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Pokémon Trading Card Game (video game)

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{{Infobox_game |colorscheme=blue|bordercolorscheme=tcg
|name=Pokémon Trading Card Game
|jname=ポケモンカードＧＢ
|boxart=TCG Boxart.jpg
|caption=Boxart of Pokémon Trading Card Game
|jbox=Pokémon Trading Card Game Japanese boxart.png
|jcaption=Japanese boxart of Pokémon Trading Card Game
|platform=[[Game Boy Color]]
|category=Strategy
|players=2 players simultaneous
|link_method=[[Link cable]]
|developer=[[Hudson Soft]]
|publisher=[[Nintendo]]
|gen_series=[[Generation I]] [[version|side series]]
|cero=A
|esrb=E
|pegi=3+
|acb=G
|oflc=G8+
|release_date_ja=December 18, 1998<ref>[http://www.pokemon.co.jp/game/other/gbc-gb/ Pokémon.co.jp]</ref>
|release_date_na=April 10, 2000<ref>[http://www.pokemon.com/us/games/videogame-pokemontm-trading-card-game/ Pokémon.com (US)]</ref>
|release_date_au=April 7, 2000<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20000620224849/http://www.nintendo.com.au/games/gameboy/games/pokemon_tcg.html Nintendo of Australia (archive)]</ref>
|release_date_eu=December 15, 2000<ref>[http://www.pokemon.com/uk/games/videogame-pokemontm-trading-card-game/ Pokémon.com (UK)]</ref>
|website_ja=[http://www.pokemon.co.jp/game/other/gbc-gb/ Official site]
|website_en=[http://www.pokemon.com/us/games/videogame-pokemontm-trading-card-game/ Official site]
|website_en=[http://allpokemoncardslist.blogspot.com/ Pokemon Cards]
}}
{{StrategyWiki|Pokémon Trading Card Game}}

'''Pokémon Trading Card Game''' (Japanese: '''ポケモンカードＧＢ''' ''Pokémon Card GB'') is the first Pokémon game in the Trading Card Game series to be released in Japan, in 1998. The English version was later released in North America in 2000. Pokémon Trading Card Game was followed, only in Japan, a year later by a sequel, titled {{Card GB 2}}. It takes place on the [[TCG Island|Trading Card Game Island]] and the player's starting area is the [[Mason Laboratory]]. A [[Meowth (Wizards Promo 10)|promotional Meowth card]] was included with the English release of the game. The Japanese version of the game included {{TCG ID|GB|Dragonite|1}}.

==Plot==
The player begins his or her adventure at [[Mason Laboratory]], where [[Dr. Mason]] gives him or her the choice of taking along one of three different Pokémon Trading Card Game decks: {{TCG|Charmander & Friends Deck|Charmander & Friends}}, {{TCG|Squirtle & Friends Deck|Squirtle & Friends}} or {{TCG|Bulbasaur & Friends Deck|Bulbasaur & Friends}}. The player, known by default as [[Mark]], has an ambition of becoming the world's greatest Pokémon Trading Card Game player; however, Mark's rival, [[Ronald]], has a similar goal. Ronald will duel the player at certain points in the game to test the player's cards; being defeated is an indication for the player to improve his or her deck. Victory, however, results in receiving a {{GB|1|Promotional Card}}.

==Blurb==
"The greatest [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]] players of all time – the [[Grand Masters]] – are looking for one player worthy of inheriting the four rare, Legendary Pokémon Cards! Build new decks with the Auto Deck Machine, hone your skills on the Challenge Machine, and test your ability in the [[Challenge Hall]]. Expand your card collection, duel your way through 8 [[Club Master]]s and earn the right to challenge the Grand Masters in the [[Pokémon Dome]]! Shadowy figures, wise instructors and powerful opponents await in the ultimate trading card game adventure!"

==Connectivity==
Pokémon Trading Card Game allows players to send and receive cards and deck configurations between two cartridges via a [[Game Boy]] [[link cable]]. A feature called [[Card Pop!]] can also be used between players using [[Game Boy Color]]s, as it requires use of the Game Boy Color's Infra-Red Communications Port. This has to be done in order to complete their album without cheating, since [[Phantom Cards|two cards]] can only be obtained through this feature. The Link Cable also makes it possible to duel another player's deck, allowing experienced players to pit their deck against equals.

==Features==
===Similarities to the main series===
[[File:Pokemon Trading Card Game.jpg|thumb|200px|The Pokémon TCG game cartridge]]The object of the game is very similar to the object of the games in the [[main series]]: Players can start off with one of the three [[starter deck]]s, titled after (and built around) the [[starter Pokémon]] of [[Generation I]] (excluding [[Pokémon Yellow Version|Pokémon Yellow]]), {{p|Squirtle}}, {{p|Charmander}} and {{p|Bulbasaur}}. The goal of players is also to defeat eight specialized leaders, the [[Club Masters]] (comparable to [[Gym Leader]]s), and four Elite challengers, the [[Grand Masters]] (comparable to the [[Elite Four]]). However, while Club Masters' decks correspond approximately to the {{TCG|type}}s of the Trading Card Game cards, since there are eight Club Masters and at the time only seven distinct Pokémon card types, two of the types are repeated: {{TCG|Fighting}} and {{TCG|Grass}}, split in the form of a "Rock" and a "Poison" user, respectively.

Similar to the [[Gym]] [[Badge]]s earned by players after defeating Gym Leaders in the main series, players of Trading Card Game earn {{TCG|Medal|Medal|Club Medal}}s after defeating Club Masters. Certain Master Medals allow players to unlock corresponding [[Auto Deck Machine]]s in [[Mason Laboratory]].

Like the concept of the main series to store Pokémon in a [[PC]], Trading Card Game also allows players to manage their cards via computer. Players can also check their mail for messages from Dr. Mason; Mason will send fifteen e-mails in all over the adventure, each containing at least one booster pack.

An almost exact reception center is also featured in Club lounges in the game, with a Battle Center and a Gift Center; the former which allows players to duel against each other's decks and the latter which allows players to send or receive cards or deck configurations.

Pokémon Trading Card Game also features the ability to run while holding the B button, an element that was not seen in the main series until {{game|Ruby and Sapphire|s}}. It also displays the player's location in the main menu before they choose to continue. On a similar note, from the Ruby and Sapphire versions onward, the save prompt can also display the player's location.

===Clubs===
There are eight Pokémon Clubs on Trading Card Game Island, each with their own type affiliation. The Club Masters are [[Nikki]] ({{TCG|Grass}}), [[Rick]] ([[Grass (TCG)|Poison]]), [[Club Master Ken|Ken]] ({{TCG|Fire}}), {{FB|Club Master|Amy}} ({{TCG|Water}}), [[Club Master Isaac|Isaac]] ({{TCG|Lightning}}), [[Murray]] ({{TCG|Psychic}}), [[Gene]] ([[Fighting (TCG)|Rock]]) and [[Club Master Mitch|Mitch]] ({{TCG|Fighting}}).

===Grand Masters===
The there are four [[Grand Masters]] located at the [[Pokémon Dome]]. The Grand Masters are [[Grand Master Courtney|Courtney]] ({{TCG|Fire}}), [[Steve]] ({{TCG|Lightning}}), [[Grand Master Jack|Jack]] ([[Water (TCG)|Ice]]) and [[Rod]] ([[Colorless (TCG)|Dragon]]); the {{pkmn|Champion}} is [[Ronald]], who has a deck of mixed types.

===Pokémon cards===
Containing every card released in the real Trading Card Game's {{TCG|Base Set}}, {{TCG|Jungle}}, and {{TCG|Fossil}} expansions, except for the Base Set's {{TCG ID|Base Set|Electrode|21}} and Fossil's {{TCG ID|Fossil|Ditto|3}}, and including many game-exclusive cards which were never produced for normal play, the game emulated the experience of the actual Trading Card Game very closely. No normal counterparts of holographic cards are included.

The game contains pre-recorded data on all 228 cards featured (including Lv15 {{p|Mew}} and Lv64 {{p|Venusaur}}). Despite this, not all Pokémon are available to the player; [[Card Pop!]] must occur between players in order to complete their album without the use of cheats, as this is the only way to obtain the aforementioned Mew and Venusaur cards.

Cards can be obtained through booster packs from four expansion sets including {{GB|1|Colosseum}}, {{GB|1|Evolution}}, {{GB|1|Mystery}}, and {{GB|1|Laboratory}}, or by defeating specific challengers (for example, each defeat of the Grand Masters will award the player with a set of legendary {{TCG ID|GB|Moltres|1}}, {{TCG ID|GB|Zapdos|1}}, {{TCG ID|GB|Articuno|1}}, and {{TCG ID|GB|Dragonite|1}} cards). Among the aforementioned four expansion sets is a fifth set, the {{GB|1|Promotional Card}} set. However these cards can only be attained by defeating players such as [[Ronald]], [[Tomoaki Imakuni|Imakuni?]], and the [[Grand Masters]], defeating three [[Challenge Hall]] opponents in a row, trading with [[Ishihara]], and [[Card Pop!|Card Popping]].

===Card Pop!===
[[Card Pop!]], a feature much like the recurring [[Mystery Gift]] of the [[Version|main series]], can be used only by two players with [[Game Boy Color]]s, as it requires use of the Game Boy Color's Infra-Red Communications Port. Card Pop! generates a random card for both players, then records the ID of the cartridges used to Card Pop!. The same two cartridges cannot Card Pop! again until both players have used the feature with so many others that their ID is written over. This feature is the only way of obtaining [[Phantom Cards|two specific cards]].

==References==
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