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Poko A Pokemon DLC Wave 1 Bubbly Deep-Sea Town Launches August 5

The DLC expands the game's core loop by introducing a fully underwater town-building environment, a new area type that changes how players approach construction and exploration, and the free update's Dive move is a prerequisite that ties the base game's progression to the expansion.

Key Facts

  • Poko A Pokemon DLC Wave 1, titled Bubbly Deep-Sea Town, launched on August 5, 2026.
  • The Poko A Pokemon Expansion Pass costs 4,400 yen and includes Wave 1, Wave 2 (winter 2026), and Wave 3 (2027).
  • The free update Ver.2.0.0 adds the Dive move, learned from Manaphy, allowing Ditto to stay underwater indefinitely.
  • To access the DLC, players must complete the request 'Further Raise the Environment Level!' in Don Yori Beach Town and learn Dive.
  • The DLC introduces the Deep Sea area, which is pitch black and requires light-emitting furniture to illuminate.

Reporting from 2 sources: GAME Watch (Impress), ASCII.jp.

Poko A Pokemon DLC Wave 1 Bubbly Deep-Sea Town Launches August 5

The Pokemon Company released the first paid downloadable content for the Nintendo Switch 2 game Poko A Pokemon on August 5. The expansion, titled Bubbly Deep-Sea Town, is part of the Poko A Pokemon Expansion Pass, which costs 4,400 yen. The content adds an underwater town that players can explore using the new move Dive, introduced in a free update also released on August 5. In the DLC, players meet the sea lion Pokemon Popplio and work to restore a waterlogged, ruined town. The underwater environment includes new Habitat entries, water-type Pokemon such as Corsola, and light-emitting furniture for the pitch-black Deep Sea area. Players can also build floating structures using Block Floats. The free update Ver.2.0.0 adds the move Dive, which allows the protagonist Ditto to stay submerged indefinitely, as well as new settings to reduce motion sickness. To access the DLC, players must complete the request 'Further Raise the Environment Level!' in Don Yori Beach Town and learn Dive. Wave 2 is scheduled for winter 2026, and Wave 3 for 2027.

  • Dive is learned from the Mythical Pokemon Manaphy, not automatically granted by the update. Players must also know the moves Surf and Splash before they can learn Dive.
  • Underwater controls: press the R button to ascend, release to descend, hold ZL to stop in place, and dash to swim quickly. Entering water automatically triggers the underwater state without a manual move switch.
  • The Deep Sea area is pitch black, and only light-emitting furniture illuminates the surroundings, which the hands-on preview called a surprise element that drives exploration.
  • Corsola excels at the Cultivate skill, which speeds up crop growth in the underwater town.
  • New Chinese-style furniture and buildings appear in this wave, along with new outfits and a hairstyle called Crest for Ditto.
  • Block Floats allow building kits to be placed in areas not connected to the ground, enabling floating structures.
  • Wave 2, scheduled for winter 2026, will not add a new town but will introduce new accessory elements. Wave 3 in 2027 is said to add new towns and more.
  • The Expansion Pass has been on sale since June 10, 2026, priced at 4,400 yen. A bundle with the base game, the Expansion Pass Set, costs 13,380 yen.
  • The game is planned and developed by The Pokemon Company, Game Freak, and Koei Tecmo Games.

Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.

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