My question is why the fuck this isn't on Wii U?
It's not a Nintendo game, and to be honest, a lot of people would be appalled if they assumed it was by Nintendo, and then saw how far below the quality bar the game is compared to Nintendo's usual stuff:
"Oh god, where's the C&D letter from Nintendo on this blatant ripoff?"
It is a Nintendo game.
You'll notice that Nintendo's credited on the site.
Oh, it's indeed an eyesore. Plus it's nothing like the GBC game, right? I'm kind of de-hyping now.It's not a Nintendo game, and to be honest, a lot of people would be appalled if they assumed it was by Nintendo, and then saw how far below the quality bar the game is compared to Nintendo's usual stuff:
"Oh god, where's the C&D letter from Nintendo on this blatant ripoff?"
Not a bad idea to be honest. It's not a bad game by any means, just a pretty standard card game replication.
You can also get a free pack of cards in the game when you buy a real one so you can end up getting a bunch of different cards for your online deck.
I believe Nintendo 100% owns Pokemon and The Pokemon Company, although allows them to act fairly independently. They don't own Gamefreak, as far as I know. There haven't been any in years, but Gamefreak used to make Playstation games as well.
Oh, it's indeed an eyesore. Plus it's nothing like the GBC game, right? I'm kind of de-hyping now.
- Nintendo, Game Freak and Creatures Inc. are indepedent companies from each othe
- Pokemon Company is a three-way venture between the three companies, with majority control split between the three
- TPC is based in Japan, with an international branch covering RoW
Not sure what the exact split of TPC is, though. I believe it's 1/3 for each company. 4kids used to own some shares but they've obviously been absorbed into Nintendo by now.
But basically sure, Nintendo has a nice grip on the Pokemon franchise. They just don't have exclusive rights over where the franchise is taken. Essentially, they're primarily interested in the games and they live the rest to TPC.
Yup.
This comes up every time there's a new Pokemon app for iOS or Android. Nintendo doesn't control as much of Pokemon as people think.
In other words if Nintendo didn't want this to happen it wouldn't happen so I would assume it has their blessing.They own controlling stake of the other companies that co-own Pokemon with them. They essentially do own and control Pokemon, but they operate it under their subsidiary owners so it can participate in ventures that the Nintendo brand doesn't want to associate their name with.
They control, they just don't control it as if it's a Nintendo brand.
It's going to print money. Great move.
PC app has no IAP I believe. This is likely to be free. You get cards for free, but you have to play for hours just to do that, and that is over several days. To really get new cards, better and much easier to buy the real TCG packs at stores and use those coupons.It's going to print money. Great move.
This is going to spawn tons of misinformation on news sites.
Will it though? It's just a port of the PC app that has existed for few years now. Maybe for those unaware that Pokemon Company has been doing iOS apps and other apps.
I doubt it'll have IAP. They want you to buy actual physical booster packs which have online codes which you can redeem for virtual booster packs. An extra step I doubt most mobile users will take.
I'd rather play this than Hearthstone.
It's going to print money. Great move.
The only Pokemon TCG that matters.
But really, that is kinda huge and crazy
Best Gameboy game ever, you'll never see something like this released again. Fully intact TCG with deckbuilding, multiplayer, trading, a story mode, and no microtransactions? It's a small miracle it got made at all, and a sequel too!
In other words if Nintendo didn't want this to happen it wouldn't happen so I would assume it has their blessing.
I forget, was it GBC only? I don't own a GBC and it'd be cool playing this on my (soon to be bought) Game Boy Light.Best Gameboy game ever, you'll never see something like this released again. Fully intact TCG with deckbuilding, multiplayer, trading, a story mode, and no microtransactions? It's a small miracle it got made at all, and a sequel too!
Wasnt pretty much all the Yugioh GBA games and PS1 games like that? Going around dueling people, building your deck and all that?
This is Pokémon TCGO, so you're gonna have to buy real life physical cards to expand your collection. Or you can buy boosters with game coins, 5 cards for 200 coins and those coins are earned with playing it for countless hours. Buying RL cards way more easier than that.
An actual freemium pokemon rpg on IOS would be the end of all of Nintendo's financial problems.
An actual freemium pokemon rpg on IOS would be the end of all of Nintendo's financial problems.
They reference Nintendo's partial ownership of the franchise.
It's not developed by any of Nintendo's studios.
Did you play with well-made decks?We tried (the actual rules) we seriously tried, but the game bored the hell out of us, so we went back to just collecting them, which is how I came to that opinion.