Exclusive Pokémon TCG Pocket HANDS-ON Preview! I've Played it! I have Answers! (Pokémon TCG News)

Last week the lovely folks at Pokemon invited me to their London office to play Pokémon TCG Pocket and I got a lot of the answers we've been waiting for! Come see!

in classic gacha game fashion there are SO many currencies to juggle

[alexandergomez]

I've seen like 5 videos of ppl who got to play this game for 1 and half hours and they didn't give NEARLY as much information as you found in 30 mins. On top of that your video is way more organized. Thanks so much, great job!

[jamesg.]

Can I just say that not having the opponent take ten minute turns and winning using two ohko moves is going to be wonderful?

[Zwazzeh]

Whenever wossy says he doesn’t have insider information, he has insider information

[naturalharmoniagropius]

That 10-card hand Limit is the one I would love to see in an actual TCG format.

[loganthorne]

That’s for the info! Do you get your choice of energy for the one energy per turn or can you only run one type?

[tcgbuyersclub]

Sounds pretty great! I’m a bit concerned with the lack of abilities on more Pokemon, which feels like it will make gameplay too simple, but I’m sure they’ve got it all figured out!

Thanks for the detailed introduction Wossy 🙇‍♂️

[rahulgoel]

Did you encounter anything related to trading given there was something related to that in the trailer?

[SmileySadFaceHD]

Interesting to see that this will work as a faster and less complicated alternate format as Duel Links did for Yugioh.

I wonder where do they plan to take it and how they handle the inevitable powercreep seeing they are trying to keep things relatively simple.
I have hopes for how they will handle it it since the collecting seems to be the main point of the game, and as such power is not as big a requirement for selling new sets.

Lets hope it does not turn into an unplayable mess without paying as Pokemon Go did.

[robertcrist]

The parts of gameplay you mentioned, evolving pretty quickly/frequently and chipping away during battle resonate with me personally and make me think of original base TCG. You had some time to level up because chipping away is all you could do with energy removal getting played a lot and damage was very relative. I'm getting lured into TCG Pocket more and more. Never have and never will spend real money on an app so I'll get behind like the majority and see all the special art cards kicking my butt. Introduce a print on demand system like Altered is claiming they will do, then I'll spend some real money to get real cards and then play Pocket irl.

[HC]

Thanks for the updates Wossy!! Day 1 gamer coming up!!

[robertcrist]

It would be nice for the pack opening animation to be, swipe left to right/right to left to turn the pack over, swipe from top down to open the pack, because that is how we all do it in real life. Who cuts the top of the pack open like they have it animated in the game currently?

[robertcrist]

When you deconstruct a card, do you get more shinedust for an Ex than you would for a single diamond card?
The image for shinedust on the Bulbasaur cards had a diamond pattern and then a leaf pattern, does the leaf pattern require more shinedust as in it's another option to pick over the diamond, and/or after adding so much shinedust to a card it will have the diamond pattern and then "evolve" into the leaf pattern? Also, will fire types, water types, rock types, all have thier own shinedust special pattern?
If you deconstruct a card with shinedust, do you get shinedust equal to the cards basic rarity cost, plus and shinedust on it?

[michaelappleby]

I reminds me of yu-gi-oh duel links, a smaller version of the real game with in game purchases. This is going to be so good. I just hope there’s also a in game currency earned by playing the game and doing objectives to get more packs without putting anything on the game

[NamelessGamingNG]

Will be allot of fun hopping between this and Marvel Snap

[Kdash]

Probably a bit late to be included now, but i'd have really enjoyed it if they had taken this opportunity to expand the typings to include all the additional ones, like ice and bug etc.

[ndroidG]

What a gift to humanity and superb use of the Pokemon license...

[TrentonBlessWrestlemania]

This is so interesting. I’m looking forward to getting hands on with this game once it’s released.

[professorstewart]

Looks like a fun game for both playing and collecting. Looking forward to it.

[KDTA]

Great video! I have a couple of questions

1. I've read somewhere that there isn't going to be random online battles, just local battles? Is that true? If there is online, is there any indication of a Ranked Ladder in the game?

2. Can you use the crafting system to craft 3* immersive cards?

3. Did they show the pack odds for each card rarity?