Pokémon has always excelled at the strange spin-off. This isn’t to say they’re always good (looking at you PokéPark games), but they’re always guaranteed to make you think, ‘What? Really?’ From watching TV with Pikachu, a Nobunaga’s Ambition crossover, and Pokémon Project Studio (which I’m sure we all hold dear to our hearts), I do feel like I should be immune to Pokémon spin-off bizarreness by now. And yet, the announcement of Pokémon Pokopia still caught me off guard.

