TCGHow Pokémon became a trading card empire
Bug nets, a Game Boy link cable, Capsule Monsters, near bankruptcy, then Red and Green. Eight months later Japan got a real card game. This is the process that made the hobby desk what it is.
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Pokémon
From Capsule Monsters and the Game Boy link cable to Red/Green and the October 1996 Japanese TCG. The franchise that turned collecting into a lifelong card hobby.
- JP games
- Feb 27, 1996
- JP TCG
- Oct 20, 1996
- US Base Set
- Jan 9, 1999
- Creators
- Game Freak, Creatures, Nintendo
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