Games

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket

I've never been that fussed about Pokémon. When I got my first GameBoy (it was a Color, if I remember correctly) back in the '90s, I did have one of whichever iteration of the game was then-current, but I didn't play it a huge amount in the end. I mean, the fact I can't even remember which game it was tells you something. But now my nephew is the right age to be really into it, so when I saw this app was coming out today, I thought I'd give it a go.

It's based around opening packs to collect cards (all digitally), which after a couple of levels you can use to build decks and battle (a slightly simplified version of the real card game's rules, I believe). I ended up spending all morning on it, and then some time in the afternoon too. Oh dear... I mean, that's probably a good sign to the developers and the Pokémon company, but not so much for my free time.