Yes, the one from your childhood. The Pokemon Trading Card Game has been playable online for a while now, but on iPad? That’s just diabolical. And yet, that’s exactly what’s happening.
An official iPad version of the Pokemon TCG has made an appearance at the Pokemon World Championships in Washington DC. It first surfaced in this tweet:
It looks like Pokémon TCGO is in works for the iPad! Should be a huge way to expand the game. #PlayPokemon pic.twitter.com/SPlx3QZaTC
— Josh Wittenkeller (@TheJWittz) August 15, 2014
A representative from The Pokemon Company has since confirmed to Polygon that it’s real, but they can’t offer a release date just yet.
Assuming it’s just like Pokemon Trading Card Game Online, this one has a good chance of being free, with players able to redeem codes on real cards to unlock them in the game.
It’s pretty crazy, given that The Pokemon Company has yet to release anything for iPad that could be considered a full game. Apps, sure, but nothing playable.
While it’s not a “real” Pokemon game — what with capturing and gym badges and endless adventures so long as really tough shrubs don’t get in your way — there’s still huge potential here. Games like Hearthstone are fantastic on iPad, scarily so if I think back to all the happy memories I don’t have because I instead spent that time playing Hearthstone on iPad.
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6 responses to “Pokémon Trading Card Game Coming To iPad”
Sweet! I’ve been playing the PC version. I hate having to sit at my PC to play card games.
I really hope it’s going to come to Android too.
*Old man voice*
Dear nintendo fans, I can’t believe how fast things move on the outside. I saw a pokemon game on the gameboy once when I was a kid, but now they’re appearing on these fickle iPads everywhere. Pokemon no longer a nintendo exclusive? The world went and got itself in a big damn hurry…