Lucky Stadium (Neo Destiny 100)
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Lucky Stadium (Japanese: ラッキースタジアム Lucky Stadium) is a Stadium card. It is part of the Neo Destiny expansion.
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Release information
This card was first awarded to participants of the Japanese World Challenge Summer tournaments held between July and August 2000. There were eight variations of the card printed, each one exclusive to a region of Japan in which the tournaments were held. Details of their release are as follows:
- Kantō print (features Lugia) was available at Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama between July 1-2, 2000.
- Kansai print (features Ho-Oh) was available at the Asia & Pacific Trade Center (ATC), Osaka between July 8-9, 2000.
- Hokkaidō print (features Pikachu) was available at the Tsukisamu Green Dome, Sapporo on July 16, 2000.
- Chūbu print (features Zapdos) was available at the Nagoya Trade & Industry Center, Nagoya on July 22, 2000.
- Hokushin'etsu print (features Mew) was available at the Niigata City Industrial Promotion Center, Niigata on July 26, 2000.
- Kyūshū print (features Onix) was available at the West Japan General Exhibition Center, Fukuoka on July 30, 2000.
- Chūgoku/Shikoku print (features Gyarados) was available at the Hiroshima Sun Plaza, Hiroshima on August 2, 2000.
- Tōhoku print (features Diglett) was available at Sendai Wasse, Sendai on August 6, 2000.
Competitors who earned a place at the Tropical Mega Battle Tournament, held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu between August 26-27, 2000 were awarded a bilingual print with new artwork by Kouichi Ooyama.
The card was first printed in English in the Neo Destiny expansion with new artwork by Imakuni?. It was reprinted again in Japan in the Intro Pack Neo, which was released in April 2001 and illustrated by Hideki Kazama. The lone promotional print outside Japan was released at the opening of Pokémon Center New York, illustrated by "Big Mama" Tagawa. This print remains English-exclusive.
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Trivia
- All of the cards feature a stylized stadium, often related to the area in which the print was available, with at least one Pokémon in the image. The only variants which do not conform to this are the Neo Destiny print, which features Imakuni? himself and people dancing; and the Intro Pack Neo print, which features the symbols of the two half decks, as well as adverts for the Neo series and Pokémon Card Laboratory.
- The prints awarded during the World Challenge Summer campaign all feature regional landmarks:
- The Kyūshū print features Mount Aso, Japan's largest active volcano.
- The Kantō print features several high-rise buildings of the Tokyo cityscape, and the Tokyo Radio Tower.
- The Kansai print features the pagoda at Tō-ji, Kyoto, Japan's tallest pagoda.
- The Chūgoku/Shikoku print features the 'floating' torii at Itsukushima Shrine, Hatsukaichi.
- The Chūbu print features the central tower of Osaka Castle.
- The Tōhoku print features the Godaido Shrine among the islands of Matsushima.
- The Hokushin'etsu print features several mountains of the Japanese Alps.
- The Hokkaidō print features a sculpture of Pikachu in front of the Sapporo Clock Tower in celebration of the Sapporo Snow Festival.
- Variational prints based on the region tournaments were held in would later be replicated with the Pokémon Pal City promotional card, also a Stadium card.
- The Neo Destiny print is the only card with an illustrator credit reading "Illus. Imakuni?" to be released outside Japan. This may be due to the fact that all other cards with that credit are "spoof" cards that feature exclusively in Japanese releases.
- This card's effect matches that of Battle City, a card later released as one of the BW Black Star Promos.
- In the backround of the New York City print, the Empire State Building can be seen.
Origin
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