Jumbo Carddass Chip Shooter

A non-holo and holo chip. Mew is the only holo in the set and has a unique design.

Jumbo Carddass Chip Shooter (ジャンボカードダス チップシューター), more frequently referred to as just Pokémon Chip Shooter chips or cards, is a set of 11 Jumbo Pokémon cards released by Bandai from June 21-30 1996. The back of each card could be peeled to obtain a total of 165 cardstock chips featuring individual Pokémon and items from the original Red and Green games. Such chips are often referred to in Japan as menko. The cards were purchased from a vending machine for 100¥ each.

The Chip Shooter set was released under Bandai's card line Carddass, but is collected both in card and chip form. It is the first Pokémon collectible to feature all 151 Pokémon, and the first-released item to be sold as Pokémon "cards", having come out two months prior to Pokémon Carddass Part 1 & 2. The Chip Shooter cards are jumbo-size, measuring 21cm × 14.5cm, the same as the Jumbo Carddass W cards. Each individual chip measures about 3.5cm in diameter. The sequel set to Pokémon Chip Shooter is a set of jumbo cards containing rectangular Pokédex-themed mini cards with a different, unrelated design, called Chip Shooter 2.

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• Background
• List of Cards
• List of Chips
• Japanese sources and translations
  • CoroCoro monthly July 1996, page 397
  • CoroCoro monthly August 1996, page 186

Contents

Background

Cardboard display for the vending machines that sold Carddass Chip Shooter. Before being distributed to vending machines, the cards came sealed together in clear plastic with one of each card.

Translations of early materials suggest that the chips could be used to play a game. Each chip has an "HP" value. However, it is not yet known how the game was played.

The cards were distributed in full sets of 11, in clear packs of plastic that could only be opened by cutting or breaking the plastic. As such, each card was released in equal number. Each chip appears exactly once in the set, so each chip was released in equal number too.

List of Cards

A complete set of unpeeled Chip Shooter jumbo cards, front and back. The fronts (in black and white) are not the same: each gives tips on a different region of the map.

The set consisted of 11 Jumbo cards, each picturing the town map from Pokémon Red and Green on the front, with peelable chips on the back. Cards 1-9 each correspond to 2-3 nearby cities or regions within Kanto, and cards 10-11 have game tips on trading and the "phantom" Pokémon Mew. The chips on the reverse show colored versions of that card's corresponding region on the back, and chips from cards 10-11 have Master Balls, the only duplicate chip backing.

Chip Shooter Cards (11 total)
#	Region (Japanese)	Region (English)	Translation
1	ニビシティ〜セキエイ高原	Pewter City – Indigo Plateau	★Around Pewter City live Pokémon like Jigglypuff, famous for lulling enemies to sleep with its singing. Also, if you go to the town's Pewter Science Museum, you can see rare ancient fossils and the Moon Stone. ★At the Indigo Plateau is the Pokémon League, where the strongest Trainers gather. On Victory Road along the way, formidable foes like Golem and Golbat appear in great numbers to block your path!
2	お月見山〜ハナダの洞窟	Mt. Moon – Cerulean Cave	★Mt. Moon (Otsukimi-yama), where mysterious fossils lie dormant. In the mountain's caves, besides Pokémon like Zubat and Poliwag, the cute and popular Clefairy sometimes appear in swarms. ★In Cerulean Cave (Hanada Cave) live many rare Pokémon that appeared nowhere else in the world.
3	ハナダシティ〜イワヤマ	Cerulean City – Rock Tunnel	★On the road leading from Cerulean City to Bill's (Masaki's) house live many plant-type Pokémon like Oddish and Bellsprout. ★In the tunnel passing through Rock Mountain, powerful Pokémon like Machop and Onix appear, so always keep an eye on your remaining HP!
4	トキワシティ〜トキワの森〜ディグダの穴	Viridian City – Viridian Forest – Diglett's Cave	★Viridian City is the first town the hero stops at after setting out from their home in Pallet Town (Masara Town). The Pokémon that appear aren't very high level, so it's a good warm-up. ★Viridian Forest (Tokiwa Forest) is home to many bug-type Pokémon. ★In Diglett's Cave, as the name suggests, Diglett swarm in droves.
5	タマムシシティ〜クチバシティ〜サイクリングロード	Celadon City – Vermilion City – Cycling Road	★At Celadon City's Rocket Game Corner, there are Pokémon you can get as prizes! ★Vermilion City has a harbor where foreign ships come and go [text partly obscured; original notes the Pokémon that appear there]. ★On Cycling Road, many flying Pokémon like Doduo and Fearow appear!
6	ヤマブキシティ〜シオンタウン〜無人発電所	Saffron City – Lavender Town – Power Plant	★In Saffron City, home to "Silph Company," the maker of Pokémon-related products, you can obtain many valuable Pokémon like Lapras! ★In Lavender Town, where the spirits of Pokémon wander, ghost Pokémon appear! ★At the Power Plant, all sorts of Electric Pokémon live!
7	マサラタウン〜グレン島	Pallet Town – Cinnabar Island	★Pallet Town (Masara Town), home to the hero and their rival, and Professor Oak's (Ōkido's) laboratory. After receiving your first Pokémon from Professor Oak, you set off on a journey to complete the Pokédex! ★At Cinnabar Island (Guren Island), floating out on the sea, the Pokémon Lab here can revive fossils, letting you obtain valuable fossil Pokémon!
8	ふたごじま	Seafoam Islands	★The Seafoam Islands (Futago-jima), sitting on shallow coastal waters. Water-dwelling Pokémon like Seel and Psyduck live here, in great variety! Also, the legendary Pokémon Articuno is said to live somewhere in these Seafoam Islands — have you found it yet?
9	セキチクシティ〜釣りの名所	Fuchsia City – Fishing spot	★To the north of Fuchsia City (Sekichiku City) is the big leisure land "Safari Park" (Safari Zone). Many kinds of wild Pokémon roam freely here! ★South of Lavender Town is a road that runs over the sea on a built pier. Here you can fish for Pokémon living in the sea!
10	通信交換・対戦	Link trading & battling	★Link trading and battling let you battle and trade Pokémon with friends — great fun. Amazingly, there are said to be special Pokémon that only evolve through this link trading! There are four of them in all. Have you managed to get them yet? Also, this person apparently found theirs by trading with friends!
11	151匹目のポケモン	The 151st Pokémon	★Pokémon were thought to number 150 species in all. But in "Pocket Monsters," it turns out there was — wha-, whaaat — a 151st Pokémon! Sadly, how to obtain it still remains unknown. Have you managed to catch a glimpse of this phantom Pokémon yet!?

List of Chips

A complete set of all 165 Chip Shooter chips.

The set contains 165 chips total: 150 non-holo "standard" chips, 1 holo Mew chip, and 14 item chips. Peeling all 11 jumbo cards results in exactly one of each chip. 80 chips have red labels, 70 have green labels, and every Pokémon chip has HP, height, and weight on the front except Mew, which has a different design.

All 165 chips use the Sugimori Red and Green watercolor art.

Chip Shooter Chips (165 total)
#	Pokémon / Item	Chip Type
1	Bulbasaur	Normal
2	Ivysaur	Normal
3	Venusaur	Normal
4	Charmander	Normal
5	Charmeleon	Normal
6	Charizard	Normal
7	Squirtle	Normal
8	Wartortle	Normal
9	Blastoise	Normal
10	Caterpie	Normal
11	Metapod	Normal
12	Butterfree	Normal
13	Weedle	Normal
14	Kakuna	Normal
15	Beedrill	Normal
16	Pidgey	Normal
17	Pidgeotto	Normal
18	Pidgeot	Normal
19	Rattata	Normal
20	Raticate	Normal
21	Spearow	Normal
22	Fearow	Normal
23	Ekans	Normal
24	Arbok	Normal
25	Pikachu	Normal
26	Raichu	Normal
27	Sandshrew	Normal
28	Sandslash	Normal
29	Nidoran♀	Normal
30	Nidorina	Normal
31	Nidoqueen	Normal
32	Nidoran♂	Normal
33	Nidorino	Normal
34	Nidoking	Normal
35	Clefairy	Normal
36	Clefable	Normal
37	Vulpix	Normal
38	Ninetales	Normal
39	Jigglypuff	Normal
40	Wigglytuff	Normal
41	Zubat	Normal
42	Golbat	Normal
43	Oddish	Normal
44	Gloom	Normal
45	Vileplume	Normal
46	Paras	Normal
47	Parasect	Normal
48	Venonat	Normal
49	Venomoth	Normal
50	Diglett	Normal
51	Dugtrio	Normal
52	Meowth	Normal
53	Persian	Normal
54	Psyduck	Normal
55	Golduck	Normal
56	Mankey	Normal
57	Primeape	Normal
58	Growlithe	Normal
59	Arcanine	Normal
60	Poliwag	Normal
61	Poliwhirl	Normal
62	Poliwrath	Normal
63	Abra	Normal
64	Kadabra	Normal
65	Alakazam	Normal
66	Machop	Normal
67	Machoke	Normal
68	Machamp	Normal
69	Bellsprout	Normal
70	Weepinbell	Normal
71	Victreebel	Normal
72	Tentacool	Normal
73	Tentacruel	Normal
74	Geodude	Normal
75	Graveler	Normal
76	Golem	Normal
77	Ponyta	Normal
78	Rapidash	Normal
79	Slowpoke	Normal
80	Slowbro	Normal
81	Magnemite	Normal
82	Magneton	Normal
83	Farfetch'd	Normal
84	Doduo	Normal
85	Dodrio	Normal
86	Seel	Normal
87	Dewgong	Normal
88	Grimer	Normal
89	Muk	Normal
90	Shellder	Normal
91	Cloyster	Normal
92	Gastly	Normal
93	Haunter	Normal
94	Gengar	Normal
95	Onix	Normal
96	Drowzee	Normal
97	Hypno	Normal
98	Krabby	Normal
99	Kingler	Normal
100	Voltorb	Normal
101	Electrode	Normal
102	Exeggcute	Normal
103	Exeggutor	Normal
104	Cubone	Normal
105	Marowak	Normal
106	Hitmonlee	Normal
107	Hitmonchan	Normal
108	Lickitung	Normal
109	Koffing	Normal
110	Weezing	Normal
111	Rhyhorn	Normal
112	Rhydon	Normal
113	Chansey	Normal
114	Tangela	Normal
115	Kangaskhan	Normal
116	Horsea	Normal
117	Seadra	Normal
118	Goldeen	Normal
119	Seaking	Normal
120	Staryu	Normal
121	Starmie	Normal
122	Mr. Mime	Normal
123	Scyther	Normal
124	Jynx	Normal
125	Electabuzz	Normal
126	Magmar	Normal
127	Pinsir	Normal
128	Tauros	Normal
129	Magikarp	Normal
130	Gyarados	Normal
131	Lapras	Normal
132	Ditto	Normal
133	Eevee	Normal
134	Vaporeon	Normal
135	Jolteon	Normal
136	Flareon	Normal
137	Porygon	Normal
138	Omanyte	Normal
139	Omastar	Normal
140	Kabuto	Normal
141	Kabutops	Normal
142	Aerodactyl	Normal
143	Snorlax	Normal
144	Articuno	Normal
145	Zapdos	Normal
146	Moltres	Normal
147	Dratini	Normal
148	Dragonair	Normal
149	Dragonite	Normal
150	Mewtwo	Normal
151	Mew	Holo
152	Pokédex	Item
153	Town Map	Item
154	Moon Stone	Item
155	S.S. Anne Ticket	Item
156	Item Finder	Item
157	Bicycle	Item
158	Exp. Share	Item
159	Poké Doll	Item
160	Silph Scope	Item
161	Poké Flute	Item
162	Super Rod	Item
163	Warden's Teeth	Item
164	Card Key	Item
165	Old Amber	Item

Japanese sources and translations

This section only translates the most important text in each source.

CoroCoro monthly July 1996, page 397

Page 397 of the July 1996 monthly CoroCoro.
Image from Dogasu's 1996 article. A higher-res photo can be found on Zoidsland.

A full-page ad for the Chip shooters appears. It is common for CoroCoro images of products printed prior to their release to differ slightly from the final version.
The release date is given in the central vertical column:
Japanese: バンダイ／100円(税込) 6月下旬発売
English: Bandai / ¥100 (tax included), released late June

The Chip Shooter items are referred to as "cards" throughout:
Below the town map image:
Japanese: ▲カード表面。タウンマップイラスト
English: ▲ Card front. Town Map illustration.

Directly right of the town map image:
Japanese:カードからチップをめくるとモンスターやアイテムが出現。全部で11種類。
English: When you peel the chip from the card, monsters and items appear. 11 types in all.

To the left of the card back:
Japanese: ▶カード裏面 一枚に15チップ。
English: ▶ Card back. 15 chips per card."

From this it is also clear that:

• All 11 cards were included in this one set
• The town map is actually the front of the card

CoroCoro monthly August 1996, page 186

Page 186 has a full-page color description of the Chip Shooter set. However, a source for a scan of the page has not been found. When it appears, new information may be learned about the set, including possibly how the Chip Shooter game worked.

This article is part of Project Merchandise, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all Pokémon toys, dolls, books, and collectible merchandise.