Pokémon Pokopia offers a cozy life-sim starring Ditto.

IGN's preview describes Pokémon Pokopia as a life-sim that stars Ditto, who transforms into a human, and emphasizes building habitats, befriending Pokémon, and discovery; developers estimate about 20–40 hours to reach the end credits.

Pokémon Pokopia is presented as the series' first life-sim and positions Ditto as the playable protagonist. The game opens with Ditto waking alone and transforming into a human resembling its missing trainer, and a character creator offers a range of hairstyles, hair colors, hats, clothes and bags. Players attract Pokémon by creating habitats, learn moves and Specialties from those Pokémon, and use an in-game Poke Life Environment Improvement App for objectives and rewards. Developers including Shigeru Ohmori and Takuto Edagawa described the design choice to make Ditto playable and the game's motivational cycles around discovery and habitat building. A short multiplayer preview showed developed towns and homes for Pokémon, and producers estimated about 20 to 40 hours to reach the end credits with additional content promised afterwards. Key details: - The playable character is Ditto, which can transform into a human to communicate with Pokémon. - The character creator offers seven hairstyles, 28 hair colors, hats, clothes and bags. - Pokémon teach moves and Specialties that change gameplay (examples: Bulbasaur teaches Leafage; Squirtle teaches Water Gun; Charmander can follow and light fires). - Players create habitats to attract specific Pokémon, track them in a Habitat dex, and can find "traces" that hint at preferred habitats. - The Poke Life Environment Improvement App issues main and daily objectives, rewards Life Coins, and unlocks items like furniture, seeds and recipes. - A four-player multiplayer session showed towns with houses and decorations for Pokémon; developers estimated a 20–40 hour main run and said there is more to experience after the credits. Summary: IGN's preview presents Pokémon Pokopia as a gentle, discovery-driven life-sim that centers on companionship with Pokémon and habitat design. Developers provided an estimated 20–40 hours to reach the end credits and indicated there will be additional content and occasional in-game events after the credits; specific post‑launch details were not provided.