Pokémon Pokopia's first paid DLC, Expansion Pass Part 1: Bubbly Basin, locks in for August 5 drop right alongside the free v2.0.0 update. The underwater town lets players grow watermelons with Water-type Pokémon, power bubble machines with Generate specialists, craft buoyant blocks for multi-level floating builds, and even pilot a Sharpedo submarine secret base. A new power-up for Surf, smoothies as prepared food, new outfits, and fresh Pokémon round out the paid content, while the free patch hands everyone the Dive move from Manaphy to open up underwater building and swimming with Water-types.

Part 2 arrives late 2026 and promises Pokémon accessories for dressing up residents. The whole thing builds on the cozy life sim's Switch 2 base game with no price details beyond it being a paid Expansion Pass, and access requires finishing a Bleak Beach quest plus learning Dive first.

X posts from official accounts are just pumping the new artwork and trailer hype with zero pushback visible yet, and Reddit threads treat the date confirmation like basic housekeeping for the already-released title. Gematsu and official Pokémon channels dropped the full breakdown hours ago, confirming developers Game Freak and Koei Tecmo alongside The Pokémon Company.

Whales in the comments are already eyeing how deep this underwater money pit goes before Part 2 accessories hit.