DeNA Developing “Pokemon TCG Pocket” Under Rebranded Pokemon Subsidiary with 50 Million Yen Capital
- Thread starter Water Pokémon Master
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That is definitely not enough to develop a game, but what the announcement is referring to is a subsidiary. It is worded extremely vaguely, might as well be some kind of tax thing.
I'm honestly more interested in tcg Pocket than I have been in any tcg thing since the start of gen 7.
This game may be okay for super casual players and newcomers, but anyone with higher experience might want to just play TCG Live
I want to know more about that Moltres ex.
It's not a real card. TCG Pocket only.
I'd really rather have a retro set every year that isn't tournament legal than this.
Agreed. A lot of the art I've seen from TCG Pocket is actually really interesting
I am very excited for this game, but I’m kind of angry about the actual gameplay, based on the trailer. Also, I hope you’ll be able to create fantasy decks. Technically you could do that in TCG Live, but all you could do is play against an ai, which is not what I want. The only way to really test out a new deck is to get the cards individually. Hopefully it’ll change. Especially with this “Energy zone”
Not too interested in this app. I understand the intent, but it does make me wish that they would put more resources into the actual TCG’s online service before creating a pipeline for casuals
In a previous article, Water Pokémon Master explained that PTCGL was developed by The Pokémon Company International, over in America, while this game is developed by Creatures (and DeNA), over in Japan (https://www.pokebeach.com/2024/02/h...sher-in-a-massive-new-era-for-the-pokemon-tcg, Second-to-last sentence). This is significant for a few reasons. First, this game will be available in countries where PTCGL isn't. Second, and on a related note, Creatures never collaborated with The Pokémon Company International to bring even the previous client (Pokémon TCG Online) to Japan (or other Eastern markets), much less PTCGL, so Creatures have decided (For reasons I don't know) they didn't need to invest in an online Pokémon TCG client in their home court. The fact that they are now taking the initiative to develop this new game shows they wished to tap into a different market if they took the game online. Third, in one of his podcast videos, Water Pokémon Master theorized that TPCi rushed the development of PTCGL to cement their share of the casual online gamer market before Pocket came along.
