Do you remember the Pokémon Go from a couple of years ago? Pokémon’s new mobile game has taken the world by storm with over 60 million downloads as the latest incarnation of the hit Nintendo-owned franchise. Since its launch on October 30, the Pokémon Trading Card Game has become an immediate hit, generating an estimated $180 million in revenue in just six weeks. Watch the Pokémon Trading Card Game video Virtual Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket is a virtual version of the collectible card game that has captivated schoolyards since the late 1990s.
Developed by The Pokemon Company, a Nintendo subsidiary, it combines opening “boosters” – the equivalent of sealed card packs -with collecting creatures and online battles. “Pokemon TCG Pocket is showing one of the strongest performances of any mobile game of all-time,” Sam Aune, an analyst at digital market intelligence firm Sensor Tower, told AFP . Developed by the Japanese games studio Creatures Inc.
, Pokemon TCG Pocket ranks second among mobile games measured by their first-month revenue, surpassed only by another Pokemon franchise title, Pokemon Go. ALSO READ: Lego Fornite sets makes its way to SA Global phenomenon The global phenomenon of 2016, Pokemon Go generated over $200 million in its first month and drove millions of players outdoors to hunt for virtual creatures which appeared on their mobile phone screens. As well as creating vast online revenues, the new surge in interest in Pikachu and his fellow c.
