Pokémon: Magikarp Jump

Game screenshot of Magikarp Jump

In the game, trainers can raise their Magikarp to have most jumping points to win in special leagues.[2] The higher the Jump Power (JP) the Magikarp has, the higher the Magikarp can jump and win a battle.

First, trainers need to catch a Magikarp from a pond using the available fishing rod; higher quality fishing rods become available after the trainer is able to clear a league. The caught Magikarp are raised in the trainer's ponds. Trainer ponds can be equipped with Decorations to assist with the Magikarp's growth. There are also supporting Pokémon which can assist in giving rewards at certain intervals such as JP, coins, foods and diamonds.

Jump Power is typically increased by one of two ways: by eating food, or running Magikarp through a training session. New food is periodically spawned inside the pond over time. Meanwhile, training Points gradually are recovered over time as each training sessions costs 1 Training Point (TP). The food and training can be upgraded to award more Jump Power to Magikarp. Many upgrades such as these, can also be upgraded with real cash, giving the player more of an advantage. While raising the Magikarp, there are random events that are triggered that may increase or decrease awarded JP, give special occasions, or can result the loss of a Magikarp. After raising the Magikarp to its highest level (which correlates to the player's rank), the Magikarp is then pitted against other trainers in the League Battles. Many Magikarp can be caught, in many colors such as red, pink, and gold. Gold being the most rare, yet also the most powerful in the beginning. Pink are moderately rare, but have more of a chance to get such colored Magikarp, compared to gold. Finally red Magikarp, the true color of this fish Pokémon, both games and anime, is the most common among the game, although many can have different qualities, that can boost the chances of a win in the League Tournaments. If the Magikarp loses the League Battle when it is at its max level, the Magikarp is retired and trainers must catch another Magikarp and restart the current league that they were in, having to re-battle the same trainers already defeated, but with the knowledge of their opponent's JP and the ability to skip the battle scenes of trainers that they have already defeated. Also, this gives the player a chance to increase said JP of their next Magikarp, before participating in such leagues. The JP ranking will change depending on how many times the player can go through the leagues each time they compete.

The game received an aggregated review score of 64 on Metacritic, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[3]

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