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

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]

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[@coolio_xx3967]

Your channel is so cool!

[@epickail1008]

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

[@theansweris4299]

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]

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

[@OshawottLuke]

@@qsxsqsxs Same. Please someone answer!

[@mnemot]

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]

MtG for the win! Been playing since 97!

[@goldenphonautogram6141]

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

[@sae6398]

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

[@SAMURIADI]

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

[@kurai.7]

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

[@definitelynotashark1799]

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]

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]

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.

[@KixMayne91]

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

[@GoInGcRz]

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

[@hogoototwilightian628]

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

[@whitewolf3051]

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

[@SpiderRiderKya]

@@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.

[@balewaif]

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.

[@Calaveso]

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]

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

[@bbrbbr-on2gd]

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]

Pokemon Typing Adventure's Boss Theme

[@ThePmso]

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]

Pokémon Pinball GBC Catch 'em Mode in Blue Field

[@LangeManGlenn]

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]

What language did you speak when you were 5?

[@astrograph7875]

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

[@LangeManGlenn]

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

[@LangeManGlenn]

@@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]

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

[@alfkocli]

"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]

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.

[@SonofSethoitae]

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]

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]

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

[@MrDesertdan]

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.

[@AtenedoroGonzalez]

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

[@yousaymercy2366]

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

[@pandathug6806]

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

[@yousaymercy2366]

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

[@pandathug6806]

@@yousaymercy2366 u can find the english translated rom online

[@Liamrunescapefunorb]

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 :)

[@Thatguy101987]

Pokemon cards were a gateway drug to Magic The Gathering.

[@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece]

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]

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]

@@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]

@@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]

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.

[@bryia3366]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@Darkflo23]

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]

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]

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]

@@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]

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]

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]

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]

@@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]

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

[@robertmosley1188]

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]

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 KZbinrs haven't changed! I haven't felt nostalgia like this in a long time, so thank you for that!

[@thedudecalledalan9095]

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]

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

[@lucifermorningstar8562]

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]

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]

Cute

[@eliscore]

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

[@QuantemDeconstructor]

Moltres would be the best bird for once lol

[@TheSliferSlacker]

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]

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.

[@Pownchao]

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

[@benderman1157]

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.

[@n8zaso]

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

[@johndredge8330]

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

[@robmedina143]

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.

[@johnsummers2943]

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.

[@cynthiaobligeasmr]

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]

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

[@typhlosion212]

Love those sets

[@addiesworld1855]

Loved this video good job Tama!

[@penti8345]

yesss new tama video ❤️ just what i needed today

[@barryswigart1432]

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.

[@desmondruhling]

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

[@HotStormProductions]

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

[@kayjayr6138]

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

[@McJesusLightningFish]

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

[@edgarf626]

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!

[@RavensFan08]

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

[@End_Zionism]

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!!!

[@samuelgutierrez5445]

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

[@CheapVacationYT]

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 🙏

[@Danadaman18]

Congratulations on your new job and good luck!

[@johnnypollack3243]

Great video tama keep up the great work

[@Raaami001]

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.

[@Hikari486]

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

[@APappers]

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.

[@kaylinphelps7390]

Your always so wholesome in videos, loving this one

[@nickfabian5709]

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.

[@5Porygon]

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.

[@ahdurinregion]

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

[@geraaraya4850]

Amazing video! 😍

[@acropriest6849]

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.

[@JetBlackLi]

Congrats on the new gig 🎉

[@AzureKite]

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

[@hiseas9663]

Great video!

[@ChaoticMeatballTV]

I absolutely love this game, though I do like the second Japan-only game a bit more. It's crazy reading the comments and seeing how many people actually don't know how to play the game! I mean, if you don't know how to play the Pokemon TCG, then good luck with Yu-Gi-Oh or MTG, those games are insanity in comparison to Pokemon. That aside, the music in this game, specifically all of the dueling themes, and ESPECIALLY the Club Leader Duel are some of the best out there, and if I may make a recommendation, look up Jonny Atma's cover of that song, that's how you give some representation to a very underrated track. EDIT: The fact that YOU did a Professor Oak's Challenge is awesome, glad to see it's become popularized!

[@lucifermorningstar8562]

When I was a kid Yu-gi-oh was definitely easier to get into then pokemon. Pokemons rules just seemed more extra. All the coins tosses, tokens and energy cards put me off of playing the game in real life anyway. I did like the Gameboy color version. With early Yu-gi-oh all you usually needed was your deck of cards and a pencil and paper for life points. A couple cards might ask for a coin flip or a dice roll but those weren't abundant. So back in the early days Yu-gi-oh was definitely simpler to learn.

[@jemmytaveras]

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

[@anisdz09]

From Jack 😂❤️

[@swiftydripz]

POV- You came from Jacks new video

[@KodyS09]

Your the first jack comment

[@ESCKrish]

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

[@lps89br]

Good luck and have fun on the temp job you got

[@jjones3064]

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

[@MisaNotMisa]

"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.

[@JazzyWaffles]

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.

[@YukeWeiss]

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]

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

[@YukeWeiss]

@@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]

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.

[@Veritos777]

Good luck with the job, Tama!

[@PaperboatWay]

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

[@AtticusTsaiMcCarthy]

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.

[@WarmLillie]

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

[@Derpderpson123]

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.

[@jakebranston1]

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

[@Alex_dlc]

Congrats on the new job!

[@solht]

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

[@shiner93]

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

[@halo368]

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! :)

[@seafoamshame1]

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.

[@bbrbbr-on2gd]

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.

[@DrunkCocogoat]

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

[@Bowoneshi]

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.

[@MaggotsOfDestruction]

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.

[@stinkbrain2566]

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.

[@RASoto-kc3zn]

congrats on the new job Tama

[@mikeanzo1954]

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

[@DrCory48]

Awesome video

[@liumellowyellow666]

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

[@reallydank334]

queen you have done it again, constantly raising the bar for us all, and doing it flawlessly

[@LMNtaLXicon]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="163">2:43</a> *Cries in Master Rule 5* <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="167">2:47</a> *Also cries in Madolche fan*

[@katmannsson]

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

[@BlackKoiRecords]

Hey Congrats on the new job 👏 👍

[@Rafaelvleeuwen]

Thanks for helping jackkk

[@OutrideMaro]

New video! Nice!

[@AlexGarcia-dy2ij]

You bring up some very good points! The game does have a luck factor involved, but there are ways of decreasing the luck factor and building your deck on a way to lessen the effect of what your opponent can do. I like to think of deck building as team building in competitive VGC, where you build your deck/team around a certain idea and the strengths and abilities of each Pokémon. I joined the competitive scene in a tough time in my life as a geeky teen a few years back and it was the greatest decision I’ve made and it’s helped me discover some of my greatest friends and make a (small) name for myself. Some of the RNG manipulation can be hard to wrap your head around at first and it takes time to understand, believe me! To this day sometimes I have a tough time figuring out the perfect way to play the cards. But all your points are very valid :) I hope this makes sense ;) P.S: Keep up the awesome content! Love all your videos!

[@joshuafisher5447]

Tama, you’re seriously the best

[@KaletheQuick]

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.

[@solht]

Thanks for helping Jack make content ❤️

[@PowerQuestGB]

One of my fave games, i still have the cartridge and a Game Boy! ❤ great vid!

[@BabusGameRoom]

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.

[@soulofahero183]

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!

[@matsbueno]

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]

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]

@@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 ^-^

[@TonyTheTGR]

OMFG THAT BATTLE THEME

[@Freddie7010]

I found your perspective on the gameplay (the RNG and team building mechanics leading to a less role-play esque experience) really interesting, and appreciate that this game, especially at the beginning, can be pretty frustrating. I, however, absolutely love this game. To me, meticulously crafting a deck to counter a specific opponent, shut out any weaknesses or make use of an interesting card is the main meat of this game, whereas actually using the deck is more just an experiment to measure the success of the build. I find building the decks and coming up with new ideas incredibly fun, then seeing them in action deeply satisfying. When my decks lose because of something RNG or seemingly unfair, I view that as a weakness of the deck and go back to the drawing board to adjust it, closing the loopholes. As such, my absolute favourite part of the game is the multi-opponent machine in the postgame, which makes you use one deck against a random selection of the game's opponents. It's so satisfying to win in this mode and build up a streak that I keep coming back for more, even years later. That this game has (in my opinion) the best music of any game on the system, too, just makes it even better. Especially that club master theme. The Japan-only sequel to this game is far, far bigger, with far more cards and opponents and a much much bigger map, as well as special duels with opponents who literally enforce their own extra rules to cheat. In this game, the opponents are so unfairly strong at times that it forces you to use a wider variety of cards just to beat them, which means more deck building and more coming up with unique strategies. I can't get enough, and strongly recommend anyone to give it a go! There is an unofficial English patch available online.

[@KorruptionXIII]

This was one of my favorite games in the Pokemon franchise, mainly because of how charming it is. The beginning can be a bit challenging I agree, the best strategy in the early game is to utilize cheap commons with easy consistent value like Staryu and Machop while you hunt rares. Also to get more energies, you can play the guy from the tutorial. The decks don't get shuffled so you can beat him the same way over and over.

[@smonkey9537]

did you record this sat on your second youtube 100k subscriber 2013 directors chair?