Overview
- Nintendo and The Pokémon Company officially confirmed on July 29 that the Bubbly Basin expansion and the free Dive update arrive on August 5, 2026.
- The free Ver. 2.0.0 update teaches Ditto Dive via Manaphy so players can breathe and explore underwater indefinitely without buying the paid DLC.
- Bubbly Basin is Part 1 of a three‑part Expansion Pass sold as a $34.99 bundle that grants immediate purchase bonuses including a Dynamic Ditto print recipe and 30 Rare Pokémetal ingots.
- Part 1 adds an underwater town with buoyant blocks for layered builds, new crops and recipes, ocean‑themed furniture and outfits, and roughly 16 new Pokémon such as Popplio, Mudkip, Totodile, Sharpedo, and Manaphy.
- Nintendo laid out a roadmap that brings Part 2 in late 2026 with accessories and more furniture and Pokémon and Part 3 in 2027 with another new town, a plan that may pull players back into the game and unlock previously unreachable underwater resources.