User talk:nuva-kal

Pokémon TCG Images

Hi, I noticed you've done a lot of work on the TCG pages. I don't know how much they'd help, but I've got a lot of TCG images on my system (just over 40). I don't know if they'll help you, but I can send them to you if you want. If you want to know what they are, I can either send a screenshot of them to you or just list them. I can send the images either via email, or Windows Live Messenger (MSN). Anyway, let me know if your interested. Regards, Double Dash 15:34, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Edit: Just a quick list: 8 images (one Japanese) from Diamond & Pearl; 11 images (Japanese) from Mysterious Treasures; 8 images (Japanese) from Shining Darkness; 8 images from EX sets; 2 display box images; the Worlds 2006 card back; 4 Worlds 2005 deck box images and the Worlds 2005 logo; 4 Worlds 2006 deck box images; 4 Worlds 2006 card images, one to go with each deck. That's actually 50 altogether, not just over 40, and I've probably got some more elsewhere. They're from various places, and all have been released by press releases either by Pokémon USA or Pokémon-Card.com in Japan. Edit at 16:02, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Concerning images for the cards themselves, its Happy Mask Man you need to talk to - I tend to handle TCG lists and related topics (some of which need some attention), after several card articles I did myself have been edited in favour of his system. I would do articles for the later sets, such as Diamond & Pearl to ease his workload, but he'd need a lot of work to add to it anyway, what with the Japanese translations and the GameBoy version of the TCG, etc. - I can't do any of that. I'd prefer not to tread on his feet. Although we will need images eventually of the English cards, its not my place to determine when. Cheers for the heads-up though. nuva-kal, 18 June 2007 21:15 (BST)

Edit: Come to think of it - there are a couple of things that could make the lists better. The first is the set logo on the cards, I'm having difficulty finding high resolution images of the ones that we don't have yet. The second would be booster designs, which could be displayed alongside the card lists (language specific) and take up some of that white space. Although more recent booster images are easy to find, older ones with a decent enough resolution are difficult to track.

So set symbols and set logos for as many sets as possible, plus as many booster pack designs as possible? Do you want any theme deck boxes if I can find those as well? Double Dash 20:50, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

That would be a bonus! nuva-kal, 18 June 2007 22:04 (BST)

Is there any way to send you what I have? Got plenty of stuff for you. Double Dash 15:04, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

My Hotmail account is acting up, so you can send the stuff to my alternate address - [email protected] nuva-kal, 26 June 2007 16:33 (BST)

Re: Credit

No, it's fine, thanks. :-) Double Dash 19:26, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Poké Ball is spelt as two words with both words capitalised. - 振霖_T 01:44, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

You should not move content from a article to a category description. Instead, link to the category from the article. - 振霖_T 15:03, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

I only moved the Nintendo Promo cards to separarte articles in their own category because one single article is too large. Upon editing the single article, there was a notice saying it may be too large for other users to view. Besides, there are more miscellaneous promos coming out later this year, and there is a new promo set (DP##), so I thought separating them would give less hassle in the long term. That's what I did with the Japanese Promo cards too. nuva-kal, 1 July 2007 21:02 (BST)

Not view, edit. The point is, with categories you don't have to maintain the list in the article, just link to the category. - 振霖_T 07:00, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Shining Darkness

There was no reason to blank that page. Yes, it's considered a Japan-only expansion, but so is VS, Web, Moon Hunting, Night Dashing, and several Japan-only promo card categories. It would be inappropriate to blank any of those, why would it be appropriate to blank Shining Darkness?

Don't pull a stunt like that again, or there will be consequences. Bulbapedia does not take kindly to people who blank notable pages for no reason. ****, Bulbapedia frowns on blanking pages period! --Shiningpikablu252 18:06, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Shining Darkness is not Japanese-exclusive, I don't know why people can't get their heads round this - Secret Wonders is the English version of it, simply with Dialga, Palkia and Darkrai omitted and with a few cards from MH/ND added. Can the removal of six cards and an addition of 10 really class Shining Darkness a stand-alone set?

Were the Japanese and English versions of Team Rocket classed as two sets because the English version had Dark Raichu - no; were Japanese and English versions of EX Sandstorm considered separate because the English version had (at the time) exclusive cards in it - no.

I have not completely omitted the content of Shining Darkness, if you will take note, I have simply moved its content to Secret Wonders, as 95% of the card list is exactly the same as its Japanese counterpart. With all of the relevant information included in Secret Wonders, I saw no need to keep the Shining Darkness article, and therefore removed the information - not being a moderator, I can't actually delete the page.

I have done this in the past with the e-card sets, and more recently EX Power Keepers, so why I have attracted such a negative response for a perfectly reasonable action is beyond me. If you would prefer me to alert you or a moderator when I am about to do something of this nature, I will do so. I do not go and delete pages off the lam - I take my position as a member of the Pokémon and Bulbapedia community seriously and whenever I do edit material, it is done with consideration for others and always with a just explanation. nuva-kal 09:11, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, uh, I'd actually back that up. (Sorry for butting in, but I agree here.) Bar, what, ten cards, Shining Darkness is Secret Wonders. Similarly, DP4 in America will be Moon Hunting/Night Dashing. There's going to be very little point in having four pages for two sets, surely. Now, I could understand if both DP3 and DP4 in America were 50/50 of Shining Darkness and MH/ND, but they're not. You can't use VS and Web to back up your argument, either, because their cards have never been released in English-language sets. Double Dash 15:07, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Re: Shining Darkness

No probs, happy to be able to help out. I'm gonna redirect the Shining Darkness page to Secret Wonders, so there are no more arguments. Double Dash 21:01, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

Card Article Image Field

"image= |" displays the image "Please upload an image of this card" when the field in question is blank. There is no need to replace the field with the text when it's easier to have the blank field. --Shiningpikablu252 16:36, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. nuva-kal 16:39, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

TCG ID

PLEASE USE THE {{TCG ID|SET NAME|CARD NAME|CARD NUMBER}} ON ANY CARD LISTS. Jason ::File:Ani151MS.gif

I know, I'm just not that familiar with using these new templates. I'll learn(!) BTW, you say you have stuff for the GB cards? If you could add images and Japanese characters/translations to complete them that would be great. nuva-kal 13:21, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

yes i do. it is on my pc... along with alot of stuff....however, would it be possible to manage gb1 and gb2 card images near their card number ? :) Jason ::File:Ani151MS.gif

I don't know what you mean, which number are you talking about - the ones in the checklist? nuva-kal 13:34, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

Double Redirects

When moving a page, make sure you fix any double redirects you create. When you moved Moon Hunting/Night Dashing (TCG) to Great Encounters (TCG), you left behind two double redirects in Moon Hunting (TCG) and Night Dashing (TCG) and did not bother to fix them. I've gone ahead and fixed them for you, but make sure you fix any double redirects you create when moving pages in the future. You can check for double redirects by looking under "What Links Here" on a page. --Shiningpikablu252 22:19, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Flaaffy

You sure? The Secret Wonders Blister Pack with the Flaaffy doesn't get released till December...Arri 17:56, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

You're right, its just that my local Forbidden Planet has the Secret Wonders blister pack with the alt. holos, and when I saw the bit about the Flaaffy, I automatically assumed that was the one you were on about - I completely forgot about the Japanese promo! nuva-kal 18:14, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Suicune

For the record, this Wizards promo Suicune and its Nintendo promo reprint are itself reprints of an Aquapolis card, Suicune H25. You might want to create the article at the Aquapolis location and create the necessary redirects. --Shiningpikablu252 17:37, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

No problem :) nuva-kal 17:40, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Bionicle

Bionicle RULZ!!!!!!!!! Have you ever been to the BSO1 Wiki?File:Ani260MS.gif Ace File:Ani384MS.gif 19:25, 2 February 2008 (UTC) P.S. My username there is the same as it is here.

Yes, I've been to the Wiki, although I never really edit there, since a lot more members are actively updating minor things that they've got from Greg or adding things from the books, which I don't get until at least 2-3 months after the Americans do. I never really get the chance to add anything new to the BS01 Wiki, unlike here where there is still a lot to do, especially regarding the TCG, which is what I'm primarily involved in.

The Wiki may prove useful for minor titbits when I get around starting my flash Bionicle website for my final university project. Nice to hear from a fellow Bionicle fan! nuva-kal 13:59, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Hey, don't you think it's messed up how Mata Nui's alive, but with Makuta's spirit? Ugh...really disturbing.... ^ht 14 02:52, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Just goes to show you how much of a badass villain Teridax is! It certainly puts a new twist on the story, and it will be interesting to see how the story plays out if Mata Nui finds his way back to wherever his body ends up... ~~nuva-kal 09:22, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

True, true. When were you a Bionicle fan? Do you have a Bulbagarden forum? ^ht 14 22:02, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

I don't have a forum, no. I've been with Bionicle since the beginning. I got into it because at first the models were similar to the Slizers in 1999, which I liked, but then Bionicle had this whole mythos and great story behind it, so I was hooked. At the time, I didn't have the internet, so I was pretty much in the dark about all the contests and games until mid-2002. From then on, the whole experience just got better and I am looking forward to next year. ~~nuva-kal 13:04, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

Re: DP4

Hit the nail on the head. :-) I've almost finished the Moonlit Pursuit/Dawn Dash page, then I'll take all necessary information outta the Great Encounters page. After than, the next three pages can just be created as per. Double Dash 21:22, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Ralts Half Deck

You will find nothing while searching for Japanese Nintendo websites, due this seems to be an exclusive Spanish release. I can't assure whatever it is a promotional release or a Spanish exclusive. You can find more about it on the Oficial Ex Ruby and Sapphire Spanish distributor website.

Hmmm. Do you know if the other Spanish Half Decks have the same content as the Japanese ones? If so, then its just a case of indicating that the Ralts one is Spanish exclusive, if the others are different, it might be better to make a separate article, or put another list on the same page. All English content is derived from stuff from Japan, with slight modifications (or major with the new sets). Then other European countries usually uniformally just get the English content and translate it without changes (albeit it takes a long time and several sets don't get released - French and German for example). This is the first time I've seen this done, which is why I was sceptical about it. You might want to talk to some other TCG project members to see what they think. nuva-kal 22:46, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

On the Treecko, Mudkip and Torchic half decks you will find the Spanish content of them.

I really do have some time ago a long discussion with some members of the TCG project, because they were as sceptic as you, but what they did was to undo my contributions just because they don't belive it wasn't a fake. Until I contact a TCG project administrador. --Profesor Bain 21:24, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, I'm always willing to give people benefit of the doubt. I wish I looked at those articles earlier, then we probably wouldn't be having this discussion! I've just added a little notification on the Template:Japanese Half Decks template for the Ralts one just to ease up confusion with those who are not familiar with it (like me) and saving people from contacting you about it (again, like me!). nuva-kal 11:20, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Don't worry. That's what makes Bulbapedia a great encyclopedia. I will continue investigating about this Ralts Half Deck in order to clarify all this topic.--Profesor Bain 12:35, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Template:TCG Expansions

Hi there, would you happen to know who I need to talk to about changing this template to include Moonlit Pursuit/Dawn Dash, and also other changes? Double Dash 15:31, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

TTE maybe, or Zhen Lin. Is this just for running the idea past them, or how to actually do it? nuva-kal 19:28, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, I wanna discuss the issues caused by both Japanese and English DP4, how to rectify them, and also submit changes for them to check and either accept or deny. Double Dash 21:49, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

OK. Other members involved with the TCG might want their input too, but TTE and Zhen are probably the ones to run it by first. nuva-kal 22:06, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

TCG Promo

hello there. i am Magnedeth. after reading your userpage, it seems we have a bit in common (like Bionicle), but i digress to the real reason of this post. you seem to be engrossed in the TCG. now, i was a huge collector back in the day, but less so these days. however, through it all, i have always been collecting one thing. Magnemite. yes, im on a mission to collect every single Magnemite card in exsistence, both reg and reverse holo. that being said, i didnt come here to ask if you have a card or anything, but i would like to know if you know if/when the Magnezone promo will make it stateside? the obvious thing would be the american release of the movie, but, the american release will almost cirtainly not be in theatres. i have the D/P Magnezone card (still looking for reverse holo, but ill find it) and im itching for another one. MAG NE DETH 00:27, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

This is the problem with Japanese promo cards - there are so many of them and Nintendo do not have the resources to translate every single card (there are some they don't translate for obvious reasons, like the Imakuni? cards, etc.). Considering the cards that Nintendo put into POP sets and the rate at which they release new promo cards (how long its taken to get certain Lv. X Pokémon is a good example), it looks unlikely that we will see an English version any time soon. There are a few Battle Road promos that have made their way into the Western market, but they only tend to be decent cards playwise. Looking at Magnezone, it does look good, so there may be a chance that it may work its way into a POP set, or part of a value pack - but not for a while. Never say never! Nuva-kal 12:28, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

arg! ill find a way, i always find a way...i have the vending Magnemite and Magneton which were not released stateside, and i also have an Imakuni? pass card and trainer card, and i used to have Imakuni?'s Doduo, but somone stole it. (can you beleive that?!?) oh well. it looks like a Magnezone Lv. X is comming down the pipeline soon, guess ill have to wait untill it's released in america. thats rather expected though, its just another set. you dont happen to know when its getting released, do you? MAG NE DETH 19:07, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Well, Magnezone Lv. X is in Temple of Anger/Cry from the Mysterious, the majority of which will likely be pushed back to our DP6 set, released around August (the third set of the year normally clashes with Worlds). Majestic Dawn has Garchomp Lv. X and Porygon-Z Lv. X confirmed, but will have to include Leafeon Lv. X and Glaceon Lv. X too, so I don't think Nintnedo will push the boat out to put another Lv. X in there, meaning its unfortunately another long wait. Good luck with your collection! Nuva-kal 19:18, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

NOOOOOO!!!!! my deck needs another Magnezone!!! damn......well, thanks for all the info anyway.. MAG NE DETH 19:21, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

did you do all (most) of the vending machine cards? i have more than just the Mags. im still not sure how i got them...must have gotten a couple of packs from somone/somwhere...in anycase, thanks to you, i know what they say now! -- MAG NE DETH 00:03, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I've got an old UK edition of Pojo's Pokémon from August 2000 that's got scans and translations of most of the cards (though some are a little off). I'll try and get Series 3 done sometime soon. Nuva-kal 08:55, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

awesome. ill have to go and find out which ones i got so i can translate them. i have a Pass Card too, though, thats completely obsolete, isnt it.. -- MAG NE DETH 23:16, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

The Pass Card was one of the "bonus" cards with Series 3. In Japan when Series 3 was released, there was a campaign where you sent in either Haunter, Kadabra, Omanyte, Graveler or Machoke with the Pass Card to the card company and they would send you the evolved version back. A nice little thing, a shame it didn't make it across the pond.

A lot of the bonus cards tend to be spoof ones or ones that allow you to bend the rules of the game. Because of this, I don't think that people took them seriously at first and they were ignored, but there is a growing collectors market for them - especially now since Wizards didn't translate the majority of them, so it is a card worth holding onto. Nuva-kal 17:42, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

absolutly. i take pride in my rare useless cards. i also have the Imakuni "trainer card". is there a translation for that somwhere? (and while were at it, Imakuni's Doduo too. i will get it back someday...) -- MAG NE DETH 00:55, 10 April 2008

I've gone ahead and done some of the bonus cards from vending (some of them are really wierd and difficult to read) and Imakuni?'s Doduo. Enjoy! Nuva-kal 11:00, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

hell yes. thank you. now, to begin the tedious and expensive task of collecting them all! ok, maybe not. but, i still like them. do you have any Imakuni? or vending cards? -- MAG NE DETH 23:26, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

I don't have any Imakuni? cards, no. I did have a Vending Ponyta waaaay back, but I must have traded it for something. This was back when everyone in school had Pokémon cards, and this girl had a Ponyta who didn't know what set it was from. Nobody knew, so she just gave it to me because I was the only one who recognised it was in Japanese. Then, I must have traded it for something soon after 'cause I don't have it anymore. I didn't have as much respect for the Japanese cards as I do now, so in hindsight I should have held onto it, but it doesn't really bother me that much. Technically with the Wizards promos, I do have some Vending cards, so I guess that will do for now! Nuva-kal 09:22, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

on a Ponyta related note, i had 26 Ponyta's. about 21 or so from the base set. once i realised this, i started giving them away! im just wondering though, why do you have so much repect for the Jap cards? back when the cards were big, i didnt care if they were english of jap, i wanted them, but then i stopped collecting. only very recently did i actually go out and get a pack (for old time sake) and now i really dont care for the Jap cards. -- MAG NE DETH 23:05, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

I guess I've come to respect them because of the sheer volume of them. Because I've done the promo lists and started the translations for some the early ones, you realise how much Wizards missed out to begin with. It's happening all over again with the new promos, and there are some fantastic cards out there that we will never see the light of day of in the West. Plus, these guys make the game, so without them we wouldn't even have the TCG. Without the collaboration of PCL, PUSA and other gaming bodies, the TCG would never have stayed as popular as it has been over recent years. Sure, it doesn't enjoy the dizzying heights it had back in the late 90's, but there is still a strong fan base behind all aspects of Pokémon, and Bulbapedia is proof of that. Nuva-kal 14:30, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

well, i respect that. that makes a lot of sence. -- MAG NE DETH 19:37, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Speaking of some of the Vending cards, what of the checklists from series 3? Due to the number sign, it's impossible to have the article exactly named "Checklist #1 (Vending S3)" and the like. Personally, I'd take the same approach used for the Blaine's Quizzes. --Shiningpikablu252 23:51, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

The checklist names are placeholders for now, because the title of the card is the name of the deck those cards in the checklist are for. As soon as I dig up the names of the decks, I'll change the links. Nuva-kal 09:22, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Do you know the last 6 illustrators for the "P" Promotional cards? That's the only thing holding back those cards' creations. ^Moldy _Orange 14:58, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure it's Midori Harada - I don't have a crystal clear image of the cards, but the illustrations (particularly the Mewtwo) are similar to her art style. The illus. for each of the cards are taken from one large piece that features the six Pokémon, so she is credited for all six. Nuva-kal 15:35, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Some card name translations

Hiya, I'm about to make a page for the 11th movie commemoration set from Japan, but there are two cards whose names I'm unsure of. This one, "氷空のシェイミ", I think is Icy Sky Shaymin, and this one, "反転世界のギラティナ", I think is Reverse World Giratina, but I'm not sure. If you could help, I'd much appreciate it. If you want the pages there are on, I'll link. Cipher 11:04, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

It is Reverse World Giratina, but only the one that is the Origin Forme. I am unsure what the Shaymin is. The information I got for it is here: [1] so if you would like to check that out... ^Moldy _Orange 12:53, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

I think Icy Sky is pretty accurate, though the last two characters before Shaymin literally translate as 'air travel' in some things I put it through! Your assumptions are better English name-wise than some of the translations I have seen for them, so I would go with those.Nuva-kal 13:13, 28 July 2008 (UTC)

Sadly, I cannot translate Kanji. I always just compare the attack with the same attack on other cards. Most of the time, they are the same. But sadly, Heart Swap has not appeared on an English card yet, but I will still try to find what it says. ^Moldy _Orange 16:29, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

And actually, If you can give me me the indecent English, I can probably convert it into TCG Language. ^Moldy _Orange 16:31, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

I may be wrong, but it should be something to the effect of switching abilities and damage counters with another Pokémon. ^Moldy _Orange 17:23, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

I think it is something along the lines of that, yes. I've got the template for the card all done but it's on another computer, so I the earliest I can upload it is tomorrow. I am planning to tackle the PLAY promos next. Some I know are already in English, but it's the "owners" ones I want to try and do, as I expect a few people might want to know what they do. Thanks for taking a look at it. ~~nuva-kal 16:50, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Skarmory card

The second attack on the Skarmory card, (メタルスラッシュ) translates as "Metal Slash". ~$aturn¥oshi ^{THE VOICES} 23:22, 29 July 2008 (UTC)

And the text should say: Skarmory can't attack during your opponent's next turn. ^Moldy _Orange 01:39, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Thanks guys! ~~nuva-kal 10:47, 30 July 2008 (UTC)

Alto Mare's Latias and Alto Mare's Latios

I found these two pages created by an amateur created rather messily and had hotlinked images inserted. I've done some cleanup on them, but I'm going to need someone who can decipher the images for full cleanup. Can you help me on this? Thanks.

For the record, the hotlinked images can still be found within the edit histories, so you don't have to go searching around on outside sites for them. Not that the images would have been that hard to find anyway...--Shiningpikablu252 19:46, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

I've gone over them the best I can - there wasn't that much more to do with them, you did a fine job yourself! ~~nuva-kal 10:52, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Question

Hey, Nuva-kal... Your username interests me, as it is reminiscent of LEGO's BIONICLE series (mainly I'm talking about the Toa Nuva and Bohrok Kal). Are (or were) you into it? Please reply on My Talk Page. And while you're at it, could please maybe see my userpage? Palkiajosh 00:42, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Card translation

Hi there, I'm having a little trouble translating something...my Japanese is pretty poor in the first place, but I'm not sure what the attack names on this card are. As far as the first attack goes, I think the text is "Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed." I think, but I'm uncertain, the second attack is "Discard 2 basic Energy cards from Heatran. (If you can't discard 2 basic Energy cards from Heatran, this attack does nothing.)"

Please can you help clear this up for me? Thanks, Double Dash 10:19, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Ahhh, its sooo much easier to put it through translation sites when you have the japanese text! The first attack is Body Slam and reads "Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokémon is now Paralyzed". The second is Fire Spin and reads "Discard 2 Energy cards attached to Heatran in order to use this attack." Since these attacks already exist in English, its easy to make correlations and translate them to how they would actually appear on an English TCG card an use English TCG terminology. Its older cards that are a pain because I have to hunt down the kanji I need (my computer can't read Japanese and no matter how many times I try, won't install the East Asia language pack), then translate them. ~~nuva-kal 10:52, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks very much! I've been able to make the article now, so thanks again. =) Double Dash 11:15, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

No problem. As long as there is a full spoiler version of the card on the website, just run the URL through Google and hit the "translate" link to the right of the page link. From the (sometimes very rough) translations, it should be relatively easy to make a gist of what the attack is. I would hold off doing the more recent promos, just incase PUSA decide to do POP 8 with a few of these (fingers crossed) instead of purely artwork variations. ~~nuva-kal 11:40, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

That's the hope, there are becoming too many random promos to fit into sets. I actually hope we don't get any Pokémon LV.X in POP Series sets - a non-holo LV.X wouldn't be pretty. But yeah, I'm gonna hold off the rest of the DP-P cards until we hear about POP8. Double Dash 11:52, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

We do have the ability to move pages, I'd rather have the page and then move it instead of waiting for the card to maybe be released... ^Moldy _Orange 01:40, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Can you link the page you found that Mew information on? I have a hunch on what it says, but I need to be sure. ^Moldy _Orange 22:19, 7 August 2008 (UTC)

Its the from the official card site, I just ran it through Google translator. The original page is here: -[2]. ~~nuva-kal 08:16, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

I think that the card attacks say:

If the Defending Pokémon is a Basic Pokémon, your opponent can't evolve that Pokémon during his or her next turn. If the Defending Pokémon is an Evolved Pokémon, discard 1 card attached to that Pokémon and return it to your opponent's hand.
Each player may choose 1 Pokemon card in his or her discard pile, show it to his or her opponent, then shuffle it into his or her deck.

And, I would like to thank you for doing the Promotional cards with me, I was stuck on what to do with the rest of the cards and I am glad that you are doing them as well. Thanks! Also, do you know what attack this is: あくむのまい? ^Moldy _Orange 18:10, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the attacks. It's great doing these cards with another person who knows what they're doing - it was such a daunting task when I began doing them earlier in the year, so a huge thanks to you for doing so many of them recently. The last two characters are throwing up a lot of options for the attack name, but the most plausible name for the attack is "Nightmare Dance". ~~nuva-kal 18:28, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Well, that makes sense because it is for Butler's Kirlia. ^Moldy _Orange 18:31, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

That wasn't bad for a guess! ~~nuva-kal 18:34, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Could you tell me what the first attack on this card is [3]? ^Moldy _Orange 03:25, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Literal translation is "Psycho Boom", but most cards in English that have a Japanese translation of Psycho tendo to change it to Psy, so English equivalent would be "Psy-Boom". ~~nuva-kal 12:38, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

Trainer cards

Trainer cards are tough, so these mght not be exact, I only have two as of right now. If these are incorrect, I am sorry, but this is the best I can do for now.

Mysterious Pearl: Search your discard pile for a Pokémon card, show it to your opponent, and put it in your hand.
Miracle Diamond: Search your discard pile for a Trainer card, show it to your opponent, and put it in your hand.

I also have translations fot the Lucky Stadium cards, Pichu and Pikachu, and the Hoppip card from Unnumbered Promotional cards. I will try to work on those later...And I say you do this earlier: link templates won't work by themselves when creating Redirects, you either have to link the exact title of the page or substitute the link template you need. I will try to get the other two translations later. ^Moldy _Orange 01:43, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. With that redirect, I accidentally pressed save instead of preview, then before I could alter it, the bot jumped in. Then while doing it again, you must have. My computer was acting slowly then, or maybe it was the fact that there were four or five edits in the same timespace! ~~nuva-kal 11:08, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Pokémon Pal City: Reveal the top 7 cards of your deck. Choose as many Basic Pokémon cards as you like and put those cards onto your Bench. Place the other cards on top of your deck. Shuffle your deck afterward. (Ignore this effect if your Bench is full.) ^Moldy _Orange 04:04, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

For being the shortest, one may think it was the easiest...but no!

Championship League: Championship League is the only Trainer card you can play. Your opponent shows his or her hand.

Now, because it is so short, there isn't much to go on, so I'm not too confident in this one. ^Moldy _Orange 02:46, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Re: Golden Oldies

Titles and names I can do with limited problems. Unfortunately, the body text of the cards is just a little outside my realm of expertise. ~$aturn¥oshi ^{THE VOICES} 14:20, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

I'd appreciate anything you can get for me. ~~nuva-kal 17:49, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

Would you mind

If the eleventh movie set pages were at (11th Movie Promo 1) etc for consistency with the 10th Movie Commemoration Set? ^Moldy _Orange 21:27, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

I'm going to do it anyway, because things need to be consistant. ^Moldy _Orange 21:28, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

OK. I'm in the middle of doing them now - I've got two more to do after I finish Dialga, then I'll upload them all. ~~nuva-kal 21:32, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Put them as (11th Movie Promo 1), without the 0's okay, I will fix everything that I kind of just messed up when I get back. ^Moldy _Orange 21:34, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Do you have the information to finish Rota and Aura's Pokémon from the gift sets and PCG-P? Because you did sea and samiya and I have the Aura and Rota's images. ^Moldy _Orange 23:10, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Cards are done. ~~nuva-kal 19:49, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

What about the two Aura's Lucario Ex cards? If you don't know what they are, check out the Lucario (TCG) page. ^Moldy _Orange 20:00, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I completely missed those - I was going off the PCG-P list. They are done, but christ they were tricky ones! ~~nuva-kal 21:09, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Well, we are getting all the cards done really quickly, soon we will run out. Thanks for doing those, now the "PCG-P" Promotional cards are done! ^Moldy _Orange 21:28, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Also, the Mew gift set doesn't have all the cards listed, do you know which ones are missing? ^Moldy _Orange 21:32, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Fixed :) Just a miscount with the energy (I didn't know about the card database when I made those, so it obviously slipped my mind.) I'm encroaching on people's space (the computer is in my parent's room), so I'll have to call it a night... ~~nuva-kal 22:08, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Didn't you say that you had the 11th Movie images? If so, can you put them up? ^Moldy _Orange 19:50, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

I don't have images of these ones, I was going off their entries on the official Japanese database. At best, I could get the images from the site, but they're not all that big. ~~nuva-kal 20:01, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

EX Deoxys

You added that the Japanese set had the exclusive "Gentleman's Outing," but both the sets on the Japanese site have Lady' outing. (here and here) Where did you get the information on Gentleman's Outing? ^Moldy _Orange 02:24, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Looking at the page history, it seems this piece of information was on before I started to edit here, and since I did not know about the Japanese database, I must have thought it was true, and have since forgotten about it. Looking at other sources, it seems that the user who made the claim may have gotten confused by an e-card called Gentleman Nils which may have been released around about the same time. Other than that, the claim seems to be untrue, in which case it would be better off omitting it. ~~nuva-kal 20:22, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

I am so sorry! I looked at the history and thought you did it. Sorry to bother you. ^Moldy _Orange 20:49, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

That's fine. I wouldn't have realised it if you didn't say anything. ~~nuva-kal 23:10, 24 August 2008 (UTC)

Sorry, I kind of forgot about the cards

Victory Orb (without Mew): Look at the top 7 cards of your deck, choose 1 of them, and put it into your hand. Put the 4 other cards back on top of your deck. Shuffle your deck afterward. ^Moldy _Orange 02:22, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
Victory Ring: Flip a coin. If heads, discard as many cards from your hand as you like and shuffle them into your deck. Then draw that many cards from your deck and put them in your hand. ^Moldy _Orange 03:03, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

No. 1 trainer, etc

I was looking around the Japanese Pokémon wiki and I think the the No. 1, 2, and 3 trainer cards will all say the same as the ones that are already made. For example, the three remaining no. 1's would say: "The Pokémon Card Game Official Tournament's champion is recognized here, and this honor is praised. By presenting this card, you may gain preferential entry into the _______." And the same sort of principle can be applied for the no 2 and 3. I just thought you might want to know this so that you can complete the remaining 9 cards (which means we will only have 3 unnumbered promotional cards left instead of twelve!) ^Moldy _Orange 03:33, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Not many images exist of these cards, they weren't as well publisized as the other ones. From what I can tell, the text is the same in all 3 yearly prints, apart from the competition name. The 2000 print says "★Neo Spring Road", the 2002 print says "Battle Road 2002", and I can't tell what the 2001 print says, but it is longer than the other two. So, do you think it would be best just to do one article for each and mention the text alterations? I was thinking about the English versions from Worlds too, as these are all the same apart from the Worlds stamp and the year in the text - I don't know whether to do individual ones for each year or just do one.

The other problem with both Japanese and English cards, as I mentioned before is images. I have images for the Japanese 2000 ones, but no clear ones for 2001 and 2002. These are also problematic as these trophy cards had the name of the winner on them, and the 2002 ones also had a boy variant and a girl variant. As for the English ones, I only have a good image of the No. 3 Trainer from 2005 when it was on eBay. ~~nuva-kal 13:50, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

I think that they should be on one article, just because they mostly all say the same things, that way, we wouldn't be repeating ourselves in the same sort of articles and we could also take nine cards off of the Unnumbered Promotional cards. (on a side note, you wouldn't happen to have the info on grand party, Celebi, and Top 4 trainers, would you?) ^Moldy _Orange 19:20, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

The Japanese wiki can sure be useful - I found the entry for Grand Party (it's actual name is Trainer Certification Card). The Celebi card is actually 001/J, which you spent a while to translate. The image is the first time I've seen it almost crystal clear, and it has the CoroCoro logo in the left corner. Since there are no other references, it has to be that card. As for the top 4 trainers, it's so rare the only decent image of it is on PokéGym and it is too small to read, so I'm not sure on that one. ~~nuva-kal 13:50, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

W Promotional cards

I found this link: [4], don't know how factual it is though. ^Moldy _Orange 00:34, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Apparently, there were only seven? ^Moldy _Orange 00:34, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

I already have this page created, but it is on another computer, so I'll get around to update tonight. ~~nuva-kal 09:40, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Preparation for tomorrow

Since POP Series 8 is coming out tomorrow, there will be a couple of things we need to do. First off, it is highly likely that these cards will be coming from the "DP-P" Promotional cards. I am sending this message to anyone who would probably be the ones making the cards. Make sure that the articles aren't already made under the DP-P promo name, we can just move these and revise and it will be a lot less work. Also, the disambig's. will need to be changed, and redirects will need to be created. Just saying this so that everyone knows what is going on and that the couple of pages might already be named under something else.

Also, this is wht I have been able to find out what Top 4 Trainers says. If it helps you with anything.

The Pokémon Card Game Official Tournament's "Spring Battle Road 2002" Top Four Trainers are recognized here, and this honor is praised.

^Moldy _Orange 23:03, 14 September 2008 (UTC)

Translation issue

Hiya, I'm a little concerned about something on a new page - info is on its Talk:Carnivine G (DPt-P Promo 1), but basically, I'm unsure if this card's second attack is actually called Grass Knot due to one of the characters ever-so-slightly differing to the corresponding character in an attack which has been translated to Grass Knot (Tangela from Great Encounters). If you could help me out here, I'd appreciate it. Cheers, Cipher 14:11, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

There's also this I'm having trouble translating, I can't make it out in the slightest - すごいはないき. Any idea what it might be? It's Probopass G's second attack name, I've not a clue what it is. (Edit: And the attack description...sorry, but again I can't figure out what it says. Something about your opponent discarding to retreat, I think?) Cipher 15:17, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

It would make sense if the attack is Grass Knot, even the translation is roughly the same. When translating cards, I have found that some attacks have slightly different characters to make the same words ("wave" is a good example), or they just structure the attack name differently, but still produces the same result when translated. It is something I have become used to seeing, so it seems fine.

The literal translation for すごいはないき is Great Person's Pleasure - I have no idea what that may be. The attack effect is I think: "If your opponent tries to retreat next turn, discard an Energy card attached to the Defending Pokémon." Hope that helps. ~~nuva-kal 11:18, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

Thanks very much, that helps a lot. =) Cipher 11:22, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

attack names and translations

I'm trying to make sure every card has the same translations everytime. I would appreciate it if you put the same translations as the other cards have into the pages. This can be done by searching for the text, and every time the attack was every used will appear up, can you just make sure they are the same? ^Maverick _Nate 19:58, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

I've been doing that as I go along with the cards in the Gym series. If I see any more while I do the translations, I'll make sure they all match. ~~nuva-kal 20:01, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

I've got one thing to say

Bravo! You did a fantastic job with all of POP Series 9. It's spectacular. ^Maverick _Nate 16:45, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Thank you! ~~nuva-kal 16:47, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Pssst

Don't forget to update all the links. ^Maverick _Nate 17:12, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Done, but I can't do anything about the one on Pikablu's talk page. Also, I've noticed that there are separate articles for the half decks found in the Trainer Kits. Since no other deck kit half deck contents have been separated, do you think it is really worth keeping those around? ~~nuva-kal 17:48, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Hmm, they don't seem like they need to, so I'll take them out. ^Maverick _Nate 20:36, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

Actually, they look like one is a deck, and the other is a "set" of some sorts. The page with them together has them with the card numbers, and the others have them with the amount of each card in the deck. If you'd like to merge the articles together, feel free. ^Maverick _Nate 20:39, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

I wish you would have asked first, I already had some of those cards made in my userspace. ^Maverick _Nate 12:50, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Okay, I'm done. You can go ahead again. ^Maverick _Nate 13:02, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Sorry, couldn't help myself. Just wanted a crack at doing some new cards! ~~nuva-kal 14:59, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

If you could finish the deckkit, It would be appreciated. Just, try to base your articles off of mine, because Cipher organized his a different way, and I'm trying to get them all consistant again since he's not here. :) ^Maverick _Nate 15:02, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

No prob. ~~nuva-kal 15:03, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Tins and things

I've always completely trusted you with anything you want to do. You are excellent at improving those pages, and I don't mind if you want to do something different if you want to clean them up. ;) ^Maverick _Nate 22:27, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Thanks

I was meaning to ask you about those two promos, so, thanks for taking care of them! ^Maverick _Nate 16:34, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Not a problem. I was half expecting a Platinum-based prize card at some point, and figured the effect would involve searching for Energy, based on the effect of the Diamond and Pearl ones. Wonder if they'll do Gold and Silver themed ones in the future, since it's kinda confirmed they're going to be announced next week... ~~nuva-kal 16:50, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

That's what I was thinking, maybe to be released around the time of the set after Advent of Arceus. That set seems to be around the time that the games from the announcement next week would be released. I'm expecting a GS based set for that one. ;D ^Maverick _Nate 16:56, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Looks that way, considering there has been a lack of Gen II Pokémon in the TCG recently. ~~nuva-kal 17:02, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Interesting

Those snap images look really cool. Did you get them all? If not, which ones are missing? ^Maverick _Nate 18:26, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

These were sent to me by the ebay seller The Card Collector after I saw some very small images of them. Out of the 10 that exist, they only have 4, which they gave me permission to use. These cards are incredibly rare, so chances of finding HQ images of the rest seem slim, unless the seller can get a hold of them. Still need images for Magikarp, Poliwag, Pikachu, Squirtle, Charmander and Articuno, but otherwise great additions to the Wiki, as I suspect very few know of them. ~~nuva-kal 18:37, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

That sounds like those will be hard to find, just as the remaining T and P promos are, but a whole lot harder. Have you checked if the Card Collector has those images as well? Didn't they have a scan of the newest ___'s Pikachu? If my memory serves me well, we need that one too... Would you be able to do that? ^Maverick _Nate 18:50, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

I could ask them for that, and the Captain Pikachu too. I asked them about the 2001 Battle Road promos (with the winners photos on them, like the top 4 trainers), but they didn't mention it in the reply, so I'll ask again. ~~nuva-kal 19:05, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

We recently got a scan of the Captain Pikachu, if you would wish to take a look. ^Maverick _Nate 19:13, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Can I get a link to your forums account if you have one?

Because what I'm going to tell you is talk abuse. --☆A T ♂ 18:39, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Nope, don't have a forum account. Though if you are suggesting that a legitimate question on some rather unknown Pokémon cards is a waste, far be it from me to instigate some sort of punishment. Nate is the authority here on the TCG, so if he wants to know something TCG-related I'm contributing to on the mainspace (i.e. totally to do with furthering the wiki), he does it here. ~~nuva-kal 19:05, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Nothing TCG related. What I'm telling you is rather minor, if telling you that you deserve to be an admin is minor. --☆A T ♂ 19:09, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Thanks for the vote of confidence, though I doubt I could spare enough time to do admin duties. ~~nuva-kal 19:18, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

See this page for why I think you'd be a good admin. Now I better stop it before Trom or RexRacer gets on to me. --☆A T ♂ 19:22, 24 May 2009 (UTC)

Your expansion page idea

I love it. Feel free to implement it anytime. ^Maverick _Nate 13:49, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Is that the coloured checklists from a while back? If so, do you think they would be better centred or put to the left? ~~nuva-kal 13:55, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

It is, if this is what we are talking about. I like it better centered. ^Maverick _Nate 14:10, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

While looking through your userspace, you still have this. Would you still like to keep it? ^Maverick _Nate 14:13, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

No, you can go ahead and delete it. I'll have a tinker with some more colours tonight and might upload some tomorrow. ~~nuva-kal 14:25, 6 June 2009 (UTC)

Pokémon Trading Card Found

Hey, I saw that Maverick Nate is on Hiatus and it said to redirect stuff to you. I found some Trading Cards on the official Japanese Pokémon Website, and I couldn't find a couple on here. The ones I found were Anime Characters Pokémon. There are two pages for that one, just scroll down and click 2. Also, for the Anime Characters Pokémon the Pichu cards are animated. Second, I found the Movie 12 Pokémon Cards. I hope those are of some use. -MasterKenobi 15:39, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, I've already started to make headway on these. ~~nuva-kal 17:48, 16 June 2009 (UTC)

Mothim

How'd you figure out it was number 10? ^Maverick _Nate 23:39, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

I've seen very small images of the whole set. The artwok matches with (or very closely matches) the 10th image. Feel free to point the finger if I am wrong! Typical though isn't it - as soon as you leave, a crapload of new cards are revealed! ~~nuva-kal 08:01, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Edit Now I come to look at at again, the images are from Beat of the Frontier, so I am probably completely wrong. Time will tell... ~~nuva-kal 08:55, 23 June 2009 (UTC)

Stuff...

See here. Looks like Serebii received a mass upgrade. Check it out. New cards are out, including Ash's Pikachu. ^ht 14 16:23, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, but these have all been added to the wiki. ~~nuva-kal 21:02, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Template

{{PokémoncardInfobox}}: there seems to be an issue with the ordering...see Tyrogue (Aquapolis 63). Nothing major at the moment, but if possible, switch Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee... ^ht 14 18:40, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Seems fine to me. ^Maverick _Nate 18:44, 2 July 2009 (UTC)

Unless it's something to do with Internet Explorer, which I am reduced to using at the moment, the Infobox orders things according to Pokédex number, regardless of where you put the entries. Since the info is there, just in a slightly different order, I wouldn't worry about it. ~~nuva-kal 08:20, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

Category:Pokémon cards

Could you possibly leave this category on pages? It's my personal check to make sure that each card page was updated correctly. ^Maverick _Nate 19:28, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Not a problem. To be honest, I'm still getting used to the fact that most of the categories don't need to be put at the bottom of the page. I hope you didn't mind me jumping in to do the retro cards for Supreme Victors, as they needed some clarificaion. By the way, where did you find those Snap promo images? Brilliant find! ~~nuva-kal 21:04, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

Photobucket...Someone on Pokegym linked them and I took advantage of the opportunity. I'm trying to pry the photographers from them too. ;) ^Maverick _Nate 21:10, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

I would like species under caption, please. ^Maverick _Nate 17:27, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

promos

Were you able to get the images for the other p promos? ^Maverick _Nate 16:02, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Well done!

The Golden Charizard Award

Congratulations! For your outstanding service to Bulbapedia in pages regarding the Pokémon Trading Card Game you have been awarded the Golden Charizard Award for October, 2009 by the Bulbapedia editorial board!

Please place this template onto your userpage by putting {{User Award|GoldZard|October, 2009}} among your userboxes.

Thank you for your contributions and keep up the good work. —darklordtrom 21:26, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

its about time you won this award, congrats! -- MAG NE DETH 21:36, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Congratulations! I kinda guessed you'll get this one :p UltimateSephiroth ^{(about me · chat · edits)} 21:36, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

Thank you all very much! ~~nuva-kal 13:23, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

I always wanted to know

How you get so many cards done so quickly? ^Maverick _Nate 21:02, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

I get everything ready in Word/Textpad beforehand and upload a block of them at once. I find it easier, as I can copy repeat data such as the set names, illustrators and templates to them simultaneously. ~~nuva-kal 21:11, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Umeko translated the dex entries already, and put them on the species pages if you would like to add those on the gen 3 and 4 Pokémon. They match the ones on the cards. ^Maverick _Nate 23:20, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

I want to know

You seem to be the one who added "Pokémon he is known to have designed include Wobbuffet, Dunsparce, Celebi, Deoxys and Magmortar." I'm trying to create a complete list of the Pokémon's Designers, and I was wondering where your source is for these. I know it was over a year ago, I just hope you'd still know. ^Maverick _Nate 16:50, 4 July 2010 (UTC)