Earlier this week, Pokemon TCG Pocket Received its long awaited trading feature, which quickly came under fire from fans due to being difficult to use and heavily restricted.

Following the backlash, the official social media account for the game has released a response. According to the team, the trade feature was implemented in its current state to discourage “abuse from bots and other prohibited actions from multiple accounts”.

However, following the criticism from the community, they will “actively investigate” ways to improve the feature, as well as give out more of the Trade Token currency required for trading.

You can read their full statement in the image below:

Stay tuned for more updates as they come.

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