Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket obtained its Space Time Smackdown growth yesterday, January 30, and gamers have expressed shock and heartbreak at one particular card’s paintings that depicts a very brutal scene for Pokémon.
The card in query is Weavile ex, and whereas this is available in three separate kinds, it is the two Star full artwork card that has followers in an uproar. In the paintings, beneath, a bunch of Weavile are hiding within the treetops with claws on the prepared, making ready to prey on an harmless Swinub.
“No Swinub,” search for! Look up!” reads a Reddit put up that includes the paintings with almost 10,000 upvotes. “Always bought to be one card per set that reveals Pokémon within the means of straight up killing one another,” one person replied. “Leave the lil man alone,” stated one other.
“The ecology of Pokémon is all the time so loopy to think about,” one other fan added. “Like these are nonetheless animals, some smarter than others. Just they’ve the flexibility to fireplace laser beams.”
Some are selecting to imagine the complete artwork card for Mamoswine, the ultimate evolution of Swinub, depicts a contented ending although, because it reveals the mammoth pocket monster wanting up whereas defending a handful of Swinub.
“Hey, Mamoswine protected his child. Don’t fear. He most positively noticed these Weaviles,” stated one determined fan. “The Mamoswine alt card already seems above. He noticed them. He noticed…” stated one other.
Space Time Smackdown arrived as a Pokémon Diamond and Pearl themed set bringing the likes of Weavile and Mamoswine alongside Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, and extra. It features a whole of 207 playing cards and is due to this fact considerably smaller than Genetic Apex’s 286. That being stated, 52 of those are the alternate artwork, Star and Crown rarity playing cards, and as Genetic Apex had 60 of those, there’s a larger proportion of uncommon items to gather.
Creatures Inc. nonetheless hasn’t commented on the controversial buying and selling replace which arrived the day earlier than, with its social media accounts and the sport itself solely actually specializing in Space Time Smackdown. It additionally failed to reply to IGN’s request for remark.
A “Trade Feature Celebration Gift” did arrive with 500 Trade Tokens and 120 Trade Hourglasses (the previous of which is sufficient to commerce a single ex Pokémon), however the developer has in any other case remained quiet on fan complaints.
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.