Neo Genesis (Japanese: 金、銀、新世界へ...Gold, Silver, to a New World...) is the name given to the first main expansion of cards from the Neo Series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game (the Neo Era in Japan). The set is the first to feature Generation II Pokémon in the card game.
Here come over 60 all-new Pokémon from the Pokémon Gold™ and Pokémon Silver™ Game Boy® games! See if you can master two new Energy types and the Pokémon that go with 'em—Darkness Energy for extra power and Metal Energy for extra protection. Also, meet the Baby Pokémon! They evolve into Basic Pokémon and cause plenty of trouble.
The Pokémon®: Neo Genesis™ set introduces all-new Pokémon trading card game rules, so check out the website, <www.wizards.com/Pokemon>, to find out the latest! Or look for all-new Neo Genesis preconstructed theme decks with updated rules, coming out soon!
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Neo Genesis is the name given to the first main expansion of the Neo Series of the Pokémon Trading Card Game. In Japan, it was released as Gold, Silver, to a New World..., the second expansion in the Pokémon Card Game Neo Era. It is based on Pokémon Gold and Silver, featuring Generation II Pokémon. The English expansion was released on December 16, 2000, while the Japanese expansion was released on December 10, 1999.
Neo Genesis was the first expansion to feature Darkness and Metal-type Pokémon, Baby Pokémon and Pokémon Tools (Trainer cards that could be permanently attached to Pokémon in play as a reference to Generation II's Held item mechanic). Neo Genesis also introduced an updated card design in which the Evolution box was changed to a circular design, HP was changed to black text instead of red, the Evolution Stage was displayed below the HP and the Weakness and Resistance have a background graphic.
Moo-Moo Milk feature different illustration in the English and Japanese prints. The Japanese print depicts a Sentret suckling on a cow-like udder, which prompted a change for releases outside Japan as it was considered inappropriate for the TCG's primary audience.
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The original Japanese print run had several text errors including missing damage values and misleading attack descriptions. At some point a print run was made to correct these errors, but it's not certain when this happened or how the corrections were distributed. What is known is that in Spring 2001, over a year after the original Japanese release, a second distribution occurred. From the front, booster packs from the first distribution are indistinguishable from those of the second distribution, but on the back the EAN-13 code and ST product certification are different, with the original having an EAN-13 of "4935228 98512 8" and ST of "9" (1999) and the second release having an EAN-13 of "4521329 00794 6" and ST of "1" (2001).
Corrected error cards (Japanese print)
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