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Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, as the game name implies, has been advertised to have a Trading feature leading up to its release. As of the global release on October 30, 2024, this feature is currently disabled and marked as "Coming soon" in the Social Hub section of the game.
The game's trailers could potentially have shown some work-in-progress screens of the trading system, and we can speculate how it might work!
Potential Systems
This type of feature is something that digital card games generally shy away from as it is difficult to implement and balance, with issues such as:
- Players creating multiple accounts and taking advantage of the new account bonuses
- Players potentially selling cards for real money on a third party platform
While there is not much known about how this feature will work in its final form, it is expected to have restrictions in place without compromising its monetization system too much. Here are some potential limitations that we can think of:
- Cards can only be traded if they have the same rarity (shown as "gems" in the trailer).
- Players may only be able to trade cards from booster packs you bought with real or in-game money, and not from the free booster packs.
- Have a certain cooldown or stamina cost in place, similar to the Wonder Pick system.
- Only able to trade extra copies of cards.
- Only able to trade certain higher rarities of cards.
- Unlocks only after a certain playing time.
Conclusion
It will be exciting to see how this feature will be managed in Pokémon TCG Pocket. We'll have the full scoop once more is known!
