For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Jigglypuff.
Jigglypuff (Japanese: プリンPurin) is a Colorless-type Basic Pokémon card. In English, it was first released as a Wizards Black Star Promo. Its Japanese release was the first-ever release of Pokémon TCG cards, as a CoroCoro promo in the November 1996 issue alongside Pikachu.
When its huge eyes light up, it sings a mysteriously soothing melody that lulls its enemies to sleep.
丸くて大きい瞳で誘いこみ、心地よい歌をうたい、相手を眠らせる。
Release information
November 1996 monthly CoroCoro comic, displaying the insert from which the original Pikachu and Jigglypuff were peeled. Magazine goodies like this were called furoku.Japanese base set poster from 1996 depicting the 2 Pikachu and Jigglypuff CoroCoro promos collectible alongside the base set for a total of 102+2 cards. Card description reads: コロコロ付録カード : CoroCoro furoku card コロコロ11月号 の付録カード。: The bonus card from CoroCoro's November issue. もちろんゲームでも使えるぞ!! : And of course, you can use it in the game too!!
First release (1996)
The Pokémon TCG was due for release with the Japanese Base Set on October 20 1996. To get kids excited about the upcoming cards, Pokémon partnered with CoroCoro comic to release two TCG cards for free to subscribers ahead of the main release. Kids could get these prerelease cards only by buying the November CoroCoro 1996 issue, which came out October 15th, 5 days earlier.[1] The two cards were the Sugimori-error Pikachu and the glossy Jigglypuff with art by Keiji Kinebuchi. Distributors had initially been skeptical of Pokémon cards[2], but the promotion was a success and the TCG was an instant hit[3].
More information on the first two cards can be read in the first release section of the CoroCoro Promo Pikachu article.
Japanese variants (1996-1999)
A Japanese variant was released alongside Pikachu as a promo in a booklet called Easily Understand How to Play Pokémon Cards (original: すぐわかるポケモンカードの遊びかた). It was released on November 30, 1996.[citation needed] It is identical to the original release but on matte paper. The matte surface can be distinguished from an angle in light, or by its lighter colors in a frontal photo.
A mail-in prize draw offering another glossy copy of the original Japanese print was published in the October 1998 issue of CoroCoro Comic, released on September 15, 1998. People wishing to enter the prize draw were required to affix the application ticket on the bottom left of the article page to a postcard and send it to Shogakukan. Two thousand winners were sent a set of four cards mounted on two plain sheets: Pikachu and Jigglypuff on one; Meowth and Brock's Onix on the other. An English version on glossy Japanese card stock was also available on a two-card insert alongside Pikachu in the Spring 1999 issue of Hyper CoroCoro, released on March 1, 1999. This print features a gray star symbol with a yellow "PROMO" superimposed on it, similar to the Black Star promotional cards released outside Japan. Since this card was printed in very small number, almost all glossy copies available are from the original CoroCoro release.
English release (1999)
The first English release was a Wizards Black Star Promo and was available as part of a Pokémon the First Movie soundtrack promotion. In North America, early copies of the soundtrack on compact disc and compact cassette contained details of a mail-in campaign that required people to send a proof of purchase in exchange for the card. In the United Kingdom, the card itself was included in early copies of the soundtrack.
Double-Edge is a move in the Pokémon games that Jigglypuff can learn. The sibling Pikachu promo has the two moves that Pikachu learns at level 1 in the original games.
October 1996 monthly CoroCoro comic page 176-177, which is a two-page preview of what's included in the upcoming November issue.
Translation of relevant sections: Large text below the Pikachu card:
ゲームカード独占企画 — Exclusive game-card feature (sidebar)
ポケモン — Pokémon (blue text)
ピカチュウ・プリン スペシャル版 2大キャラ — Pikachu & Jigglypuff (big green text), 2 big characters (red blurb), Special edition (red)
ゲームカード 完全ふろく— Game card, complete supplement (in green)
発売先行 — Ahead of release (white on black. Advertising that you could get the promos before the main release of the TCG). Small text just above the Pikachu card:
10月に下旬発売のカードとほぼ同じ仕様の2枚をぞ! — Two cards in nearly the same spec as the ones going on sale in late October! Bottom black banner:
月刊コロコロコミック 11月号 10月15日発売！– Monthly CoroCoro Comic, November issue, on sale October 15!
↑Hatakeyama & Kubo (2000), Pokémon Story, p. 225-226 + 239
↑Hatakeyama & Kubo (2000), Pokémon Story, p. 246-247.
