Bubbly Basin Pokémon Pokopia: release date and time of the Bubbly Basin expansion in France
Fabian Lainé
In brief
The Fizzy Basin DLC for Pokémon Pokopia launches on August 5 at midnight Paris time. Unlike US releases, the expansion benefits from a synchronized unlock at local midnight across Europe, Asia, and Oceania, giving French players a time advantage.
The Bubbly Basin DLC for Pokémon Pokopia will land at midnight Paris time, during the night of August 4 to 5. Nintendo never officially communicates a precise time, but the company's usual pattern (and that of Pokopia's initial launch) points to an unlock at midnight local time, everywhere in the world except the United States.
This detail changes things for French players: unlike releases set to a single American time zone, here everyone in Europe gets the same timing as players in Japan or Australia, at midnight sharp local time. In the US, the exception applies: midnight Eastern time, meaning 9 p.m. the previous day on the West Coast.
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Key takeaways
- Midnight Paris time on the night of August 4 to 5, not 9am like "American time zone" style releases
- It's the classic Nintendo pattern: midnight everywhere except in the US, where it's 9pm West Coast time
- French players gain time compared to periods when everything shifts to New York time
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