Monopoly: Pokémon Edition (1999)
Monopoly: Pokémon Edition is a special edition of the classic Monopoly game adapted towards Pokémon, focused on the Red and Blue versions as well as the anime. It was released in 1999 by Parker Brothers.
Blurb
You've never played a Monopoly® game like this before!
In this special edition of the classic Monopoly® game, you'll travel from gym to gym — and battle all kinds of Pokémon™ Trainer Battle and Professor Oak cards might reward you for Pokémon fights, or bring an unexpected surprise. Bargain, trade and fight with other trainers to collect the most powerful Pokémon team and win the game!
This collector's edition includes:
- 6 Collectible Pokémon movers —
- 32 Plastic Poké Centers and 12 Poké Marts to improve your gyms
- 28 Pokémon Deed cards and 7 denominations of Pokémon-themed play money
- 16 Trainer Battle and 16 Professor Oak card, replacing the traditional Community Chest and Chance cards
- Special optional Poké Rules and full-color gameboard
Content
- Gameboard
- Pokémon deeds
- Play "Poké Money" and Banker's tray
- 6 Collectible Pokémon movers
- 2 Dice
- 16 Professor Oak cards and 16 Trainer Battle cards
- Poké Centers and Poké Marts
Changes from the original Monopoly
- The currency is the Pokémon Dollar ($).
- Blue Pokémon Centers and red Poké Marts replace houses and hotels, respectively.
- Professor Oak and Trainer Battle spaces and cards replace "Chance" and "Community Chest" spaces and cards, respectively.
- The property spaces correspond to the eight Kanto Gym Leaders and their Pokémon.
- Zapdos and Articuno replace the Electric Company and Water Works spaces respectively.
- "Gary Attacks" and "Team Rocket Attacks" spaces replace the "Income Tax" and "Luxury Tax" spaces, respectively.
- Buying a property is equivalent to catching the Pokémon, and owning the lot is equivalent to acquiring the Badge.
- The four types of Poké Balls at the time, in ascending order of power (Poké Ball, Great Ball, Ultra Ball and Master Ball), replace the railroads.
- The usual Monopoly's 8 tokens are replaced by 6 Pokémon (Bulbasaur, Charmander, Blastoise, Pikachu, Clefairy and Mewtwo).
- Special rules are included for this game's edition.
Special rules
If desired, these rules are to be used when rolling doubles. These replace the standard doubles rules.
Pokémon Power Doubles
Rolling doubles allows a player to do one of two options: roll again as normal, or activate a Pokémon Power based on the dice. If the power is activated, the player's turn ends. These powers cannot be used if the player rolled doubles in order to get out of jail.
- Double 1s
"Teleport like #150 Mewtwo and go anywhere." A player that passes GO using this power collects $200. The player may not teleport to Jail.
- Double 2s
"Rest like #35 Clefairy and collect $200 from the Bank."
- Double 3s
"Use Leech Seed like #01 Bulbasaur and collect $50 from each player."
- Double 4s
"Meet Professor Oak" The player draws a Professor Oak card.
- Double 5s
"Fight in a Trainer Battle" The player draws a Trainer Battle card.
- Double 6s
"Attack to control one of another player’s gym lots:" The player selects a Pokémon that an opposing player owns that is not part of a color group. Each player rolls both dice. The player who rolls the higher number takes (or keeps) control of the lot. In the event of a tie, both players roll again.
The color groups
Brock’s Gym (Purple)
Misty’s Gym (Light Blue)
Lt. Surge’s Gym (Pink)
Erika’s Gym (Orange)
Sabrina’s Gym (Red)
Koga’s Gym (Yellow)
Blaine’s Gym (Green)
Giovanni’s Gym (Blue)
Errors
- The game's booklet refers to Pokémon Dollar as "Poké Money".
- The colors of Poké Marts (red) and Pokémon Centers (blue) are inverted (Poké Marts are usually blue and Pokémon Centers are usually red).
Related articles
External links
For more information on general gameplay, refer to the original Monopoly on Wikipedia.
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