The Pokémon Trading Card Game Online Servers Have Now Permanently Shut Down

For everyone who enjoyed it! R.I.P

Never played it, but seeing it got me interested in collecting the cards so thank you for that!

Ah man. This one was so simple and so effective. I stopped playing a while ago, but I definitely had a time with this back in the Black/White and X/Y days. The new one looks so damn soulless with those stupid Mark Zuckerberg mega verse avatars and the stupid battle pass. This is Mark Zuckerberg’s meta verse avatar for comparison by the way:

I don’t understand how TCG Live isn’t on Switch yet. Nintendo is a strange company.

Man, I loved this game. It's a shame that TCG Live is such a major downgrade from it. I lost so many of my decks and cards when I migrated; I don't think any of them carried over actually, haha. RIP TCG Online

would like the Game Boy game on NSO.

@Uncle_Franklin : It's confirmed to be coming.

I'd rather be able to outright buy it though. I've probably poured some 50+ hours into the 3DS emulation.

Man it's a huge disappointment. Pokemon Live works so much worse than TCGO. I tried to play TCGO and the majority of my opponents were just waiting for me to forfeit as there was no move timer so opponents would just sit there doing nothing for like 10 minutes. That never happened on TCGO. Live is also just harder to use. Still recommend transferring your account in case it ever gets better.

I do not believe that the new one will be as good and friendly to the Player.

TCG Live is trash compared to this...

I honestly preferred Online to Live even though the former app wasn’t available on phones, Live has WAY too many problems in its current iteration (the biggest one being that everyone agrees on being phone battery drain that puts the Game Gear to shame, my personal one being the infuriating end match animations that make me want to do unspeakable things to penguins in front of TPCi’s HQ) to even consider taking it out of the global beta.

@kal_el_07241 Live (and Online too) is a TPCi-made app and they have a nasty tendency of not putting their housemade apps on Nintendo’s own consoles. But then again why would you need it on the Switch when most smartphones released in the past 2 years can run it?

@ScribbleDot If any of the cards you think are missing are Standard-legal (in this case it be Battle Styles-on) they’ll be displayed if you tap the card and then tap the “available” option underneath the card, the way they display cards can be a bit funky but they should be in there. If they’re not Standard-legal then you’ll have to mess around with the deck-building page’s filters and switch the format option from “Standard” to “all”.

@Azuris I thought so at first but the crafting system is actually pretty good and the Battle Pass often gives you 2-3 meta decks consisting of cards from the currently-released set (one free, another via the Premium option, and occasionally a third if one is needed), I just wish that it was easier to farm Credits outside of opening Celebrations packs (or any Scarlet & Violet-on set, the guaranteed holo helps a bit) when you have that set fully completed.

Transferring the username and old account over was incredibly easy, which I was not expecting. Turns out my aging laptop can’t handle the new game tho, so. 🤷🏻‍♂️

My expectations for anything TPC does with the trading card game are through the floor. We're never getting anything as cool as the two Game Boy RPGs again.

WARNING! Do NOT get the new TCG app! It's a huge battery drainer for your phone! The UI is bad as well. Not a fan of the Disney looking avatars either.

So sad. I really enjoyed this service back in the day.

@ZebZed
Holy crap they're here
😂 thanks man

@ScribbleDot No problem. TPCi doesn’t really mention that Live’s Expanded format is only SM-on and, as result of that, prevents you from viewing any BW-through-XY cards without enabling those options. They also don’t mention that you DO get some form of compensation for any excess cards you have when you transfer you Online account to Live.

@Vivianeat The avatars get an “eh” from me since they’re at least an upgrade from the Flash-made avatars that Online had. My only issue with ‘em are those infuriating end match animations, they border on showboating (something you CAN get reprimanded for in IRL sanctioned matches) and the end match phrases can be incredibly demeaning.

Pokemon Trading card game live really needs a better art design (not the Pokémon card art) and UI design. It just does not have that Pokemon feel to it.

Also Live does not feel like an upgrade compare to Online.

@IceEarthGuard It looks prettier and it's easier to get specific cards you want. Those are the only positives