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|name=<span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!</span> | |name=<span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!</span> | ||
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|developer=[[Hudson Soft]] | |developer=[[Hudson Soft]] | ||
|publisher=[[ | |publisher=[[The Pokémon Company]] | ||
|gen_series=[[Generation II]] [[Spin-off Pokémon games|side series]] | |gen_series=[[Generation II]] [[Spin-off Pokémon games|side series]] | ||
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'''Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!''' (Japanese: '''ポケモンカードＧＢ２ ＧＲ団参上!''' ''Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!'') | '''Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!''' (Japanese: '''ポケモンカードＧＢ２ ＧＲ団参上!''' ''Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!''), abbreviated '''Pokémon Card GB2''', is the Japan-only sequel to {{ga|Pokémon Trading Card Game}}. The game story revolves around a new villainous team, [[Team Great Rocket]], and contains nearly all of the cards from {{TCG|Base Set}}, {{TCG|Jungle}}, {{TCG|Fossil}}, and {{TCG|Team Rocket}}. | ||
The game adds many new features not present in the original, such as new cards, the ability to play as a | The game adds many new features not present in the original, such as new cards, the ability to play as a {{TCG GB|Mint|female character}}, a much larger in-game world, and a more developed story. | ||
Copies of the game included {{TCG ID|Pokémon Card GB2|Great Rocket's Mewtwo|promo}} and {{TCG ID|Pokémon Card GB2|Lugia|promo}} promotional cards. | |||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
In Pokémon Card GB2, [[Team Great Rocket]], led by | In Pokémon Card GB2, [[Team Great Rocket]], led by {{TCG GB|Biruritchi}}, have kidnapped many of the [[Club Master]]s and attempted to steal the [[Legendary Cards]]. The player, assuming the role of {{TCG GB|Mark}} or {{TCG GB|Mint}}, must rescue the Club Masters and defeat Team Great Rocket at their headquarters on [[GR Island]]. | ||
==New features== | ==New features== | ||
* Players may select either | * Players may select either {{TCG GB|Mark}}, the protagonist of the original {{ga|Pokémon Trading Card Game}}, or {{TCG GB|Mint}}, a new female [[player character]]. | ||
* Opponent Trainers now have varying sprites: when they are losing, they appear sad | * Opponent Trainers now have varying sprites: when they are losing, they appear sad; when they are winning, they appear happy. | ||
* [[Coins in Pokémon Card GB2|Coins]] replace [[Master Medal]]s as tokens of achievement. These coins can also be used in place of the standard game coin in duels. | * [[Coins in Pokémon Card GB2|Coins]] replace [[Master Medal]]s as tokens of achievement. These coins can also be used in place of the standard game coin in duels. | ||
* Most of the clubs, such as the [[Grass Club]], receive a minor interior redesign. | * Most of the clubs, such as the [[Grass Club]], receive a minor interior redesign. | ||
* In addition to all of the areas found in [[TCG Island]] in the first game, a second island, [[GR Island]], is explorable as well. | * In addition to all of the areas found in [[TCG Island]] in the first game, a second island, [[GR Island]], is explorable as well. | ||
* When typing a player or deck name, lowercase letters are available, unlike the first game where only capital letters were available. The {{TCG|type}} symbols are also available as characters. | |||
* [[Minicom]] is a new option accessible from the menu: it rearranges the e-mail system and simplifies the access to the [[Deck Save Machine]], still available in [[Mason Laboratory]], and to the card catalogue. | |||
* Over seventy new prebuilt {{OBP|Deck|GB}}s are available in the [[Auto Deck Machine]]s. | |||
* The GR Challenge Cup and the Grand Master Cup are two new [[Challenge Hall|Challenge Cup]] tournaments held in [[Trading Card Game Islands]]. | |||
* {{TCG GB|Dr. Mason}} now offers the player a [[PC#Deck diagnosis|Deck diagnosis]], giving advice about how to build a deck and checking their current one. | |||
== | ==Connectivity== | ||
Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR! allows players to send and receive cards and deck configurations or perform a [[Card Pop!]] between two cartridges via [[infrared]], using the [[Game Boy Color]]'s Infra-Red Communications Port. | |||
Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR! allows players to duel each other using their own decks via the [[Game Boy]] [[Game Link Cable]]. | |||
Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR! cannot communicate with {{ga|Pokémon Trading Card Game}}. | |||
===Card Pop!=== | |||
{{main|Card Pop!}} | |||
Card Pop! is a 2-player feature that randomly generates a card for each player. When the Infra-Red Communications Ports of two [[Game Boy Color]] systems with the game are connected, each player will receive a random card. A player cannot Card Pop! with the same game again until both players have used the feature with so many others that their partner's ID is overwritten in both games. | |||
This feature is the only way of obtaining the [[Phantom Cards]] {{TCG ID|Pokémon Card GB2|Lugia|promo}} and {{TCG ID|Team Rocket|Here Comes Team Rocket!|15}}. | |||
Card Pop! cannot be performed between Pokémon Trading Card Game and Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!. Attempting to do so can result in [[glitch]]es such as a [[game freeze]] or a loss of save data in Pokémon Trading Card Game.<!--even the Japanese version--> | |||
==Available cards== | ==Available cards== | ||
A total of 441 cards can be used in-game. This includes all cards from the previous title, plus cards from the {{TCG|Team Rocket}} expansion and most cards from the Japanese-exclusive {{TCG|Vending Machine cards|Expansion Sheet}} series. Additionally, the 15 cards exclusive to the {{TCG|Intro Pack}} are available, as well as 13 more game-exclusive cards (some of which were released in card form around the same time). Only one card from {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} made it into the game, which was {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|The Rocket's Trap|19}}. Additionally, {{TCG|Neo Genesis}}'s {{TCG ID|Neo Genesis|Recycle Energy|105}} is included. | |||
===Expansion Sets=== | ===Expansion Sets=== | ||
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===Cards not available in Pokémon Card GB2=== | ===Cards not available in Pokémon Card GB2=== | ||
Like the first | Like the first title, there are a number of actual cards that did not make into the game. Most tournament-legal {{TCG|Unnumbered Promotional cards}} released from 1996 to mid 1999 are included except for ones that are {{TCG|Owner's Pokémon}} or from [[Illustration contests|best photo contests]]. | ||
*{{TCG ID|Base Set|Electrode|21}} | *{{TCG ID|Base Set|Electrode|21}} | ||
*{{TCG ID|Fossil|Ditto|3}} | *{{TCG ID|Fossil|Ditto|3}} | ||
*{{TCG ID|Vending|Caterpie|S1}} | *{{TCG ID|Vending|Caterpie|S1}} | ||
*{{TCG ID|Vending|Grimer|S2}} | |||
*{{TCG ID|Vending|Koffing|S2}} | *{{TCG ID|Vending|Koffing|S2}} | ||
*{{TCG ID|Vending|Tangela|S2}} | *{{TCG ID|Vending|Tangela|S2}} | ||
*{{TCG ID|Vending|Electabuzz|S2}} | *{{TCG ID|Vending|Electabuzz|S2}} | ||
*{{TCG ID|Vending|Marowak|S2}} | *{{TCG ID|Vending|Marowak|S2}} | ||
*{{TCG ID|Vending|Ditto|S2}} | *{{TCG ID|Vending|Ditto|S2}} | ||
*{{TCG ID|Vending|Flash|S2}} | *{{TCG ID|Vending|Flash|S2}} | ||
*{{TCG ID|Vending|Guard Spec.|S2}} | *{{TCG ID|Vending|Guard Spec.|S2}} | ||
*{{TCG ID|Vending S3|Kadabra|2}} | |||
*{{TCG ID|Vending|Pokémon Tower|S3}} | *{{TCG ID|Vending|Pokémon Tower|S3}} | ||
*{{TCG ID|Vending|Mew|S00}} | *{{TCG ID|Vending|Mew|S00}} | ||
*{{TCG ID|CoroCoro|Cubone|promo}} | |||
*{{TCG ID|CoroCoro|Jynx|promo}} | *{{TCG ID|CoroCoro|Jynx|promo}} | ||
*{{TCG ID| | *{{TCG ID|Wizards Promo|Pikachu|26}} | ||
In addition, none of the spoof and non-legal cards from Expansion Sheet 3 are included, the only exception being {{TCG ID|Vending|Bill's PC|S3}} (called Bill's Computer in the game). There are three additional cards in the game for Pokémon that were not from the first generation: {{p|Marill}}, {{p|Togepi}}, and {{p|Lugia}}. | |||
===Discrepancies between Pokémon Card GB2 and other prints=== | |||
The following cards have different levels in-game than they do on their actual card prints or on other prints showing the card (in the case of cards that were not actually printed). This was likely done to differentiate them from other prints of the same Pokemon with the same level. Only four cards are affected by this from the {{tcg|Vending Machine cards}} and game-exclusive creations. | |||
*{{TCG ID|Vending|Charmander|S1}} - The actual card is LV.10, but in-game is noted as being LV.12. | |||
*{{TCG ID|Pokémon Card|Moltres|GB}} - While this is a card made exclusively for the games, the Japanese trading guide print shows the card as LV.37 while the game lists it as a LV.40 card. | |||
*{{TCG ID|Pokémon Card|Magnemite|GB}} - While this is a card made exclusively for the games, the Japanese trading guide print shows the card as LV.15 while the game lists it as a LV.14 card. | |||
*{{TCG ID|Vending|Doduo|S1}} - The actual card is LV.10, but in-game is noted as being LV.8. | |||
==Coins== | ==Coins== | ||
{{main|Coin (TCG)#In the games}} | {{main|Coin (TCG)#In the games|Coin (TCG) → In the games}} | ||
{{TCG|Coin}}s have superseded [[Master | {{TCG|Coin}}s have superseded [[Master Medal]]s from the first game as items which denote any significant achievement. Coins can be used to change the coin interface used in the card game, or may be used for access to certain areas of the map. There are 24 coins in total, separated into three sets: GB1 Island coins, GB2 Island coins, and special coins. | ||
==Locations== | ==Locations== | ||
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==Returning characters== | ==Returning characters== | ||
* | * {{TCG GB|Mark}} | ||
* | * {{TCG GB|Ronald}} | ||
* [[Club Master]]s | * [[Club Master]]s | ||
* [[Imakuni?]] | |||
* Many [[Club Member]]s | * Many [[Club Member]]s | ||
==New characters== | ==New characters== | ||
* | * {{TCG GB|Mint}} | ||
* [[Team Great Rocket]] members | * [[Team Great Rocket]] members | ||
** | ** {{TCG GB|Biruritchi}} | ||
==Staff== | |||
{{main|Staff of Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!}} | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* This game, along with its predecessor, are the only [[spin-off Pokémon games]] to share overworld sprites with the [[core series]] games. | |||
* | * When viewing the details of {{TCG ID|Team Rocket|Dark Raichu|83}} in-game, it displays the "GB" symbol as it had yet to be released as a physical Japanese card. It would later be included in the Japanese {{TCG|Crossing the Ruins...}} expansion some three months later. | ||
* This game | * This was the first Pokémon game to be published by [[The Pokémon Company]], as well as the first Pokémon game on a [[Nintendo]] platform not to be published by Nintendo. | ||
* This was the last Game Boy Color Pokémon title. | |||
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{{Spin-off series}}<br> | {{Spin-off series}}<br> | ||
{{DoubleProjectTag|Sidegames|TCG}} | {{DoubleProjectTag|Sidegames|TCG}} | ||
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[[Category:Game Boy Color games]] | [[Category:Game Boy Color games]] | ||
[[Category:Pokémon Trading Card Game video games]] | [[Category:Pokémon Trading Card Game video games]] | ||
[[de:Pokémon Trading Card Game 2]] | [[de:Pokémon Trading Card Game 2]] | ||
[[es:Pokémon Card GB2: GR-dan Sanjō!]] | |||
[[fr:Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!]] | [[fr:Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!]] | ||
[[it:Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!]] | [[it:Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!]] | ||
[[ja:ポケモンカードGB2 GR団参上!]] | [[ja:ポケモンカードGB2 GR団参上!]] | ||
[[ | [[zh:宝可梦卡片ＧＢ2 GR团前来造访！]] | ||
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The subject of this article has no official English name. The name currently in use is a fan translation of the Japanese name. |
| Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR! ポケモンカードＧＢ２ ＧＲ団参上! | |
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 Boxart of Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR! | |
Basic info
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| Platform: | Game Boy Color |
| Category: | Card Game |
| Players: | 1-2 |
| Connectivity: | Game Link Cable |
| Developer: | Hudson Soft |
| Publisher: | The Pokémon Company |
| Part of: | Generation II side series |
Ratings
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| CERO: | A |
| ESRB: | N/A |
| ACB: | N/A |
| OFLC: | N/A |
| PEGI: | N/A |
| GRAC: | N/A |
| GSRR: | N/A |
Release dates
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| Japan: | March 28, 2001 |
| North America: | N/A |
| Australia: | N/A |
| Europe: | N/A |
| South Korea: | N/A |
| Hong Kong: | N/A |
| Taiwan: | N/A |
Websites
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| Japanese: | Official Site |
| English: | N/A |
Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR! (Japanese: ポケモンカードＧＢ２ ＧＲ団参上! Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!), abbreviated Pokémon Card GB2, is the Japan-only sequel to Pokémon Trading Card Game. The game story revolves around a new villainous team, Team Great Rocket, and contains nearly all of the cards from Base Set, Jungle, Fossil, and Team Rocket.
The game adds many new features not present in the original, such as new cards, the ability to play as a female character, a much larger in-game world, and a more developed story.
Copies of the game included Great Rocket's Mewtwo and Lugia promotional cards.
Plot
In Pokémon Card GB2, Team Great Rocket, led by Biruritchi, have kidnapped many of the Club Masters and attempted to steal the Legendary Cards. The player, assuming the role of Mark or Mint, must rescue the Club Masters and defeat Team Great Rocket at their headquarters on GR Island.
New features
- Players may select either Mark, the protagonist of the original Pokémon Trading Card Game, or Mint, a new female player character.
- Opponent Trainers now have varying sprites: when they are losing, they appear sad; when they are winning, they appear happy.
- Coins replace Master Medals as tokens of achievement. These coins can also be used in place of the standard game coin in duels.
- Most of the clubs, such as the Grass Club, receive a minor interior redesign.
- In addition to all of the areas found in TCG Island in the first game, a second island, GR Island, is explorable as well.
- When typing a player or deck name, lowercase letters are available, unlike the first game where only capital letters were available. The type symbols are also available as characters.
- Minicom is a new option accessible from the menu: it rearranges the e-mail system and simplifies the access to the Deck Save Machine, still available in Mason Laboratory, and to the card catalogue.
- Over seventy new prebuilt Decks are available in the Auto Deck Machines.
- The GR Challenge Cup and the Grand Master Cup are two new Challenge Cup tournaments held in Trading Card Game Islands.
- Dr. Mason now offers the player a Deck diagnosis, giving advice about how to build a deck and checking their current one.
Connectivity
Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR! allows players to send and receive cards and deck configurations or perform a Card Pop! between two cartridges via infrared, using the Game Boy Color's Infra-Red Communications Port.
Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR! allows players to duel each other using their own decks via the Game Boy Game Link Cable.
Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR! cannot communicate with Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Card Pop!
- Main article: Card Pop!
Card Pop! is a 2-player feature that randomly generates a card for each player. When the Infra-Red Communications Ports of two Game Boy Color systems with the game are connected, each player will receive a random card. A player cannot Card Pop! with the same game again until both players have used the feature with so many others that their partner's ID is overwritten in both games.
This feature is the only way of obtaining the Phantom Cards Lugia and Here Comes Team Rocket!.
Card Pop! cannot be performed between Pokémon Trading Card Game and Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!. Attempting to do so can result in glitches such as a game freeze or a loss of save data in Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Available cards
A total of 441 cards can be used in-game. This includes all cards from the previous title, plus cards from the Team Rocket expansion and most cards from the Japanese-exclusive Expansion Sheet series. Additionally, the 15 cards exclusive to the Intro Pack are available, as well as 13 more game-exclusive cards (some of which were released in card form around the same time). Only one card from Gym Heroes made it into the game, which was The Rocket's Trap. Additionally, Neo Genesis's Recycle Energy is included.
Expansion Sets
The following were the expansion sets available in the game.
- Beginning Pokémon
- Legendary Power
- Island of Fossil
- Psychic Battle
- Sky Flying Pokémon
- We Are Team Rocket
- Team Rocket's Ambition
- Promotion Card
Cards not available in Pokémon Card GB2
Like the first title, there are a number of actual cards that did not make into the game. Most tournament-legal Unnumbered Promotional cards released from 1996 to mid 1999 are included except for ones that are Owner's Pokémon or from best photo contests.
- Electrode
- Ditto
- Caterpie
- Grimer
- Koffing
- Tangela
- Electabuzz
- Marowak
- Ditto
- Flash
- Guard Spec.
- Kadabra
- Pokémon Tower
- Mew
- Cubone
- Jynx
- Pikachu
In addition, none of the spoof and non-legal cards from Expansion Sheet 3 are included, the only exception being Bill's PC (called Bill's Computer in the game). There are three additional cards in the game for Pokémon that were not from the first generation: Marill, Togepi, and Lugia.
Discrepancies between Pokémon Card GB2 and other prints
The following cards have different levels in-game than they do on their actual card prints or on other prints showing the card (in the case of cards that were not actually printed). This was likely done to differentiate them from other prints of the same Pokemon with the same level. Only four cards are affected by this from the Vending Machine cards and game-exclusive creations.
- Charmander - The actual card is LV.10, but in-game is noted as being LV.12.
- Moltres - While this is a card made exclusively for the games, the Japanese trading guide print shows the card as LV.37 while the game lists it as a LV.40 card.
- Magnemite - While this is a card made exclusively for the games, the Japanese trading guide print shows the card as LV.15 while the game lists it as a LV.14 card.
- Doduo - The actual card is LV.10, but in-game is noted as being LV.8.
Coins
- Main article: Coin (TCG) → In the games
Coins have superseded Master Medals from the first game as items which denote any significant achievement. Coins can be used to change the coin interface used in the card game, or may be used for access to certain areas of the map. There are 24 coins in total, separated into three sets: GB1 Island coins, GB2 Island coins, and special coins.
Locations
Returning characters
New characters
- Mint
- Team Great Rocket members
Staff
- Main article: Staff of Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!
Trivia
- This game, along with its predecessor, are the only spin-off Pokémon games to share overworld sprites with the core series games.
- When viewing the details of Dark Raichu in-game, it displays the "GB" symbol as it had yet to be released as a physical Japanese card. It would later be included in the Japanese Crossing the Ruins... expansion some three months later.
- This was the first Pokémon game to be published by The Pokémon Company, as well as the first Pokémon game on a Nintendo platform not to be published by Nintendo.
- This was the last Game Boy Color Pokémon title.
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