Pokémon Pokopia Is Currently Metacritic's Highest-Rated Pokémon Game

Reviews are flooding in for Pokémon Pokopia, the Animal Crossing‑esque 'Mon life sim co‑developed by Koei Tecmo’s Omega Force and Game Freak, and almost every outlet is praising it. As of this writing the game sits at 89 out of 100 on Metacritic, with more reviews — including a yet‑to‑be‑published appraisal — expected in the days ahead.

That 89 score currently makes Pokémon Pokopia Metacritic’s highest‑rated Pokémon title, a point above Pokémon Y, which has an 88. Part of the surprise may come from how Metacritic handles older games: the site launched in 2001, so scores for entries released before Ruby and Sapphire can be skewed by missing magazine reviews and other lost media.

On OpenCritic, Pokémon X and Y share an 84 percent Critics Recommend score versus Pokémon Pokopia’s 93 percent, suggesting the new game is faring well across aggregator sites. All of these numbers remain fluid, however, and critic scores could shift in the coming days — meaning Pokémon Y might yet reclaim the top spot.

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