Pokémon Shuffle Has Passed 6 Million Downloads on 3DS

Not bad. On a side note, Shuffle launched in February 2015, not February 2016.

@MitchVogel Didn't Pokemon Shuffle release in 2015? The article says 2016.

@Knuckles Good catch!

I don't play it on my 3DS much anymore, but this is one of my goto phone games.

I still play it

I very like Pokémon shuffle, I'm on it everyday, I've never put any money in it and I have pass every stage. The only default is you ALWAYS need to do the Meowth stage to farm the money. Pokémon I'm with you since the begining!!!

I really enjoyed the game, but the fact that I can't purchase anything permanent really killed it for me. I know that's the ftp model but that's exactly why I abhor the ftp model.

@MasterWario : Same. I've basically sworn off playing any more F2P games after this. And I'm ashamed to admit that I've spent a bit of money on Shuffle (and on the few occasions that I have, it has been during the "6 free jewels" promotion). I've been playing since day 1 and I intend to see it to the end. If I started any later, I would not have bothered at all as the game is not at all fair on new players.

If I spend anything on Pokémon Go, I'll only buy enough coins to expand my bag and Pokémon capacity. Those are the sorts of microtransactions that I don't necessarily mind, but paying for Pokéballs and other one-off items? Get outta here!

Downloaded it on my 3DS last week, cause of the Pokemon crze and its a fun little title. Also very good download numbers for the game, proves the name Pokemon prints money.

Thanks for the heads up, I don't play Shuffle as much as I used to (daily) but still try to log in once a week at least and catch the special stages. They've done a good job of bringing back the special stages so people who missed them can still "catch 'em all". I've stopped tackling the main stages at about 350, because they take items/resources/coins to S-rank or catch. Overall I like a lot of the improvements that theyve brought to the game.

There was a time when my wife and son also played the game like I did, and Sunday/Monday nights were an exciting time to see what new stages were added.

I did spend money on jewels during their Buy some get some sale, mostly to support the devs because I played the game so much and loved it.

This is expected, it's definitely better on 3DS.

I remember playing the crap outta this game when it first came out, then I started playing again a few months later. But then I realised the game's 2 big flaws: 1. The game's standout feature (catching Pokemon) is also it's biggest pay2win feature and 2. If you're a new player or if you've started playing again after a long break than it's incredibly hard to get to the level that everybody else is at.

@Igetin Well, you could play escalation stages to unlock more stuff, or farm Meowth for coins... Also, how? That sure does need some dedication and skill.

By the way, I'm playing it to this day almost every day, and the constant updates really help keeping it fresh.

Looks up from Go

Pokémon what, now?

Yeah, I enjoyed this for quite some hours actually, but the gatcha mechanics and gating system became too obvious. WAYYY too obvious.

It's the worst kind of bastardized game in the name of F2P.

Really glad I quit playing this. I was way too obsessed with it.

I just started playing this game again a week ago fun game.

How did Pokemon Radar sell? The original Pokemon Go.

I've noticed that complexity -1 seems to rarely, if ever be given away.

Play this at least a couple times per week since launch. It's the perfect time waster whilst sitting in a coffee shop for an afternoon. However, I do find the constant lure of the superior Puzzle & Dragons Z to be quite uncontrollable!

Best free-to-play game on e-shop right now. It's fair enough to allow you earn coins on meowth or other events without actually paying.

Mobile version is a problem though.

@dizzy_boy It's only needed in some really tough Mega stages (after 300), so maybe that's why.

@sillygostly This is exactly what I have done in Pokemon GO.

I paid so far only 5 bucks to expand my bag space to increase Item Space and Pokemon space and With remaining Points I bought an Egg Incubator.

I always have enough Pokeballs, potions and revives. Currently over 160 bokeballs, over 70 potions and over 60 revives lol. All free through visiting Pokestops regularly.
I hardly ever dip below the 150 pokeballs.

I still play this every day, and every time I have 5 hearts...

...I stopped playing this game a looooooooooooooooooong time ago.

Played it for well over a year and had quite a bit of fun with it. But ultimately it ran its course for me. I much prefer the payment setup that Pokemon Rumble World employs whereby there is a cap on how much you can spend and eventually you've purchased the game outright.
Nonetheless, cheers to new players and anyone still enjoying it!

Not a Pokemon fan and surprisingly I'm still playing this and Picross daily. Haven't spent a single cent on them.

My time with Shuffle has diminished a lot since they went crazy with updates. I had all levels S-Rank until they added like 100 new levels and I just lost a bit of interest. Still playing it though but at a very slow pace. I just wish they won't add more levels

And Meloetta?!..., ...
sigh...

Well, I have time that I don't play this, especially when I tried to Get Zyarde 100%, used many coins for set it more easy and nothing, I never defeat that Pokemon and still left catch it, since then, I rarely play this game, only waiting for Meloetta...

Playing Pokemon Picross daily and Pokemon Shuffle every 2.5 hours!

This game is fun when you start, but after a few months you realise that you need tons of coins (whether you buy them or get 500 freely every day) to be able to beat the stages. Then it's when it becomes a pay-to-win or wait-to-win game and when it stops being that fun.

412:30 hrs and still playing daily. The weekly updates keep me active to the point I'm only at stage 408. Guess I also have to blame coin farming for that too.

I only ever got 16:28hrs out of Pokemon Battle Trozei and I last play that 2/28/15. Guess I get more bang out of free to play then pay to play.