Exploring Pokemon's Lesser-Known Mobile Games

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While fans may be familiar with the mainline Pokemon games and several of its spin-offs, there have been a ton of releases that some players might not know about. One of these titles recently made headlines when it was confirmed that online services for Pokemon Shuffle on the 3DS would be discontinued. As a standard entry into the match-3 puzzle genre, Pokemon Shuffle did well with over two million downloads logged within a month of release in 2015, marking the start of Pokemon venturing further into the free-to-play market.

However, fans might just be learning that Pokemon Shuffle was released on mobile as well as the 3DS. While the 3DS version will be removed from Nintendo's 3DS eShop with services like microtransactions no longer supported, it's not yet been confirmed if the same will affect the mobile counterpart. Pokemon Shuffle isn't the only lesser-known mobile game in the franchise, as the series has had an extensive relationship with mobile gaming since 2006. While some titles may no longer be available, fans might be interested to learn about some of Pokemon'sprevious mobile ventures.

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Released in 2015, Pokemon Shuffle came during the series' sixth generation. It operates on a basic match-3 premise that sees players advancing stage-to-stage, battling other Pokemon and capturing them if possible to use in later stages. Between mobile games like Pokemon GO and Candy Crush, Shuffle differentiates itself in the match-3 genre by having opposing Pokemon «disrupt» gameplay as the players' Pokemon have various abilities and Mega Evolutions too. While the game did update content following the release of Pokemon Sun and Moon, it hasn't kept up with the series' eighth