Pokémon Friends, a New Pokémon Brain Teaser Game, Is Out Now on Mobile and Nintendo Switch

During today's Pokémon Presents, The Pokémon Company announced a brand new Pokémon spin-off game. It's called Pokémon Friends, and it's a daily brain teaser game featuring lots of Pokémon-themed puzzles. In the trailer, we got a look at a number of examples of the sorts of puzzles we'll encounter in Pokémon Friends. The first one showed a design of tiles with light bulbs on them, asking players to draw a line from one tile that touched every single other tile only once. Another had a player sliding lined tiles around to connect a path so that water could flow from one side to the other. Still others involved connecting train tracks, predicting which balloons wouldn't be popped by a flying arrow, sliding around an ice maze, and more. All the games are themed around Pokémon such as Pikachu, Piplup, Mudkip, Sableye, and more. Completing puzzles gets the player in-game Pokemon plush items that they can use to decorate a virtual room. Pokémon Friends is out right now on iOS, Android, and Nintendo Switch. It costs $9.99 on Nintendo Switch, and is "free to start" on mobile but eventually will block the player from progressing without paying. The game purports to feature over 1,200 different puzzles.