Pokemon Pokopia Global Release Times

Sometimes you just want to surround yourself with Pokémon but take a break from the battles and catching in the main games. For those moments, Pokemon Pokopia is here. A life simulation game focused on creating cozy cities with a growing crowd of animals, you'll be tasked with building new structures and reviving the world by using your Pokemon's moves. Whether you're in the mood to just hang out with Pokemon or show off your design skills and creativity, you might be wondering what Pokemon Pokopia global release times are. Here's everything you need to know about when you can start loading and playing the game.

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What are Pokemon Pokopia Global Release Times?

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Pokemon Pokopia will be released at midnight in your time zone on Thursday, March 5. The only exception to this is in the US, where the game is released at 12:00 PM ET. This means that those on Pacific Time will be able to start playing the game at 21.00 on March 4, for example.

For everyone else, you'll be able to start playing at midnight on March 5th in your time zone. This differs from some other game releases, where a “simultaneous release” takes place. This may be good for avoiding spoilers, but means that those in certain time zones may have to wait until the next day or well into the evening before the game can be played on their consoles.

If you try to launch the game as soon as it reaches midnight, you may see an error message saying that you cannot play the software yet. Don't worry! If you give it about 30 seconds to a minute, it usually resolves itself and is just the result of a server-side/internal system clock delay.

To summarize, the game will start at the following time in these time zones:

When can you preload Pokemon Pokopia?

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For those who pre-order Pokemon Pokopia from the Nintendo eShop, you can actually purchase and start downloading the game starting today (March 2).

By preloading the game, you basically load all the files onto your Nintendo Switch 2 before the release date. That way, as soon as the clock strikes midnight, you'll be able to load the game, rather than having to wait to download the game when the servers are likely to be very busy with everyone else doing the same thing.

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Released

March 5, 2026

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Everyone/user interacts, buys in the game

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