How Much Does It Really Cost To Complete Pokémon TCG's First Set?
How Much Does It Really Cost To Complete Pokémon TCG's First Set?
"It was worth it to me,"said Weens4Life. But he added: "For future packs I will only be collecting the base set though."Nintendo ADR's (OTC:NTDOY) Pokémon TCG Pocket, a mobile game that combines the collectible card game experience with a free-to-play model, has made waves with its pricing structure.
任天堂ADR（场外交易代码：NTDOY）的Pokémon TCG Pocket是一款将收藏卡牌游戏体验与免费游戏模式相结合的手机游戏，其定价结构引起了轰动。
Gamer and Reddit user Weens4Life has shared how they spent $1,500 to complete the Genetic Apex set—a task that involved opening 1,741 booster packs to obtain all the cards, according to IGN.
据IGN称，玩家和Reddit用户Weens4Life分享了他们如何花费1,500美元完成Genetic Apex套装——该任务涉及打开1741包补充包以获得所有卡牌。
The set, which contains 286 cards, includes 226 base cards and 60 alternate art "secret" cards that are much harder to get. While completing the base set of 226 cards cost about $200, collecting the alternate art cards was far more expensive. Weens4Life spent between $500 and $700 just to collect the final three alternate art cards.
该套装包含 286 张卡牌，包括 226 张基础卡和 60 张更难获得的备用艺术 “秘密” 卡牌。虽然完成226张基础卡牌的费用约为200美元，但收集备用艺术卡的费用要高得多。Weens4Life花了500至700美元来收集最后三张备用艺术卡。
"It was worth it to me,"said Weens4Life. But he added: "For future packs I will only be collecting the base set though."
Weens4Life说：“这对我来说是值得的。”但他补充说：“但是对于将来的包，我只会收集基础套装。”
The Free-To-Play Grind
免费试玩
While the game is free to play, the rewards are not easy to come by. In the beginning, players receive many booster packs, but the amount drops off quickly. Eventually, players can only earn two packs per day during lulls between events. For players who want to progress faster, spending money is almost necessary.
虽然游戏是免费的，但奖励并不容易获得。一开始，玩家会收到许多补充包，但数量很快就会下降。最终，在活动间歇期间，玩家每天只能获得两包。对于想要更快进步的玩家来说，花钱几乎是必要的。
Weens4Life used the Wonder Pick feature to get more cards, but this method offers only a 20% chance to pull a desired card, making it an unreliable choice.
Weens4Life使用Wonder Pick功能来获得更多卡牌，但是这种方法仅提供20％的机会抽出所需卡牌，因此它是一个不可靠的选择。
They ended up opening 8,582 packs, which included 129 Slowpoke cards and nine rare Mewtwo cards. Despite the large number of packs, they never pulled a "god pack," a rare event where players get a full set of the most coveted cards in one go.
他们最终打开了 8,582 包，其中包括 129 张 Slowpoke 卡牌和九张稀有的 Mewtwo 卡牌。尽管有大量的卡包，但他们从未抽出 “神包”，这是一种罕见的活动，玩家可以一次性获得一整套最令人垂涎的卡牌。
Future Sets And Continuous Content
未来系列和连续内容
Creatures Inc., the developer behind Pokémon TCG Pocket, plans to keep the game fresh with more card sets. The company has confirmed that a smaller card drop is coming in December, followed by a full set in January.
口袋妖怪TCG Pocket背后的开发商Creatures Inc. 计划通过更多卡牌套装来保持游戏的新鲜感。该公司已经证实，12月份将推出小额的信用卡，随后将在1月份推出全套卡。
This means that players who completed Genetic Apex will face another round of card collecting, and those still working through the set will have new cards to chase.
这意味着完成 Genetic Apex 的玩家将面临另一轮的卡牌收集，而那些仍在努力完成该系列的玩家将有新的卡牌需要追逐。
In its first three weeks, the game earned $120 million and had 30 million downloads after just nine days.
在前三周，该游戏赚了1.2亿美元，仅九天后就有3000万的下载量。
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