Shinies in Gen 1 games were incredibly rare, as they were actually Pokemon with perfect IVs, transferred to Gen 2 to reveal.

Pokémon TCG Pocket is very friendly to beginner and free-to-play players in that it has plenty of decks you can easily build and battle with online—to both grind and learn the game. Pulling ...

Pokemon Go continues to be one of the most successful live service games on the market and it’s still got a huge player count in 2024. Over the years, it’s witnessed many changes but still ...

While there’s nothing wrong with hoarding lots of Pokemon cards, an even better way to immerse oneself is by learning how to play the game they’re created for — Pokemon TGC. Fortunately, Pokemon TCG ...

For some, TCG Pocket has inspired them to play the full tabletop version of the competitive card game. Reddit user Pufferpanda wrote, “[TCG Pocket] was also my first introduction to a pokemon ...

These role-playing games were some of the very best to get a release on the GameCube before it was discontinued.

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With an entire win condition removed from the game, matches descended into players racing through their decks as fast as possible, discarding frivolously in the knowledge that everything would ...