Pokémon Smile

Pokémon Smile (Japanese: ) is a spin-off Pokémon game for , , and . It was announced during Pokémon Presents on June 17, 2020 and released worldwide the same day.
==Blurb==
Pokémon Smile helps make toothbrushing a fun habit with Pokémon!
Turn toothbrushing into a fun and exciting adventure with Pokémon Smile! Players can partner up with some of their favorite Pokémon to defeat the cavity-causing bacteria and save captured Pokémon. Only by consistently brushing their teeth can they save all the Pokémon, earning the chance to catch them.
Features:
* Thorough toothbrushing is the key to catching Pokémon!
: Some unlucky Pokémon have been captured by the cavity-causing bacteria inside your mouth! By brushing your teeth, you can defeat these bacteria and save the Pokémon. If you do a great job brushing, you’ll be able to catch the Pokémon you save, too!
* Completing your Pokédex, collecting Pokémon Caps—there are lots of ways to enjoy Pokémon Smile!
** Pokédex: More than 100 adorable Pokémon appear in Pokémon Smile. Build up a habit of brushing your teeth daily to catch them all and complete your Pokédex!
** Pokémon Caps: As you play, you’ll also unlock all kinds of Pokémon Caps—fun and unique hats you can “wear” while brushing!
* Keep it up to become a Brushing Master!
: Regularly brushing your teeth will earn you Brushing Awards. Collect all the Brushing Awards, and become a Brushing Master!
* Decorate your favorite photos for fun!
: While you brush, you can let the game snap a few photos of your great brushing in action. Choose your favorite shot and then have some fun decorating it with a variety of stickers! Keep brushing your teeth daily, and you’ll continue to collect more stickers you can use to decorate your photos.
* Useful supervision features
** Toothbrushing guidance: Players will be guided through the toothbrushing process, helping them to brush all areas of their mouth.
** Notifications: Create up to three reminders a day to notify players when it’s time to brush!
** Duration: Choose how long each toothbrushing session should last: one, two, or three minutes. That way, the needs of users of all ages can be accommodated.
* Toothbrushing tips
: After each brushing session, you’ll also be able to pick up some helpful tips for how to brush the best you can, based on advice from dental professionals.
==Gameplay==
The game is played in one-, two-, or three-minute intervals, which can be changed in the settings. The game is played by brushing the player's teeth to fend off plaque taking the shape of Pokémon. An indicator in the bottom right corner tells players where they should be brushing their teeth for effective cleaning. After some time, typically when half the assigned time has passed, a plaque-infected Pokémon will appear for the player to clean. The player's Pokémon partner will focus their attacks on invading plaque over the infected Pokémon during this time, but their attacks will clean the Pokémon if there is no plaque currently on screen.
Once the brushing session is over, the player has a chance to catch the Pokémon, with their chances increasing depending on how well they brushed. If the player does especially well, a Master Ball will replace the Poké Ball that is used, and they are given a guaranteed capture. After the session, the game will show four screenshots it took while playing, and the player can select one of them to decorate with accessories and Pokémon they have collected. A button on the bottom will change the scenery of the image, while a button will remove all stickers applied to the image. When the player is done decorating their image, they can save it to their device. Images not selected will not be saved to the player's device, and the option can be toggled on and off through the settings.
Throughout the game, the player can obtain hats to wear in-game, which the game will place onto their head via an augmented reality filter. The hat the player wears will emit a special effect while brushing teeth, and can be changed from the main menu at any time. Different hats are obtained via different methods, though they are typically acquired from playing the game more and more times.
The player can set up to three notifications on what time the prefer to brush their teeth, but they are typically allowed to play the game at any time they want, with the only restriction being three-hour long wait periods between sessions.
While the game does advise the player to use a colored toothbrush, the game can still recognize clear or non-colored toothbrushes and play just fine. Similarly, merely holding the player's finger to the camera and shaking it left and right in front of their teeth can also cause the game to register it as brushing teeth.
==Pokédex==
At the start of the game, the player can choose their Pokémon partner from among , , , , and . Starting in version 2.0.0, , , and can also be chosen, and the player is allowed to change their Pokémon partner. New Pokémon are added to the Pokédex after being caught in the end of a brushing session. The Pokédex is split into various biomes, depending on where the Pokémon is usually found in the wild, and the player can tap on a Pokémon to view their Pokédex number, type, height, and weight. Initially, only Pokémon from Generation I were available in the game, but the 1.1.0 update, released on November 7, 2021, added , , , and . On June 2, 2022, the 2.0.0 update added the remaining Pokémon from Generation II.
==Staff==
==Version history==
Version	Release date 	Official note
1.0.0 	Android: iOS: June 17, 2020 	Android: 1.0.0 _0610iOS: N/A
1.0.1 	Android: June 17, 2020iOS: June 18, 2020 	Bug Fixes
1.0.2 	Android: June 19, 2020iOS: June 21, 2020 	Android: Fixed a bug on certain devices that turns the camera gray and stops the game from progressing.iOS: Bug Fixes
1.0.3 	Android: June 22, 2020iOS: June 22, 2020 	Adjusted difficulty settings: updated start time at which cavity-inducing bateria attack teeth, etc.
1.0.4 	Android: July 9, 2020iOS: July 13, 2020 	Bug Fixes
1.0.5 	Android: iOS: September 3, 2020 	
Improved ability to detect brushing motion.
Added ability to transfer save data between devices.
Bug Fixes.
1.0.6 	Android: September 8, 2020iOS: September 8, 2020	Bug Fixes
1.0.7 	Android: iOS: November 5, 2020 	Added support for Thai and Indonesian languages.
1.0.8 	Android: iOS: January 8, 2021 	Bug Fixes
1.0.9 	Android: iOS: January 28, 2021 	Added support for the Hindi language.
1.0.10 	Android: March 8, 2021iOS: March 8, 2021 	Bug Fixes
1.0.11 	Android: iOS: July 27, 2021 	
Improved ability to detect brushing motion.
Bug fixes.
1.1.0 	Android: iOS: November 7, 2021 	
Additional Pokémon and Pokémon Caps added.
The “Brushing Session Length” and “Take In-Game Pictures” options in the “Brushing Settings” menu can now be set separately for each user on a device.
Bug fixes.
1.1.1 	Android: iOS: November 18, 2021 	Bug Fixes
2.0.0 	Android: iOS: June 2, 2022 	
New Pokémon and Pokémon Caps added.
New Stickers and Frames to use with the Decorate feature added.
Added a feature allowing users to change the Pokémon partner they brush their teeth with.
Bug fixes.
2.0.1 	Android: iOS: August 26, 2022 	Bug Fixes
2.0.2 	Android: iOS: February 3, 2023 	
· Added new Brushing Advice shown after brushing
· Bug fixes
2.0.3 	Android: iOS: February 17, 2023 	Bug Fixes
2.0.4 	Android: iOS: June 13, 2023 	Bug Fixes
2.0.5 	Android: iOS: November 8, 2023 	Bug Fixes
2.0.6 	Android: iOS: November 13, 2023 	Bug Fixes
2.0.7 	Android: iOS: April 24, 2024 	
Added a function to display the date on photos taken in the game.
Bug fixes.
2.0.8 	Android: iOS: April 28, 2024 	Bug Fixes
2.0.9 	Android: iOS: November 12, 2024 	Bug Fixes
==Compatibility==
At launch, the game could be played on:Pokémon Smile Frequently Asked Questions – Pokémon Support
* iOS and iPadOS devices: or later.
* Android devices: (6.0) or later.
Since version 2.0.7, released on April 24, 2024, or higher is required for iOS and iPadOS devices and (7.0) or higher is required for Android devices.
==Release==
Pokémon Smile has been released in all countries with access to the iOS App Store or Google Play Store except , , , Bermuda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, , the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Georgia, Gibraltar, , Kenya, Kosovo, Libya, the Maldives, Monaco, Montenegro, Myanmar, Nauru, Rwanda, San Marino, Togo, Tonga, Vanuatu, , and Zambia.
Date 	Locations
June 17, 2020	, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, , Armenia, Aruba, , Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, , Barbados, Belarus, , Belize, Benin, , , Botswana, , British Virgin Islands, Brunei, , Burkina, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, , Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Chad, , , Republic of the Congo, , , Cyprus, , , Dominica, , , , , Estonia, Eswatini, Fiji, , , Gabon, Gambia, , Ghana, , Grenada, , Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, , , , , , , , , Jamaica, , , Kazakhstan, , Kyrgyzstan, Laos, , , Liberia, Liechtenstein, , Luxembourg, , Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, , Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, , Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montserrat, , Mozambique, Namibia, , , Netherlands Antilles, , Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, , , , , Palau, , Papua New Guinea, , , , , , , , , , Senegal, , Seychelles, Sierra Leone, , , Slovenia, Solomon Islands, , , , , St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, , Switzerland, São Tomé and Principe, , Tajikistan, Tanzania, , Trinidad and Tobago, , , Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos, Uganda, , , , , , Uzbekistan, , , Zimbabwe
==Gallery==
Pokémon Smile icon.png|Icon
Pokémon Smile key art.png|Key art
==Trivia==
* The player's first Pokémon is not registered in the Pokédex. Instead, it needs to be caught just like any other Pokémon to be registered.
* The plaque the player's Pokémon fight against are similar to Void Shadows from Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon in that they take the form of Pokémon to affect other Pokémon and have similar appearances to each other.
==In other languages==
==References==
==External links==
* Pokémon Smile on the App Store
* Pokémon Smile on Google Play
==Related articles==
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