Good news! You can finally trade cards with friends in Pokémon TCG Pocket. Bad news! It sucks. It feels even more limited and backwards than when it was originally teased, and fans are in full revolt over the long-anticipated feature’s completely bungled rollout.

Pokémon TCG Pocket’s second expansion set, Space-Time Smackdown, is out now for all players of the game, and brings with it over 200 new cards. Space-Time Smackdown has more than twice the cards of the Mythical Island limited expansion before it,

The Pokémon Company probably sees the circuitousness of Pocket ’s trading system as a clever way to make the game stickier. But compared to other tactics like Pocket ’s regular events built around battling, it feels somewhat predatory and like something that doesn’t offer much value to players.

Prior to trading, make sure your Pokémon TCG Pocket app is updated to the latest version. Go to the Pokémon TCG Pocket store page on either the App Store on iOS devices or Google Play store on Android devices and update it. To trade, head over to the “Social Hub” tab and click on the unlocked “Trade” button.

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket has received its long awaited trading update today and, despite players slamming the mechanic upon developer Creatures Inc. revealing how it would work last week, it's somehow launched to an even worse reception.

Players are disgusted and hate how Pokemon TCG Pocket's trading works and are planing to quit the game for good.

Less than a day after its release, Pokemon TCG Pocket players are taking a drastic measure to protest against the trading system.

The Pokemon TCG Pocket subreddit is full of leaks right now, and while everyone seems pretty happy about the new cards, everyone is furious at the Pokemon TCG trading system, which doesn't let you trade the best Pokemon TCG Pocket cards.

Pokemon TCG Pocket is getting another expansion, and this one's the big one since it includes trading as well as Gen 4 critters — here's when you can start playing