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Pokémon Trading Card Game

Title	Pokémon Trading Card Game
First release	1998
Developer	Hudson Soft
Publisher	Nintendo
Platform	Game Boy Color
Genre	collectible card video game
Players	1–2 players
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	Game Boy Color: 2000-04-10 (NTSC-U), 2000-12-08 (PAL)
Wikidata ID	Q2560049

Defeat 8 Club Masters to earn the right to challenge the Grand Masters in the Pokémon Dome. Players select a starter deck from Charmander, Squirtle, or Bulbasaur to begin their journey. Use the Auto Deck Machine to build new card combinations and utilize the Challenge Machine to hone dueling skills while collecting rare cards.

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Wikidata (Q2560049) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (gbc/pok-mon-trading-card-game) · last updated 2026-10-30 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (8640,102417) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Pokémon Trading Card Game – box art (front)

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Box art, Screenshots, Logos (5): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Nintendo · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

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Videos

Game Boy Color Longplay [020] Pokemon Trading Card Game

World-of-Longplays · Game Boy Color version · longplay · 8:35:29auto-matched
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