Apple Arcade is getting a remake of a 3DS recreation from the developer of Pokémon

Game Freak could also be greatest referred to as the builders of Pokémon, however in an early 2023 shock, one of many studio’s few non-Pokémon video games is getting a refreshed new launch for Apple units. Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On!, a remake of the 3DS title Pocket Card Jockey, is coming to iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV by way of Apple Arcade on January twentieth.

Pocket Card Jockey is a “solitaire and horse-racing hybrid,” Game Freak writes on the sport’s App Store listing. “Focus your mind and clear cards with subsequent numbers in quick succession. The more cards you clear, the better your horse’s mood will be—which helps them charge energy during races!”

I’ll admit that I’ve by no means performed the unique, and I don’t fully get it even after watching a video on the sport’s App Store web page or a trailer for the original. But in 2016, my colleague Andrew Webster mentioned that when you get the grasp of its bizarre idea, the sport turns into “near-impossible to put down, because you just know you could do better next time.”

Currently, Pocket Card Jockey is just accessible by way of the Nintendo 3DS eShop. But with that digital storefront shutting down in March, this new model is arriving simply in time to let new gamers uncover the sport even after they can’t get it on the 3DS anymore.

Apple additionally introduced some extra titles heading to Apple Arcade, its subscription service that already gives entry to greater than 200 video games. Episode XOXO, a brand new entry within the interactive storytelling recreation collection, will probably be accessible on Friday. Illustrated, a brand new puzzle recreation that “blends” phrase and jigsaw puzzles, will probably be launched on January thirteenth. Squiggle Drop, a physics puzzler, launches on January twenty seventh. And Apple Arcade titles together with Angry Birds Reloaded and Jetpack Joyride 2 are getting new content material updates in January.