Pokémon Trading Card Game is the video game adaptation of the Pokémon collectible card game. Developed by Hudson Soft and published by Nintendo, it was released on December 15, 2000 in Europe on Game Boy Color. Here is its fact sheet.
| Japanese title | Pokémon Card GB |
|---|---|
| Platform | Game Boy Color, Game Boy compatible |
| Japan release | December 18, 1998 |
| North America release | March 31, 2000 |
| Australia release | April 7, 2000 |
| Europe release | December 15, 2000 |
| 3DS Virtual Console | July 10, 2014 in Europe, €4.99 |
| Developer | Hudson Soft |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Genre | Card game |
| Players | 1 or 2 (Game Link cable) |
| Languages | French, English, German |
| Sales | Nearly 4 million copies worldwide, according to our 2014 article |
The content
- The cards from the Base Set, Jungle and Fossil expansions, except Electrode (Base Set) and Ditto (Fossil), plus exclusive cards. See Cards and expansions.
- Eight Clubs and their Masters. See Club Masters.
- Four Grand Masters and their legendary cards. See Grand Masters and Ronald.
- Two-player duels via Game Link cable and card trading, as well as Card Pop! via infrared on Game Boy Color.
The promotional cards
In Europe, the game came with a holographic Meowth promo card, in English. The official guide came with a Venusaur card. In Japan, a holographic Dragonite came with the game.
The Japanese sequel
A sequel, Pokémon Card GB2, was released in Japan on the same console a little over two years later. It was never translated.
The European manual has the reference DMG-AXQP-FHUG.
