APokemongame that was announced nearly four years ago may finally be on the way to players. It’s rare for anything to do withPokemonto disappear after being announced, but in this case, it’s rarely been mentioned since, and nothing meaningful has been revealed regarding the game.While fans have been curious about the mysteriousPokemongame since its reveal, they’ve had plenty to keep them occupied in the same sphere. In the time since it was announced,Pokemon Legends: ArceusandPokemon Scarlet and Violethave released,Pokemon Masters EXhas launched, the anime has decided to say goodbye to Ash, and old classics have been revisited, with titles likePokemon Stadiumcoming to the Nintendo Switch. However, some haven’t forgotten the game and are wondering what happened to it.RELATED:Pokemon Presents Event Confirmed for Next WeekThe game in question isPokemon Sleep, which was announced way back in May 2019. It was slated to launch just a year later, but 2020 came and went without any movement on the topic. However, considering COVID-19 was rampant during 2020 and many gaming projects were canceled or delayed as a result, it may have slipped off the radar of manyPokemonfans as just one more title being pushed back. Now, after all this time, the official webpage forPokemon Sleephas been updated to forward viewers to the official Pokemon Presents page.
Pokemon Presents looks to introduce the latest in thePokemonfranchise for fans to look forward to. It’s likely to focus onDLC forPokemon Scarlet and Violet, upcoming titles, and may even tease the new anime. WithPokemon Sleep’s homepage redirecting to it, it’s plausible that The Pokemon Company is finally ready to reveal the app to the world.
The Pokemon Company and Niantic, which were partnering to produce the app, haven’t released a statement regarding the website change. Some have shared concerns that the page redirection may be a simple way of utilizing an otherwise unused website, while some have suggested that the domain may have been sold, and is just redirecting courtesy of a troll. However, WHOIS data seems to indicate that the domain name hasn’t been resold since it was established in 2019.
Pokemon Sleep, if it ever launches, should be an interesting addition to the averagePokemonfan’s list of games to partake in.Pokemon Sleepis designed to turn “sleeping into entertainment” and will allegedly use thePokemon GO Plus+to track sleeping patterns. The game also seems to tie directly intoPokemon GO, as a datamining effort previously revealed. With only a few days to go until the Pokemon Presents event, fans of the franchise will soon learn whetherPokemon Sleepis finally on the way or still slumbering.
Pokemon Sleepis in development for mobile devices.
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