Underplayed Gems

Pokémon Trading Card Game (1998)

Pokémon Trading Card Game cover
Developer
Hudson Soft
Publisher
Gradiente, Nintendo
Platforms
Game Boy Color, Nintendo 3DS
Genres
Adventure, Card & Board Game
Rating
3.7 of 5, 143 player ratings
Where to get it
Nintendo eShop

How it feels

Collect and battle with Pokémon cards across clubs, blending deck-building strategy with the charm of a monster-collecting journey.

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About

Your goal in life is to become a Pokemon Card Master. In order to do that, you must pick a deck from three starter packs of cards based on Charmander, Squirtle, and Bulbasaur and travel to the eight card clubs and defeat their leaders. Along the way, you will challenge many players to collect new cards and the helpful Professor Mason will aid you by giving you cards as well. While becoming a card master is a laudable accomplishment, the real goal of the game is to collect all of the cards over 200 in all. If you want to collect all of the cards, you must play human opponents in the Pop mode to get a chance to earn rare cards. All of the complexity of the real-world game has been captured here. Play Pokemon Trading Card Game and become a Pokemon Card Master.

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