is rounding out January with two days of treats for loyal players, including the rollout of trading features, and the arrival of a new “ ” expansion inspired by the and era. While we knew these features were arriving shortly, they’ve now been dated – so keen players can mark their calendars in anticipation of new goodies. First up, the previously-announced trading feature will arrive in on .
This will allow friends to trade cards of ♦1-4 and ★1 rarity using trade hourglasses and trade tokens. For now, only “certain cards” of the and expansions will be tradable, although more options will be added to the trading system in future. The new expansion is equally (if not more) exciting.
This will launch on , and invite players to collect brand new cards inspired by the Sinnoh region. We’ve seen a glimpse at some of the inclusions already, and they all look absolutely stunning – particularly the rarer full art cards. Which new Pokemon are coming to ? Players can expect to collect new Pokemon in this set, including Turtwig, Chimchar, and Piplup (the and starters), as well as legendary Pokemon, Dialga and Palkia.
We’ve also seen new cards featuring Darkrai, Pachirisu, Leafeon, Honchkrow, Cynthia (Trainer), Cresselia, Gible, and Lucario. The new set will add around 140 new cards to collect, so we anticipate of other Pokemon are also included. While this is an assumption, we believe many will hail from the Sinnoh region, given the set’s theme – so you can look .
