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"Balatro" combines the mechanics of Texas Hold'em poker with Roguelike elements. Players aim Create various poker hands, such as straight flush, four of a kind, and full house, within a limited number of moves to score points. Accumulating the required points allows players to advance to the next round. Each round offers opportunities to earn money, which can be used in the shop to purchase various functional cards, exploring more possibilities in the game.
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Basic Rules
Each game consists of three rounds: Small Blind, Big Blind, and Boss Blind. Players can choose to skip the Small and Big Blind rounds and claim tag instead.
In each round, players must form different poker hand combinations within the limited number of moves and discards to reach the required score for the round.
Players can refer to the poker hand descriptions in the run information to see the points each hand combination can earn. The numbers in the blue box represent chips, while the numbers in the red box represent multipliers.
At the end of each round, remaining moves and interest (1 coin for every 5 coins accumulated) are converted into money.
Players can use the accumulated coins in the shop to buy different types of functional cards, which can be used in subsequent rounds, introducing unexpected changes to each game.
Deck and Special Cards
Playing Cards: In addition to the 52 standard cards, there are over a dozen of Editions, Enhancements, Seals modifier cards with various effects. There are no limits on the number of these cards you can possess.
Joker Cards: The game includes 150 Joker cards, each with unique effects, such as increasing chips or multipliers. Each round has a dedicated Joker slot, and players usually start with five joker slots, but can lose or gain slots in some circumstances.
Vouchers: These cards have passive effects that do not diminish over rounds, such as permanently increasing the number of moves or providing shop discounts. There is no upper limit on the number of vouchers you can hold.
Tarot Cards: These are consumable cards placed in a separate area each round, and players usually start with two slots. But can lose or gain slots in some circumstances. Tarot cards can alter the player’s current deck, such as changing the suit of cards, removing, or duplicating cards.
Planet Cards: These are consumable cards used to upgrade the combinations or increase their multipliers.
Spectral Cards: These consumable cards have powerful effects but also come with unstable side effects.
Game Difficulty
The game offers 8 different difficulty levels, each consisting of Small Blind, Big Blind, and Boss Blind. Each Boss Blind has unique effects requiring specific strategies to overcome. Generally, you start at Ante 1 and go up a level for every Boss Blind defeated.
Endless Mode: After completing 8 rounds of blinds, players can enter Endless Mode to challenge higher scores and difficulties.
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Product Information
Title：Balatro
Developer： LocalThunk
Asia and Japan Publisher： Game Source Entertainment
Genre： Poker-inspired roguelike deck builder
Platform： Nintendo Switch™／PlayStation®5
Game Release Date：24 October 2024
Rating：普遍級 (0+）
Suggested Game Retail Price：HKD $238 / NTD $1090
Subtitle：English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Latin American Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, Polish, Brazilian Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
Copyright：© 2024, Playstack and LocalThunk, all rights reserved. Licensed to and published by Game Source Entertainment in Japan and Asia.
