![]() ![]() Screenshot: The Pokémon Company / Kotaku Play online against other real people The only way to put anything external into the game is with those QR code cards you find in every booster pack of Pokémon cards. Clearly The Pokémon Company could earn billions a year if it were possible to buy digital packs, or even specific cards, via the app, but very surprisingly they’re (so far) choosing not to. New booster packs of cards can be gained, new pre-built battle decks added, but all for in-game currency, earned by playing. Despite a gnawing certainty that installing it would lead me to spending even more money on this ridiculous hobby, I was astonished to discover it’s absolutely impossible. This is how you’ll learn that whoever goes first can’t attack on their first move, but can load up a Pokémon with energy.Īlso brilliant is that this app, somehow, will not take your money. The important things it will teach you, however, are where your cards go, when they go in those places, what order a game goes in, etc. Winning against an idiot is a great way to get a feel for things, even though it obviously won’t teach you to play well. They’re not good at the game, and you’ll likely see people online complaining about this - but it’s a good thing. Which is brilliant.įollow those tutorials. Which, as it happens, is a bunch of starter decks and some dumb-arse AI to play against, with a meticulous series of tutorials to follow. But once you’ve gotten over that, you can create or log in with a Pokémon account, and then begin exploring what’s on offer. The app can only run on a computer or tablet, yet not a phone, no matter the screen size. To really understand the game, you will eventually need to take things into the analogue world, but for starters let’s stay digital. While you absolutely will not learn the intricacies of the live game through the app, to have all the complexity taken away from you, and the myriad moves and shuffles automated, makes for a far easier entry point. Pokémon TCG is incredibly daunting at first, and only more so when trying to deal with coins, dice, VMAX markers, a creased up paper playmat, alongside an unwieldy towering pile of cardboard. I imagine there are some who would think it folly to start off with the app, rather than sitting down at a table with a starter deck and pile of counters. Screenshot: The Pokémon Company / Kotaku Download the Pokémon Trading Card Game Online app ![]()
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