Pokémon TCG Pocket has been an enormous success – like, a 100m downloads enormous success – so inevitably, there are now other, similar franchises that would like a piece of that action.
What other franchise like Pokémon are we talking about? No, not Palworld. (Don’t make things worse for yourselves, PocketPair.) We mean, Digimon, of course.
So, here’s Digimon Alysion – an upcoming free-to-play online card battler with a slightly odd name that publisher Bandai Namco likely hopes will get just a sniff of Pokémon’s success.
Footage of the game shows battles against an opponent where each player has a selection of Digimon, represented by cards, on the field. This is intercut with CGI sequences showing characters gesticulating, Pokémon Trainer-like, at the cards. It’s unclear if this is actual gameplay.
From my limited knowledge of Digimon, which is basically watching the anime 15 years ago, I recognised several creatures featured in that original generation of Digimon monsters. Nostalgia!
The trailer concludes with the message: “Project Start!” suggesting it still may be some time before Digimon Alysion actually arrives. When it does, its set to pop up on both the iPhone App Store and Google Play for Android.
Earlier this week, Pokémon TCG Pocket announced an overhaul of its much-criticised trading feature following fan backlash – though the changes won’t take effect for several months.