{"id":203543,"date":"2021-02-27T03:39:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-27T03:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/pokemon-trading-card-twitch-rise-popularity\/"},"modified":"2021-02-27T03:39:35","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T03:39:35","slug":"pokemon-trading-card-twitch-category-sees-3000-rise-game-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/02\/27\/pokemon-trading-card-twitch-category-sees-3000-rise-game-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"Pokemon Trading Card Twitch Category Sees 3000% Rise | Game Rant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As February marks Pokemon<\/strong><\/em>‘s 25th anniversary, and with the recent McDonald’s Happy Meal tie-in, there has been a clear increase in the franchise’s already popular presence.\u00a0 In fact, Twitch metrics show the Pokemon<\/em><\/a>\u00a0trading card category has seen an increase of over 3000% in monthly viewership.<\/p>\n

Twitch is home to some of the most popular video game streamers<\/a> around the world, and is largely considered the go-to place for fans and streamers alike to watch and discuss their favorite games. In previous years, card games were not a very popular category on the platform, but the Pokemon Trading Card Game<\/em> is quickly changing that.<\/p>\n

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The Pokemon TCG’s<\/em>\u00a03000%+ viewership increase on Twitch occurred from March 2020 to January 2021, and is now the second most popular Pokemon<\/em> category on the platform, behind Pokemon Sword<\/em> and Shield<\/em>. The category sees popular Twitch streamers like Islandgrown and FireDragon opening new and vintage packs of Pokemon<\/em> cards and reacting to the treasures or disappointments that are held within.\u00a0While rare Pokemon<\/em> cards can be insanely expensive<\/a>, vintage decks can cost a pretty penny as well, so the fun of the broadcasts often comes from seeing whether the streamer is rewarded or punished after\u00a0paying big bucks for\u00a0a vintage deck.<\/p>\n

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Still, it’s no surprise that Pokemon Sword<\/em> and Shield<\/em>\u00a0remains a more popular Twitch category than the trading card game. Pokemon Sword<\/em> and Shield<\/em> still receives frequent updates<\/a>, and are the most recent video games released in the Pokemon<\/em> universe. However, given Sword<\/em> and Shield<\/em>‘s relative recentness and frequent updates, it becomes all the more impressive that a 25 year old card game could rise to the 2nd most popular Pokemon<\/em> category so quickly.<\/p>\n

Of course,\u00a0Pokemon<\/em>\u00a0cards are still made today, and with the McDonald’s Happy Meal Pokemon<\/em> cards in high demand, the\u00a0Twitch broadcasts\u00a0don’t focus solely on the vintage decks. Many broadcasts see the streamers hoping for more modern Pokemon<\/em>\u00a0cards like last year’s\u00a0Zacian V card as well as working toward the goal of\u00a0obtaining all of the new McDonald’s Pokemon<\/em> cards<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The trading card game aside, there are a lot of things happening in the world of Pokemon<\/em> for the franchise’s 25th anniversary. A new Pokemon Snap<\/em> game is coming<\/a> later this year, and anniversary tie-in products from clothing lines to skateboards are planned. Fans who prefer the classic card game, however, need look no further than Twitch to celebrate the iconic\u00a0Pokemon <\/em><\/strong>series’\u00a025th anniversary.<\/p>\n

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