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Pocket Card Jockey

Pocket Card Jockey Ride On

Pokemon developer Game Freak today revealed that a Switch version of Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On is happening. It’s launching digitally today.

After Game Freak made the original title for 3DS in 2013, Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On was released as a new version for Apple Arcade last year. It contains extra content such as the Goldfish horse and “Perfect Challenge” mode.

Here’s some additional information:

Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On! Switch

Game Freak could one day bring Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On! to Switch.

The developer is largely known for its work on the mainline Pokemon games going all the way back to the Game Boy. However, the company has also worked on some smaller titles on the side. Pocket Card Jockey was one of them.

Closing out our Pocket Card Jockey is one last look at the game. Catch a final 85 minutes of footage below.

IGN has more footage available from the just-released Pocket Card Jockey. See some additional gameplay in the video below.


Pocket Card Jockey is made by Game Freak, the developer of the Pokemon RPGs. So it makes sense that the game has references to the well-known series, right? In addition to that, there are nods to Game Freak’s other titles as well as Nintendo, pop culture, and gaming in general. GameXplain looks at it all in the following video:

Pocket Card Jockey came out on the 3DS eShop today, and was accompanied by several reviews (including ours!). We have a roundup of some notable verdicts we’ve come across below.

Nintendo Everything – Thumbs Up
GameXplain – Liked
Nintendo World Report – 9 / 10
Shacknews – 7 / 10
Nintendo Life – 7 / 10
Destructoid – 9.5 / 10
USgamer – 4 / 5

Nintendo brought out Pocket Card Jockey on the 3DS eShop today. After downloading the game, you’ll notice that it takes up 853 blocks. That amounts to 106.63MB.

Pocket Card Jockey is out now on the 3DS eShop. Nintendo has come out with a launch trailer for the game, posted below.

System: 3DS (eShop)
Release date: May 5, 2016
Developer: Game Freak
Publisher Nintendo


You’re playing solitaire, managing RPG stats, strategically maneuvering an adorable little stumpy-leg horse. As disparate as these elements seem, they manage to meld into a single cohesive experience with every little initially convoluted wrinkle feeding into another system, looping around and creating a uniquely addictive experience. I haven’t ever wanted to play a racehorse management sim governed by the rules of solitaire, but I’m sure glad I did. I guess what’s most surprising is that some madman somehow crafted these distinct gameplay elements into one of the more engaging 3DS games.

Pocket Card Jockey is arriving on the 3DS eShop in both North America and Europe tomorrow. Polygon now has 24 minutes of footage available of the download – see below.


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