While trading is still a few months out, though, the Pokémon TCG Pocket team did say Wednesday that it plans to add new booster packs “by the end of the year,” but did not specify a date. Other “new features” are in development, too, which the company plans to announce more in the future.

It’s midnight. The room is pitch black. I gingerly creep into bed so as not to disturb the amorphous blob of children that may be residing somewhere near its center. I’m sleep-deprived but unable to turn my brain off.

The developers behind Pokémon TCG Pocket have teased some of the updates players can expect to receive in the coming months, including new booster packs and a trading feature.

There are seven difficult secret missions to complete in Pokémon TCG Pocket with their own rewards, so here's what cards you'll need to complete them.

Opening up a booster pack in the newly released mobile hit game Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket involves a few steps, including having to choose which pack to open. Does the pack you pick matter and influence what cards you get?

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket developer Creatures Inc. won't say if the content of booster packs actually changes depending on which one players choose on the pack carousel, but it almost certainly does not.

Pokémon TCG Pocket launched with over 200 cards to collect, battle, and build decks with, and pretty much every card in the game has a use in a deck. Some cards might not seem great at first glance, but they all have a place,