Pokémon Pokopia 2.0 Update: Full Patch Highlights

Pokémon Pokopia’s free 2.0 update is now available alongside the $35 Bubbly Basin expansion. The update adds underwater building, new customisation options and a long list of quality-of-life improvements for every player, whether or not they purchase the expansion pass.

For players who want to review Nintendo’s complete documentation, the full patch notes cover every addition, adjustment and fix.

The update is also notable for addressing one of the life sim’s most amusing launch-era frustrations: Pokémon reacting dramatically whenever an object is moved inside their habitat.

Pokémon are less upset when furniture moves

Pokopia’s habitats are built from combinations of props, grass patches and water placed within the game’s different biomes. There is no single required layout, but the relevant components must be present before a Pokémon recognises the area as home.

Before version 2.0, moving even one item a short distance could make the game treat the habitat as destroyed. The Pokémon might become sad and leave, forcing the player to rebuild the arrangement and invite the resident back. The update makes this process more forgiving:

A Pokémon will return if its habitat is rebuilt within a certain area, even after the original habitat has been destroyed.
A Pokémon made sad by removed furniture will recognise replacement furniture more quickly.

That change should make redecorating less disruptive, even if it removes one of the game’s funniest sources of community comedy. It is also a useful reminder that careful object placement is central to Pokopia’s town-building systems, much like planning a cabinet layout when choosing an arcade machine for a games room.

Pokémon Pokopia 2.0: new features

Dive now lets players move freely underwater.
The Build specialty can be used to construct houses underwater.
New items include the portal pod and safe.
Recipes become available for purchase after Palette Town’s environment level is increased.
The dynamic Ditto print pattern has been added. It can be obtained by speaking with Smearguru after acquiring the diploma.
New emotes, Lie Down and Ready, Set, Go!, can be obtained in Bleak Beach and on Dream Islands.
Five hair colours have been added: orange, light pink, yellow-green, blue-green and brown.
Items can now be moved in bulk between the storage box and bag.
Items placed inside objects such as the garbage bin can now be deleted.
Players can fine-tune depth placement for windows, doors and similar objects.
Settings now include an option to hide the confirmation message shown when cancelling Magnet Rise.
Settings now include an option to allow movement while the move wheel is open.
New camera settings can reduce motion sickness.
The stylish stool, handrail, metal chain, workbench, vending machine, bike, bookcase, Pokémon Center counter, arrow sign and rope can now be painted.

Building, travel and town-management improvements

Pokémon that taught the player an emote now respond with the same emote when it is used.
If a Pokédex target is in another town, Return Home can now be used to travel there.
Ordinary conversation indicators have been reduced, making special Pokémon conversations and Ditto requests easier to identify.
Up to 10 lost relics can now be appraised at once.
Paint, Gather Honey and Collect can be performed repeatedly during one interaction.
When crafting, materials in the storage box beside the workbench are used before materials in the bag.
The placement limit for power generators, excluding furnaces, has increased from 64 to 128.
A town can now display 40 different photos instead of 10.
A short press of the move button lets Ditto hold sucked-up liquid in its mouth without removing that liquid from the environment.
Released water now automatically matches nearby water levels.
Smearguru can learn patterns from photos saved in References.
Painting with paint balloons now provides a clearer view of the target item.
The Dowsing Machine can find more treasure on Dream Islands.
Companions can follow the player while using Surf, Glide, Rollout or Magnet Rise.
Items can be inhaled and the bag can be opened while rolling with Rollout.
Rollout can destroy certain natural objects, including large boulders.
Surf can be activated on land by pressing its button while holding the focus button.
Surf and Waterfall activation conditions have been improved.
Leafage can turn farm soil back into a normal soil block.
Strength can now be used underwater.
An All tab has been added to both the Pokédex and Habitat Dex.
The game now makes it clearer that buildings can be remodelled when items such as the Ditto Flag are attached to roofs or walls.
Pokémon not assigned to the Build role can help with cooking during construction.
Treasures in Sparkling Skylands no longer appear through Dowsing Machine use where breaking terrain would make them fall.
Messages about insufficient materials for copying items with the 3D Printer have been improved.
Items can now be placed on square plants.
Hide-and-sneak can be cancelled partway through.
Startup event notifications now appear only during the relevant remaining-day periods.
Certain roof items now block water.
Curved eave crafting now produces 10 items.
Tidal Bell and Clear Bell can be triggered with laser sensors and switches.
Camping chair and sleeping bag sound effects have been adjusted.
Some rendering processes have been improved for better performance.

These construction and customisation changes should appeal to players who enjoy designing spaces and experimenting with layouts. For hands-on arcade projects, RETROCADE’s DIY arcade kits and arcade parts offer a similarly practical approach to building and refining a games setup.

Bug fixes in version 2.0

“Follow me!” and similar options now appear correctly when speaking to a Pokémon assigned to building work.
Suicune and Gholdengo can now travel across water correctly.
Pokémon are less likely to fall into the ocean or off cliffs when appearing from habitats.
Pokémon should return to their habitats correctly when honey is used.
Magnet Rise no longer causes Pokémon to occasionally scold or warn the player.
Pokémon that dislike water can move across duckweed and flowering duckweed.
Requests should no longer ask for items disliked by the requesting Pokémon.
Berry processing in the community box now produces paint correctly.
The high Do note on the music mat now plays at the correct time.
Furniture can no longer be painted through procedures that target non-changeable areas.
Painting items no longer uses more paint than intended.
Painted surface lights now change colour correctly.
Players can no longer place multiple party cooking pots in one town under certain conditions.
Some items now display correctly when viewed from a distance.
Visual effects should no longer disappear for some items viewed through glass.
Building in multiplayer should no longer become impossible to complete or cancel in certain situations.
Messages are clearer when building or relocation cannot be performed.
Non-administrators on Cloud Islands can no longer place a relocation kit incorrectly.
Building kits should no longer become unrecoverable while remodelling a house.
Painted sections of the sand house should no longer reset unexpectedly.
Rock Smash while falling should no longer displace Ditto’s position or height significantly.
SlowPoké should no longer stop during the Withered Wasteland request “Clear the path!”.
Actions should no longer stop progress during the Sparkling Skylands request “Follow Tinkmaster!”.
Pokédex searches for Tinkmaster during the Sparkling Skylands request “Pokémon Center tour guide!” now direct players to the correct current town.
Returning from a Dream Island should no longer fail to finish loading or incorrectly send the player to Palette Town.
Ending an online session should no longer transport the player to a Dream Island unexpectedly.
The Cloud Island loading screen should no longer show an incorrect gender pronoun in some languages.

Pokopia 2.0 also includes additional adjustments and bug fixes intended to improve the overall gameplay experience. The result is a more flexible building system, smoother exploration and less disruption when players reshape their towns.