{"id":355824,"date":"2025-10-23T20:18:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T20:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2168354"},"modified":"2025-10-23T20:18:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T20:18:50","slug":"pokemon-trading-cards-are-coming-to-smartphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/pokemon-trading-cards-are-coming-to-smartphones\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon trading cards are coming to smartphones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/pokemon-trading-cards-are-coming-to-smartphones.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nThe Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game is getting an official free-to-play mobile app, TCG Live, which will let you play the venerable card game for the first time on smartphones.<\/p>\n<p>TCG Live will soft launch in Canada and then launch globally for PC and Mac later this year, with cross-platform play possible. <\/p>\n<p>This version of the TCG will let you build decks to take part in daily challenges and online battles against other players. But you won&#8217;t be able to trade cards with other players.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-09-20-pokemon-trading-cards-are-coming-to-smartphones\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-09-20-pokemon-trading-cards-are-coming-to-smartphones\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game is getting an official free-to-play mobile app, TCG Live, which will let you play the venerable card game for the first time on smartphones. TCG Live will soft launch in Canada and then launch globally for PC and Mac later this year, with cross-platform play possible. This version of the TCG will let you build decks to take part in daily challenges and online battles against other players. But you won&#8217;t be able to trade cards with other players. 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