Such an underrated channel. Loving this series! Keep it up Ruby Retro!

I’ve always been into TCGs since I was a kid, but being born in the late 2000s, it always just felt like I was born too late. Like I missed out on the main course and was just picking up the scraps… these videos really scratch an itch for me. Thanks.

Some reaaaaally great editing on display, and thank fffaaaaaark you just used your voice and not these god forsaken ai things that are all the rage that sound so canned. Great HD res uploads of the cards, this was such a great jaunt for someone who was there at the time and HAD cards and ALMOST NEVER played the game because I was an idiot :)

This is great, thank you so much

So glad you're back, I've missed these videos lol.

This is one of my favorite series on youtube. I wish there was any kind of TCG scene in my small town back in the early 2000s. Unfortunately it was just me and my neighbors playing premade starter decks.

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0:18 What about Full Heal?

So all these errors - do modern retro games/tournaments use the correct text or is it a case-by-base basis? BTW, could you do vids on unreleased sets and where'd they would be played like the VS series? Not like a full vid, but maybe a few minutes or something?

The GOAT has returnned

Watching this after episode 1. It’s nice to see that Haymaker is finally starting to get effectively countered

I’m still waiting for the venusaur mega battle

Great video! The only thing I would add is that all of the cards of this era were included in the Game Boy version of the game, released around the same time. I guess with two GBs was the closest to online playing at the time 😂

Idk these decks look fun as hell Maybe thats my mtg background talking

This series is so awesome!

Love the video as always - gotta go back to the older mic setup tho. The echo is crazy

I loved the art in the dark eevees so much

I can’t believe that there even were metas this early on

you and weaboolin posting at the same week literally saved my life

Finally got around to watching this video this morning. It's some great work. I am too young to have been around in the community during this time frame but it's becoming increasingly obvious why wotc stopped being the one to print and manage the pokemon tcg. The removals of the highest age bracket to force people to play magic is just so shortsighted it hurts. Plus all of the ruling and translation errors wouldnt have helped their case.

It is so wild that about 80% of the decks compeating where just the same... And were talking about an era before net-decking really became a wildly known and used thing. On the other hand that was a completly different TCG overall, be it Magic or anything else.

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best pokemon video series going on currently

I can't wait for the Honolulu joke to be explained when you get to it in 2032.

This was an awesome video to watch all the way. I started playing into the competitive tcg game and I always wonder how the metas were back in the day. Keep up the amazing work man!!

So glad you folks are back. Here’s to more videos!

Keep up the great work :) Love the series.

Another fantastic video from the team!

Excellent video, with great insights. Nobody deal with old Pokemon TCG better. I wish I could have played more serouisly at this moment.

Early xmas present <3

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Yet another incredible video!! I loved the animations for introducing each set SO MUCH. And of course it was a lot of fun hearing about how the meta shaped up during this era. I know the struggle of fighting against a dominant deck all too well, and I look forward to hearing about how the meta shifts in the next one! Thanks so much for all of your hard work making this video!!

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Never played the Pokémon TCG at all, but the quality and depth of your videos is so great I watch it just for the history and the story.Keep it up, glad a new one is out. You do absolutely amazing work 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

I LOVE this series so much. Its genuinly become one of my favorite series on KZbin. This is quivkly becoming a series I rewatch regularly. Thank you Ruby Retro team for this wonderful piece of content ❤

Ruby Retro, please take as long as you need to make these episodes, the quality of video is worth weeks and months of wait time I assure you!

Every time I see these i want to start going back into retro collecting again aaaaa

I was scared you were gone for good! Very glad to have this back in my life. The wait was worth and :).

Yessss a new entry into one of my favourite youtube series!

My favourite Pokemon TCG channel is back and boy have I missed it, love the content as always. Keep up the amazing work! ❤🔥🔥

What a wonderful way to start my Friday work day! Thank you Nicholas, Arron and Alex!

"I'll gladly lose today, if it means I play Sunday." That line is simultainously such a great show of sportsmanship, a demonstration of love of playing the game and it goes hard all at the same time. And it's said by a kid. What a quote.

Really cool that the big 3 used all the iconic starters from Gen 2. And Slowbro

Hitmonchan was mu fav :C good to know i played meta when i was a kid :D now i know why i was better than otehr kids :X

Welcome back!

So jealous of Darian with 3 Ho-oh! It’s one of my favorite cards ever. I pulled a copy of it as a kid but it was stolen from me 😞

It was really cool hearing Umair Naseers name mentioned as he works and is co-owners at the game store where I host our local league. I remember him mentioning that he used to play Pokemon back in the day.

Neo discovery was the first pack I bought. I only remember getting the Natu & Espeon (common version), though I wanted Umbreon cus Gary had one in the anime. Before this, I only bought single cards at flea markets for 25 cents each. So I had a bulk of commons & uncommons

This is a really outstanding series you've got here, with incredible editing, knowledgeable writing, and a great future! Keep it up!

it amazing that no matter if now or well in the past, WotC lovessss making bad decisions that harm the community