I only ever properly played the card game on the Game Boy (Color) game Pokémon Trading Card Game (which absolutely SLAPS across gameplay, graphics, and especially music, btw),
One of my favourite games ever tbh.
I’ve only gotten back into playing offline tcg with my niece so I don’t actually know how to indicate status effects (the training decks we bought don’t cover it). I assumed they use status effect tokens?
Same here! I played it so much back in the day that I got my GBC confiscated, something not even Pokémon Blue was able to accomplish. Still need to finish the English translation of the Japan-only sequel. And relevant to this post, there’s even a romhack for Neo that I wanna tackle next! Games aside, I still listen to the music regularly, and I’ve even been transcribing and analyzing some of the pieces. Ichiro Shimakura pulled some absolute wizardry on that soundtrack. If anyone wants to give them a listen, here’s the first and here’s the second; what’s neat about that site is that, by clicking the “Settings” tab you can toggle individual voices (which really demonstrates the trickery Shimakura employed to get such a big sound with only three melodic voices) as well as tweak the stereo width to your liking.
I’ve only gotten back into playing offline tcg with my niece
Awww, that’s lovely!
Tap left for sleep, right for paralyse, upside down for confusion. Poison and burned have status tokens
Thanks for hunting down the info—a mix of tokens and card rotation, then! Well, should I ever find myself in an impromptu face-to-face game of Pokémon TCG, I"ll know what to do.
If anyone wants to give them a listen, here’s the first and here’s the second; what’s neat about that site is that, by clicking the “Settings” tab you can toggle individual voices (which really demonstrates the trickery Shimakura employed to get such a big sound with only three melodic voices) as well as tweak the stereo width to your liking.
fantastic! And so nostalgic. Crunchy, warm and inspiring I love the chiptunes
One of my favourite games ever tbh.
I’ve only gotten back into playing offline tcg with my niece so I don’t actually know how to indicate status effects (the training decks we bought don’t cover it). I assumed they use status effect tokens?
https://m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Special_Condition_(TCG)
Tap left for sleep, right for paralyse, upside down for confusion. Poison and burned have status tokens
Same here! I played it so much back in the day that I got my GBC confiscated, something not even Pokémon Blue was able to accomplish. Still need to finish the English translation of the Japan-only sequel. And relevant to this post, there’s even a romhack for Neo that I wanna tackle next! Games aside, I still listen to the music regularly, and I’ve even been transcribing and analyzing some of the pieces. Ichiro Shimakura pulled some absolute wizardry on that soundtrack. If anyone wants to give them a listen, here’s the first and here’s the second; what’s neat about that site is that, by clicking the “Settings” tab you can toggle individual voices (which really demonstrates the trickery Shimakura employed to get such a big sound with only three melodic voices) as well as tweak the stereo width to your liking.
Thanks for hunting down the info—a mix of tokens and card rotation, then! Well, should I ever find myself in an impromptu face-to-face game of Pokémon TCG, I"ll know what to do.
fantastic! And so nostalgic. Crunchy, warm and inspiring I love the chiptunes