I have never played the TCG despite having tons of the cards as a kid, so I learned how to play through this game. I wasn't all that impressed with it. I don't really understand the obsession with using coin flips for almost every move. It seems like the pace is often dictated by your opening hand. The outcome of a fight was either an easy win or quick loss, and most of the time it sided on the easy win. There was just one close fight I had near the end of the game that was pretty fun. The presentation was good, but no world to explore left it feeling like a small game compared to other pokemon games.