Carl Williams writes, "Pokemon is a juggernaut in gaming. That is a fact. Pokemon is also one of the few franchises that has been able to cross multiple mediums such as movies, cartoons, toys, games, collectible card games, etc, without losing steam as it spread out. One area that Pokemon has not permeated is the mobile market, no I am not talking about hand held gaming like the Nintendo portables, I mean cell phone gaming (they are different folks). Now, as the Pokemon Company has decided to expand out to other platforms, probably realizing that mobile gaming is just too lucrative to ignore anymore, we get new games. One of those new games is Pokemon Shuffle Mobile and if you are either a Pokemon fan or a fan of Bejewelled style games you will be happy with this one."
It is a brave new world for the Pokemon series. Thanks to the prevalence of mobile devices and lowering of walls, all sorts of spin-offs are showing up in new spaces. Android and iOS devices are getting their own kinds of games involving our favorite pocket monsters. None of them are traditional Pokemon titles, but that doesn't mean they don't have value or should be ignored. In fact, people probably should be trying out and experiencing some of the ones immediately available now. (Especially while waiting for the DeNA Pokemon Masters game and the sleep-tracking Pokemon Sleep application.) But, which ones should people consider playing?
Michibiku's Jenni Lada writes, "Pokemon Shuffle is a thing. It isn’t a bad thing, in the world of exploitative, free-to-play puzzle games, but isn’t the best thing either. Rather, it’s a title that occupies a rather tenuous position. Compelling mechanics and collectible critters abound, but are caught up in framework that inhibits gameplay and capriciously doles out wins and new characters."
Micro-transactions aren't so harmless anymore. When games are based around player-baiting, that's bad news for the industry.
Mega glalie ii just one of those that you have to save coins for, but i find mega gengar and mewtwo harde.
Isn't the Jim Sterling term "Fee 2 Pay" instead of "Fee 2 Play?" Like, you bought a game for a fee in order to pay for microtransactions later?
