Pokemon TCG Pocket Glitch Creates ‘MissingNo’ Digital Misprint

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Summary

  • A newly discovered Pokemon TCG Pocket glitch can affect cards during pack openings, resulting in misaligned card visuals reminiscent of the MissingNo glitch from Pokemon Red and Blue.
  • The glitch impacts card visuals temporarily during the pack opening sequence and doesn’t affect the cards in collections.

In the Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket, an unusual “MissingNo” glitch occurred, causing a player’s freshly obtained pack to appear as if it had a digital misprint. This anomaly does not affect the overall condition of the player’s Pokemon TCG Pocket cards, but it has gone unnoticed and undetected by any recent bug fixes or game updates.

Following its release on October 30, 2024, Pokemon TCG Pocket quickly soared as one of the year’s top mobile games with over 10 million downloads within just two days. The game’s strong post-launch traction was sustained by regular updates and special events in Pokemon TCG Pocket, ensuring players remained engaged in unwrapping fresh packs and constructing their decks. A trade function was added to Pokemon TCG Pocket, and although it faced some teething problems at launch, many gamers continued to return due to the game’s well-liked features and gameplay. However, while exploring new packs, players might stumble upon an issue that could perplex or alarm a few.

Reddit user mole_man1992 recently shared screenshots of a strange glitch they encountered with a newly opened pack in Pokemon TCG Pocket. Mole_man1992 called this glitched pack a “MissingNo,” which is a reference to one of the most famous glitches of all time from the original Pokemon Red and Blue games. Each card in the glitched pack experienced strange graphical errors, including misaligned artwork of the Pokemon and visual anomalies reminiscent of GPU artifacting. The glitch affected the player’s Poochyena and Manaphy cards, and one of the Pokemon TCG Pocket cards is unrecognizable due to graphical errors, which was jokingly labeled as a digital misprint by some fans in the Reddit thread.

Pokemon TCG Pocket Player Experiences a Strange Digital Misprint Glitch

  • The digital misprint glitch affects the visuals of the cards, similarly to Pokemon Red and Blue’s classic MissingNo glitch.
  • The glitch only happens during pack openings and doesn’t affect the cards in collections.

Luckily, it seems that this issue pertains solely to the appearance of cards during the pack opening animation. Mole_man1992 mentions that once the cards were moved into their collection, they returned to normal, implying that the problem is strictly visual and unlike the MissingNo glitch in the original Pokemon Red and Blue games. The MissingNo glitch in those games has the potential to corrupt save data and disrupt a player’s progression.

Pokemon Trading Card Game (TCG) Pocket players can rest assured that any glitch encountered won’t cause concern, as it seems the developers are working on a solution for this problem in an upcoming update. The team is expected to roll out new updates towards the end of this month, assuming recent leaks regarding Pokemon TCG Pocket are accurate. One such leak hints at a potential distribution event showcasing rare cards, with players receiving three packs from the Genetic Apex expansion: one featuring Pikachu, another with Charizard, and a third containing Mewtwo. This rumored event is slated to kick off on February 27 and continue until April 30.

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2025-02-15 05:46