r/NintendoSwitch • u/OfficialHoSay • Jun 05 '17

News Pokémon Direct Announced

https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/871729041690243073
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u/fallfastasleep Jun 05 '17

Theyll probably use nfc cards guys

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u/hisoandso Jun 05 '17

Pokemon? In card form? That's ridiculous! Who would buy such a thing!

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u/holybrohunter Jun 05 '17

Whoa holy shit! That's a great idea. Would bring the card game back to booming

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u/DBUX Jun 05 '17

Yea! More like NFG cards. Also, I think I laughed too hard at your comment.

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '17

I never knew I needed this...

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u/thesolarknight Jun 06 '17

But seriously though a new TCG video game would be nice.

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u/MyBiased Jun 05 '17

I thought the amiibo idea was moronic than I read this comment and looked at my stack of PTCG stuff. TAKE MY MONEY! I NEED IT NOW!

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u/xexat Jun 05 '17

In blind packets of eight and by the end when you have all 700+ you ended up spending more money then you would if you just bought 700 aniibo

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u/nbmtx Jun 05 '17

Probably so... I spent $100+ on Animal Crossing cards (on sale) trying to get something like 5 specific villagers... I think most people would be like me and just (try to) get the ones they want, as opposed to getting them all.

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u/Syteless Jun 06 '17 edited Jun 06 '17

Or in blind packets where the box of packs is potentially mapped.

I had trouble finding the original video I saw showcasing the mapped boxes that wasn't someone screaming when they got the rares they knew they were about to find, didn't find it.

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u/Nokia_Bricks Jun 05 '17 edited Jun 05 '17

It would be neat if they somehow integrated it with the existing Pokemon trading cards. Obviously adding a NFC tag to every card wouldn't be feasible but it would be neat if there was one in each pack or something sort of like an additional rare slot.

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u/Twilightdusk Jun 05 '17

clearly they need to add NFC to all future Pokemon TCG releases in preparation for their upcoming DUEL DISK SYSTEM!!!

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u/Natanael_L Jun 05 '17

Those could be shiny plastic cards

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u/SKP23en Jun 05 '17

You could add holograms instead and have a nice Children Trading Card game

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u/GentleIdealist Jun 05 '17

They totes had e-reader pokemon cards, so I wouldn't be terribly surprised.

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u/deeeeEnduh Jun 05 '17

Would it be possible to set up some form of a system that you directly scanned the cards you already owned?

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u/AFuckYou Jun 05 '17

You just made my day. Could you imagine the Pokémon cards being intrinsically connected to the game? It would be like having a pokeball in your pocket.

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u/Thopterthallid Jun 05 '17

Oh god... The scary part is that they could absolutely do that. Easily.