Pokémon TCG Pocket: Balancing Fun, Spending, and Strategy

The Pokémon TCG Pocket app is criticized for promoting gambling to children through its gacha game design, which encourages spending real money to gain in-game advantages. Unlike the free-to-play Pokémon TCG Live, TCG Pocket uses multiple in-game currencies and systems that push players towards microtransactions. Despite Pokémon's massive financial success, this approach is seen as an unnecessary and greedy move, potentially harming the franchise's reputation by exploiting young players.