Earlier this month, DeNA admitted audience retention in Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket wasn't where the company wanted it to be, with player numbers declining. It promised a "major update" for later this year, to ensure players had a reason to come back day after day.
One of the main reasons for the waning player count is fatigue. Players have long been bored with the same repetitive events and lack of meaningful content, and the monthly secret emblems are no different.
With every new expansion, DeNA includes a secret collection challenge for players to complete, with an emblem as a reward. While they are occasionally simple, more often than not, they're a bit of a chore, and this latest definitely falls into the latter category, with some players outright giving up on getting it just 24 hours after the latest expansion, Secluded Springs, was released.
Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket players are no strangers to tricky secret emblems. Up to this point, the Alolan Dugtrio emblem was probably the hardest to achieve, with players required to snag three of the same rainbow-bordered cards. This Wishiwashi one wasn't much easier, and neither were many that came before it, but this Mantyke...
