The original Pokemon TCG GameBoy title is now available on Nintendo Online, and I’ve never heard of something more underwhelming.
The 1998 digital version of the Pokémon Trading Card Game, which was originally on the Game Boy, is now joining the Nintendo Switch Online’s Game Boy library, but I can’t figure out why.
Announced in the August Pokemon Presents event, players will be able to download and play the original digital TCG game right now. In this title you travel around battling others with your set of cards in a bid to be the best. The in-game rules are effectively the same as the real-life version, however, players don’t draw when their opponents take mulligans at the start of each game.
It’s great to see more Game Boy titles coming to the Nintendo Switch as it could pave the way for the traditional Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver, and Crystal Pokémon games becoming playable. However, Pokémon TCG 1998 will never come anywhere close to replacing the physical game in my eyes.
