Pokemon Trading Card Game

The Pokémon Trading Card Game was first introduced to North America in 1999, and in Japan at an earlier date. It is a collectible card game based off the famous Pokémon video game. At the time, it was published by Wizards of the Coast, the company most famous for Magic: The Gathering.

However, with the release of Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Game Boy video games, Nintendo took back the card game from Wizards of the Coast and started publishing the cards themselves. The latest incarnations of the card games is known as Pokémon-e Trading Card Game, the cards of which (for the large part) are compatible with the Nintendo e-Reader.

In 1998, Nintendo released a Game Boy Color version of the trading card game. This game included cards from the original set of cards, the Jungle and Fossil expansions, and several GBC-exclusive cards. While the cards are still being produced, it is highly unlikely that there will be another video game rendition of the card game because of the drop in popularity the series has experienced.