Pokémon Master Trainer (2005): Difference between revisions

[[File:PMT2005.jpg|thumb|right|The box for the game]]

'''Pokémon Master Trainer''' is a board game for two to four players produced in 2005 by [[Hasbro]] and {{wp|Milton Bradley}}. The object of the game is to travel from the starting place to the finish with the most Pokémon Chips (PCs), which are used as money. Along the way, players PCs, catch Pokémon, and participate in [[Pokémon battle|battles]]. There are 204 Pokémon from Generations [[Generation I|I]], [[Generation II|II]], and [[Generation III|III]] available.

Each player controls one of four pawns: [[Ash Ketchum|Ash]], [[May (anime)|May]], [[Max]], or [[Brock (anime)|Brock]]. Players start out with 100 PCs (which come in 10s, 20s, and 50s), three random Pokémon, and three random Items. The players spin for movement.

Battling, like moving, makes use of the spinner. In a [[Wild Pokémon|wild Pokémon]] battle, a player spins the spinner (which has the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 10) and adds the resulting number to their Pokémon's Battle Points. The player may choose to play Item or Event cards that will add to that total. Then another player spins for the wild Pokémon and adds that number to the Pokémon's BPs. If the player trying to capture the wild Pokémon has a higher total, he/she adds that Pokémon to their team (there is no limit to the amount of Pokémon you can have).

When a player encounters a Rare ([[Legendary Pokémon|Legendary]]) Pokémon, no battle ensues; the player must spin a six or a ten, and if successful, receives the Rare Pokémon.

There are several different cards in this game: Pokémon Character cards, which include all non-Legendary Pokémon, Rare Pokémon cards (Legendary Pokémon), Item cards, Event cards, Gym Leader cards, and Smile Loan cards.

The Pokémon Character cards make up 192 of the 204 featured Pokémon and are divided into three colors: yellow, orange, and red. Yellow Pokémon are the weakest, with either four or five Battle Points (BPs). All the basic forms of the [[Starter Pokémon]] (not including the then-unreleased [[Generation IV]]) are included in this category, besides some other low-level Pokémon like {{p|Jigglypuff}}. Orange Pokémon are medium strength, with BPs of either six or seven. They include all the middle stages of the Starter Pokémon as well as evolved Pokémon like {{p|Slowbro}} and strong unevolved Pokémon like {{p|Aipom}} and {{p|Diglett}}. Red Pokémon are strong, with BPs of either eight or nine. They include all the final stages of the Starter Pokémon in addition to other powerful fully-evolved Pokémon like {{p|Flygon}} and rare non-Legendary Pokémon like {{p|Lapras}}.

Rare Pokémon cards include all the Legendary Pokémon in Generations I-III, with two {{p|Deoxys}} ([[Form differences#Deoxys|Attack Forme and Defense Forme]]). The [[Legendary birds]], [[Legendary beasts|beasts]], and [[Legendary golems|golems]] and the [[Eon duo]] have ten BPs. The [[Weather trio]], [[Tower duo]], {{p|Mewtwo}}, and Deoxys (Defense Forme) have eleven BPs. {{p|Mew}}, {{p|Celebi}}, {{p|Jirachi}}, and Deoxys (Attack Forme) have 12 BPs.

*{{p|Pidgeotto}}'s BP level is 4, the lowest possible, a trait it shares with such weak Pokémon as {{p|Cleffa}} and {{p|Togepi}}. It is unknown why an evolved Pokémon was grouped with weaker ones, or why neither of its evolutionary relatives ({{p|Pidgey}} and {{p|Pidgeot}}) were included in the game at all.

*{{p|Igglybuff}}, a baby Pokémon, has six BPs, while its evolved form, Jigglypuff, has only five.

*Probably because [[Ash's Pikachu]] is so strong in the [[Pokémon anime|anime]], {{p|Pikachu}} is given a BP level of 8, unusually high.