Pokemon TCG Pocket’s subsequent enlargement will take gamers to Pokemon Sun and Moon’s Alola area with its new Celestial Guardians set.
There will likely be greater than 200 new playing cards within the set for the free-to-play cellular sport, together with EX variations of Sun and Moon’s Legendary Pokemon mascots Sogaleo and Lunala. Sun and Moon starters–the grass owl Rowlet, the hearth cat Litten, and the water seal Popplio–are additionally being added as a part of the set.
In sync with its Alola area theme, Celestial Guardians may also be distinctive Alolan variations of playing cards like Meowth, Raichu, Vulpix, and Marowak for gamers to gather. Coach playing cards coming as a part of the set embody the introduction of Uncommon Sweet and the Torom Dex, in addition to Supporter playing cards for Sun and Moon’s Trial Captains Ilima, Lana, Kiawe, Acerola, Mallow, Sophocles, and Lillie.
Celestial Guardians will launch on April 29 at 11 PM PT / April 30 at 2 AM ET.
However that is not all that is new coming to Pokemon TCG Pocket. A half-year anniversary occasion will kick off on the identical time, with gamers in a position to earn new promo playing cards from solo battles that embody a full-art model of Rayquaza EX. Different goodies, like new cash and playmats, may also be accessible for the six-month anniversary celebration.
There’s been no scarcity of recent content material for the favored cellular model of the Pokemon card sport, which The Pokemon Firm introduced had reached 100 million downloads in February. Simply final month it launched its Shining Revelry enlargement, introducing Shiny Pokemon into the sport for the primary time.
In March, the sport’s builders, Creatures Inc. and DeNA, introduced it might be overhauling Pokemon TCG Pocket’s unpopular card-trade system only a few months after it was launched. Commerce tokens will likely be faraway from the sport by this fall, and gamers will as a substitute use Shinedust (presently used to improve playing cards visually) to commerce. The builders need to enhance the quantity of Shinedust gamers can earn with a view to accommodate its new position, and can moreover be updating the sport’s card-trading performance to make it simpler to share which playing cards gamers want to commerce for.