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Let’s Not Pretend: Pokémon TCG Pocket Is Promoting Gambling To Children
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The gacha game, based on the world’s biggest media franchise, could do the Pokémon Company irreparable reputational harm

There is a way to play the Pokémon TCG on your phone or tablet that is entirely free. Not “free-to-play,” but “free to leave it with your kid and not ever worry.” While it’s not the world’s best piece of software, Pokémon TCG Live is an application that lets you play the full-size, 60-card deck version of the trading card game for an unlimited amount of time and doesn’t feature a single way to pay money.

You’re then given all these Missions–small tasks to complete of an incidental nature, some triggered by competing in battles–that thrust more hourglasses upon you! You’ve now got over 150! That’s like 12 more packs to open! And woah, opening those packs triggered more missions and you’ve got another 40 hourglasses! Three more packs and a few hourglasses to spare! And don’t forget to Wonder Pick! That one-in-five chance of getting a card you half-want unlocks even more rewards right now! Oh, and...

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