Decided to finally try the update after years of saying I would, and I must say it's very impressive. Whenever they originally announced this in a Pokemon Presents, I was confused as the original game already featured an adorable art style with a lot of content, but this is astonishing. There are literally thousands of new levels, hundreds of new Pokemon, new game mechanics, new costumes and upgrades, on top of all the original content still be accessible. While the gameplay is most similar to Disney's Tsum Tsum, if that's your thing there's hundreds upon hundreds of hours of content here. It's not particularly my thing, but I can still recognize a good (and free!) product when I see one. Well worth playing if you're into this type of puzzle game.
Es un juego muy muy basicote en su gameplay. La cantidad de microtransacciones es preocupante en un juego claramente orientado a un público infantil. Sí que es cierto que no es necesario pagar para avanzar, al menos durante una enorme cantidad de niveles. Los gráficos son muy agradables y el gameplay, pese a su simplicidad, es bastante entretenido para matar ratos libres.
It's a cute little game, with a great art style and decent enough puzzle mechanics, but the MTX are absolutely fucking insane:
Candy Crush style Stamina Meter
Free and Premium Battle Pass that both show on the same screen
"Deliveries" which basically amount to Loot Boxes that take 23 hours to open...you can also pay to open them faster
You can also pay 24 US Dollars to guarantee the loot box has a Pokemon in it...I have received rewards from what amounts to 28 deliveries and have not received a Pokemon...and some of the Pokemon you can get from deliveries are limited time offers
"Special" deals in the store that are limited to once per day
Premium currency that you can earn by playing the game OR purchase that allows you to increase the max level of your Pokemon, speed by the deliveries, etc. You can also use it to serve a "heaping helping", which gives you double the benefits for a puzzle, allowing you to unlock Pokemon faster.
To put the premium currency into perspective, you need 1000 acrons for a heaping helping, 3000 to speed up a delivery, and 1000 to unlock a Pokemon's ability to get to level 15. You get 80 for a 3 star puzzle. That is 13 to 38 puzzles to get these bonuses naturally.
Candy Crush style Stamina Meter
Free and Premium Battle Pass that both show on the same screen
"Deliveries" which basically amount to Loot Boxes that take 23 hours to open...you can also pay to open them faster
You can also pay 24 US Dollars to guarantee the loot box has a Pokemon in it...I have received rewards from what amounts to 28 deliveries and have not received a Pokemon...and some of the Pokemon you can get from deliveries are limited time offers
"Special" deals in the store that are limited to once per day
Premium currency that you can earn by playing the game OR purchase that allows you to increase the max level of your Pokemon, speed by the deliveries, etc. You can also use it to serve a "heaping helping", which gives you double the benefits for a puzzle, allowing you to unlock Pokemon faster.
To put the premium currency into perspective, you need 1000 acrons for a heaping helping, 3000 to speed up a delivery, and 1000 to unlock a Pokemon's ability to get to level 15. You get 80 for a 3 star puzzle. That is 13 to 38 puzzles to get these bonuses naturally.