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Pokémon Sleep: Japanese walkthrough site lists “sleeping pills” as a tool for real competitive sleepers, but quickly backtracks

https:// automaton-media.com /en/news/20230721-20238/

A Japanese video game walkthrough listing sleeping pills as one of their recommended methods to get high scores in Pokémon Sleep has gone viral on Japanese Twitter recently. The mention of sleeping aid has since been deleted from the site.

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The original Japanese Twitter comment points out that sleeping pills is a Pay 2 Win mechanic, lol.

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- Skill issue
  
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I can't believe there's now a Pokémon doping scandal.

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TIL there is a thing called Pokemon Sleep

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- It came out publicly last week
  
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- I THOUGHT IT WAS A MEME UNTIL THIS POST
  
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The thought of a competitive Pokemon Sleep scenario just filled me with the most precious mental image. The Reverse Gamer™ Room, no leds, no table full of monitors, a mega comfy bed, relaxing music or white noise machine, guides on how to have a healthy diet and regular workout sessions.

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I still cannot believe there is a game for kids that recommends they set up a fire hazard in their beds.

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- I'm really not a fan of this game because of having to leave your phone on all night long with it plugged in. For multiple reasons, but the fire hazard is definitely one of them. Why couldn't it sync up with other passive sleep trackers, like smart watches?
  
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  I’d be interested in using it if the data could just be pulled from Apple Health. I don’t sleep with my phone and I’m not buying a $55 toy that does what my watch already accomplishes.
  
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  Wait, you don't leave your phone on charge over night anyway?
  
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- Hey, if cuddling a Charmander while I sleep is wrong, I don't wanna be right.
  
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- What fire hazard? All bedding made in most parts of the world made in the last 50 years or so are made of very fire-retardant materials. It's actually really hard to set a bed on fire these days.
  
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  It's actually really hard to set a bed on fire these days.
  
  With cigarettes, sure. With an overheated lithium-ion battery? Not really
  
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  You can literally just Google "phone in bed fire" and find article after article after article about it.
  
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- there's no way they won't implement that later down the road......... right?
  
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I tried Pokemon Sleep and I didn't like it. It's way more complicated than it needs to be. It's very much a typical mobile game, with lots of meters, currencies, timers, login rewards, etc. And it doesn't make any sense. Why do I need to feed a snorlax to make it bigger? What exactly is my sleep doing? Does the snorlax represent the player, even though the player is clearly a separate entity from the snorlax? Why should I care about friendship meters? It's all ridiculous.

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- I guess the alternative could have been " let this Munna feed on your dreams" but it might have been too creepy for most.
  
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That site probably : "Hey kids, did you know that steroids make you better at RingFit Adventures too?"

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- Meth will help you defend your gym in Pokémon Go.
  
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- I might need some. Play that for long enough with the difficulty high enough and I'm wiped out.
  
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