Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket launched worldwide earlier this week, and it's clear that the app has been quite the success, surpassing 10 million downloads in its first 48 hours (thanks, Serebii.net).
Of course, the 10 million figure should really come as no surprise — it's Pokémon and it's free, what's not to like? — but it's nice to see so many people get on board in its opening days.
The download figure was shared on Twitter by the official TCG Pocket Japanese account, wishing for people's continued enjoyment of the app :
For those wondering, it took just 19 days for Pokémon GO to hit 50 million downloads back in 2016, so while we'd expect TCG Pocket to see a pretty substantial download dropoff over the coming weeks, putting up 10 'milly' so fast is no mean feat.
In our Trading Card Game Pocket review, we praised the sheer joy of opening packs and collecting cards but felt that the battle system and intense monetisation let it down. You can find our full thoughts below and check out the app yourself for free before the recently teased Lapras EX event gets underway.
Have you picked up Pokémon TCG Pocket yet? What do you make of it so far? Let us know in the comments.
[source x.com, via serebii.net]
Comments 14
Pokémon still going strong.
It’s a great app for something that is free to play. I’ve been enjoying it so far!
I usually like when pokemon does something cool, but i'm still a bit bitter over the pal world lawsuit.
Still, I'm glad others can enjoy
And I am one of them. It's a lot of fun, I enjoy just opening the booster packs.
Unsurprising as mentioned also by the article but still, love to see it and so far I'm also enjoying it!
i quite enjoy the streamlined battle system, may use this in real life
I have always argued for YEARS that Nintendo should've made a Pokemon TCG sequel for the DS, 3DS or Switch. This proves I was correct that it would have been successful.
No wonder, it's great!
I’ve been trouble shooting but the app instantly closes everytime I try to open it.
I’m on the newest IOS I’ve rebooted my phone, the app, and redownloaded it multiple times.
Are there any other easy fixes to try?
@quinnyboy58 I agree, I don't think the streamlined battle system goes against it! The shorter, simpler battle structure is perfect for those lunch breaks where you just want to mess around on your phone for 10 minutes or less.
And you're right that it presents a fun way to play some quick battles in real life too! Now I just have to actually buy the real cards 😂
@JimNorman "Have you picked up Pokémon TCH Pocket yet? What do you make of it so far? Let us know in the comments."
Noticed a typo: TCH should be TCG.
Open two packs of 5 cards every day then... stare at them. Oh joy. The Gameboy Color game was way better than this.
Hmm I only collect them so I have never really thought about playing it all that much before. I think I’ll try it then.
Had some problems logging on but once I got there I had some fun playing but to me it got old real quick. Better timewaster than random Yt vids I guess so theres that.
No time to comments…battling.
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