Pokémon Duel
| Pokémon Duel | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Heroz |
| Publisher(s) | The Pokémon Company |
| Director(s) | Naoto Ueoka Tomohiro Takeuchi |
| Producer(s) | Naoki Satoh Naoto Ueoka |
| Designer(s) | Masayuki Miura |
| Artist(s) | Isamu Tada Shirou Mitsumata |
| Writer(s) | Masaru Hatano |
| Composer(s) | Shota Kageyama |
| Series | Pokémon |
| Platform(s) | Android, iOS |
| Release | Android
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| Genre(s) | Digital board game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Pokémon Duel was a free-to-play digital board game developed by HEROZ and published by The Pokémon Company. The game was a mobile game adaptation of the Pokémon Trading Figure Game, a board game published in 2007 that used Pokémon action figures as game pieces. The game was developed out of a desire to bring the Trading Figure Game to Japanese audiences, as the board game had only been released overseas. Significant effort went into making sure the game was understandable to those unfamiliar with the game. This also led to the development of an in-game AI, which the player can use to gain advice on what move they should make.
It was initially released for Android and iOS devices in Japan under the title Pokémon Comaster in April 2016. It later released in other territories in January 2017. The game received mixed reviews from critics, who highlighted the game's strategic elements and entertaining gameplay, but criticized other aspects of the game, such as its slow loading times, reliance on pay-to-win elements, and luck-based gameplay. On 26 July 2019, The Pokémon Company announced that the game would be terminating its service on 31 October 2019.