Pokémon TCG Pocket Passes 30 Million Downloads in 9 Days

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket has surpassed 30 million downloads in the nine days it's been available, developer Creatures Inc. has announced.

Word of the milestone came via the Pokémon TCG Pocket X/Twitter, where the development team thanks players for their support. "Thirty million?! How many packs have been opened, then?," it asked. "On behalf of everyone working on the game and me, thank you for all your support! Seriously."

Pokémon TCG Pocket arrived October 30 as a streamlined, digital version of the beloved trading card game. It has players opening packs, collecting cards, building decks, and battling others; a simple formula that immediately proved popular given it made $12 million in four days.

Creatures Inc. is keeping busy since launch as it has already added three events to the game: one focused on collecting, one focused on solo battles, and one focuses on player versus player battles.

The first offers players a free Wonder Pick with the chance of pulling either a Meowth or Chansey alongside event tickets and Wonder Hourglasses, with its second part also released today and runs until November 15.

Next, the solo battle event let players take on a handful of water themed decks for the chance of winning new promo cards including Lapras ex. And a PVP event was later added too, putting badges on the line in true Pokémon fashion.

As you'd expect, players are looking to take the best decks into these events, and Mewtwo and Charizard are naturally dominating so far. One outlier comes via Misty though, whose heads or tails effect is driving many up the wall.

On the collecting front, some players are focused on a conspiracy theory about crinkled corners while most are swooning over mythical god packs that award five alternate art cards in one go. There's also a secret Mew card hidden in the game that's not super difficult to get.

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He'll talk about The Witcher all day.