Pokémon Sleep was finally released earlier this week for Android devices as open approval for select regions. After being the flagship of all comics and experiencing a series of delays when it was first announced, The Pokemon Company is now officially “launching soon”.
Built around the Select Button (also known as Magikarp Jump), Pokémon Sleep is, for the most part, your bedtime game. Based on initial impressions of the Android beta, it not only promotes healthy sleep patterns, but also attempts to connect Trainers through traditional F2P and P2W mobile strategies by inviting them to “friend” the entire Pokédex.
When you launch the application for the first time, you will be introduced to Professor Neroli – a new professor specializing in the field of sleep. He likes to study Pokemon’s sleeping patterns and to do this he needs your help to gather information about the different sleeping patterns of Pokemon. So every time you sleep, it’s helping you!
In Pokemon Sleep, all kinds of information is thrown at the beginning, one tutorial and menu after another, but to cut to the chase, the main priority is to record your sleep (and of course to help Professor Nerolin). To do this, you need to give the app permission to access several features on your phone, and yes – this includes your microphone first, so the app can record you while you sleep (That’s no shame at all…). If this worries anyone, there is an option in the menus to disable this part of the app. Backups are also supposed to be automatically deleted within 24 hours or before your next sleep session. And if you really want to, you can go in and manually delete each audio file, so no one has to hear the weird dreams you’ve had in the wee hours.
The correct amount of sleep according to the application is 8.5 hours and you can have two sleep periods every day, but they must be at least 90 minutes. From there, you set an alarm in Pokémon Sleep to remind you to go to bed, and then set it to wake you up. You are then advised to connect your phone to a charger and place it next to your pillow so that it can track and record your movements and voice. And that’s when the fun begins…!
You can leave it running overnight or sleep in the afternoon. You can also play relaxing sounds to help distract you, but for some reason we didn’t have much luck with this option – the app blasted Pokemon-themed music at full volume until we could turn it off.
It’s sleeping. Technically Part of the ‘play’ aspect of Pokemon Sleep, however, is that there are some things to do before and after you wake up. When you wake up, the app records your movements, noises, etc., puts together a “sleep report,” and then records how long you fell asleep, when you fell asleep, and what levels you look like. They were in a very deep sleep.
Pokemon will appear around Snorlax based on where you sleep. Some types appear based on the quality of your sleep. You’re initially gifted with Pikachu and after our own first session we receive Bulbasaur, Metapod and Mankey, which represents the “dozing” sleep style. In our second run, three pitches were spotted.
Once you get at least one sleep, many other options open up – such as cooking for the Pokemon and feeding them. Each week’s task is to choose an island location and help Snorlax grow by cooking and eating it, which in turn will attract more Pokemon and make friends. Again, we’ve only covered a few of these, but basically, the Pokémon you befriend in the game are all about adding new entries to your “Sleep Style Dex” (basically Pokédex). There seem to be hundreds of Pokémon to encounter, but in these early stages, your Dex records are blank text.
And that’s how Pokemon Sleep works in general. It also includes tips on healthy eating and other aspects of your life, which will help you improve your sleep quality as well as improve your sleep schedule. It also scores your sleep time out of 100 with players able to get a perfect sleep score over time. It looks like you can play the entire system if you don’t really want to sleep and want to play the Pokemon class. If you’re more interested in catching it all, we recommend one of the main games or Niantic’s Pokémon GO mobile game.
In our short time with the app, one issue (besides wanting to record audio) is the way it requires players to sleep with their phones next to them. While a healthy sleep pattern is important, we’re not sure if sleeping with your cell phone on your head or side all night, every night is beneficial. There’s also a warning not to cover your phone with a blanket or put it under a pillow, and it might not be the best app if you’re looking to conserve battery life. Alternatively, you can send your phone to a Pokemon GO Plus+ device, but at the time of this tutorial, we didn’t have access to this product.
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