Pokemon Pokopia Players Are Building Incredibly Complex Creations

Pokemon Pokopia was created to give players the opportunity to build a comfortable home for their Pokemon, but some fans are already pushing the game’s ability to craft and create to another level. At least two players have come up with different methods of creating calculators in Pokopia through a virtual electrical system.

A player going by Tarnow0530 on X (via IGN) has shared a look at their in-game calculator in Pokopia. It’s a very simple calculator that can only do single-digit addition, but it works.

Tarnow0530 went on to show the work behind the calculator with a picture of its circuit diagram. They also acknowledged using the pulse circuit designed by kyuphd as the building block for this creation, which is powered by lasers, doors, and gates lined up in an intricate pattern.

A separate player, syoto_430_mario, shared their design for an in-game calculator prior to Tarnow0530, but the former praised the latter’s calculator for performing calculations so quickly. Syoto_430_mario’s calculator is powered by water rather than lasers, which is why it takes a little longer for a solution to its problems.

We’ve seen players do things like this before in games like Minecraft by combining tools in unexpected ways to create remarkable complex things. This ability to let players embrace their creativity may give Pokopia an even longer shelf life than expected. It’s already a hit out of the gate, with 2.2 million copies sold in the first week alone. Those sales may have even goosed Nintendo’s stock price, which went up 10% after the game was released.

Earlier this month, Nintendo released a new patch for Pokopia to address some of the game’s lingering bugs and progression issues. The game is available now on Switch 2.