Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket Already Has a More Expensive Shop

Key Takeaways

• Pokemon TCG Pocket players disappointed with 50% price increase in new shop items.
• Players can acquire cards through boosters and Wonder Picks with daily limits.
• Community expresses dissatisfaction with new shop additions affecting card acquisition.

Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket players are unhappy to note the addition of a new, more expensive shop in the game. Originally announced during Pokemon Day 2024, Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket brings players iconic trading cards that can be collected for free. Trainers can also battle with friends or other players and test the power of their decks.

There are a few ways players can create a collection, such as crafting Pokemon TCG Pocket cards. The two easiest and most common ways to get more cards, however, are by opening boosters and the Wonder Pick. Every day, the game releases two boosters to open, one every 12 hours, while players have a limit of five stamina to perform Wonder Picks and get a random card. The possibility of opening boosters and grabbing a card via Wonder Pick is recharged with time. The process can be sped up by using Hourglasses, items available in different ways, one of which was not well received by the community.

Pokemon TCG Pocket has added Monthly Refreshed: Hourglasses, a new section of the in-game store that is charging more for players to get the item. As noted by Redditor Corgis-and-Cooking, the new store sells a pack of Hourglasses and a pack of Wonder Hourglasses for three Shop Tickets, a pack of six Hourglasses or six Wonder Hourglasses for 18 tickets each, with a limit of ten purchases for each. By comparison, the regular store sells the pack of Hourglasses and Wonder Hourglasses for 2 tickets each, and the 6x packs for 12 tickets each, all with the same ten-pack limit.

Pokemon TCG Pocket Adds New Monetization a Few Days After Launch

Regular Shop

• Hourglass Pack – 2 Shop Tickets (limit: 10 purchases)
• Hourglass Wonder Pack – 12 Shop Tickets (limit: 10 purchases)

Monthly Refreshed

• Hourglass Pack – 3 Shop Tickets (limit: 10 purchases)
• Hourglass Wonder Pack – 18 Shop Tickets (limit: 10 purchases)

The discovery of Monthly Refreshed has not gone down well with the community, who have taken to social media to express their feelings. The OP is torn about the impact this new shop could have on card acquisition in the long term, while the comments section showed the same concern about the addition. Meanwhile, while some Redditors argued that the Monthly Refreshed serves as an alternative for when Pokemon TCG Pocket players run out of hourglasses obtained for free or bought in the regular shop, since, as the name implies, it will recharge monthly.

Developed by DeNA, Pokemon TCG Pocket has been a success, having reached 10 million downloads in just 48 hours. But while the title is a massive hit, some players think the experience is a bit bare bones, with no real reason to stay engaged with the game. However, the developers have shown that they are attentive to community feedback, and have launched a new Wonder Pick event through which trainers can get special Meowth and Chansey cards.