{"id":373451,"date":"2026-07-29T02:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T09:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=373451"},"modified":"2026-07-29T02:48:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T09:48:50","slug":"pokemon-pokopia-gets-bubbly-basin-on-august-5-free-dive-update-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/pokemon-pokopia-gets-bubbly-basin-on-august-5-free-dive-update-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia gets Bubbly Basin on August 5: free Dive update too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nintendo says Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia is getting its first big DLC on <strong>August 5, 2026<\/strong>. It\u2019s called Bubbly Basin, and it arrives as Part 1 of the game\u2019s three-part $34.99 <a href=\"https:\/\/persona-3-reload-expansion-pass.en.softonic.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Expansion Pass<\/a> for Nintendo Switch 2. That same day, all players will also get a free update that adds Dive for underwater exploration, even if they skip the paid content.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The paid add-on brings an <strong>underwater town<\/strong> and more Pok\u00e9mon, including Mudkip, Popplio, and Corphish. Dive itself won\u2019t be locked behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/pokemon-pokopia-beats-expectations-4-million-sold-in-five-weeks\" rel=\"noopener\">Expansion Pass<\/a>, so everyone gets that feature once the update goes live. Reaching the paid areas is separate: Nintendo says you\u2019ll need the Bleak Beach request \u201cRaise the environment level!\u201d to access them.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019ve been following the roadmap, <strong>Part 2<\/strong> is set for late 2026, with Part 3 planned for 2027. Nintendo released Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia on March 5, 2026 as a Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive, and Nintendo Switch 2 itself launched on June 5, 2025. The August 5 date first appeared in a Japanese commercial that was later made private after some reports mixed up the DLC release date with the hardware launch.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re still playing Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia, this feels like a worthwhile update to grab. Nintendo says the game sold <strong>2.2 million copies<\/strong> in four days, and this expansion should help keep one of Nintendo Switch 2\u2019s early success stories in the mix through 2026.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can get Bubbly Basin through the <strong>Expansion Pass<\/strong> on Nintendo Switch 2, and the free Dive update will hit the same day whether you buy the DLC or not.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo says Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia is getting its first big DLC on August 5, 2026. It\u2019s called Bubbly Basin, and it arrives as Part 1 of the game\u2019s three-part $34.99 Expansion Pass for Nintendo Switch 2. That same day, all players will also get a free update that adds Dive for underwater exploration, even if they &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/pokemon-pokopia-gets-bubbly-basin-on-august-5-free-dive-update-too\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia gets Bubbly Basin on August 5: free Dive update too&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1009,"featured_media":373450,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-373451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1009"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":373452,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373451\/revisions\/373452"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373451"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=373451"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=373451"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=373451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}