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10 Vital Things Pokémon TCG Pocket Needs To Fix ASAP
22.11.2024
Pokémon TCG Pocket has been quite the roller coaster ride. It’s absolutely got its hooks in a lot of us at Kotaku, and we’re playing it every day. But at the same time, it’s unquestionably a predatory gacha game using a children’s IP. What a muddle. But there’s one thing that’s unambiguous: there’s...
Pokémon TCG Pocket Has A Hidden Wishlist Feature You'll Want To Use
21.11.2024
There are a whole bunch of quality-of-like changes that Pokémon TCG Pocket could stand to introduce, not least giving its UI a significant overhaul to make certain features much clearer. One of those buried features that’s genuinely useful, and yet almost no one seems to know about,...
Try Out Some New Pokémon TCG Pocket Strategies With Rental Decks
19.11.2024
Building up a strong deck in Pokémon TCG Pocket can take some time. Even if you have your eye set on creating something to crush players online, you’re still reliant on pulling the right cards. If you need help grinding out rewards against the CPU or just want some experience trying different...
Get the Pokémon TCG Pocket Card You Want With The Pack Point Exchange System
18.11.2024
Opening up card packs is the progenitor of loot boxes, so we can all recognize that occasionally icky feeling while playing Pokémon TCG Pocket. Keeping track of all the game’s numerous currencies certainly doesn’t help in that regard either. Thankfully, there is a modicum of grace for bypassing...
Pokémon TCG Pocket Teases New Booster Pack Release Date With Trading Coming Next Year
14.11.2024
We’re just a couple weeks into Pokémon TCG Pocket’s life out in the wild and the devs behind the hit mobile card game adaptation have already teased some big upcoming plans. Those include new booster packs before the end of the year, the arrival of trading in 2025, and other new features that...
Pokémon TCG Pocket Devs Won't Confirm If The Pack You Pick Matters
12.11.2024
Opening up a booster pack in the newly released mobile hit game Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket involves a few steps, including having to choose which pack to open. Does the pack you pick matter and influence what cards you get? Good question! And one that the devs won’t answer. Read more
Pokémon TCG Pocket's Next Big Set Of Cards Might Be Arriving In January
11.11.2024
If you’re a Pokémon TCG Pocket sicko like me and have already collected over half of the mobile card game’s starting Genetic Apex set, don’t worry! New datamines suggest the next set of cards isn’t far away, with a smaller update pegged for December. Read more
Wise Words From Dragon Age: The Veilguard And An Unboxed PS5 Pro Got Us Through Election Week
9.11.2024
We won’t belabor the point because if you’re a normal person with normal mutuals, chances are your timeline is already doing that—this week sucked, and so will the next four years.Read more
Pokémon Fan Calculates How Long It Will Take To Collect Every Card In TCG Pocket
5.11.2024
Pokémon has a way inspiring the completionist within people, setting them up on intense collect-a-thons that either take them to unimagined glory or exhaustion laced with deep personal shame. Pokémon TCG Pocket is no different, situating the long-running mania around the card game into a slick...
Pokémon TCG Pocket Can Be Deeply Confusing At First, So Here Are The Basics
5.11.2024
The pop culture impact of Pokémon has ensured a huge number of people have already checked out Pokémon TCG Pocket, even if it is only as curiosity. The chances are, if you’re among them, the massive amount of content and currencies can be a bit overwhelming, especially if you don’t have...
Pokémon TCG Pocket Players Already Have A Wild Conspiracy About How To Collect The Rarest Cards
4.11.2024
Pokémon TCG Pocket hasn’t even been out for a full week yet, and players have already become obsessed with a conspiracy theory: they believe there’s a way to figure out which booster packs secretly contain better odds of getting some of the game’s rarest cards. That’s because people desperately...
3 Things I wish Pokémon TCG Pocket Would Steal From Marvel Snap
31.10.2024
Pokémon TCG Pocket arrived this week on iPhone and Android, and it’s a surprisingly crisp and streamlined version of the card game after years of really bad alternatives. Pokémon is pretty much a license to print money, but TCG Pocket does a great job of spotlighting what people love about about...
Pokémon TCG Pocket Already Feels Like A Well-Laid Trap
31.10.2024
I’m really averse to trading card games. Despite loving me some Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh as a kid and tween, I’ve largely kept my distance from them in the time since. I’ve played a few hands of Hearthstone, I never touched Artifact, and I am straight-up dogshit at any card game baked into an...
Wizards Responds To Magic: The Gathering Commander Meltdown Over Controversial Card Bans
30.9.2024
A week ago, the independent Rules Committee for Magic: The Gathering Commander, the collectible card game’s most popular format in recent years, announced a surprise ban of three of its most popular and expensive cards. The reaction from some fans was swift, loud, and in some cases escalated...
This Fantastic Roguelike Deck-Builder Is A Bargain On Steam Right Now
19.9.2024
Two game genres that never seem to click with me are roguelikes and deck-builders (I know, sue me), so it came as a shock when I found myself loving Inscryption. The 2021 title from developer Daniel Mullins is both of those genres mashed together. As you progress, however, you’ll learn that...
Final Fantasy XIV Has An Entire Carnival Of Games To Play
11.9.2024
In a franchise filled with iconic locations, The Gold Saucer stands out as one of the most recognizable in Final Fantasy history. Given its popularity, it’s no surprise that Square Enix added the theme park to its MMO entry of the series, Final Fantasy XIV. But how do you unlock this land of...
Pokémon's Latest TCG Set Is Teeny, But Packed With Stunners
2.8.2024
Today The Pokémon Company releases the TCG’s latest special set, Shrouded Fable. It introduces Pokémon Scarlet and Violet’s strangest monster, Area Zero’s Pecharunt, who works in tandem with Teal Mask’s Loyal Three, Okidogi, Munkidori, and Fezandipiti. Which must be a whole lot of nonsense if...
My New Favorite Final Fantasy Is One Nobody's Playing Because It Needs An Online Version
31.7.2024
This week I received a surprise gift from a friend. It was a single card for the Final Fantasy Trading Card Game. Specifically it is for Ysayle, my favorite character from Final Fantasy XIV. Before receiving it I knew the Final Fantasy Trading Card Game existed, but never really gave it...
Olympic Athlete Keeps Bringing Yu-Gi-Oh Cards To His Races—And Winning
28.6.2024
When the hell did you get into Yu-Gi-Oh? Where were you all when I was the last holdout of my middle school lunch period trying to do synchro-summons because I thought they were the coolest thing in the world? I ask this because there has not only been a discernable uptick in the trading card game...
Woman Leaves Yu-Gi-Oh Event Because It Smelled Horrible
11.4.2024
A woman went viral on social media after claiming she left a Yu-Gi-Oh card game event due to how terrible many of the other players smelled. Read more