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Pocket Card Jockey (3DS) |OT| - Now the 3DS is EXTRA stable!
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doctordoak
Member
Completely agree! This should be on Wii U as well. Also wish it had online races.
AcademicSaucer
Member
Really hate when the advisors says I was great but the other horses were better.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
It's cool the horse tells me I can skip him with X if he gets redundant, but then he tells me that every single time which in itself is redundant :lol
This game is brilliant. So addictive. I won't be able to rest until I win every single trophy. Though I do find it a little annoying that some races to begin with are simply impossible to win due to your horse being outclassed, no matter how good your solitaire play and tactics are.
I have also wondered this. The value carries over to the next puzzle, so if you suck on that one you might not have any unity available to move after it. So you might hold some back just in case? But if you screw up the puzzle so bad you get zero unity, you have worse problems than positioning after... That's all I've been able to figure out, anyway.
AcademicSaucer
Member
If the mood of the horse is low you dont get as much energy, so maybe you save it for the next turn when your horse may have a better mood
Make sense.
Just started the complete game after hourzzzz with the demo. So addictive.
Oh yeah, I've done that, too. I think you cap out at 100 tho, so go ahead and rub some out if you're close to the peak.
Please someone send help, I can't stop playing this game! LOL
I'm so proud of this one, my third bred-in-house horse
Nice! Any idea how you got that strong advisor? I've only ever had weak skills.
Both parents had Advisor (Weak), so I suppose that's a way to obtain Strong skills on the offspring. Didn't tried with other weak skill pairs, though:
The transfer is totally seamless, no reason to hold off.
Bog
Junior Ace
The next card just has to be one card higher or lower than your current card.
hosannainexcelsis
Member
You can go into Mature Mode to see if you can win more races with that horse, or start raising a new horse in Growth Mode.
The arrows will show you where the comfort zone is likely to move, so you can use that as a guide for where to move to. At times there may be strategic reasons why you won't want to stay in Comfort Zone 3 - since there are more cards to clear in higher comfort zones, if your horse is in an iffy mood you may want to move to lower comfort zones and/or the outside of the track to keep from making your horse go runaway if you fail to clear a bunch of cards.
UncleSporky
Member
Worst thing about Advice Horse is when he's just plain wrong, which is constantly.
"Oh your problem was that you had a bad start..." fuck off horse, I had a perfect start, got the 5 bubble letter and did great on the first solitaire and everything.
"Your horse ran out of stamina in the home stretch, you may have seen him sweating..." uh no, it didn't, I didn't use any stamina cards because it was clear I wasn't going to win by using them up, and the horse never sweated once.
"Oh your problem was that you had a bad start..." fuck off horse, I had a perfect start, got the 5 bubble letter and did great on the first solitaire and everything.
"Your horse ran out of stamina in the home stretch, you may have seen him sweating..." uh no, it didn't, I didn't use any stamina cards because it was clear I wasn't going to win by using them up, and the horse never sweated once.
Both parents had Advisor (Weak), so I suppose that's a way to obtain Strong skills on the offspring. Didn't tried with other weak skill pairs, though:
Thanks for this. I notice they have the same peak times too. I remember reading that that's good for pairs too. I wonder if that has anything to do with it?
How about the star? Know how you got that? Is it for winning 10 races maybe? I've never got one but my best is 9. My current horse has just hit 10 but not retired and no star yet.
Damn. Really wasn't planning on spending money on such a silly game, but there I was at the end of the demo just wanting more. I just couldn't resist buying this game.
I still don't really understand how to git gud at this game though, I get through the solitaire part just fine and think I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing on the field, but actually getting into a winnable position only seems to happen sporadically. Maybe it's just that seemingly awful second horse I had to ride for a while.
I still don't really understand how to git gud at this game though, I get through the solitaire part just fine and think I'm doing what I'm supposed to be doing on the field, but actually getting into a winnable position only seems to happen sporadically. Maybe it's just that seemingly awful second horse I had to ride for a while.
Garou
Member
Getting any card fast is way more important than getting the 5-star-card at the start.
Yep. This is part of it. Also, he never pops up if you actually win the race. So at least there's that.
Anyone finished a puzzle yet? I wanna know what happens.
Cucurbitacée
Member
You'll get a bonus based on the picture. For example, if it's the picture of the shop, you'll get lower prices. If it's the picture of an owner, their horses will grow better.
They probably will at some point. Game Freak do their own thang.
Funny that you say that, because it actually is a mobile game ported to 3DS
Cucurbitacée
Member
Yes, but unless you're insanely lucky, be prepared to get a lot (really, a lot) of doubles.
Garou
Member
No, the 3DS-version came before mobile. The Japan-release was in 2013.
Cucurbitacée
Member
It doesn't seems so.
SparksterMeta0
Member
There's already a game like this, without the active racing, at least.
Try Fairway Solitare (or its Blast version)
So here's where I am at the moment:
This after my 7th horse - Blingin' Silver:
My best horse yet. It had some really good skills and won 12 of 18 races (so 10 races doesn't get you a star). I feel like this is as far as I can take a horse until I figure out how to breed properly and finish puzzles.
All my best horses are related at the moment so I'm going to have to start a new family to avoid inbreeding. I think I'm going to have to start a family tree!
This after my 7th horse - Blingin' Silver:
My best horse yet. It had some really good skills and won 12 of 18 races (so 10 races doesn't get you a star). I feel like this is as far as I can take a horse until I figure out how to breed properly and finish puzzles.
All my best horses are related at the moment so I'm going to have to start a new family to avoid inbreeding. I think I'm going to have to start a family tree!
FlutterPuffs
Member
Here's mine
Oh, both can be breeded together.
Oh, both can be breeded together.
Cucurbitacée
Member
Here is my best horse so far:
If don't mind the (mild) offensive French name.
If don't mind the (mild) offensive French name.
Cucurbitacée
Member
That's right, I must have won 2 or 3 in growth mode, I was aiming at getting XP cards and was always low on enthusiasm at the end.
Garou
Member
The * has nothing to do with what Zone you land in. It's all about the time. The stars are just bonus-points.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Questions for people who seem to be "getting" this game.
1) How do you train Speed and Stam, and how do they actually impact your horse?
2) What is Peak Time? I see the stats above me here saying 4-5, 3, 3-4, etc.
3) The S with the 4 arrows...What is that and how does it work?
Love this game, but it's a bit confusing at first!
1) How do you train Speed and Stam, and how do they actually impact your horse?
2) What is Peak Time? I see the stats above me here saying 4-5, 3, 3-4, etc.
3) The S with the 4 arrows...What is that and how does it work?
Love this game, but it's a bit confusing at first!
toythatkills
Member
Press the Home button and read the manual, it's actually very useful for understanding this game.