Pokémon TCG Pocket has been quite the roller coaster ride. It’s absolutely got its hooks in a lot of us at Kotaku, and we’re playing it every day. But at the same time, it’s unquestionably a predatory gacha game using a children’s IP. What a muddle. But there’s one thing that’s unambiguous: there’s a lot of room for improvement.
We’ve pulled together the most egregious issues that exist in the mobile card game today, most of which seem reasonably simple to address. Most—some are big demands, but given it’s already made $120 million, we reckon the resources are there.
