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==History== | ==History== | ||
[[File:JPCardback.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Original back of Japanese cards]] | [[File:JPCardback.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Original back of Japanese cards]] | ||
The Pokémon Trading Card Game made its debut in Japan in 1996, published by Media Factory. While other Pokémon card series existed before it, it was the first card game based on series. The first Pokémon TCG sets took inspiration from the then released {{game2|Red|Green|Blue}} and initially featured illustrations by [[Ken Sugimori]], [[Mitsuhiro Arita]] and [[Keiji Kinebuchi]]. The game's philosophy and basic rules started shaping, and new expansions began to release with many new artists contributing artwork. Three years later, in 1999, Pokémon TCG was introduced in North America by [[Wizards of the Coast]] with [[Base Set]]. Worldwide releases followed shortly. | The Pokémon Trading Card Game made its debut in Japan in 1996, published by Media Factory. While other Pokémon card series existed before it, it was the first card game based on the Pokémon series. The first Pokémon TCG sets took inspiration from the then released {{game2|Red|Green|Blue}} and initially featured illustrations by [[Ken Sugimori]], [[Mitsuhiro Arita]] and [[Keiji Kinebuchi]]. The game's philosophy and basic rules started shaping, and new expansions began to release with many new artists contributing artwork. Three years later, in 1999, Pokémon TCG was introduced in North America by [[Wizards of the Coast]] with [[Base Set]]. Worldwide releases followed shortly. | ||
New features constantly appear in the Pokémon TCG. With the release of {{game|Gold and Silver|s}}, the ''Neo Series'', a new Series of expansions, started bringing the [[Generation II|new Pokémon]], as well as other new streaks, including {{TCG|Metal|two}} {{TCG|Darkness|new}} {{TCG|type}}s of Pokémon cards into the game as well as Light and Dark Pokémon which would be discontinued until the {{TCG|EX Team Rocket Returns}} set where there would be Dark {{TCG|Pokémon-ex}}. New Series released on a similar pattern. The ''e-Card Series'' presumed upon the [[Game Boy Advance]] add-on [[e-Reader]], with cards carrying a scan able surface, while the ''EX Series '' brought {{TCG|Pokémon-ex}} on the game. Most recently, the ''HeartGold & SoulSilver Series'' featured {{TCG|Pokémon LEGEND}}, two-parted cards with two Pokémon; and {{TCG|Pokémon Prime}}, Pokémon with powerful and/or tactical attacks and {{TCG|Poké-Power}}s or {{TCG|Poké-Body}}s. | New features constantly appear in the Pokémon TCG. With the release of {{game|Gold and Silver|s}}, the ''Neo Series'', a new Series of expansions, started bringing the [[Generation II|new Pokémon]], as well as other new streaks, including {{TCG|Metal|two}} {{TCG|Darkness|new}} {{TCG|type}}s of Pokémon cards into the game as well as Light and Dark Pokémon which would be discontinued until the {{TCG|EX Team Rocket Returns}} set where there would be Dark {{TCG|Pokémon-ex}}. New Series released on a similar pattern. The ''e-Card Series'' presumed upon the [[Game Boy Advance]] add-on [[e-Reader]], with cards carrying a scan able surface, while the ''EX Series '' brought {{TCG|Pokémon-ex}} on the game. Most recently, the ''HeartGold & SoulSilver Series'' featured {{TCG|Pokémon LEGEND}}, two-parted cards with two Pokémon; and {{TCG|Pokémon Prime}}, Pokémon with powerful and/or tactical attacks and {{TCG|Poké-Power}}s or {{TCG|Poké-Body}}s. | ||