• KuroXppi [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      6·
      7 days ago

      Fun fact! The hiragana next to the Pokemon name reads ‘monstruous excretions’ 妖怪液 (youkai eki, lit. yokai/monster fluid)

      Edit: i am wrong! Please read aernalinguss reply below for the correct translation

  • AernaLingus [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    4·
    8 days ago

    Hi-res version (from Bulbapedia)

    The front of a Bandai Cardass Card featuring Weepinbell. Weepinbell appears on a pixelated green background with its mouth facing up, out of which acid is oozing out into a large pile on the ground. The card is labeled "File No. 070" (Weepinbell's Pokédex number) in the upper left, with the Japanese Pokémon logo in the upper right. Below Weepingbell are two boxes—one with his Japanese name, ウツドン (Utsudon) and another with a selection arrow that reads ようかいえき (the Japanese name for the move Acid). At the bottom of the card, it reads "Pocket Monsters" in all caps.

    This is from the Bandai Pokémon Cardass series, which actually predates the TCG by a month (September 1996 vs October 20, 1996); this particular card is from the Parts 3 & 4 set. The illustration is by Ken Sugimori, who did all the official artwork for Generation I. And here’s the back, if anyone was wondering:

    The back of a Bandai Cardass Card featuring Weepingbell, providing various information about the Pokémon (all in Japanese), including its evolutionary line, a Pokédex entry-style description, the effects of the move Acid, and its relative rarity in the Japanese version of Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue. A detailed transcript is provided below in a spoiler tag.

    Transcript/translation of back of card

    The card is labeled “File No. 070” (Weepinbell’s Pokédex number) in the upper left, with Weepinbell’s Japanese name, ウツドン (Utsudon) in the upper right corner. On the upper half of the card, The same artwork from the front is displayed on a plain white background, and below it, its height and weight are listed (1.0 m and 6.4 kg, respectively). To the left of it to it, a box reads

    タイプ：ハエとりポケモン

    (Type: Flycatcher Pokémon)

    小ちいさな虫むしを食たべて生いきている。毒どくの粉こなを出だして相手あいてを動うごけなくしてから、溶解液ようかいえきで溶とかしてしまう。

    (My translation: It survives by eating small bugs. After immobilizing its opponent with PoisonPowder, it uses Acid to completely dissolve it.)

    (Aside: This appears to be a variant of Weepinbell’s Japanese Blue Pokédex entry, which reads

    「まず　どくのこなを　はき　あいての　うごきを　とめて　しまってから　ようかいえきで　とどめを　さす。」

    and the official English translation of which is

    It spits out POISONPOWDER to immobilize the enemy and then finishes it with a spray of ACID.)

    In the center of the card, it displays the Bellsprout evolutionary line using art from the same Cardass series, showing that Bellsprout evolves into Weepinbell at Level 21 and then into Victreebel with a Leaf Stone.

    In the bottom left, an encounter rarity (出現率しゅつげんりつ) chart is displayed, showing that Weepinbell does not appear in Japanese Red or Blue but appears rarely in Green version. Indeed, Weepinbell is exclusive to Japanese Green/International Blue, appearing on Routes 12 through 15 with a with a 10% encounter rate in the first two and a 5% encounter in the last two.

    In the lower right, a description of Weepinbell’s featured move is shown in a table:

    技名わざめい: ようかいえき
    PP値ピーピーち：30
    効果大こうかだい　草・虫

    身体からだを溶とかす溶解液ようかいえきでダメージを与あたえる。相手あいての防御力ぼうぎょりょくをダウンさせることもある。

    (My translation:

    Move Name: Acid
    PP: 30 Super effective against: Grass & Bug (note that the latter is only true in Gen I))

    Deals damage with a body-dissolving acid. May lower the opponent’s defense.)

    The top and bottom of the cards feature various copyright and publishing information:

    © Nintendo・CREATURES・GAMEFREAK・TV TOKYO・SHO-PRO・JR KIKAKU

    発売元／株式会社バンプレスト　発売元／株式会社バンダイ　１９９７　ＭＡＤＥ　ＩＮ　ＪＡＰＡＮ