{"id":26013,"date":"2025-10-01T00:01:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T00:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=26013"},"modified":"2025-08-27T13:12:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T13:12:04","slug":"pokemon-friends-switch-mobile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/01\/pokemon-friends-switch-mobile\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Friends (Switch, Mobile)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/pokefriends_box\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-25995\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/POKEFRIENDS_BOX-150x89.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"89\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/POKEFRIENDS_BOX-150x89.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/POKEFRIENDS_BOX.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>You\u2019ve arrived in a new town to start your very own Pok\u00e9mon plush toy shop.\u00a0 Kind of like a Build-A-Bear with Pok\u00e9mon I guess.\u00a0 But while unpacking, your yarn gets all tangled up.\u00a0 So now you have to solve Pok\u00e9mon themed puzzles to unravel your thoughts, and the yarn in Pok\u00e9mon Friends.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on Switch and mobile devices, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n<p>When you start, you\u2019ll be tasked to solve three themes of puzzles with a certain amount of challenges in each.\u00a0 Many of these puzzles are things you\u2019d do in a Zelda dungeon or other mini-game.\u00a0 For instance, you may have to help Pikachu light bulbs without touching them more than once.\u00a0 Or slide Piplup on the ice to reach the goal.\u00a0 When you solve all three puzzles, you\u2019ll earn some yarn.\u00a0 Depending on how fast and well you do the puzzles, the higher quality yarn you\u2019ll get.<\/p>\n<p>You can then put the yarn in a special machine that makes Pok\u00e9mon plushes.\u00a0 You can then decorate various rooms with the plushes you\u2019ve made.\u00a0 Or you can give them to friends in town who have special requests.\u00a0 If you fulfill those requests, your friend points will go up and you can unlock new stamps for solving daily puzzles or furniture and shelves for your plush rooms.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of people have bashed on this game, but I really don\u2019t think it\u2019s THAT bad.\u00a0 The puzzles do start out ridiculously easy and stay that way for a long time.\u00a0 But clearly this game was designed for kids in mind.\u00a0 The puzzles do remind me of the ones I\u2019d see in puzzle magazines and activity books I had as a kid, and I loved those.\u00a0 So if you have kids who like those kinds of puzzles, they\u2019ll probably enjoy this game, too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/pokefriends_screen\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25996\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/POKEFRIENDS_SCREEN.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/POKEFRIENDS_SCREEN.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/POKEFRIENDS_SCREEN-300x168.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/POKEFRIENDS_SCREEN-150x84.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nothing violent or objectionable here.\u00a0 Reading skill is needed for the text, and parental supervision is recommended for the in-game purchases.\u00a0 Pok\u00e9mon Friends is rated E for Everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019ve arrived in a new town to start your very own Pok\u00e9mon plush toy shop.\u00a0 Kind of like a Build-A-Bear with Pok\u00e9mon I guess.\u00a0 But while unpacking, your yarn gets all tangled up.\u00a0 So now you have to solve Pok\u00e9mon themed puzzles to unravel your thoughts, and the yarn in Pok\u00e9mon Friends.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on 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