Pokémon TCG: Pokémon GO (Japanese: 強化拡張パック Pokémon GOStrength Expansion Pack: Pokémon GO) is a special expansion released during the Sword & Shield Series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. In Japan, it was released as the eleventh subset of the Sword & Shield Era.
The Pokémon GO expansion is a special collaboration between the iOS and Android game Pokémon GO and the Pokémon Trading Card Game. The expansion features various Pokémon that could be encountered in Pokémon GO with a mixture of hand-drawn and photorealistic artwork referencing different aspects of the game, some of which support the Pokémon V, Pokémon VMAX, Pokémon VSTAR, and Radiant Pokémon mechanics. Items, locations, and characters originating from Pokémon GO are also portrayed on Trainer cards.
In Western markets, Pokémon GO booster packs could only be found in specifically-branded merchandise, the first of which began to be released on July 1, 2022. Each booster pack contained 10 cards. In Asian markets, booster packs could be purchased from booster boxes as per regular expansions and subsets. It was released simultaneously in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Thailand June 17, 2022, followed by an Indonesian release on August 24, 2022. Asian packs included six cards. Cards that form part of the set in each regional release feature the Pokémon GO logo on their artwork, except for the Regular and Full Art prints of Pokémon with a Rule Box. Conversely, all promotional versions of these cards released in Pokémon GO TCG merchandise in their respective regions feature the Pokémon GO logo. Cards that include the logo also have a Niantic copyright alongside the standard Pokémon/Nintendo/Creatures/GAME FREAK copyrights.
