Have you ever played the Pokemon card game? I played a bit of it once upon a time. Now I only remember that Lizardon was so sparkly.
ポケモンカードゲームってプレイしたことありますか？私はむかーしにちょっとやったことがあります。今となってはリザードンが凄いキラキラしてた記憶しかないけどね。
Now that card game has become a smartphone app. I don't think trading card games and smartphone apps are a bad match. It seems like collectible games have been popular since the days of mobile apps once upon a time.
そのカードゲームがスマホアプリになりました。トレーディングカードゲームとスマホアプリって相性悪くないと思うんだよね。むかしむかしのケータイアプリ時代からコレクション性のあるゲームが人気あったみたいだし。
This is such a story about Pokemon TCG Poket. I don't know if there is a demand for it, but if you are interested, please read it.
そんな Pokemon TCG Poket のお話です。需要があるかはわからないけど、興味があれば読んでください。
The Pokémon card game has been ported from a real card game to a smartphone app? The Pokémon card game has been changed boldly in the process of porting it from a real card game to a smartphone app.
そのポケモンカードゲームですが、リアルカードゲームからスマホアプリに移植？するにあたってなかなか大胆に変更してます。
Damage of weak attribute is changed from 2 times to +20.
・弱点属性のダメージが2倍から+20に変更。
Victory condition is 3 points after defeating the enemy, regardless of the side.
・勝利条件はサイド関係なし、敵を倒して3ポイント先取。
The number of decks was changed from 40 to 20.
・デッキ枚数が40枚から20枚に。
Double the damage from a weak attribute is too much of a quandary. Why is it still 2x for the original? The deck compatibility is too big.
弱点2倍はねーそりゃそうだよ。流石に2倍はないよーむしろ本家なんで2倍とかにしてるの。デッキ相性がめちゃくちゃおおきいじゃん。
It's like they changed the victory conditions for the smartphone app? It's easy to understand.
勝利条件はアプリ向けに変更って感じだね。わかりやすくていいね。
And what I find most interesting is that the deck is now 20 cards. This is pretty big. The number of decks is very important, you know? You can draw the cards you need or you can't draw the cards you don't need. Well, the number of cards with the same name has been reduced from 4 to 2, so is it the same?
You think so, don't you? It's not quite the same. In terms of deck compression theory, it is very different.
Well, this is just my personal opinion, so I'll skip that part.
で、私が一番面白いなーと思うのはデッキが20枚になったってコト。これはかなり大きい。デッキ枚数ってものすごい重要なんだよ？必要カードが引けるか引けないか。まぁ、同名カードが4枚から2枚に減ってるから同じような感じ？
って思うでしょー？結構違うんだよ？デッキ圧縮理論的にはめちゃくちゃ違う。
まぁ、あくまで個人的な考えなのでそこは省略。
Anyway, it seems that the game has been modified to be smooth and quick. That's right, you don't want to spend enough time battling. It's a smartphone.
とにかく、スムーズに短時間で勝負がつくように修正されているようだね。そりゃ、なん十分もバトルしてらんないよね。スマホだし。
Well, for now, let's see how the battle goes.
まーとりあえず、どんな感じかバトルの流れはというと。
The starting point is like this - you start with a Basic Pokémon. By the way, there is no mulligan. It seems that you can draw a Basic Pokémon.
開始時点はこんな感じーたねポケモンを出してから始めます。ちなみに、マリガンはありません。必ずたねポケモンが1体引けるようになってるらしい。
Then, you attach Energy to the Pokémon, use a Trainer Card, and finally, the Pokémon on the battlefield attacks to end your turn.
If you defeat an ex-Pokémon, you get +2 points, and a normal Pokémon gets +1 point.
そして、エネルギーをポケモンにつけ、トレーナカードを使って、最後にバトル場のポケモンが攻撃して自分のターンエンドって感じだね。
これを交互に繰り返して相手のポケモンを倒して3ポイント先取で勝利です。exポケモンを倒すと+2ポイント、通常ポケモンは+1ポイントね。
And the battle is going on, and the Marowak ex is trying to escape after getting hit by my Pikachu ex. I already beat one of them, so if I beat this one, I could win the battle!
そしてバトルも進み、私のピカチュウexの一撃を受けたガラガラexが逃げようとしています。既に1体倒しているからこいつを倒せば勝利できるのに！
In the end, I switched to a reserve Farfetch'd, and my Pikachu ex went down after being shivved by Farfetch'd's leek. 😱
Well, after that, Pikachu ex II blitzed him into a duck pot!
結局控えのカモネギに交代、カモネギのネギにシバかれて私のピカチュウexが倒れました。😱
まぁ、その後、ピカチュウex2世が電撃で鴨鍋にしてやったけどね！
And after that, here is the scene where the Marowak ex came forward again. The winning points are 2 for my opponent and 1 for me.
そしてその後、再度ガラガラexが前に出てきた場面がこちら。勝利ポイントは相手は2ポイント、私は1ポイントです。
From here, it's a coin game. The Marowak ex technique involves tossing two coins and dealing 80 damage times the number of coins that turn up. If both coins are heads, I lose.
ここからはコインの勝負。ガラガラexの技はコインを2枚投げて表が出た枚数x80ダメージを与えます。つまり、表が0~1枚なら私の勝利。2枚とも表なら私の負けですね。
The result was one coin face up! I win! 😍
And, well, this is how the game is played.
結果は表が1枚！わたしのかちー！😍
と、まぁこんな感じでバトルするゲームです。
This time we played PvP, but if you are not good at PvP, you can also battle against the computer. You can also collect cards through event quests, so you can enjoy just collecting cards from packs that are given to you every 12 hours without having to fight.
今回はPvPで対戦しましたけど、対戦が苦手な人はコンピュータ相手にバトルもできます。イベントのクエストなんかでカード集めたりもできるから無理に対戦せずに12巻ごとに貰えるパックでカード集めるだけでも楽しめます。
If you are interested, search for pokemontcgpocket in the app store. 😘
今後もいろいろイベントや新パックのの追加があるだろうし興味があればアプリストアで pokemontcgpocket を検索するよろし。😘
I've been trying the game recently myself - at first I thought I was really lucky to get a full art from each of the three booster packs (Charizard, Pikachu, Mewtwo) but then playing with a friend taught me how I still need to stack all the right cards just to get a deck with synergy that can use those well.
...And not get a poor hand early enough lol
Might see if I do a post of this game myself sooner or later, but for now, it's neat to see someone else talk about it here!
Luck to draw good cards is important. And the deck composition that increases that probability is even more important.
Thanks for reading.
😅 Haha, nice variation of the old Philipp K. Dick story, your title. Was that intended?
Yes, I got it from the title of that novel. I like that title because it is cool.
👍🏻 It is!
I got a Pikachu ex today. I haven't been battling so much though, just collecting free packs.
I think you will enjoy just collecting cards. I think you don't have to force yourself to battle.😉