Pokemon Pokopia announces new event with exclusive rewards for April 2026

This article was updated by Andrea Trama on 26 April 2026, with an explanation of how to repeat the event even after it's gone. It was first published on April 15.

Pokemon Pokopia has announced its third ever special event, Bulbasaur's Jump Rope Contest, which will give players a chance to get some fun rewards. The special one week event in Pokemon Pokopia is scheduled to run from April 19-26, but as with the first big event, there's an easy way to get in early.

The success of Pokemon Pokopia has been overwhelming. The Pokémon The franchise's first-ever life sim sold more than 2 million copies in its first four days on the market, and critical response has also been stellar, placing it as the highest-rated Pokémon game ever made, just before Pokémon Y. The development teams at Game Freak and Omega Force haven't rested on their laurels, but have continued to add fun activities through special limited-time events, with many more planned for the future.

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Pokemon Pokopia Bulbasaur Jump Rope Contest Dates and Times

April 19, 2026 at 05.00 to 26 April 2026 at 04.59 (local time)

The coming one Pokemon Pokopia the event starring the Kanto Grass starter will allow players to meet Bulbasaur outside of the Pokémon Center and participate in a jump rope minigame, which collects prizes for completing successful consecutive jumps. This mini-game can be tackled alone or in multiplayer, but some special rules will apply. When playing together on a player's primary island, only the host player will receive items, but the player who makes the most jumps in a session will have bragging rights for that world's highest score. That's not true for Cloud Islands, where anyone in a multiplayer jump rope match will be able to both claim the highest score, and only the winner of each event will receive the rewards.

If you want to access the event but have passed April 26 at 05.00 you can do this:

Go to your Switch 2's home screen (you can simply press the home button, even when in-game)
Go to System Preferences
Scroll down to System
Within System, scroll down to Date and Time and click on it
Click “Sync clock with internet” if this option is active to disable it
Go to Current date and time
Set the date to April 19 and the time to anything after 5:00 AM. The same applies to all other days, from April 20 to April 25
Start Pokopia

Shortly after the release of Pokemon Pokopia on March 5, the More Spores for Hoppip event was launched, allowing players to collect cotton spores and trade them in at the Pokemon Center for picnic-themed prizes, some of which lured Hoppip and its evolution to the island. The first event in the game i Pokemon Pokopia lasted 15 days, and the faster pace and smaller scale of the Bulbasaur's Jump Rope Contest event means players will have less than half that time to participate. Like the first event, there is also a prerequisite to trigger it, as players must have completed the Yawn up a Storm request for Slowpoke, which is found in the desiccated wasteland.

Some players were already able to discover the existence of the Bulbasaur's Jump Rope Contest event by using time travel methods in the Pokemon Pokopiaset the Switch 2's built-in clock to future dates to see what the game had in store for them. While the development team has not provided a full list of rewards that players can collect, those who have managed to jump into the jump rope event early on have reported that new rewards are available after completing the first jump and every 10 jumps thereafter. Prizes that have been reported include Leppa Berries, Honey, Star Shards, Great Lost Relics, Rainbow Feathers, Silver Feathers, Pokemetal, and Rare Pokemetal. Additionally, players who can complete 51 consecutive jumps will be awarded a special Jump Rope Trophy.

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These rewards may not seem as appealing as those in previous events, but there is another important one Pokemon Pokopia the event scheduled for the end of April. Between April 29 and May 13, players will be able to encounter Sableye and collect exclusive rewards that will allow them to build a suitable habitat for the Darkness Pokémon. As with other events, players with a lack of patience do not need to wait for this event to officially start and can use the previously mentioned time travel methods to experience it immediately.