Pokémon Sleep was announced almost two years ago, yet The Pokémon Company hasn’t spoken a word about it since. Has Pokémon Sleep quietly been canceled behind the scenes, or is The Pokémon Company just waiting for the right time to announce a release date?

The Pokémon Company held a Pokémon Business Strategy Announcement event in May 2019, which contained several different game reveals. It was during this event that the Nintendo Switch version of Detective Pikachu was revealed, as well as Pokémon Home and Pokémon Masters. The most unusual announcement made during the event was for Pokémon Sleep, which is a mobile game that is in development for Android and iOS devices. The Pokémon Company didn’t reveal too many details about Pokémon Sleep, but it did say that it was a game that tracked how the player slept, with the aid of the Pokémon GO Plus+ accessory.

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The Pokémon Business Strategy Announcement meeting happened almost two years ago, but there haven’t been any updates on Pokémon Sleep since. In that time, The Pokémon Company has announced games like Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Pokémon Unite, Pokémon Legends: Arceus, and New Pokémon Snap, which is a few weeks away from release. This has led to some speculation from fans that Pokémon Sleep has been canceled.

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If Pokémon Sleep has been canceled, then fans likely won’t hear about it for a while. It took Nintendo four years to confirm that the Wii Vitality Sensor was canceled, so The Pokémon Company could wait until interest in the game has died down to make an official statement. The Wii Vitality Sensor is a good comparison, as it was canceled due to the technology not working as expected. It’s possible that Pokémon Sleep has run into similar issues with its own hardware not being able to accurately gauge people’s sleeping habits. Human biology is a tricky thing and The Pokémon Company might not be willing to release a device that doesn’t work for part of the audience.

There is some hope for Pokémon Sleep fans, as the Pokekalos Twitter account reported that the official Japanese Pokémon website added an SSL certificate for a Pokémon Sleep mini-site. This happened on April 5, so it’s possible that fans might finally learn more about Pokémon Sleep during the next official Pokémon stream. If nothing is revealed about the game, then it’s possible that Pokémon Sleep might be sleeping with the fishes.

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Source: Pokekalos/Twitter

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