How well does Pokémon Trading Card Game for Gameboy Color Hold Up? - Tama Hero

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  • The Pokemon Trading Card Game is a huge part of the Pokémon franchise, and takes up a lot of our collective memory with how nostalgic it is. But Tama's main experience with it is actually on the GameBoy Color rather than with the Pokemon trading cards themselves. Today she takes a dive into the topic and shares her experience with it, as well as comparing the game to the popularity of Yugioh and dishing out some little known Pokemon trivia.
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  • @Tama-Hero
    @Tama-Hero  3 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    If you're here from Jack's video, welcome! This video is my most recent, but last week I uploaded a video that explains the entire history of my channel so if you are curious about what ancient TH-cam was like, check it out! th-cam.com/video/MWG8frE2kuw/w-d-xo.html

    • @coolio_xx3967
      @coolio_xx3967 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Your channel is so cool!

    • @epickail1008
      @epickail1008 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm here from Jack and also I have a bunch of pokemon cards

    • @theansweris4299
      @theansweris4299 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah I remember in the fifth grade trading my or maybe was the sixth grade trading My game boy advance for some pretty rare Pokemon cards

    • @qsxsqsxs
      @qsxsqsxs ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@Hacker Killer now im curious lol...who is Jack? Do they also make Pokemon TCG videos?

    • @OshawottLuke
      @OshawottLuke ปีที่แล้ว

      @@qsxsqsxs Same. Please someone answer!

  • @mnemot
    @mnemot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +226

    i dressed as Imakuni? for halloween once - figured if i was going to be standing alone in a corner all night long, at least i'll do it in character

    • @torrinantifus1
      @torrinantifus1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      MtG for the win! Been playing since 97!

    • @goldenphonautogram6141
      @goldenphonautogram6141 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That’s the best Halloween costume idea ever. You’re my hero holy shit.

  • @KixMayne91
    @KixMayne91 3 ปีที่แล้ว +561

    "Yugioh requires a lot less extra steps"
    Oh, how that has changed exponentially.

    • @GoInGcRz
      @GoInGcRz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      I was gonna say "oh no, she's unaware" 😂

    • @hogoototwilightian628
      @hogoototwilightian628 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      'So, how are those Card descriptions, guys!'

    • @whitewolf3051
      @whitewolf3051 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Yeah, the new series in the anime didn’t help matters. Why couldn’t they just keep it simple?

    • @SpiderRiderKya
      @SpiderRiderKya 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@whitewolf3051
      They had to introduce new mechanics to the game to keep it interesting or else you're just going to be seeing the same decks and same strategies over and over in tournaments (once people realize 'oh this particular deck combo/these specific cards are really good' it's all people want to play and all you end up seeing, and this isn't exclusive to YGO) and, people are gonna get bored. Which means, new archetypes, new summoning methods and new support for older archetypes.
      Which means that, bit by bit it's going to get more complex (and the longer card text to try and avoid confusion on things/keep things from being game breaking or OP'd)
      This is actually, as far as I know, part of the reason for the new Rush Duel style introduced in the current series. It IS simple and straight forward, with fewer rules (and fewer steps) and meant to help younger players develop and interest in playing and actually, play. Cause yeah the current main game is complicated af.

    • @conipoeia
      @conipoeia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I'm pretty sure that was in reference to setup and accoutrements, which haven't changed at all, except for having to take care to make decently recognizable columns now I guess.

  • @sae6398
    @sae6398 3 ปีที่แล้ว +414

    I remember everyone just trading the cards for favors and NO ONE knew how to play and also great video!

    • @SAMURIADI
      @SAMURIADI 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      the yugioh anime season 1 did not help teach the game too much

    • @kurai.7
      @kurai.7 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      LoL same on our school nobody knows how to play it so we just trade card😂

    • @definitelynotashark1799
      @definitelynotashark1799 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I think my entire elementary school played based on "here's my HP, here's your attack, we go back and forth until one of us goes down", like with no strategy outside of laying down the cards with the biggest numbers.

    • @JackOfen
      @JackOfen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I was the guy who always read the manuals. Because to me a card game you can't play is worthless. Why even bother buying the cards if all you can do is look at them?

    • @shroomofinsanity
      @shroomofinsanity 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe I had the minority experience, but I searched out the rules when I collected back in elementary and played with some friends and my mom. It definitely has flaws on the world building side of things, and kinda forces you to play only the "better" evo lines and honestly play more trainers than pokemon sometimes.

  • @Calaveso
    @Calaveso 3 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    Ahh, the neverending suffering of having good Pokémon music tracks on spin-offs and never being able to listen to them in the main series of games.

    • @dundee6402
      @dundee6402 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      PDM Red and Blue Rescue Team's sad theme will always be in my heart

    • @bbrbbr-on2gd
      @bbrbbr-on2gd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I believe the Grass Gym music (or one of the tracks) is the same as the music for Fortree City in Ruby iirc. 🤔

    • @retro_nintendom8493
      @retro_nintendom8493 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pokemon Typing Adventure's Boss Theme

    • @ThePmso
      @ThePmso 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I really would love a return of Pokemon Radio, where you could hear music in your journey.
      You also could tune in other cool stations like you had in Gold and Silver

    • @Kdekalcio
      @Kdekalcio 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pokémon Pinball GBC Catch 'em Mode in Blue Field

  • @alfkocli
    @alfkocli 3 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    "When you're young, you don't really need a lot because your imagination does the rest"
    Great quote... I really miss my childhood years. Nevertheless, I enjoy the new adventures in adulthood.

    • @ChedWick05
      @ChedWick05 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      So damn true. I keep telling the grandparents and aunts and uncles this but they refuse to stop buying our daughter a ton of crap.

  • @LangeManGlenn
    @LangeManGlenn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +185

    My buddy had the Pokémon TCG GB game, which we referred to as Pokémon Black before Black version was a thing, because of the cartridge colour. I gotta say, I was 5 at the time and we didn't speak English yet (we barely spoke our own language, haha) and this game reeeeally isn't fun if you can't read it.

    • @DavidDumbedDown
      @DavidDumbedDown 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      What language did you speak when you were 5?

    • @astrograph7875
      @astrograph7875 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also why did ur buddy buy the game if he couldn’t speak English?

    • @LangeManGlenn
      @LangeManGlenn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@astrograph7875 you think we bought games ourselves at 5? 🤣
      I think it was his brothers' at some point.

    • @LangeManGlenn
      @LangeManGlenn 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@DavidDumbedDown we're Dutch. Though we learn English at a very young age nowadays, Pokémon Silver for me was a big contribution to that.

    • @wschippr1
      @wschippr1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@LangeManGlenn
      I learned to read English by playing pokemon yellow, or at least it was a big motivator.

  • @MrDesertdan
    @MrDesertdan 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    I just visited my grandma’s house a few months ago and found 3 binders full of cards she kept for me. It was great seeing all the cards I used to play with 10 or 20 years ago.

  • @SonofSethoitae
    @SonofSethoitae 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    It's worth noting that Dark Duel Stories was developed along side the rules for the TCG in Japan. IIRC, it represents an earlier version of the TCG rules; the dev team was working with an old version of the rules, while the TCG team changed things on their own, and by the time they found out it was too late for an overhaul.

  • @williamdunbar2802
    @williamdunbar2802 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    It’s similar to early yugioh in that there aren’t many ways to search out cards from the deck and do combos. The first couple sets of yugioh were mostly normal monsters with lackluster stat lines, equip spells for each attribute, and then your meta cards like dark hole, swords of revealing light, mirror force, etc

    • @Zanji1234
      @Zanji1234 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      O_o not many cards to search??
      - Computer Search -> discard 2 get any card from the deck
      - Pokemon Trader -> Put pokemon back into deck and get new one
      - Professor oak -> discard all cards get 7 new
      - Bill -> draw 2
      - item finder -> discard 2 get any trainer from discard pile
      i mean you can dig through most of the deck in one turn

  • @AtenedoroGonzalez
    @AtenedoroGonzalez 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    I replay the TCG game for the gameboy color every now and then. Definitely brings back nostalgic memories!

    • @yousaymercy2366
      @yousaymercy2366 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too! I run Venu-Center all the time when I do it! :)

    • @pandathug6806
      @pandathug6806 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Same dude. This game is so fun to play! U should play the sequel, its even better

    • @yousaymercy2366
      @yousaymercy2366 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pandathug6806 i have never found an English version of it sadly.

    • @pandathug6806
      @pandathug6806 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@yousaymercy2366 u can find the english translated rom online

    • @Liamrunescapefunorb
      @Liamrunescapefunorb 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I do the same but I do it in a New Game + kinda format - instead of deleting my save I'll use the Cards I have from after beating the Dome to beat all trainers/masters again in any order, of course getting to use cards I get along the way as with previous runs :)

  • @bryia3366
    @bryia3366 3 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    It's a hard things for kids to get their mind around, even adults at times when it comes to these types of card games. The best cards generally aren't the pokemon but the trainers, having 4 bills and 4 professor oaks is a must. Getting to your power cards quickly is the most important part of any competitive card game, as you've seen without it the game come down to massive amounts of luck. That video game is one of the best games I have every played that could teach someone how to play by the card game rules. Most Yu-Gi-Oh games didn't play by the rules at all.

    • @Marcusjnmc
      @Marcusjnmc 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      the world championship series of games did a good job, but they're the exception & only ran from gba to NDS, link evolution does it too but underperforms fan made simulaters and mobile games as a play experience

    • @CrookerComic
      @CrookerComic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Funny enough the earliest Yugioh games that ACTUALLY taught the player were on GBA circa 2003 or so (outside of Sacred Cards and Reshef which were built off the GB/C ruleset). Eternal Duelist Soul is one a lot of people (myself included) seem to cite as their introduction to the actual non-anime influenced rules.

    • @JewelKnightJess
      @JewelKnightJess 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I definitely did deck building wrong back in these early days! I filled my decks with energy and Pokemon and basically ignored most Trainer cards which left me often with dead hands and the wrong cards. When I started making the deck maybe 50-60% trainers it all went a lot smoother!

    • @rainfeather2997
      @rainfeather2997 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You had to go into the game already knowing what decks you wanted to build. I kept a custom decklist of the same deck I used in the real TCG and just remade it (with a few subs- an Oak in exchange for Challenge!, which wasn't in the game), but for the most part my psychic/grass deck just wrecked face in it. Not to mention you had to also go for the tournaments in the game as well because Promo Mewtwo was absolutely bonkers powerful in pulling energy out of the graveyard- having an ability like Venusaur's Energy Trans to get it off the Mewtwo and onto something else was just plain evil.
      And yeah, Yu-Gi-Oh might have been easier to play, but the trade-off was the early Yu-Gi-Oh! video games were absolute junk. I mean, two words: Forbidden Memories. *shudder* Man oh man, what a terrible game.

    • @blacksun3884
      @blacksun3884 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Computer Search/Bill/Prof Oak/Scoop Up OP don't @ me

  • @Darkflo23
    @Darkflo23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    I played a lot of this game growing up, and now that the second one with Gen 2 cards has been Fan Translated and is longer and harder , it's make me sad that we never got a follow up on modern hardware.

    • @shadowseeker97
      @shadowseeker97 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Trust me ive played through the second one. The second one is harder not because of tactics but because you *need* to have specific cards that you can *only* get from *specific* packs given to you after beating *specific* npcs. I was so done after that nonsense that i just cheesed the final boss.

    • @angehanon7749
      @angehanon7749 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks to an older video of Tama herself, I know that there was a follow up for the Pokémon TCG on the Nindendo DS called "Pokémon Card Game Asobikata DS". However, said game never got released outside of japan, which is a real shame!

    • @Darkflo23
      @Darkflo23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@angehanon7749 Yeah, there is a few english patch for the rom on the internet but most of them just have the cards ranslated and nothing else.

    • @Mysticfateee
      @Mysticfateee 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Right? i loved this game as a kid and after playing it and learning how to play the actual tcg i wanted to play it with other kids... But nobody cared about actually playing. Also i just found out you can actually purchase a fan translated GBC cartridge off of etsy. So we may not have ever had a follow up game to the original back then like japan had. But we do now "somewhat"

  • @turntsnaco824
    @turntsnaco824 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    For anyone who doesn't know:
    There's a sequel, Pokemon Card GB2, with a whole new island filled with gyms, it adds the Team Rocket set, loads of Japan only promos, and even more GB exclusives. The possibilities for decks are so much greater, and there are deck-restrictive challenges which prevent you from just steamrolling the game with a single deck and keeps things interesting.
    Highly, highly recommend playing it if you never have. It was never released in the US so it never had an official English release, but there've been a couple of patches/romhacks over the years with English translations for the Japanese ROM. You can track it all down if you are diligent enough, though I feel like it's become harder to recently.

    • @pandathug6806
      @pandathug6806 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Best game ever. I love starting a new game and collecting all the cards. Every game was fresh with the restrictions so u couldnt just spam OP gyarados. 10/10 am gonna play again today

    • @turntsnaco824
      @turntsnaco824 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@pandathug6806 Yeah. And because of how many cards there are, what decks you play with is very dictated by whatever you happen to pull, which makes each playthrough pretty unique in a way that's tough to get on the original with such a smaller carpool.

    • @robertmosley1188
      @robertmosley1188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Didn't even know this existed, thanks for posting! Downloaded the translated ROM to my phone and look forward to playing it soon.

    • @robertmosley1188
      @robertmosley1188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just finished playing through this. Wow, much better than the original! The deck restriction challenges were great, and forced me to have a deck of every type. Downloading the ROM/translation was pretty quick/easy. Very glad I was able to play this, and look forward to replaying it through the years.

  • @benwebstr3477
    @benwebstr3477 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I used to watch her when I was extremely young (like 8 or something) but then I moved away from Pokemon. Today I randomly stumbled upon this channel, it it brought be so much joy to see that a bunch of my old favorite TH-camrs haven't changed! I haven't felt nostalgia like this in a long time, so thank you for that!

  • @Thatguy101987
    @Thatguy101987 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Pokemon cards were a gateway drug to Magic The Gathering.

    • @fgregerfeaxcwfeffece
      @fgregerfeaxcwfeffece 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Seriously kids, do drugs it's cheaper.
      Also WotC is getting more amoral by the day. It's like every time someone complains about their products a finger on monkey paw moves.

    • @KamisamanoOtaku
      @KamisamanoOtaku 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That is what WotC wanted. It certainly worked out that way for some, but left a bad taste in the mouthes of others, such as myself. Oh, and a deep seated distrust of WotC.

    • @lusciouslocks8790
      @lusciouslocks8790 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@KamisamanoOtaku Fr like why would wizards even need to live on the coast anyways. There’s no way fish have more magical potential than all the other animals

    • @DoABarrelRol1l
      @DoABarrelRol1l 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lusciouslocks8790 One of my first decks was called 'Wizards of the Coast'.
      Mono-blue Wizard tribal deck with as much beach, ocean, and crabs in the art as I could fit. Every day is a beach episode for WotC Deck.

    • @matguimond92
      @matguimond92 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      guy I use to consider good friend wasted $2,000 on MtG.
      Lol screw card games. Monumental waste of time, and you end up looking like The Quartering.

  • @eliscore
    @eliscore 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    When I was a kid, the card with the coolest artwork "won" we didn't bother to learn actual rules

  • @thedudecalledalan9095
    @thedudecalledalan9095 3 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I was so into yugioh, even though most of my cards were fake, instead of bothering my friend with constantly duels i would make tournaments with my stuff animals and switch to the other side of the bed each turn. I even pretended one of my cards was the Seal of Orichalchos and the loser plush would be trapped in their most powerful card.

    • @charlesf.7947
      @charlesf.7947 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      same, I had quite a few decks built for each stuffed animal.

    • @lucifermorningstar8562
      @lucifermorningstar8562 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ah the seal of Orichalcos. I even used to pretend it had its anime effect that supposedly allowed you to have up to 10 monsters on the field at one time.
      I also used to pretend Pyramid of Light had its anime effect of destroying all God cards and preventing them from returning.

    • @Marcusjnmc
      @Marcusjnmc 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      to be fair, the official western company for yugioh was involved in creating fake cards, most people ended up with some fakes, even from retail

    • @braillynn4903
      @braillynn4903 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cute

  • @TheSliferSlacker
    @TheSliferSlacker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I actually want to say a quick thing about Yugioh here for a sec, in regards to what you were saying about Roleplaying. I always found this a barrier to the Pokemon TCG too, since I felt I was playing a game ABOUT Pokemon... rather than just, playing Pokemon? In Yugioh, the concept of a Duelist with their own personal optimized deck is baked right into the lore itself, making it really easy to see yourself in the series itself, dueling or hanging out with the characters via a shared interest (even easier in the spin-offs due to their settings in some cases). With the Pokemon card game, I never felt like I was simulating the fun of being a Trainer while ALSO enjoying the mechanics of the game, which for Yugioh, is inherent to the franchise because it's literally all ABOUT real people playing a fictional game (despite heightened elements ofc).

  • @daleanguiano6780
    @daleanguiano6780 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I really love it that you decided to cover this game. Played it a while back and as soon as you played the battle music I couldn't help but hum along. Very good video.

  • @johndredge8330
    @johndredge8330 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Watching you go through your collection is like a great big punch in the nostalgia for me. So many memories.

  • @johnsummers2943
    @johnsummers2943 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Listening to your voice and seeing you turn the cards back and forth to show off the shine is great ASMR :) It really helps my anxiety.

  • @n8zaso
    @n8zaso 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Used to watch many of your older videos. Happy to see you back. Go at your own pace, we’ll watch whenever 👍🏻.

  • @ahdurinregion
    @ahdurinregion 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was a cool video to watch! I have to say though, that "HA" about 11 minutes in had me rolling with laughter for some reason XD

  • @Pownchao
    @Pownchao 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It was always so much fun looking at the sprite work art in the game and comparing it to my physical cards.

  • @robmedina143
    @robmedina143 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh my god.
    I just recently started playing this game since missing out on it in my childhood and getting into collecting Pokemon cards last year.
    I had no clue you made this video until today.
    Awesome nostalgia-filled retrospective.
    Keep pumping out the awesome content Tama!
    Round of applause.

  • @benderman1157
    @benderman1157 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just wanted to say thanks for making this content. I remembered watching your videos a few years ago and enjoying them then a few weeks ago the algorithm gave me your gen 4 video and now I cant stop watching them.You got a great variety of fun thoughtful topics. Keep up the great work and good luck at your job.

  • @desmondruhling
    @desmondruhling 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1: your videos are good
    2: congrats on being on TH-cam this long and thanks for helping jack!

  • @ESCKrish
    @ESCKrish 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    THE MUSIC!!! That clip just gave me a headache remembering all the hours i stared at the screen on full brightness eek

  • @barryswigart1432
    @barryswigart1432 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I loved this game so much thanks for the vid Tama. Although starting with one pokemon and trying to find a team is way more luck based than knowing what's in your deck and drawing it.

  • @edgarf626
    @edgarf626 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Omg yes!! I discovered you a few months ago when I started playing Pokémon Silver again and I was so sad it had been so long since your last video! So glad you’re still making them! Keep up the amazing work!

  • @HotStormProductions
    @HotStormProductions 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I enjoyed this video, It’s bittersweet that your next one is not for a while. See you when you’re ready Tama

  • @acropriest6849
    @acropriest6849 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your description at the beginning of using your imagination for the cards (drawing, making your own game, etc) brought a tear to my eye. Pokemon was a gateway for me for creating and making my own things. Makes me happy someone else had the same feeling or sentiment about how we were young with these games lol.

  • @kayjayr6138
    @kayjayr6138 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm loving these new videos, they feel like you really enjoyed making it, keep it up :)

  • @APappers
    @APappers 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is such a comprehensive video, and I love the digitized card art. Might try to find a copy of this game. Also the point on larger collections losing a personal flair is such a good point. I love seeing collections that are smaller just to see what’s there.

  • @McJesusLightningFish
    @McJesusLightningFish 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video, have fun and good luck with your new job Tama

  • @RavensFan08
    @RavensFan08 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great vid i didn't know about your channel until i saw jacks vid but this was great :D

  • @CheapVacationYT
    @CheapVacationYT 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ayo this was my favorite channel for a long time back when I was big into Pokémon and I just wanted to say thank you for the entertainment from when I was littler... I watched them glitch videos all the time. I don’t know what it is but I make videos myself now and there’s probably some side of youtube I’ve learned through you over time that I applied in my channel because of you so thank you 🙏

  • @addiesworld1855
    @addiesworld1855 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved this video good job Tama!

  • @penti8345
    @penti8345 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    yesss new tama video ❤️ just what i needed today

  • @Raaami001
    @Raaami001 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video. I'm pretty jealous how you have so many things from your childhood. I usually ended up losing or forgetting about things I had in my childhood.
    Good luck in your job and hope all goes well. Will be here waiting for ya.

  • @nickfabian5709
    @nickfabian5709 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great video as always, Tama!
    In the beginning, I definitely had a lot of trouble not overloading my deck with Pokémon, cause I wanted to play with all my favorites, not just the good cards.
    Now I know I have to build a balanced deck, which is fun to play when you get all the combos going, but building them is kind of a drag.

  • @kaylinphelps7390
    @kaylinphelps7390 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your always so wholesome in videos, loving this one

  • @Derpderpson123
    @Derpderpson123 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's really bizar but I have some very good memories of this short game, so it must have been worthwhile back then.
    Great video.

  • @End_Zionism
    @End_Zionism 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome review, I love your honesty. The way you transitioned through topics was so smooth. You got me very nostalgic so it’s story time. Before my mom bought me my first Pokémon game at age 9, I watched the tv show and my older siblings play the card game competitively for years. I inherited all their cards when I was around 8 and I regularly checked out an old school guidebook for Red/Blue/Yellow from the library (the one that featured Mew and Togepi as “new discoveries”) and I would read a little bit every day. It didn’t say anywhere it was for the video games and there was no trainer artwork. I studied it little by little every night and I set up a deck for each gym leader each week and eventually the elite four then later Mewtwo. I pretended to raise a team starting with base forms before earning their evolutions. I didn’t take it easy on myself when pretending to battle and “earned” my way to the top with my team lmao. I would even leave cards in places around the house and pretend to go hunting and battle to catch them! My way of playing was basically like yugioh since I didn’t have any of the accessories or understanding of how the card game actually worked so I used the energy cards as “shields”. I honestly had the time of my life and when my mom got me Leaf Green brand new it felt like a ticket to a world I dreamed of going to forever. This world had finally come to life and I took my sweet time exploring and training through Kanto (about a year to become champ and I had over 100 Pokémon). Finally getting my hands on Johto and Hoenn Pokémon at age 10 is another love story all together. I love Pokémon so much, thanks Tama best wishes at your new job!!!

  • @Danadaman18
    @Danadaman18 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Congratulations on your new job and good luck!

  • @JazzyWaffles
    @JazzyWaffles 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You're right about the battle theme. I very briefly played this back when I was a kid and it's been stuck in my head ever since.

  • @AzureKite
    @AzureKite 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I saw this video in my recommended as I was playing this game and looking on youtube for something to watch while I play :D what a coincidence

  • @samuelgutierrez5445
    @samuelgutierrez5445 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just found your content yesterday and I got to say u make amazing content

  • @PaperboatWay
    @PaperboatWay 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I came here sfter watching the Didyouknow Gaming featuring you :) thanks for this nostalgia trip~

  • @AtticusTsaiMcCarthy
    @AtticusTsaiMcCarthy 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Have a nice time away! This was a pleasant look into the TCG. I just got more into it recently, but now we're back in a stricter lockdown, and I can't test my newest deck XD.

  • @Hikari486
    @Hikari486 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I loved this game!! Thanks for a great video Tama!

  • @katmannsson
    @katmannsson 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    that battle theme took me back in a way i didnt expect and almost made me cry and I barely played TCG GBC

  • @YukeWeiss
    @YukeWeiss 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for covering this. My first ever Pokemon game so...so many feels.
    I love that you dived into the lore of Imakuni. He has a few card art credits as well.

    • @Tama-Hero
      @Tama-Hero  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Imakuni? cards are very pricey but tempting to collect lol

    • @YukeWeiss
      @YukeWeiss 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Tama-Hero I'm talking Tomokazu Imakuni rather than the Imakuni? style, but I don't know how much either really are. All I know is card prices for stuff like you showed off are probably 10 times what I was paying about 7 years ago. I still have my eBay receipts.

    • @YukeWeiss
      @YukeWeiss 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I say this because during 2020 I tried to finish my Base-Neo Destiny collection. I'm down to like the last 30 cards but they're starting to reach like 3-400 per card.

  • @cynthiaobligeasmr
    @cynthiaobligeasmr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I’ve spent so much money on tcg and don’t even know how to play. I just like collecting them lol. I have all the e-reader tcg cards 💕

    • @MLPGamer44
      @MLPGamer44 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The E reader sets were some of the best sets ever. The art is soooo aesthetic.

    • @typhlosion212
      @typhlosion212 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Love those sets

  • @jemmytaveras
    @jemmytaveras 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    WOW Tama, you have the best card collection I've seen a while!

  • @Bowoneshi
    @Bowoneshi 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I knew how to play the cards as a kid and did often. I love this game too. The grandmaster battle theme is still to this day my favorite piece of game music from any game.

  • @MisaNotMisa
    @MisaNotMisa ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "You play this once and you'll be humming the battle theme for the rest of your life"
    TRUE.
    This music piece alone keeps me coming back to the game every now and then. And there's some charm to the simplest gameplay from the beginnings of the TCG that you can't find in the modern formats. I love building a Venusaur deck on this game.

  • @johnnypollack3243
    @johnnypollack3243 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video tama keep up the great work

  • @JetBlackLi
    @JetBlackLi 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Congrats on the new gig 🎉

  • @jjones3064
    @jjones3064 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tama, thanks for the fun content, hope you end up making more fun videos, you got this

  • @Revolationification
    @Revolationification 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good luck with the job, Tama!

  • @shiner93
    @shiner93 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I actually really enjoyed this game growing up! Thanks for the review!

  • @halo368
    @halo368 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just started playing Pokemon TCG on GBC again about 3 days ago, I never played it as a kid and now I'm HOOKED! It taught me how to play the actual card game now and I hate that I've missed out for so long by just collecting. Great video! :)

  • @stinkbrain2566
    @stinkbrain2566 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Even if you aren't a TCG fan, I really enjoyed hearing your perspective on the whole thing. I practically lived for TCG collecting at one point, and this video kind of brings me back to those days.

  • @5Porygon
    @5Porygon 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you so much for all videos you made. You are one of my absolutely best youtubers ever. :)
    Jsi moc šikovná. Mám moc rád tvoji tvorbu.

  • @lps89br
    @lps89br 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good luck and have fun on the temp job you got

  • @soulofahero183
    @soulofahero183 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember being fascinated by the trading cards because I was so into the video games. I was so happy the day I pulled my favorite Pokemon back in the early generation 1 days -- Zapdos!

  • @jakebranston1
    @jakebranston1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for providing jack with content... also good video

  • @-_._._-
    @-_._._- 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Darn you Tama. I had just gotten that theme out of my head and you put it back in.
    I did enjoy this game though. I'm 34 so I would've been...idk how old when I played it years ago when it came out. Song's been stuck in my head for years.

  • @DrunkCocogoat
    @DrunkCocogoat 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That final evolution of Hatterene in the thumbnail sure looks great!

  • @solht
    @solht 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    tbh i came here from jacks vid but this is actually great content you just gained a new sub

  • @BabusGameRoom
    @BabusGameRoom 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good job making me feel like a massive nerd! I knew how to play the card game, and I actually taught other people...though it was probably because I played the GB game, but I definitely read the instructions that came with the big starter decks back in the day, haha
    I never really made it very far in the TCG GB game, but I had fun with it...mostly because of that awesome soundtrack! I really like Imakuni?'s theme too, probably one of the silliest pieces on the GB.

  • @geraaraya4850
    @geraaraya4850 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing video! 😍

  • @DimkaSulegnaa
    @DimkaSulegnaa 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Seeing the title brought back memories of watching a poketuber do a playthrough of the game. It seemed so fun, coming from someone that’s never played the TCG and has played Yugioh.
    IMO, it sounds like the methods for getting more cards seemed pretty lacking but what can ya do, old game and all.
    And I just remembered the charizard starter deck I got when I was a child and it got lost years and years ago... dangit lolol

  • @hiseas9663
    @hiseas9663 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great video!

  • @WarmLillie
    @WarmLillie 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Happy Halloween Toma Hero, I hope you stay safe and have fun this year.

  • @Arnamoo
    @Arnamoo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That soundtrack of the gc game was soo awesome… so many good memories!

  • @seafoamshame1
    @seafoamshame1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That was so amazingly off track in the best way. So bizarre yet so interesting. I really wasn’t expecting a Japanese children’s show get brought up in this video but I’m glad it did.

  • @TheCreepypro
    @TheCreepypro 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    yeah I missed out on this too when I was younger and didn't know about it till I was much older but it is nice to learn about it now even if it wasn't that good

  • @liumellowyellow666
    @liumellowyellow666 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    You’re very well spoken! Keep up the good work 😁

  • @Dannybluegill
    @Dannybluegill 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Seeing that BCCG Reverse holo Pichu got me excited, i have a 10 of the same card on my shelf

  • @homogenized
    @homogenized 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just played the Virtual Console version of this recently!! It was such a blast. I had the game as a kid but never beat it, though I managed to this time around. So much fun!

  • @Alex_dlc
    @Alex_dlc 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Congrats on the new job!

  • @Phan211
    @Phan211 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I still go back and play this game all the time. One ofnky favorite games of all time.

  • @dragicianryudo595
    @dragicianryudo595 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I too was subject to loosing my entire collection due to parent choices.
    Thank you for this video and good luck with your work.

  • @MaggotsOfDestruction
    @MaggotsOfDestruction 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Take care tama :) and good luck at your new job :) I know you will knock it out of the park and see you in december.

  • @runoncaffeine
    @runoncaffeine 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I loved the TCG as a kid, and learned to play from the Color game. My mum learned to play the TCG (she likes Pokemon) so I could play 'properly'. I remember getting stuck on the GBC game for ages and then finally completing it. I still have my physical deck, which was fire and water. And congrats on your job :)

  • @TheMonsterClubCorporation
    @TheMonsterClubCorporation 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Those retro games were so aesthetically pleasing! We’d love to welcome you to the Monster Club by the way!

  • @bbrbbr-on2gd
    @bbrbbr-on2gd 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was my first "official" Pokemon Game, because I didn't understand the idea of a tcg.
    I still have it and it's one of favorite games, wish there was more.

  • @Matthew_Murray
    @Matthew_Murray 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Coming back to this video after an hour of playing the Pokemon Trading Card Game on the 3DS virtual console. I have discovered I am not good at it, but 10-year-old me would have probably loved it and obsessed over it.

  • @matsbueno
    @matsbueno 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Omg I'm so happy you reviewed Pokemon TCG, I love this game so much ❤ It's simple, straight to the point and the soundtrack is so catchy that I listen to it even to this day ^-^
    About your complaint of the game randomness, I've to say that I kind of like it, I mean, of course it's very different from the mainline games that you have more control to make stratregies, but I think that it translates very well the phisical version of the game that is also very lucky based, even if you have good cards. But of course, I'm very biased to say this as it is one of my favorite Pokémon games XD

    • @turntsnaco824
      @turntsnaco824 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There's a sequel with a whole new island filled with gyms, it adds the Team Rocket set, Japan only promos, and even more GB exclusives. The possibilities for decks are so much wider, and there are deck-restrictive challenges which prevent you from just steamrolling the game with a single deck.
      Highly, highly recommend playing it if you never have. It's also got some bangin tracks, a couple of which are favorites in the series.

    • @matsbueno
      @matsbueno 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@turntsnaco824 Oohh Thank you for these informations! * - *
      I did knew about the existence of a Pokemon TCG sequel, but not about some of these new cool stuff! XD
      The only reason I've never played it yet It's just because It never got an oficial release outside Japan, but after seeing your comment I'm very interested in playing it, maybe I'll get a fan translation for playing it on a emulator ^-^

  • @mikeanzo1954
    @mikeanzo1954 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the game and the video! Will you ever do a video on "Pokémon Card GB2: Here Comes Team GR! "?

  • @maczurry
    @maczurry 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I learned how to play the trading card game because of this game I randomly saw it for sale used at Walmart sometime right before Crystal came out and my mom bought it for me we're about the same age so you probably feel the same sense of nostalgia as me when it comes to gen 1 in fact I know you do because I've been watching your videos for 15 years but just getting it and riding in the backseat of my mom's old car on the way home with my magnifying glass light combo and my 20 pack of double a batteries from the dollar store that lasted 2 days on average that's when I also learned the value of Duracell and Energizer and that name brands do matter what I wouldn't give to find my yellow Gameboy Color great video I never played a single match of the trading card game in real life but thoroughly enjoyed this game especially when you get to the Elite Four and get the legendary cards still weird that it's the three birds and a Dragonite Mewtwo and mew aren't cool enough

  • @RASoto-kc3zn
    @RASoto-kc3zn 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    congrats on the new job Tama

  • @amberhernandez
    @amberhernandez 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Still have my precious old Gloom card that won me so many games by sheer bluster alone, after many debates about what Poké Powers did lol.
    Also congrats on the job! Stay safe, and make sure you're keeping yourself clean as much as possible!!

  • @KaletheQuick
    @KaletheQuick 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just realized you changed your page title. Now I can binge watch years of back content and maybe youtube will show me your uploads now.

  • @Harri927
    @Harri927 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pokemon Cards are really amazing to collect and I love some of the cards like the black star promos and the Ancient Mew is my favorite Pokemon card.

  • @jrodriguez9017
    @jrodriguez9017 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Before I played the game... I had no idea what I was doing. Since I'm older and bought some cards now from base set to neo revelation (singles) it's actually fun. The tcg for game boy is insane I'm glad you made a video about it because that's how I learned about the tcg

  • @Newlife2811
    @Newlife2811 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another amazing video from a breath taking woman, thank you for keeping up with pokemon videos. :)
    I remember being 7 years old and just loving pokemon but clearly not having money to buy the cards. My mother thought it was a waist of time and money, so I drew my own cards. I had a book that gave the Rarity and price the first generation cards until that's how I was able to sketch at my own cards with proper stats and pictures. Sure everyone laughed at my fake cards but I didn't care I loved pokemon!!! 😍