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{{Japanese name}}
{{Infobox game |colorscheme=black|bordercolorscheme=red
|name=<span style="color:#FFFFFF;">Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!</span>
|jname=<span style="color:#FFFFFF;">ポケモンカードＧＢ２ ＧＲ団参上!</span>
|boxart=TCG GB2 JP boxart.jpg
|caption=Boxart of Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!
|platform=[[Game Boy Color]]
|category=Card Game
|players=1-2
|link_method=[[Game Link Cable]]
|developer=[[Hudson Soft]]
|publisher=[[The Pokémon Company]]
|gen_series=[[Generation II]] [[Spin-off Pokémon games|side series]]
|cero=A
|release_date_ja=March 28, 2001
|website_ja=[http://www.pokemon.co.jp/game/other/gbc-gr/ Official Site]
}}
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'''Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!''' (Japanese: '''ポケモンカードＧＢ２ ＧＲ団参上!''' ''Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!''), abbreviated '''Pokémon Card GB2''', is the Japan-only sequel to {{ga|Pokémon Trading Card Game}}. The game story revolves around a new villainous team, [[Team Great Rocket]], and contains nearly all of the cards from {{TCG|Base Set}}, {{TCG|Jungle}}, {{TCG|Fossil}}, and {{TCG|Team Rocket}}. A promotional {{TCG ID|GB2|Lugia|promo}} card was included with the game.

The game adds many new features not present in the original, such as new cards, the ability to play as a {{TCG GB|Mint|female character}}, a much larger in-game world, and a more developed story (rather than just collect cards and defeat the Grand Masters, the player must defeat [[Team Great Rocket]]).

==Plot==
In Pokémon Card GB2, [[Team Great Rocket]], led by [[King Biruritchi]], have kidnapped many of the [[Club Master]]s and attempted to steal the [[Legendary Cards]]. The player, assuming the role of {{TCG GB|Mark}} or {{TCG GB|Mint}}, must rescue the Club Masters and defeat Team Great Rocket at their headquarters on [[GR Island]].

==New features==
* Players may select either {{TCG GB|Mark}}, the protagonist of the original {{ga|Pokémon Trading Card Game}}, or {{TCG GB|Mint}}, a new female [[player character]].
* Opponent Trainers now have varying sprites: when they are losing, they appear sad; when they are winning, they appear happy.
* [[Coins in Pokémon Card GB2|Coins]] replace [[Master Medal]]s as tokens of achievement. These coins can also be used in place of the standard game coin in duels.
* Most of the clubs, such as the [[Grass Club]], receive a minor interior redesign.
* In addition to all of the areas found in [[TCG Island]] in the first game, a second island, [[GR Island]], is explorable as well.
* When typing a player or deck name, lowercase letters are available, unlike the first game where only capital letters were available. The {{TCG|type}} symbols are also available as characters.
* [[Minicom]] is a new option accessible from the menu: it rearranges the e-mail system and simplifies the access to the [[Deck Save Machine]], still available in [[Mason Laboratory]], and to the card catalogue.
* Over seventy new prebuilt {{OBP|Deck|GB}}s are available in the [[Auto Deck Machine]]s.
* The GR Challenge Cup and the Grand Master Cup are two new [[Challenge Hall|Challenge Cup]] tournaments held in [[Trading Card Game Islands]].
* [[Dr. Mason]] now offers the player a [[PC#Deck diagnosis|Deck diagnosis]], giving advice about how to build a deck and checking their current one.

==Connectivity==
Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR! allows players to send and receive cards and deck configurations or perform a [[Card Pop!]] between two cartridges via [[infrared]], using the [[Game Boy Color]]'s Infra-Red Communications Port.

Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR! allows players to duel each other using their own decks via the [[Game Boy]] [[Game Link Cable]].

Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR! cannot communicate with {{ga|Pokémon Trading Card Game}}.

===Card Pop!===
{{main|Card Pop!}}
Card Pop! is a 2-player feature that randomly generates a card for each player. When the Infra-Red Communications Ports of two [[Game Boy Color]] systems with the game are connected, each player will receive a random card. A player cannot Card Pop! with the same game again until both players have used the feature with so many others that their partner's ID is overwritten in both games.

This feature is the only way of obtaining the [[Phantom Cards]] ({{OBP|Lugia|GB2 promo}} and {{TCG ID|Team Rocket|Here Comes Team Rocket!|15}}).

Card Pop! cannot be performed between Pokémon Trading Card Game and Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!. Attempting to do so can result in [[glitch]]es such as a [[game freeze]] or a loss of save data in Pokémon Trading Card Game.<!--even the Japanese version-->

==Available cards==
All cards from the first game can be obtained, including the game-exclusive cards. New to the game is the [[Team Rocket (TCG)|Team Rocket]] set and most cards from the Japanese-exclusive {{TCG|Vending Machine cards}}. Additionally, the 15 cards exclusive to the {{TCG|Intro Pack}} are available as well as 13 more game-exclusive cards (some of which were released in card form around the same time). Only one card from {{TCG|Gym Heroes}} made it into the game, which was {{TCG ID|Gym Heroes|The Rocket's Trap|19}}.  Additionally, {{TCG|Neo Genesis}}'s {{TCG ID|Neo Genesis|Recycle Energy|105}} is included.

===Expansion Sets===
The following were the expansion sets available in the game.

*{{OBP|Beginning Pokémon|GB2}}
*{{OBP|Legendary Power|GB2}}
*{{OBP|Island of Fossil|GB2}}
*{{OBP|Psychic Battle|GB2}}
*{{OBP|Sky Flying Pokémon|GB2}}
*{{OBP|We Are Team Rocket|GB2}}
*{{OBP|Team Rocket's Ambition|GB2}}
*{{OBP|Promotion Card|GB2}}

===Cards not available in Pokémon Card GB2===
Like the first version, there are a number of actual cards that did not make into the game. Most tournament-legal [[Unnumbered Promotional cards (TCG)|unnumbered promotional cards]] released from 1996 to mid 1999 are included except for ones that are {{TCG|Owner's Pokémon}} or from [[Illustration contests|best photo contests]].

*{{TCG ID|Base Set|Electrode|21}}
*{{TCG ID|Fossil|Ditto|3}}
*{{TCG ID|Vending|Caterpie|S1}}
*{{TCG ID|Vending|Grimer|S2}}
*{{TCG ID|Vending|Koffing|S2}}
*{{TCG ID|Vending|Tangela|S2}}
*{{TCG ID|Vending|Electabuzz|S2}}
*{{TCG ID|Vending|Marowak|S2}}
*{{TCG ID|Vending|Ditto|S2}}
*{{TCG ID|Vending|Flash|S2}}
*{{TCG ID|Vending|Guard Spec.|S2}}
*{{TCG ID|Vending S3|Kadabra|2}}
*{{TCG ID|Vending|Pokémon Tower|S3}}
*{{TCG ID|Vending|Mew|S00}}
*{{TCG ID|CoroCoro|Cubone|promo}}
*{{TCG ID|CoroCoro|Jynx|promo}}
*{{TCG ID|Wizards Promo|Pikachu|26}}

In addition, none of the spoof and non-legal cards from Vending Series 3 are included, the only exception being {{TCG ID|Vending|Bill's PC|S3}} (called Bill's Computer in the game). There are three additional cards in the game for Pokémon that were not from the first generation: {{p|Marill}}, {{p|Togepi}}, and {{p|Lugia}}.

===Discrepancies between Pokémon Card GB2 and other prints===
The following cards have different levels in-game than they do on their actual card prints or on other prints showing the card (in the case of cards that were not actually printed). This was likely done to differentiate them from other prints of the same Pokemon with the same level. Only four cards are affected by this from the {{tcg|Vending Machine cards}} and game-exclusive creations.

*{{TCG ID|Vending|Charmander|S1}} - The actual card is Lv.10, but in-game is noted as being Lv.12.
*{{TCG ID|GB|Moltres|1}} - While this is a fake card made exclusively for the games, the Japanese trading guide print shows the card as Lv.37 while the game lists it as a Lv.40 card.
*{{TCG ID|GB|Magnemite|1}} - While this is a fake card made exclusively for the games, the Japanese trading guide print shows the card as Lv.15 while the game lists it as a Lv.14 card.
*{{TCG ID|Vending|Doduo|S1}} - The actual card is Lv.10, but in-game is noted as being Lv.8.

==Coins==
{{main|Coin (TCG)#In the games|Coin (TCG) → In the games}}
{{TCG|Coin}}s have superseded [[Master Medal]]s from the first game as items which denote any significant achievement. Coins can be used to change the coin interface used in the card game, or may be used for access to certain areas of the map. There are 24 coins in total, separated into three sets: GB1 Island coins, GB2 Island coins, and special coins.

==Locations==
* [[TCG Island]]
* [[GR Island]]

==Returning characters==
* {{TCG GB|Mark}}
* {{TCG GB|Ronald}}
* [[Club Master]]s
* [[Imakuni?]]
* Many [[Club Member]]s

==New characters==
* {{TCG GB|Mint}}
* [[Team Great Rocket]] members
** [[King Biruritchi]]

==Staff==
{{main|Staff of Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR!}}

==Trivia==
* A promotional {{TCG ID|GB2|Great Rocket's Mewtwo|promo}} was included with a special edition {{p|Celebi}} [[Game Boy Advance]] bundle package in March 2001.
* This game, along with its predecessor, are the only [[spin-off Pokémon games]] to share overworld sprites with the [[core series]] games.
* {{OBP|Dark Raichu|Team Rocket 83}} does not show the 'R' symbol indicating the [[Team Rocket (TCG)|Team Rocket]] expansion, rather it shows the 'GB' symbol. This is because the card was released in two different sets between the US and Japan at two different times.  The card was first released in English in the Team Rocket set as a chase card. It was later released as a chase rare in the Japanese Neo Discovery set, eight months before Pokemon Card GB 2 was released.
* This is the first-ever Pokémon game to be published by [[The Pokémon Company]], as well as the first Pokémon game on a Nintendo platform not to be published by [[Nintendo]].
* This is the last Game Boy Color Pokémon title.
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