July 26, 2019

When I opened up my news feed today, excited about the release of new figures in Pokémon Duel, I was shocked to learn that the game is planned to be shut down at the end of October 2019. The 'PoDu' community is not ready to quit. 

Though this may been viewed as a "silly mobile game" it has allowed me, and others like me, to make many new friends across the world like never before, and allowed content creators to forge communities based on passion and joy for Pokémon.

The fact is that many of us have supported the game financially with hundreds and even thousands of dollars of our hard-earned money. To shut it down with little or no explanation to the community after only 34 months of life is disheartening and may turn us away from investing in any other "mobile games". 

This petition sets out to show the developers of Pokémon Duel that the community will stand up together to keep the game online. Please hear our voice: we don't want the service to end. We don't want to stop laughing with our friends, We don't want to stop screaming at our phones because RNG raked us over the coals again. We don't want to be forced to quit making content or sharing our passion and love for this game with others. 

Please hear our unified voice in this petition and keep Pokémon Duel Alive. Don't 'BM' us and Rage Quit.