Pocket Mortys , the first Rick and Morty game that lets you do more than endlessly pop balloons, will be out for Android and iOS on Jan. 14. The initial flurry of images from Rick and Morty co-creators Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon made it clear that Pocket Mortys will be a Pokémon knockoff, but few details were forthcoming. Now, thanks to Adult Swim Games producer Chris Johnston, we know quite a bit more about the new Rick and Morty game Pocket Mortys.
Guuuuys! A brand new Rick and Morty game for iOS and android hits on Jan 14th! POCKET MORTYS!! pic.twitter.com/hXN64ilnVF
— Justin Roiland (@JustinRoiland) January 5, 2016
The new Rick and Morty game, Pocket Mortys, is looking like a full-blown RPG experience. You play as the One True Rick, in a quest to capture and train all of the Mortys. According to Eurogamer, the plot has something to do with the Council of Ricks.
Early previews suggest that the combat system is simplified quite a bit from current Pokémon iterations. Touch Arcade calls it “the old tried and true Rock, Paper, Scissors categories.”
Here are some of your other burning Pocket Mortys questions that Johnston addressed via Twitter.
Will This Be A Real ‘Rick and Morty’ Game Instead Of A Jerry Joke?
Big time.
@TheDutchSlayer this is all game. Real game. The real McCoy. The Real Ghostbusters.
— Chris Johnston (@superpac) January 5, 2016
Will ‘Pocket Mortys’ Have Microtransactions?
Yep! There is also an in-game currency, Schmeckles.
@CynicalFurball you can pay to beat the game faster basically. But there's not needless grinding anymore than in a Pokemon game. (Nyuk nyuk)
— Justin Roiland (@JustinRoiland) January 6, 2016
@glassbottommeg It is free so there is nothing to buy! *it does contain in-app purchases however.
— Chris Johnston (@superpac) January 6, 2016
How many Pokémon … sorry…Mortys will there be?
82 different Mortys!
There are gonna be 82 in the game out next week but here’s the “first” 52! #PocketMortys https://t.co/ifIxxAMzQo
— Chris Johnston (@superpac) January 7, 2016
IGN premiered this poster, which lays out all the different Mortys we can expect from the new Rick and Morty game:
![A guide to some of the many varieties of Pocket Morty.](https://d.player.one/en/full/121953/guide-some-many-varieties-pocket-morty.jpg?w=736&f=2189399b2b7b6930c35d98c9ae23acb9)
Will Pocket Mortys Evolve?
A little unclear. The answer seems to be “No.”
@gusspeaks @TheDutchSlayer Mortys do not evolve in the way you might assume they would, no.
— Chris Johnston (@superpac) January 7, 2016
There’s still a lot we don’t know about Pocket Mortys, but there’s certainly enough to get excited for Rick and Morty’s foray into the world of monster-collecting JRPGs.