Pokémon Zany Cards

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Pokémon Zany Cards (Japanese: ポケモンアニメカード大作戦 Pokémon Anime Card Grand Strategy) is a game for the Pokémon mini. It includes several different card games featuring cards with Pokémon decorating them. It was developed by Denyusha Co., Ltd.

Pokémon Zany Cards ポケモンアニメカード大作戦
English boxart
Basic info
Platform:	Pokémon mini
Category:	Strategy
Players:	1-5 players
Connectivity:	Infrared
Developer:	Denyusha
Publisher:	Nintendo
Part of:	Pokémon mini series
Ratings
CERO:	N/A
ESRB:	E
ACB:	G
OFLC:	N/A
PEGI:	N/A
GRAC:	N/A
GSRR:	N/A
Release dates
Japan:	December 14, 2001
North America:	November 16, 2001
Australia:	2001/2002
Europe:	March 15, 2002
South Korea:	N/A
Hong Kong:	N/A
Taiwan:	N/A
Websites
Japanese:	N/A
English:	Official website
Japanese boxart Japanese boxart

Modes

There are four gameplay modes in Pokémon Zany Cards.

Wild Match

1-5 players. Players are given the challenge of matching sets of cards on the table and winning coins. Once a player has played a card, they then draw a card and add it to the table; if this card makes a set that player gets coins. The player with the most coins at the end of the game is the winner.

Wild Match opponents

• Jessie and James
• Brock and Misty
• Lorelei and Bruno
• Gary and Ritchie*
• Giovanni and Mewtwo

List of Wild Match card combinations

Pokémon Required	Combo Name	Coins Earned	Notes	Screenshot
Any	Pair	3	Can be performed with any two matching cards
	Evolved!	20	Match the Chikorita line
	Evolved!	20	Match the Cyndaquil line
	Evolved!	20	Match the Totodile line
	GS Starters	30	A match of Chikorita, Cyndaquil and Totodile
	Someday...	20	Shows an animation of Tyrogue determined and Pikachu encouraging him
	Fly with Lugia!	20	Shows an animation of Pikachu flying on Lugia's back
	Legendary Encounter?	20	Shows an animation of Pikachu seeing Ho-Oh in the distance. The animation is a reference to the events of Pokémon - I Choose You!
	Pikachu's Forest	40	Shows an animation of a forest full of Pikachu
	4 Fighting Bros.	40	Shows an animation of the Tyrogue family working out
	Revelation Lugia	40	Shows an animation of the legendary birds followed by Lugia. The name and the animation is a reference to the Japanese name of The Power of One.
	Legendary Pokémon!	40	Shows an animation of Raikou, Entei and Suicune followed by Ho-Oh
Differs	All Cleared!	20	A bonus for matching all cards currently on the table

Special Seven

1-5 players. The aim of this game is to be the first player to get rid of all of their cards. Players can match cards by suit (club, diamond, heart or spade) or by matching the Pokémon on the table. Players can also use the special abilities of some cards to change the suit.

Special Seven opponents

• Jessie and James
• Casey and Duplica
• Koga and Sabrina
• Gary and Ritchie*
• Giovanni and Mewtwo

List of Special Seven event cards

Pokémon	Effect	Notes	Screenshot
	Playing this card changes the suit to the player's choice	Can be played at any time but cannot be played as the final card from the player's hand
	When this card is played the next player must draw 2 cards	If the next player has a Meowth card, then the next player in the order must draw 4 cards (2+2=4). If 4 players in a row have the Meowth card, then the next player without a Meowth card (there are only four in the playing deck) will have to draw 8 cards.
	When this card is played the next player in the order goes to sleep	The next player skips their turn
	Playing this card changes the suit to the player's choice	Can be played as the final card from the player's hand
	Playing this card reverses the play order	The first player in the reversed order skips their turn
	Playing this card reverses the play order	If the player is being attacked by a Meowth or Gengar card and Wobbuffet is of the matching suit, Wobbuffet can be played to reverse the game order and send the extra cards back to the attacking player.
	When this card is played the next player draws three cards and skips their next turn

Card Duel

Two players only. Each player has the same cards. The player that players the highest value card wins the cards on the table. This game can only be played with two players via infrared connection.

Four Kings

Single player only. Four Kings is a variation of Solitaire, only the card piles must be in a certain order and topped off with the King card (which is Magikarp in this game).

Trivia

• Whenever Brock mentions Nurse Joy, it is incorrectly displayed as Ms Joy, and Ritchie is misspelled as Ricky.
• Snorlax's theme in Special Seven is used as the title music for Snorlax's Lunchtime in Pokémon Channel.

External links

• Pokémon-mini.net - Pokémon Zany Cards

References

Pokémon mini spin-off games Party mini • Zany Cards • Pinball mini • Puzzle Collection • Tetris • Breeder mini Puzzle Collection Vol. 2 • Race mini • Pichu Bros. mini • Togepi's Great Adventure Pokémon game templates Core series • Side series • Spin-off series • Pokémon mini • Individual spin-offs • Betas • Demos

This article is part of Project Sidegames, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon Sidegames.