Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On!

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  • Summary: Saddle up for this unique solitaire and horse-racing hybrid from Game Freak, creators of the Pokemon franchise! Pocket Card Jockey originally released to great acclaim on the Nintendo 3DS, and while the basic rules are the same, the racing segments have been reborn in glorious 3-D!

    Focus    Saddle up for this unique solitaire and horse-racing hybrid from Game Freak, creators of the Pokemon franchise! Pocket Card Jockey originally released to great acclaim on the Nintendo 3DS, and while the basic rules are the same, the racing segments have been reborn in glorious 3-D!

    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!

    Take the beloved steeds you've grown on the racetrack and pair them up on the farm. The foal they produce will inherit their abilities and become your new partner on the racecourse! Breed generation after generation of racehorses in your quest to conquer all the biggest, most prestigious races in the world!    … Expand

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  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. Nintendo Life
    Feb 26, 2024
    90
    Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On! does not come to Switch with a swathe of bells and whistles or make a host of changes to Game Freak's weirdest mash-up. It's a simple port of the Apple Arcade version — which, in itself, made very few changes to the 3DS original — but with a game this great, that's no bad thing. Sure, not much has changed since 2016 (even less since 2023), but this charming hybrid card-racer is absolutely worth taking for a ride wherever you can. Giddyap.
  2. NintendoWorldReport
    Feb 29, 2024
    90
    Even though this is more or less my third time playing through Pocket Card Jockey, the game is as enthralling as ever. The main thing holding it back is that it just doesn’t flow as well if you primarily play Switch on a TV. As a portable game, especially since the races are relatively quick and easy to pick-up-and-play, it excels. One of the unsung heroes of the 3DS is now on Switch, and at a minimum it should win, place, or show in the pantheon of Switch greats.
  3. Universo Nintendo
    Mar 1, 2024
    85
    Following the footsteps of its predecessor, a hidden gem inside the vast 3DS library, Pocket Card Jockey - Ride On! is a delicious game to play, really the best of both worlds in a fun and unexpected way. Especially at this price range, buy it, play it, and good luck on your races!
  4. Shacknews
    Mar 5, 2024
    80
    Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On! needed a few tweaks to make the jump from 3DS to newer platforms, but the final result is a strong thoroughbred of a game. The move to Switch gave Game Freak a chance to update some of Pocket Card Jockey's presentation, updating character models to 3D versions of their original counterparts. Outside of that and the aforementioned changes to the game's visual component, Ride On! is the same Pocket Card Jockey fun offered by the original game. Unique prize-winning ponies like this game don't come along every day, so it's nice to see a new generation on Switch get a chance to take a ride.
  5. Cubed3
    Jun 17, 2025
    80
    Pocket Card Jockey: Ride On! combines the classic pastimes of horse racing and solitaire into an easy to pick-up-and-play puzzle game, with humorous dialogue and hours of enjoyable content…so long as it's played in short bursts.

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