Lightseekers Brings Interactive Trading Card Gameplay To Switch Next Month

I wanna get back into trading cards, but at the same time...I don't really want to start collecting physical cards again...

Surprised nintendo hasn't done this with Pokémon Cards (yet).

@redd214
They did. It was on PC and Mobile.

I thought this was more news on that NFC card game for a second and was interested. I read "launched on mobile devices" and instanty lost intrest.

Edit: Misread the article. I'm kind of interested again, but the fact it's on mobile too kind of rubs me the wrong way.

@MysticGengar so a game where you can scan your cards and they add to you digital collection? Must've missed that one.

@redd214
Oops. Must've misread. I thought it didn't say anything about physicsl cards. Although, I do think I remember seeing an ad for a yu-gi-oh game for wii that worked like that.

@MysticGengar no worries just seems like a great idea for them to mix the cards with an actual game much like this one appears to. My kids would love it!

@redd214
Same. I have so many cards it fills up more than an entire plastic bin of them at home. Although, you do get codes in Pokémon packs you can enter on the PC version to get a pack for the game, but it's different than the physical pack.

@Sanya_Claus well I guess your in a hard place then.

Isn't this based off the failed tablet game with toys like Skylanders?

@edgedino Well I mean, Pokemon allows you to collect digital cards without paying in their free game. lol

I stopped playing that because it felt like people were cheating online though, having like, 3 of the same super rare EX Mega cards or something and then sending them all out immediately. lol

If I wanted to get back into a digital card game that requires physical collecting, I would get back into Pokemon's TCG online. But the requirement to buy physical packs and redeem codes (or to go through inconsistent 3rd party sources) is so tedious and expensive that it killed one of my favorite games for me.

I am not getting into some generic looking card game with the same problem.

Blizzard got it right with their system in Hearthstone. For HALF the price of one booster box of Pokemon cards, just buying the pre-order of an expansion, I get all the commons and rares, a good chunk of the epics and a few legendary cards. With in-game earned currencies, I usually get the rest.

In Pokemon, at least when I still played, 1 booster box would get you about 2-3 of the highest rarity cards. For twice the price. And most competitive decks would require 8-12 of the highest rarity cards. (EX, Level X, Prime, whatever term they currently are using).

I don't know how the prices work in this game, but I will probably just stick with Hearthstone.

Also I know Pokemon allows you to obtain some cards online through free means. But you will be grinding for literally weeks to get enough to build anything resembling a competitive deck. And at least while I played, cards that you earned as freebies were un-tradable! Which is BS of the tallest order.

@Sanya_Claus well card game wise there is a new 1 called keyforge that you don't actually collect since each deck made is completely unique unless your aiming to collect.

@edgedino Eh, I like the collecting part of it, it's just that physical cards...I have no real use for them. I really don't want to go buy some and then immediately throw them away after putting them into the game.

With this & Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission on the Switch, I wonder how long it'll be before we start seeing card battle games from Pokemon & Yu-Gi-Oh show up. I've never been into card battle games or TCG's, but I do remember playing a demo of a Yu-Gi-Oh card battle game a couple of decades ago on my Acer Aspire PC and I remember thinking it was kinda fun.

I’m currently engrossed in playing Magic Arena on PC. It has its issues but I’m still enjoying it. I’d love to see it on Switch.

@Sanya_Claus hmm ya that's true and it would be a pain.

Trust in the Heart of the Cards!

Oh hey, there's a name I haven't heard in a while. Lightseekers was/is a game for your phone that was about toys-to-life, now they are doing cards, neat.

I’ll hold off for Magic The Gathering ARENA. ...If it ever makes it onto the Switch.

@redd214 They have in Pokemon card game online. This biggest wonder is why it's nevert been bought to an actual Nintendo console..ever.

I play this game currently. The digital game can be played with or without physical cards. Many people don't own physical cards and are able to complete matches and earn crafting material to make cards and just grind it out to do what they want. I personally own physical cards scanned into the game. The game has weekly challenges, casual play with other players and ranked play. There is a practice mode where you can play the computer and still level up and earn chests for more cards and avatars, playmats, and card backs. They are also going to eventually add a format where you can select one of your own decks for the computer to play against yourself.

There is physical play too and many shops playing weekly OP with prize kits for unique promo cards and playmats.

Never heard of Lightseekers until I saw it on the eshop. Decided to give it a try and downloaded it couple days ago. There was a special sale going for a limited time where you could purchase 10 packs for 200 crystals. Normally, it would have cost me $2 for 100 crystals but if it is your first time buying, you got 200 crystals instead. Got some great cards from the 10 packs I purchased and opened. Been playing a game or 2 a day and win or lose, you get xp for the deck you are using. There are also quests where if you fulfill the conditions, you get gold, crystals, packs, or treasure chests. In other words, the grinding is not bad and you get packs and treasure chest relatively fast.