Pokemon Unite Prices Will Not Continue Inflating, Producer Masaaki Hoshino Confirms

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Unite License inflation has caused quite a stir in the Pokemon Unite community recently as the cost of new Pokemon has significantly increased. In a roundtable interview at The Pokemon World Championship, I asked producer Masaaki Hoshino why the prices of Unite Licenses have increased, and if players can expect the prices to continue to go up in the future.

“First of all it’s not necessarily the case that we’re going to be increasing prices going forward,” Hoshino explained via his translator. “It’s really a case-by-case basis for each Pokemon. Tyranitar just happens to be - out of various considerations - slightly higher priced than other licenses, but it's not necessarily going to always increase from here. This is very specifically a Tyranitar situation.”

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It’s unclear what makes Tyranitar a special case, but the accelerated pace of release could be a factor. Tyranitar, which costs 14,000 Aeos Coins or 575 Aeos Gems, is the most recent Pokemon added to the game on August 15. Buzzwole, an All-Rounder and the first Ultra Beast to join the roster, was added just two weeks before Tyranitar on August 3. Before that, Glaceon joined just two weeks prior on July 21. It could be that the increased price for Tyranitar is a result of the extra development effort. The cost of more characters may just be a higher price.

But Hoshino’s answer doesn’t quite address the whole situation. Tyranitar is the most expensive Unite License yet, at least in terms of coin cost, but the price has been increasing even before Tyranitar. While the initial roster had a mix of Pokemon that ranged from 6,000 to 10,000 coins, every Pokemon added since