Pokémon TCG Pocket quietly just got 10,000 times better

Earlier this week, Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket got a new update, which added the Lucario-focused Pulsing Aura booster pack to the card-collecting game. (And also Hole Bonsly.) It was a fairly routine refresh for a mobile game that hasn’t made many drastic changes since launching over a year ago. But for players who have been keeping up with it since day one, the update brings some very small, but very welcome changes: Multiple long-running pet peeves have been fixed in one go.

Though Pokémon TCG Pocket is a fairly compact mobile game that isn’t loaded with features, it has amassed a stack of minor inconveniences through its various updates. Logging in to open one of your daily booster packs can be weirdly time-consuming thanks to constant menu-management, some long animations, and other quality of life annoyances that have bugged fans since day one. The new update makes a few key changes that make play sessions a little less........

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