One of the biggest differences between Pokemon TCG Live and Pokemon TCG Pocket comes down to the cards themselves. In Pokemon TCG Live, players can collect faithfully replicated cards from real-life existing Pokemon card sets.

Pokémon TCG Pocket just had its soft launch, revealing some Themed Collections and how to get them. Pokémon TCG players have been a bit concerned about the pull

For those who don't want to mess with all of that, you'll have to wait until later in October when the game gets its worldwide release. It's scheduled to launch on October 30th for the rest of the world barring any gradual rollout The Pokemon Company might have planned that'd bring the game to other regions a few at a time.

Because collecting (rather than battling) is what initially draws a lot of people to the physical card game, Creatures Inc. and game developer DeNa wanted that to be the game’s main selling point, particularly for folks who haven’t been tapped into the franchise for a while.