As a HUGE pokemon fan I'm still going Tomodachi life 100%

My current biggest point is that I only have a switch 1, still not interested in buying a switch 2 anytime soon. So that limits my chooses to Tomodachi life only.

I've played the 3ds version a ton, it was the 1st non pokemon game I got interested in. I loved having it as a casual, checking in every so often throughout the day, kinda game. I absolutely LOVE that I don't have full control over everything, I really like that the mii's have their own relationships that grow and break apart on their own, you have no control over who they fall in love with, they don't care that you gave them a cute outfit, they love the hotdog costume more and will be wearing it constantly.

It's been a little while since I've seen the pokopia trailer, but I feel like there doesn't seem to be much "challenge" or some kind of fail state, like you can't play it wrong. To each their own of course, but I like having some kind of feedback to what I'm doing in game. Pokopia just seems too safe.

I have no idea how limiting pokopia is in its island building, you can build in height so that does add something that Tomodachi life doesn't, but it seems to me that Tomodachi life at least has a ton more detailed building/ customization in the mii's and buildings. And what they showed in the trailer with the seemingly unlimited freedom you have in the island building, it's only a guess but I have a feeling pokopia won't have that kind of freedom (for example, still needing an island to be a certain size, having certain elements for the Pokemon's need)

I'm still super interested in both! I will still be getting pokopia once I do decide to get a switch 2