ThatObviousUser
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Which I haven't "beat," but still my most played Wii game this year.
They added Dragon this year but otherwise I think that's fake.
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Pokémon Community Thread 2: "This is the Real Power of Johto..."
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Which I haven't "beat," but still my most played Wii game this year.
They added Dragon this year but otherwise I think that's fake.
The better deisgn too
The new templates for the cards overall, just seem a little too busy.
oh yay i just caught a shiny Litwick
my first shiny!
*murders you and steals*
ThatObviousUser
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oh yay i just caught a shiny Litwick
my first shiny!
Enjoy its aweomeness until it becomes Chandelure.
ColtraineGF
Member
So, one day, long ago, I was with a group of kids after church, and I spotted two of them swapping cards of some sort. I wandered over, and asked, "Oh, what's this for?"
"Oh, it's a game called Pokemon."
Before everything, this was the absolute first thing I saw related to Pokemon. I didn't get to play the card game that day, but I was hooked in a way with the idea of it (the series), facing off against others with monsters.
"Oh, it's a game called Pokemon."
Before everything, this was the absolute first thing I saw related to Pokemon. I didn't get to play the card game that day, but I was hooked in a way with the idea of it (the series), facing off against others with monsters.
I'm pretty sure my first exposure was the anime, but the TCG came shortly after, when a friend showed me his new Charizard card. It wasn't long before he gifted me a couple of booster packs, I remember getting the Chansey card in my first pack:
In retrospect, apart from its relative rarity, its pretty damn awful as an actual card!
I actually still own my very first Pokemon card, (the first one I ever saw but it was all together in one deck) it was Gyarados from the Overgrowth Deck. It is scratched to oblivion, though. I've owned it since 1998.
(not my picture)
I still remember with Pokemon cards used nifty gems for damage counters.
(not my picture)
I still remember with Pokemon cards used nifty gems for damage counters.
UltimateIke
Member
I think my first card was the E3 Pikachu that came in a volume of Nintendo Power.
I still have it! :3
I still have it! :3
ColtraineGF
Member
tiggerkiddo
Member
This is where I sigh and say I've never owned a Pokemon card.
Dr.Palutena
Member
I dont remember my first card.
Me neither
go buy yourself one of those big starter sets. sometimes they come with nice figs.
ThatObviousUser
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I think my first was Chansey too, or this Machamp:
I think it was the "headline" card of one of the Base Set decks. I also remember the Pikachu in the OP, mostly because of how unique I thought it looked (compared to the anime.) I loved that card and that art.
I think it was the "headline" card of one of the Base Set decks. I also remember the Pikachu in the OP, mostly because of how unique I thought it looked (compared to the anime.) I loved that card and that art.
My first holographic card. It was awesome because NO ONE at my school had him yet.
Indeed. I don't think I saw Zapdos for a long while either, and the same goes for Venusaur and Blastoise. I was actually more excited to see those than Charizard, which I was lucky enough to get relatively early. The good/bad thing about the TCG game, though, was that it was so popular that it could quite hard for some to grasp the value of certain cards. It pretty much always devolved into someone wanting to trade whatever foil card they had, in exchange for my Charizard.
Before I actually knew the entire list of the base set, it was quite fun to speculate which of the remaining Pokemon filled out the collection. So many bullshit claims were spread around.
when we visited new york back in 99 all I wanted was my pokemon cards along with my brother and a friend of his asked us to get it. They were impossible to find because they hadn't stocked them yet or were sold out. But we got into this super famous toy store, and just when you got to the second floor there was a middle rack with pokemon cards and boy was it awesome.
Me being smart, got the fire and grass set cause my brother had the water grass set, and we got his friend the lame psychic one.
Learning how to play back at the hotel room was just amazing and then when we came home we were the only ones in the entire school with the cards for months and I had to play with my friends by splitting the deck.
Was amazing
unrelated note, less than an hour to finish this omg
Me being smart, got the fire and grass set cause my brother had the water grass set, and we got his friend the lame psychic one.
Learning how to play back at the hotel room was just amazing and then when we came home we were the only ones in the entire school with the cards for months and I had to play with my friends by splitting the deck.
Was amazing
unrelated note, less than an hour to finish this omg
Ding Ding Ding!
I'm claiming that as a victory, however small!
Okay, so now that I've figured that out, can someone point me to the post where I learn why?
ScraftyDevil
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Chet got banned. We're honouring his memory.
There is no why, only when.
Well, you were. I guess Mio was too much for Scrafty, tsk tsk.
Wait, just checked, I do own that card haha.
Ah, okay. Carry on then.
ScraftyDevil
Banned
I just couldn't resist that awesome slacker Scrafty art that Ike posted. It called to me like a tasty snack sandwich.
Just joining the party.
ScraftyDevil
Banned
Happy full-membership, good buddy.
Here's to a long GAF career of bannings and rude PMs
Here's to a long GAF career of bannings and rude PMs
Happy full-membership, good buddy.
Here's to a long GAF career of bannings and rude PMs
Thanks, I will follow the steps of Boney-sama and Gavijah-chan.
Syph Medwes
Member
oh yay i just caught a shiny Litwick
my first shiny!
omg so lucky
favourite card has got to be this though:
Syph Medwes
Member
You're right, too bad it was literally a trading card game where I lived and not much battling actually took place.
From viewing this thread I actually feel a bit of pity for those who didn't get to experience the card game for what it was meant for. It was just as enjoyable as the actual games were. At least people did against the CPU in the gameboy version, though.
You know what I miss? You notice how at the bottom of the card it gives a description of the Pokemon? They stopped doing that after a bit.
Need to complete TCG 2 translated. Too many games for one mortal soul... But hey, it has the rocket/dark cards in it!
I also considerably enjoyed making unique competitive decks, such as my Poliwrath/Politoed, Venusaur/Charizard, Colorless, and a lot more. What was great was that you could practically make the game your own compared to a lot of other card games, and I do admit I actually like it more than Yu-Gi-Oh! or any other card game. (Before Gen IV that is)
Probably the only game I've ever been decent at.
Probably the only game I've ever been decent at.
Dr.Palutena
Member
Same.
ColtraineGF
Member
I collected them too, lol.
How many kids on the playground actually played vs. collecting them all
How many kids on the playground actually played vs. collecting them all
I collected them too, lol.
How many kids on the playground actually played vs. collecting them all
In my school we had a Magic and Yu-gi-oh fad, but no pokemon tcg fad. I remember once walking into a table with 2 guys playing pokemon tcg, and asked them what the hell they were doing.
They never brought their pokemon cards to school after that