Purchasing packs and collecting physical Pokemon cards has been an exciting and fun experience for fans since 1996 when they were first released in Japan.
In October 2024, Pokemon released Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket, which allows players to do the same thing but from their phone.
This week, the company unveiled the coming trading features for the game on X. Here is what you need to know.
What will the trading features be?
The trading feature of the Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket has been something fans have looked forward to since the release of the game. But this was not what they were expecting, according to GameRant.
The game’s official X announcement stated that trading will be available between friends but only with select cards from the Genetic Apex and Mythical Island booster packs.
When wanting to making trades, cards must also have the same rarity in order for them to be traded and players will have to use some amount of items in order to make trades.
The Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket team also announced that players will only be able to trade cards up to four diamond and one star rarity.
How do fans feel about these trade features?
Fans on both X and Instagram expressed that they were concerned that they wouldn’t be able to trade with all of their collected cards.
One comment on Instagram suggested that the company “implement a system where (players) can trade lots of copies of a lesser rare card in for a more rare one.”
An X user wrote that they also feel that “all cards should be allowed to be traded.”
With more concerns from fans, the Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket team responded by first thanking those that had commented and said that they are aware of their concerns.
According to GameRant, another concern from players is that “items needed for trading may be difficult to obtain or, worse, require microtransactions.”
When will trading be available?
Developers did not give an exact day of when trading will be available in the game but said that it will be released this month along with new booster packs.
More information will be coming from the company soon.