The dog-eared corners and suspicious folds of the booster packs may ultimately hide no treasure. The Pokémon Pocket community has just made a discovery that is changing the habits of collectors: the choice of booster on the carousel would have no influence on its content. A revelation that raises many questions about how the game works.
A misleading mechanic behind the animation
The booster carousel, this animation that allows players to rotate and carefully examine each pack before making their choice, would only be a cosmetic artifice. The developers at Creatures Inc. deliberately maintain the mystery by refusing to clarify whether the selection actually influences the contents of the packs.
Contacted by the Polygon media, the Pokémon Company remains evasive: “Although the game draws inspiration from the experience of opening physical boosters, we cannot provide further details at this time. » An answer that keeps the mystery about the gacha.
The Miracle Pickaxe System Reveals the Truth
The most compelling clues come from the Miracle Draw system, a feature that allows players to draw a card from the pack freshly opened by another user. Some players have managed to demonstrate that the contents of a pack appear in a friend’s Miracle Pickaxe even before selecting the booster in the carousel.
The experience is clear, the five cards displayed in the Miracle Pickaxe correspond exactly to those obtained after having “randomly” chosen a booster in the carousel. Many other players report similar observations, solidifying the hypothesis of predetermined content.
The end of a myth
Pokémon Pocket’s dog-eared corner theory, suggesting that a slightly damaged booster contained rarer cards, may have just been confirmation bias. It remains unclear whether this possibility was removed by a discreet update, or whether it simply never existed.
- Apparently, the choice of booster in Pokémon Pocket does not influence its content
- The Miracle Draw system proves that the cards are predetermined
- Difficult to say if the horny corner technique was discarded by an update, or if it was more of a myth
