Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket Pre-Registration is Live, Release Date Revealed

The Pokemon Company announced that Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket will be released on October 30, 2024, and also revealed that pre-registration for the title is now open. Many fans of Game Freak’s video game series also enjoy playing the franchise’s TCG, and players will soon be able to take the card game with them because Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket will release later this year.

Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket will be available on mobile devices and is currently accepting pre-registrations for those who want to start playing as soon as it releases. The announcement was made at the 2024 Pokemon World Championships that were recently held in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket will let players easily collect cards featuring their favorite pocket monsters. The game will feature expressions and visual effects for various cards that can only be done in a digital medium. Players will be given two free booster packs everyday, which will help them bolster their collection. Gamers will come across Pokemon cards with artwork that they know and love, as well as art that will be exclusive to Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket, giving players an incentive to jump in and build their collections when the game releases on October 30, 2024.

Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket Release Date

The Pokemon Company also announced a new set for the Pokemon TCG at the 2024 Pokemon World Championships. Entitled Paradise Dragona, four cards from the upcoming set were revealed, featuring the Pokemon Latios, Latias, Exeggcute, and Alolan Exeggutor. Latias and Alolan Exeggutor will be ex cards, while the Latios and Latias cards will feature connecting artwork that together form a bigger picture. Paradise Dragona will also include other popular Dragon-Type Pokemon such as Flygon, Duraludon, and many more. The set will release in Japan on September 13, while the English cards will most likely be included in the Surging Sparks set that releases in November.

Some controversy was seen at the 2024 Pokemon World Championships. During the TCG section of the event, a competitor was caught cheating after a video of them playing went viral. The player, named Carlos Eduardo Ruiz, is seen taking a card from his discard pile and placing it on his lap before adding it to his hand. While Ruiz was disqualified, fans are calling for him to receive a ban from future Pokemon TCG tournaments. Ironically, Ruiz was using a mat given to “Pokemon Professors” as part of a program by The Pokemon Company to help ensure fair play and adherence to the rules of the game. A Mexican gaming organization associated with Ruiz has severed ties with the player following the incident.

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Original Release Date

October 20, 1996