The Pokemon Company has announced Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket is adding a new “Space-Time Smackdown” expansion and more this month.
Here’s a rundown on the new expansion and feature, plus a trailer:
New Trade Feature
Releasing on Jan. 29, 2025, the new trade feature will allow players to trade their digital Pokémon cards with friends, broadening options for growing card collections in Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket. Players will need to use two new items, trade hourglasses and trade tokens, in order to trade cards with a rarity of ¨1-4 and ★1 with cards of the same rarity. Upon release of the new feature, players will be able to trade certain cards from the Genetic Apex and Mythical Island expansions, with plans currently in place to expand the lineup of tradeable cards in future updates.
New Space-Time Smackdown Expansion
Beginning Jan 30. 2025, players will be able to discover a variety of Pokémon from the Sinnoh region in Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket’s latest expansion, Space-Time Smackdown. The Space-Time Smackdown expansion includes two new digital booster packs featuring the Legendary Pokémon Dialga and Palkia. In addition, new and unique card illustrations will feature Pokémon new to Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket, including the fan-favourite Pokémon Lucario and the three first partner Pokémon from the Sinnoh region: Turtwig, Chimchar, and Piplup. Players around the world can collect new cards from the Space-Time Smackdown expansion by opening booster packs or by using the wonder pick feature.
Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket is now available for smartphones on both iOS (via the App Store) and Android (via the Google Play Store).