During the Pokémon Day 2024 Pokémon Presents livestream that was held on February 27, Nintendo made various new announcements regarding the franchise. This includes the reveal of Pokémon Legends Z-A, a new game planned for 2025, and Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket – a TCG mobile app scheduled to release this year. DeNa, one of the companies involved in the app’s development, was flooded with buyers as the stock market opened this morning, hitting its daily price limit (Source: GameBiz).

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket is an upcoming Pokémon card collecting app for the iOS and Android. The app allows you to collect and trade digital cards and engage in battles based on rules similar to the traditional Pokémon TCG battle system. It will include existing Pokémon cards as well as app-exclusive cards, and users will be able to enjoy 3D effects and “immersive cards.” The app will allow you to open two card packs a day for free, which likely means that it will include in-app purchases. Development is being led by The Pokémon Company, Creatures, and DeNa.

Graph of DeNa's stock value, as provided by Google

DeNa is a Japanese company that provides mobile and online services. It also owns Mobage, one of Japan’s most popular mobile game platforms. As reported by GameBiz, the morning after the Pokémon Presents announcement, DeNa was flooded by buyers as soon as the market opened and swiftly hit its daily price limit. It is believed that the announcement of the Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket had strong impact on the stock price, as there are high expectations for the game’s profits.

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket is planned to release in 2024 for iOS and Android devices.