Updated
Updated · Nintendo Life · Aug 5
Pokémon Pokopia Players Unlock Bubbly Basin DLC via 3 Steps and Dive
Updated
Updated · Nintendo Life · Aug 5

Pokémon Pokopia Players Unlock Bubbly Basin DLC via 3 Steps and Dive

3 articles · Updated · Nintendo Life · Aug 5

Summary

  • Three requirements gate Bubbly Basin: the Expansion Pass, the new Dive move, and Bleak Beach’s “Raise the environment level!” request completed to level 5.
  • Manaphy provides the key unlock—after talking to Professor Tangrowth outside the Bleak Beach Pokémon Center, players head north to learn Dive in a process the guide says takes about five minutes.
  • Popplio then appears at the Pokémon Center to introduce the Basin area and join the player’s Basin Pokédex before they swim west, dive underwater, and enter the Basin gate.
  • Bubbly Basin launched on Aug. 5 alongside free update 2.0.0, adding an underwater town and new Water-type Pokémon as the first major Expansion Pass DLC.

Insights

With next week's massive underwater expansion, how much of the ocean can free players truly explore without buying the Bubbly Basin DLC?
Beyond befriending Manaphy, what hidden secrets and rare materials await players in the newly added daily-visit Dream Island?
Will the new buoyant blocks and bubble-powered machines completely revolutionize town designs, or just add frustrating physics to the game?