Pokemon Presents simply occurred for 2024, bringing with it a full twelve minutes of principally cell recreation bulletins. The overwhelming majority of those cell bulletins had been for pre-existing video games, such because the four-and-a-half-year anniversary of Pokemon Masters EX.
I’ve by no means been too shocked by the success of Pokemon on cell. This collection began on the GameBoy, leaping from handheld to cell phones is totally logical. Nevertheless, the most important cell announcement from Pokemon Presents noticed a unique side of the franchise transfer over to cell, the buying and selling card recreation, and I am not fairly certain that I perceive the reasoning this time.
Digital Items Simply Aren’t The Similar
This announcement in some ways was nothing however a teaser trailer, a fast rattling off of the guarantees this app will ship. Day by day, you will get two free packs of official Pokemon playing cards in digital format, trying to seize the dopamine hit of opening a pack.
As somebody who grew up throughout Pokemania, the dopamine was helped by really holding the playing cards in my hand. Free playing cards might be sufficient, however you do not have to be a cynic to fret about the place microtransactions are going to slot in. What number of additional each day packs are we going to have the ability to purchase?
You may additionally have the ability to commerce playing cards, although this characteristic will not be obtainable at launch. We did not get any details about how this might work, simply that it exists. The one factor the neighborhood picked out concerning the buying and selling system was that the dude within the trailer traded a Pokemon card to a girl whereas seemingly on a date with a totally totally different lady. Undecided if he is a gamer, however he is undoubtedly a participant.
The battling system wasn’t expanded upon, both. I did not even discover it till I rewatched the trailer, with the one data being that they will streamline the gameplay for faster matches, which is smart.
The visible high quality of the playing cards was the most important focus of the trailer. The Pokemon Firm reassured us they’d be the identical customary as bodily playing cards, and can characteristic extras like little movies to immerse us additional. It is probably the most fascinating data I realized, to the purpose the place I really feel I might have been extra simply bought if this app was nothing however a digital card viewer containing each TCG card. Would not that be neat?
The buying and selling card recreation is very large, however that does not imply there will be an equal curiosity in its digital counterpart. Maybe, I am jaded and never fairly the demographic they’re aiming for, however for me, I noticed nothing of Pokemon Pocket that attracted my curiosity.
