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Pokemanics
will be in heaven when Nintendo releases the Pokemon Trading
Card game this February. For all of you fans who are spending
large sums of money on individual cards, the Pokemon Trading
Card title is definitely something you should know about.
The game is
basically a virtual representation of the actual strategy card
game produced by Wizards of the Coast. Players of the previous
Pokemon issues will recognize the game's top down look and
feel, as it still somewhat resembles the current Red, Blue,
and Yellow Game Boy Color games. The big difference though is
the actual battling. Instead of Pokemon being used against
opponents, virtual representations of the cards are used.
Players must tap energy cards, assign them to a Pokemon card
in play, prep the cards he or she will use next, draw cards,
and so on, just like in the actual card game.
The overall
goal for a single player game is to defeat the four grand
Pokemon masters and become the ultimate Pokemon card player.
In order to do this the player must first travel to the eight
card dueling clubs and defeat the respective masters. If this
is done, he or she receives eight medals which allow him or
her the right to battle the grand masters. Along the way you
earn new cards to add to your deck, which allow you to build
the ultimate Pokemon deck. Pokemon Trading Card is great for
players not used to the card game and its rules, since it has
an easy to follow tutorial at the game's outset that teaches
players the basics.
You can
link up two Game Boys and play against friends, too. You can
even use the Game Boy printer to print out the cards that
you've received in the game. In addition, Nintendo is
including an exclusive limited edition Pokemon card with the
game.
The game
looks great; all of the cards look like their real life
counterparts and also accurately represent each tactile card's
abilities and traits. Checking out all of the cards would cost
a fortune in real life; but they're all right there on the
screen and that's really cool. Pokemon Trading Card looks like
a must-have for any Pokemon fan. We'll have to wait until the
game's release to see whether or not it makes the actual cards
obsolete.
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