Monday: Pokémon TCG Live + Pokémon UNITE - Cross Progression Details
20-09-2021 10:06 BST / 05:06 EDT by Serebii
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Edit @ 14:02: Pokémon TCG Live | Edit @ 18:58: Pokémon GO Promotion | Edit @ 21:00: Pokémon GO Fashion Week
In The Games Department
Pokémon Trading Card Game The Pokémon Company International have put out the first details for Pokémon Trading Card Game Live, a new app coming for mobile and PC that allows for you to play Pokémon TCG with players around the world.
It will come with a mobile soft launch in Canada and a global open beta for PC and Mac later this year. TCG live will be update with content frequently. Like with TCG Online, you can get more cards by using codes from products such as Booster Packs and more in real life
Your content from Pokémon Trading Card Game Online will carry over to Pokémon TCG Live on your first log in if you use the same Trainer Club account except for cards from the HeartGold & SoulSilver series. The game will allow for Lost Thunder onwards at launch with cards from earlier sets back to Black & White transferable but not playable until future updates. Players will be able to transfer up to four copies of a unique Pokémon TCG card
You can exchange up to 4 of any card for credits, these can then be used in exchange for single cards. The game will be free but you can unlock content and accessories by completing daily quests and more. There is a Battle Pass with daily quests, with new quests each day. Progress unlocks booster packs, cosmetics and more
There are three currencies in the game:
Coins - Earned through quests, leveling up and more. Can be used for avatar apparel & emotes and deckboxes & sleeves
Credits - Transfer up to 4 copies of a single card, 1 copy of an ACE SPEC or Prism Star, 1 copy of each part of a V-Union or 59 copies of Energy from your TCGO account. Additional copies converted into credits which are then redeemable for single cards. Credits are also achieved for hitting milestones
Crystals - Earned by competing quests, they can be used to buy booster packs, promo cards and special bundles for cards. Can also be used to upgrade the Battle Pass to the Premium Pass
Players will not be able to trade cards with other players in Trading Card Game Live
Unopened products will also be exchanged for Crystals when transferred from TCGO to TCG Live:
1 - 9 Items: 250 Crystals
10 - 24 Items: 550 Crystals
25 - 49 Items: 1125 Crystals
50 to 124 Items: 2350 Crystals
125+ Items: 6200 Crystals
Edit @ 14:16: We have added dozens of Pre-Release Screenshots to our new Pokémon TCG Live section
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In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
The Pokémon GO Fashion Week event is now rolling out in Asia Pacific regions. This event runs from 10:00 local time until 20:00 local time on September 28th and features increased spawns of Fashionable Pokémon including the introduction of Furfrou into the game alongside Form Change. It also introduces new Special Research tasks to the season's long Special Research and an additional Special Research to get Meloetta. We have all details of the event in our Fashion Week section
In The Games Department
Pokémon GO
Niantic are running a campaign on social media, specifically Twitter and Instagram for the best AR photo of a costumed Pokémon from September 21st 17:00 UTC through September 29th 03:00 UTC. From this, 100 winners will be selected who win Hoopa Bangles, 3 Premium Raid Passes, 3 Incubators and 30 Ultra Balls. Entrants must be 18 or older
In The Games Department
Pokémon UNITE
The Pokémon Company have put out some details on how to carry over data between the Nintendo Switch version and mobile version of Pokémon UNITE upon the mobile version's release on Wednedday.
When you start the mobile version, log in to the Nintendo Account or Pokémon Trainer Club that was linked when you started the Switch version. This will allow you to play between the two with no issues.
If you start playing one version before carrying over the save data, you will be unable to share save data and will need to uninstall and redownload to do so
If you start on mobile and then want to play on Switch, make sure the mobile version is linked to a Nintendo Account or Pokémon Trainer Club account. Then, log in using a Switch profile on that Nintendo account
