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==Pokémon Trading Card Game== | ==Pokémon Trading Card Game== | ||
[[File:Korean-PokemonCard-ADV.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Korean pack of Pokémon ADV]] The Pokémon Trading Card Game (포켓몬 카드 게임 ''Pokémon Card Game'') was initially released in South Korea in 2000 by [[Wizards of the Coast]], starting with [[Base Set]]. A Korean Pikachu was included in two separate [[World Collection (TCG)|Pikachu World Collection]] promo sets. When Nintendo took over the game in 2003, they continued to release new sets until {{TCG|EX Power Keepers}}. With the release of the [[Diamond & Pearl (TCG)|Diamond and Pearl]] sets, the Korean-language cards were released again, starting with 모험의 시작 ''{{KTCG|Start of an Adventure}}''; however Korean sets at this time were a unique combination of existing cards, with none of the sets themselves corresponding to existing sets. It wouldn't be until the release of the [[Black & White (TCG)|Black and White]] sets in Japan that Korean sets would follow | [[File:Korean-PokemonCard-ADV.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Korean pack of Pokémon ADV]] The Pokémon Trading Card Game (포켓몬 카드 게임 ''Pokémon Card Game'') was initially released in South Korea in 2000 by [[Wizards of the Coast]], starting with [[Base Set]]. A Korean Pikachu was included in two separate [[World Collection (TCG)|Pikachu World Collection]] promo sets. When Nintendo took over the game in 2003, they continued to release new sets until {{TCG|EX Power Keepers}}. With the release of the [[Diamond & Pearl (TCG)|Diamond and Pearl]] sets, the Korean-language cards were released again, starting with 모험의 시작 ''{{KTCG|Start of an Adventure}}''; however Korean sets at this time were a unique combination of existing cards, with none of the sets themselves corresponding to existing sets. It wouldn't be until the release of the [[Black & White (TCG)|Black and White]] sets in Japan that Korean sets would follow a format that is on par with Japan and North American releases. | ||
Currently, the distributor is Pokémon Korea, Inc. Unlike the North American sets, the {{TCG|booster pack}}s are called Extension Packs, the {{TCG|Theme Deck}}s are called Random Decks, and the promotional pack is called a Special Set. | Currently, the distributor is Pokémon Korea, Inc. Unlike the North American sets, the {{TCG|booster pack}}s are called Extension Packs, the {{TCG|Theme Deck}}s are called Random Decks, and the promotional pack is called a Special Set. | ||
The current Korean version of the Pokémon TCG is a mix between the English card design and the Japanese set format. In particular, the front and back of the card is exactly the same as the English version, albeit in Korean; this includes the flat yellow borders, copyright info in the lower-lefthand corner of the card (which is instead the location of the "1st Edition" symbol on Japanese cards), and the card backs used on English cards since the original Base Set release. However, the set logo, set names, rarity icons, and card numbers for Korean cards are the same as the Japanese version: for example, Korean cards use the same purple "XY7" symbol and name "Bandit Ring" as the Japanese cards, instead of that used for the English release of {{TCG|Ancient Origins}}. Korean Mega Pokémon cards also depict the English names of their attack instead of the Japanese names seen on English cards. This combination of English and Japanese formats might be due to both a desire to retain continuity with the original Wizards of the Coast cards released in Korean (as seen on the Korean Pikachu card included in both [[World Collection (TCG)|Pikachu World Collection]] release), but also due to the closer influence of the main ''The Pokémon Company'' in Japan on ''Pokémon Korea, Inc.'', as opposed to ''The Pokémon Company International'', which runs the International releases of the TCG. | |||
''Pokémon Korea, Inc.'', however, run their own events, including the 포켓몬스터 코리안리그 ''Pokémon Korea League''<ref>[http://pokemonkorea.co.kr/?inc=korea-main 포켓몬스터 코리안리그]</ref>. They all culminate to an eventual appearance of Korean players at the official Pokémon [[World Championships]] event. | |||
==Pokémon manga== | ==Pokémon manga== | ||