#8230; as long as the required files are already in the game. In the case of the first two events, it appears they were included from the get-go inside the download.<\/p>\n<p>Content creators like PhillyBeatzU <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2vD5CP1YOGA\">made the Sableye discovery<\/a> a while back, but it&#8217;s only now that it&#8217;s gaining traction, probably because many players started wondering about future events after Hoppip, Skiploom, and Jumpluff&#8217;s departure. (By the way, it seems you can just &#8220;travel back in time&#8221; to reactivate the event if you missed it.)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>While many players, myself included, would rather wait until the actual event times to welcome new visitors, it&#8217;s interesting to get early looks at what&#8217;s coming to the game next. With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/pokemon-pokopia-launch-sales-announced-confirming-its-off-to-a-strong-start\">2.2m copies sold only during its launch weekend<\/a>, the Pok\u00e9mon spinoff is off to an amazing start, so it&#8217;s safe to expect lengthy and substantial support for this one well into the future.<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-pokopia\">Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<\/a> continues to be one of the most talked-about games of early 2026, and with the &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-more-spores-for-hoppip-event\">More Spores for Hoppip<\/a>&#8216; event adding three new creatures to Game Freak and Omega Force&#8217;s life sim title right after launch, it seems we&#8217;ll be regularly getting a lot of new visitors.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia - Official Reveal Trailer | Nintendo Direct\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4uBeQbL0VJA?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/4uBeQbL0VJA\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia &#8211; Official Reveal Trailer | Nintendo Direct<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4uBeQbL0VJA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>We&#8217;ve learned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/03\/icymi-you-can-access-pokemon-pokopias-second-in-game-event-early\">via Nintendo Life<\/a> that Dark\/Ghost-type Pok\u00e9mon Sableye is coming soon to the game. More specifically, the limited-time event to grab him will be live around 29th April. Many Pokopia players aren&#8217;t playing by the rules, however, so we aren&#8217;t shocked to hear they&#8217;ve cheated their way into the event early.<\/p>\n<p>Discovered as soon as the game launched, players can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pokemon-pokopia-time-travel\">time travel in Pokopia<\/a> by simply altering the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/platforms\/switch-2\">Nintendo Switch 2<\/a>&#8216;s date and time. This can lead to unintended effects, but also to intended ones, such as kicking off events before they&#8217;re supposed to go live&#8230; as long as the required files are already in the game. In the case of the first two events, it appears they were included from the get-go inside the download.<\/p>\n<p>Content creators like PhillyBeatzU <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2vD5CP1YOGA\">made the Sableye discovery<\/a> a while back, but it&#8217;s only now that it&#8217;s gaining traction, probably because many players started wondering about future events after Hoppip, Skiploom, and Jumpluff&#8217;s departure. (By the way, it seems you can just &#8220;travel back in time&#8221; to reactivate the event if you missed it.)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>While many players, myself included, would rather wait until the actual event times to welcome new visitors, it&#8217;s interesting to get early looks at what&#8217;s coming to the game next. With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/pokemon-pokopia-launch-sales-announced-confirming-its-off-to-a-strong-start\">2.2m copies sold only during its launch weekend<\/a>, the Pok\u00e9mon spinoff is off to an amazing start, so it&#8217;s safe to expect lengthy and substantial support for this one well into the future.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia&#8217;s second limited-time event adds Sableye in late April, but you can already cheat your way into it Townsfolk. 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