I had to sleep 6 hours to collect Pokémon

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In Pokémon Sleep, you catch Pokémon while you sleep—literally. MeinMMO author Max Handwerk was allowed to try it out.

If there’s one thing I’m really bad at, it’s sleep. I wake up way too easily, sleep too late and generally not enough. At least that’s what my dark circles under my eyes say in the morning and the generally rather depressed mood until the first coffee.

Accordingly, I was not relaxed when I was given a cell phone with the new Pokémon Sleep app for one night this week.

The basic ideas of the app at a glance:

  • You start the app and let it run next to your pillow at night.
  • The app tracks your sleep. This happens via audio and movements.
  • The more you sleep, the higher your sleep score will be
  • This score is then offset against the power of a Relaxo that you can find in the game each week
  • This results in what is known as a sleep power, which is used to attract other Pokémon
  • It also records whether you are a light sleeper, half asleep or deep sleeper

    • Depending on how much sleep you have, Pokémon will be attracted, which you will find around Relaxo in the morning after waking up. Your sleep type determines what kind of monsters you get. And you can then collect them in different sleeping poses.

    To put it simply: sleep a lot, sleep well, and you will get numerous Pokémon that you can record in the SleepDex. It’s a collecting game that runs alongside while you sleep. In summary, the trailer shows this – and I describe my experiences with it below.

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    One night with Pokémon Sleep – These were my results

    Put the phone next to the pillow, rolled it on its side, snoozed away – I admit, in terms of testing, Pokémon Sleep was the easiest game I’ve ever had to try. At least at the start, because the interesting part actually comes in the morning.

    When I woke up, I grabbed the app and let it tell me how I slept like that. However, Pokémon Sleep pointed out that I had slept a total of 6:20 hours, most of it light to half asleep. Not outstanding, I was awarded 75 points.

    Compared to my morning state – relatively tired and a bit grumpy – that was fine. As already mentioned, this is standard for me, but maybe you can learn something about your own sleeping behavior via the app.

    I could then see the reward for this around the Relaxo:

  • Two houndstooth in different poses
  • a Pikachu
  • a bulbasaur
  • a haiman
  • and a caterpillar

    • They had gathered there and were also just waking up.

    This “waking up in the morning and looking at what has accumulated there” – I really liked that moment. That’s when the collecting instinct grabbed me and I thought, ‘next time I’ll definitely sleep 8 hours’ for more Pokémon.

    Pokémon gather around Relaxo, you can see your sleep data

    It also plays into the fact that the game is designed really cute. The graphics, the design of the Pokemon, everything has a chilled and slightly sleepy vibe that not only goes well with falling asleep but also with waking up.

    What I had not expected were the many activities that were now pending. While I wasn’t really able to do anything big on the evening of the test, in the morning I suddenly had to do a little work.

  • A professor named Neroli guides you through the game and shows you all the possible features.
  • I got berries from helper Pokémon, which I should feed to the Snorlax to make it stronger.
  • These helper Pokémon can be recruited from the monsters gathered in the morning. They bring different skills with them and can also develop.
  • A cooking element is also available in the game, with which you can provide Relaxo with additional dishes.
  • There are various items, such as smoke, that can attract more monsters overnight.

    • So Pokémon Sleep isn’t just “sleep, collect,” it’s something more. So you get something to do, you can delve deeper into the game and improve various values ​​and collect items.

    The main aspect of the game: The sleep aspect is of course in the foreground. And I admit: I have to make friends with them first.

    Many people track their sleep at night anyway, with gadgets like smartwatches and the like. I’ve always avoided that before.

    If you want to play the game, you have to accept that sleep is monitored. The game recognizes how deeply you sleep and can even play audio snippets from the night the next morning. This is how you find out whether you might have been babbling or snoring. You have to decide for yourself whether you like it.

    In addition, the game has to run overnight, according to the game ideally even on the cable so that the electricity is sufficient – and the cell phone should be on the mattress next to you instead of on a bedside table, for example. This may not be for everyone either. Incidentally, the game cannot be connected to a Smart Watch, but it can be connected to the new GO Plus+. This offers a way to put the cell phone away again.

    But if you like sleep research and your own behavior, Pokémon Sleep offers a way to combine the whole thing with something playful. Especially the exchange with other testers the next morning about what had turned up where was fun. Pokémon collectors will certainly get their money’s worth here.

    Is there a connection to Pokémon GO? There will be a certain connection via the GO Plus+, and you should also be able to get rewards in both games for achievements in the other game – such as stardust. There’s also an event coming up soon in Pokémon GO that’s related to Sleep.

    What do you think of the Pokémon Sleep app? Is it something for you, or can you not do anything with it? Tell us in the comments!

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