{"id":1017627,"date":"2026-01-12T10:31:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T10:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/?p=471690"},"modified":"2026-01-12T10:31:45","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T10:31:45","slug":"what-time-does-pokemon-tcg-pocket-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/what-time-does-pokemon-tcg-pocket-release\/","title":{"rendered":"What time does Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket release?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/what-time-does-pokemon-tcg-pocket-release.png\" \/><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><em>Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket<\/em> is The Pok\u00e9mon Company\u2019s latest foray into the mobile game scene, creating a new digital TCG format for players with a focus on collecting on iOS and Android. The game has been advertised relentlessly with gorgeous animations of ripping packs and getting app-exclusive cards, so fiends for the physical TCG will want to get in on this.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Despite the cute art and shiny animations counting down the last few days before launch, it\u2019s a little bit unclear what time <em>Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket<\/em> will actually be playable. Below we list what time the game should approximately go live in different times around the world.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-none\">What time does Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket launch in your time zone?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PokemonTCGP_JP\/status\/1851066434165653761\">Japanese X account<\/a> for the game notes that <strong>service will start on Wednesday, Oct. 30, at around noon<\/strong> <strong>JST<\/strong>, so going off of that, the game should launch at <em>around <\/em>these times globally:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oct. 29 at 8 p.m. PDT for the west coast of North America<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 29 at 11 p.m. EDT for the east coast of North America<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 30 at 3 a.m. GMT for the U.K.<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 30 at 4 a.m. CET for western Europe\/Paris<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 30 at 12 p.m. JST for Japan\/Tokyo<\/li>\n<li>Oct. 30 at 2 p.m. AET for Australia\/Sydney<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Of course, this is just an approximation, so the game may go up earlier or later than this. There has been no specific time the game will launch announced yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">This time is conflicting with the <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/pok%C3%A9mon-tcg-pocket\/id6479970832\">App Store<\/a>\u2019s release date of Oct. 31, but keep in mind that <a href=\"https:\/\/tcgpocket.pokemon.com\/en-us\/\">the official website<\/a> does list Oct. 30 as its launch date.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div>\n<div><iframe title=\"Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket | Gameplay Trailer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/16duP6ga_Q8?rel=0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-none\"><strong>Can you preload Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">As of writing this post (Oct. 29 at 12 p.m. EDT), you cannot preload the game before launch. The exception is, of course, for folks in New Zealand, who got to play the game a bit earlier than the rest of the world as part of some early tests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">You can pre-order the game and set it to automatically download to your devices when it becomes available, if you\u2019re very excited.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">We\u2019ll update this post when the game becomes available to download, though note that even if you can preload the game, you won\u2019t be able to actually play it until the server maintenance ends. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/pokemon-tcg-pocket-guides\/471690\/release-date-time-est-pst-bst\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket is The Pok\u00e9mon Company\u2019s latest foray into the mobile game scene, creating a new digital TCG format for players with a focus on collecting on iOS and Android. The game has been advertised relentlessly with gorgeous animations of ripping packs and getting app-exclusive cards, so fiends for the physical TCG will want to get in on this. Despite the cute art and shiny animations counting down the last few days before launch, it\u2019s a little bit unclear what time Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket will actually be playable. Below we list what time the game should approximately go live in different times around the world. What time does Pok\u00e9mon TCG Pocket launch in your time zone? 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