Pokémon TCG Pocket Update To Remove Trade Tokens Following Player Feedback – Nintendo Life
GuestGuestLogin | Sign UpNintendo LifeGuestLogin or Sign Up”More accessible and enjoyable”Earlier this year, Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket rolled out its trading feature and certain aspects didn’t exactly go down well with the playerbase.This feedback was taken on board, and the development team has now returned with information on how exactly this experience will be changed. Most notably, is the removal of trade tokens – with this update scheduled to be implemented by the “end of autumn 2025”.Trainers can also expect multiple other changes. Here’s the notice in full (via social media):Thank you for sharing your feedback on the trading feature in Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket. We’re continuing to read your comments and investigate ways to improve the feature.Today, we’d like to introduce the following updates to trading that will be implemented by the end of autumn 2025. With these changes, we hope that trading cards between players will be more accessible and enjoyable.- Trade tokens will be completely removed and players will no longer need to exchange cards to obtain the currency required for trading.- Instead, trading cards of three-diamond, four-diamond, and one-star rarity will now require shinedust.- When you open a booster pack, shinedust will be automatically earned if you obtain a card that is already registered in your Card Dex.- Currently, shinedust is also required to obtain flair, so we are looking into increasing the amount offered since it will also be needed for trading. Altogether, this change should allow you to trade more cards than you could before this update.- Trade tokens you currently own can be converted to shinedust when the item is removed from the game.- There are no changes in how one-diamond and two-diamond rarity cards are traded.- A feature will be added that allows you to share cards you’re interested in trading for via the in-game trading function.We hope that these changes will make trading cards more accessible and allow more players to enjoy making trades.In addition to the changes above, we are also looking into how to accommodate cards that are currently unavailable for trades, such as promo cards and two-star rarity cards. Keep an eye out for more information about this topic in the future.We look forward to hearing your feedback as updates are released and remain committed to developing the best possible Pokémon TCG Pocket experience.Thank you for being part of our community.You can see the original announcement about the update to trading in TCGP in our previous post here on Nintendo Life.”We have received a large number of comments”Jim used Reminisce!What are your thoughts about this change? How have you found trading so far? Let us know in the comments.About Liam DoolanLiam is a news writer and reviewer for Nintendo Life and Pure Xbox. He’s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of Mario and Master Chief.Comments 25“update scheduled to be implemented by the “end of autumn 2025”.”Sounds like they have their best people getting this done as soon as possible and totally aren’t milking the current system as long as possible.I was excited until seeing they exchanged one currency for another. I can’t feel too excited until we know how much shinedust a trade will cost now‘A feature will be added that allows you to share cards you’re interested in trading for via the in-game trading function’That’s all I was hoping for. Though the opportunity to get rid of this Shinedust hoard is welcome tooSeems like positive changes overall. I am wondering whether or not I’m going to regret my habit of buying every single flare I can, though.We also need the ability to make more binders, display boards and decks. Cut off the actual caps.Pokémon listening to it’s fanbase? That’s not allowed!I haven’t made a successful trade. Whole thing is pointless.Love to see it, one less currency by replacing it with a much more common one (and even more so if they do increase the amount offered in addition to getting some automatically when you get duplicates) will most certainly be for the best – bummer that it won’t happen until the end of autumn 2025 but still, better late than never!So they are removing trade tokens, but I just received 250 of them this morning from “The Development Team”
Not that I have ever traded as don’t really get itIt’s just a horrendous mess of currencies at this point. Gold bars, stop watches, gold hourglasses, purple hourglassess, blue hour glasses , hearts, blue tokens, green tokens, shinedust, tickets, premium tickets, event tickets, individualpack points for each set….I think it’s awkward to add roadblocks to trading when trading is such a central part of the….yeah know Pokemon “trading” card game.Kind of feels like it flies in the face of the initial spirit of the game.Why not just have a cool down timer that can be replenished, like with Wonder Picks or Packs? Swapping out one currency for another just seems stupid.Whenever I get trade requests I have no idea what they want to trade for, so something that tells me what card they want would be useful.Also it’d be good if you could exchange shinedust for pack points so you can get the rarer cards or other cards you’re missing.Thats autumn of the north hemisphere i presume…so September?@sikthvash They do have that too, I don’t think they’ll be removing the trade hourglassesHappy they are implementing the desired card feature. That was something that I’m pretty sure was in diamond and pearl DS back in 2007. Wild they needed player feedback to realize this.The whole trading system is broken beyond belief — you basically put out one of your cards, to one person, and hope beyond hope that they offer you one you haven’t got in return? I’d much prefer it if I could just jettison all my dozens of duplicates for the currency that lets you just purchase cards outright.Not bad but I ahead downloaded an app that does all of this and allows you to message people to work out trades. Welcome changes but I already adapted to the *****This is pretty good news. Granted, it depends on how much Shinedust is required for a trade, but I have a boatload of the stuff saved up since it’s currently a pretty useless currency, so hopefully shouldn’t be much of an issue.@Crecca which app is that?@Yoshi3 its called poketrade. Worked for me also@Franc001 thanks!@Yoshi3 poketrade. If you wanna trade lemme know.@Dizzard In the real life TCG you can’t farm a ton of free packs using multiple email addresses, and then trade the good stuff to yourself to build optimal decks.Trading wasn’t planned as the focus of this app, and I don’t think it should be.Here’s an idea: just let people trade whatever cards they want, and not be restricted by rarity. If I have two gold Mew ex cards, I should be allowed to trade one to a friend if they offer something good for it that I don’t already have. And it’s not like there’s any restriction for card trading irl anyway. Show CommentsLeave A CommentHold on there, you need to login to post a comment…Niantic Sells Pokémon GO And Entire Gaming Division For $3.5 BillionPikmin Bloom and Monster Hunter Now are also goingPokémon Scarlet & Violet: Mystery Gift Codes ListAll the current Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Mystery Gift codesNintendo & Pokémon Company Had An “Adversarial Relationship”, Say Former NOA Staffers”There was a little bit of salt”Splatoon 3 Version 9.3.0 Out Now, Here Are The Full Patch NotesThe first update of 2025Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters Land New Update As Series Passes 200 Million SalesHere are the full patch notesGame ProfileTitle:Pokémon Trading Card Game PocketSystem:Nintendo MobilePublisher:The Pokémon CompanyDeveloper:Creatures, DeNAGenre:Board Game, StrategyPlayers:1Release Date:AndroidiPhone/iOSSeries:PokemonAlso Known As:Pokémon TCG PocketReviews:Review: Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket (Mobile) – A Breezy, Beautiful Take On TCG, Gacha AsideGuide:Pokémon TCG Pocket: Tier List & Best Decks 16News Pokémon TCG Pocket Surpasses 100 Million Downloads 21Guide Pokémon Presents February 2025: Every Announcement, Full Livestream 79News How Would You Rate The Pokémon Presents Showcase For February 2025? 12News New Pokémon TCG Pocket Set ‘Triumphant Light’ Arrives Tomorrow 57Talking Point Our 2025 Pokémon Presents Predictions – What Are You Hoping For?Guide Pokémon Scarlet & Violet: Mystery Gift Codes ListNews Niantic Sells Pokémon GO And Entire Gaming Division For $3.5 BillionGuide Best Cheap Nintendo Switch GamesNews New 18+ LEGO Mario Kart Set Is A Better Build Than We ExpectedNews Chrono Trigger To Celebrate 30th Anniversary With “Various Projects…News Nintendo & Pokémon Company Had An “Adversarial Relationship&qu…News Star Fox Veteran’s New Game Is Channelling Serious Lylat EnergyGuide Best Nintendo Switch RPGsNews Splatoon 3 Version 9.3.0 Out Now, Here Are The Full Patch NotesNews Capcom Provides Update On Game Changes In ‘Fighting Collection 2’Popular Right NowShow More Join 1,511,103 people following Nintendo Life:© 2025 Hookshot Media, partner of IGN Entertainment | Hosted by 44 Bytes | AdChoices | Do Not Sell My Personal Information
