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submitted 1 year ago by Chozo@kbin.social to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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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[-] Rentlar@beehaw.org 42 points 1 year ago

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

[-] chaorace 6 points 1 year ago

Skill issue

[-] savvywolf@pawb.social 33 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Mothra@mander.xyz 21 points 1 year ago

TIL there is a thing called Pokemon Sleep

[-] GammaGames@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

It came out publicly last week

[-] Jediotty@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

I THOUGHT IT WAS A MEME UNTIL THIS POST

[-] SamPond@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Lockely@pawb.social 18 points 1 year ago

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

[-] atocci@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago

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?

[-] blake@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] atocci@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Exactly, I have a Galaxy watch myself and it does a fine job of tracking my sleep despite how old it is. They made Pokemon Go able to sync walking data with the system health app so they game could reward you even without it open. I don't know why they missed that for Pokemon Sleep, especially with all the delays

[-] Chozo@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

It's actually really hard to set a bed on fire these days.

With cigarettes, sure. With an overheated lithium-ion battery? Not really

[-] Chozo@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Nah, you can take a blowtorch to a modern mattress and you'll burn a hole through it, but it won't catch fire and spread at all.

In fact, that's literally how they test the flame retardant abilities of a mattress; it has to withstand at least 70 seconds of a blowtorch from a foot away. If the fire spreads, it's a fail. That's how most mattresses are tested under the 16 CFR 1640 standard.

[-] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

I mean that's great for the mattress, but before uour molten lava phone battery starts burning a hole in the mattress, the sheets and duvet and pillows and pajamas will already have gone up in a huge blaze so I don't think it's gonna help much.

[-] Chozo@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Nope, all bedding materials have to undergo the same testing for flame resistance. This includes sheets, blankets, pillow cases, etc. Without the aid of any sort of accelerant, the most that'll happen is you'll get some smoke and charred bits.

Now granted, more people these days are buying bedding materials from Amazon sellers that may not be complying with US laws on these fire standards, so the risk is a bit higher if you're buying online from sellers you don't know. Which is why I always encourage people to NOT buy their bedding materials on Amazon, and instead but directly from a retailer in the US.

[-] Lockely@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

You can literally just Google "phone in bed fire" and find article after article after article about it.

[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 5 points 1 year ago

Hey, if cuddling a Charmander while I sleep is wrong, I don't wanna be right.

[-] cakey@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

there's no way they won't implement that later down the road......... right?

[-] BurningnnTree@lemmy.one 13 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] brsrklf@compuverse.uk 9 points 1 year ago

I guess the alternative could have been " let this Munna feed on your dreams" but it might have been too creepy for most.

[-] brsrklf@compuverse.uk 12 points 1 year ago

That site probably : "Hey kids, did you know that steroids make you better at RingFit Adventures too?"

[-] Xeelee@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Meth will help you defend your gym in Pokémon Go.

[-] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I might need some. Play that for long enough with the difficulty high enough and I'm wiped out.

this post was submitted on 25 Jul 2023
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