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.

Pokémon TCG Pocket will add the ability to trade cards with other players at the start of 2025, the smash hit smartphone game's development team has confirmed. Before then, the game will also be refreshed with the launch of new booster packs due "by the end of the year".