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Pokémon Shuffle ポケとる
Logo of Pokémon Shuffle
Basic info
Platform:	Nintendo 3DS
Category:	Puzzle
Players:	1
Connectivity:	StreetPass
Developer:	Genius Sonority
Publisher:	Nintendo
Part of:	Generation VI side series
Ratings
CERO:
ESRB:	E
ACB:
OFLC:
PEGI:
GRAC:	N/A
GSRR:	N/A
Release dates
Japan:	February 18, 2015
North America:	February 18, 2015
Australia:	February 18, 2015
Europe:	February 18, 2015
South Korea:	N/A
Hong Kong:	N/A
Taiwan:	N/A
Websites
Japanese:	Official site
English:	Official site

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Pokémon Shuffle (Japanese: ポケとる PokéToru) is a puzzle game released for the Nintendo 3DS. It was released on the Japanese, Australian, European, and North American Nintendo 3DS eShop on February 18, 2015. It updates itself during communication with a server (called "Check-in"), which also grants 500 coins as a check-in bonus and access to various special stages. Check-in can only be performed once a server day, with server days ending at 6:00 AM UTC the morning after the day ends in UTC time.

Pokémon Shuffle operates on a free-to-play model—the game is free to download and play, although with a limited number of stages playable in quick succession. Players start with five Hearts and spend one Heart per stage played. Hearts will recharge for free as time passes (at a rate of one heart every 30 minutes, with no more gained if the player already has five Hearts), although they can be purchased with Jewels that can be bought with real money to allow players to immediately resume their game, and one is given for free if the player attempts to play stage 11 for the first time while they have no hearts.

Gameplay

Pokémon Shuffle is a puzzle game in which the player matches Pokémon sprites to defeat wild Pokémon, in a similar style to Pokémon Battle Trozei. The player is guided by Amelia. The player can capture Pokémon and use them for Support. Each Pokémon has an ability (called "Skill" in-game) that can be activated when it is matched in a battle, with the criteria being that the move was not part of a combo and a special criteria based on the ability in question (sometimes at random). Pokémon have a set capture rate that is added to depending on how many moves a player has left at the end of a battle. During normal game-play, Pokémon can be moved anywhere on the board, but cannot be moved if it does not cause a match at either end during a stage with a fixed number of moves (no-match moves are allowed in timed stages). Mega Stones are given out throughout the game, awarded when the player defeats the corresponding Mega Pokémon used by a trainer. The player can use them by putting the Pokémon that uses them at the front of their Support, and the Mega Evolution is activated by matching the Pokémon that Mega Evolves until the Mega Gauge to the left of the play area s full, at which point it Mega Evolves. While Mega Evolved, its Skill is replaced by a Mega Effect that activates whenever it is matched.

Jewels

The game's microtransactions are focused around Jewels. Jewels can be obtained in-game (by completing stage five, completing Trainer stages for the first time and getting sufficient StreetPass hits) or purchased on the Nintendo eShop. Players under the age of 18 cannot spend more than a fixed amount in-game per month (€100, £80, AU$150, NZ$150, or ¥10,000). Additionally, one Jewel was given to all players (including those unaffected by the glitch) on the 21st of February 2015 to apologize for a software glitch that occurred around the 19th of that month.

Each time the player plays a stage, a Heart is consumed; Hearts are replenished over time, or can be obtained in exchange for Jewels. Additionally, each time the player clears a stage they will be awarded with a number of Coins based on their performance; Coins can be spent on items in-game.

Jewels can be exchanged for either Hearts or Coins (but only one at a time) at the following rates:

Stages

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it.

Note: Capture rate is measured as a base rate plus a bonus per move remaining (Example: 50% plus 5% per move remaining.) Timed levels have a per-five-second-second-group bonus that is added for each time five seconds can be subtracted from the time remaining before it becomes zero or negative. If capture fails and the player has at least 2500 coins, they are offered the choice of buying a Great Ball that has twice the probability of capture of the Poké Ball used for free.