Pokémon Trading Card Game: XY Expansion Pack Arrives 5th February

Awesome, Can't wait to go all mega blastoise on my nerdy friends.

The cards certainly look flashier than I remember them.

My kids have had the date memorized for awhile now, I think they're looking forward to getting some real cards after they each got 5 packs each of bogus B&W cards from the $ store. FYI - Never buy Pokemon cards from the $ store, even in official looking booster packs. They actually look authentic except for the #s in the 10,000 range.

Is card coverage going to be an ongoing thing here at NL? My kids always know this stuff before me, the official Pokemon site is their Opera start-up homepage.

super cool

That Mega Venusaur card looks amazing.

I really want a Pokemon Trading Card Video Game. It would be so cool now

@DefHalan Is there a big difference between that and a real poke game?

Buy the biggest most obnoxious EX card to win.
No thanks.

@linktothepichu actually there is a really big difference

When you Mega Evolve a Pokemon you should be required to shout "RANK UP! MEGA STONE FORCE!".

the last time i had seen pokemon cards for sale was in super markets or local shops when i was a kid. As just getting back into pokemon this year i wondered what happened to the cards

Coming from the UK, where do they sell pokemon cards now ? Or am I looking in the wrong places ?

@JogurtTheYogurt I imagine Forbidden Planet sell them if you're on about high street stores, if not then there's probably loads of online stores that have them.

When I got my first EX card last year, I was very excited!

Although I like to stick with the late 90s cards, I have to admit that SOME of those X/Y cards are pretty dang cool. I think that the Mega cards are a bit over done, but the other cards look interesting. I just hope that the tins aren't over $20!

Actually, I hope they're under $20

@DefHalan What is the difference? The last Ninten system one was on the colr, so I never bothered to play it.

I would do almost anything for a Pokemon Trading card game on the 3DS!

@linktothepichu that GB Pokemon game is one of my favorite Pokemon games. I don't really understand how you don't see the difference between a long RPG and a Card game. The card game is based off the RPG but they are two different games that use different mechanics.

Imagine if we had these when we were in the 90s. I couldn't even imagine cards like these

@linktothepichu the original Pokemon TCG video game was pretty good,
The main games and the TCG play vastly different, the differences are too many to just list here.

I'd love to play a new TCG video game someday.

@Moorpheel They have that online Pokemon TCG game.

@Moorpheel Having never played a TCG VIDEO Game (love the actual one), I wouldn't know the difference, hence, why I asked.

To any who care, if you tried the first GBC Pokémon TCG but asked yourself, "why couldn't they include more!", I recommend Rocket Strikes Back, the second entry in TCG (also on GBC) but don't be fooled by the DS version, it only shows you "how" to play the TCG; not the same kind of "play" in my book.

@linktothepichu ... ok?

@readypembroke it's not quite the same. No portability or story and everyone else there are like super pro kids.

@H1B1Esquire The second game was never localized, so I don't think it's an option, as linktothepichu would need to both import it and know Japanese to be able to play it.

@linktothepichu Other than some exclusive cards in the video game, a few substituted card effects when they don't work as well digitally as in real life, and obviously not using the rule updates that have been made since the game's release, the Pokémon TCG video game works exactly as the TCG does in real life. The other posters mistakenly thought you were referring to the main series Pokémon games rather than the spinoff game based on the TCG.

I find it ironic that Mega Evolutions will now be included when the similar Lv. X cards (which may have even inspired Mega Evolutions in the first place) have been part of the TCG for years. Of course, they couldn't exactly ignore the Mega Evolutions either. Does this mean they'll no longer make Lv. X cards?

It's interesting that you can only use them on EX cards, which both nerfs Mega Evolutions (due to the rarity of EX cards) and buffs them (as all EX cards are considered Basic Pokémon).

I also find it strange that they require you to wait a turn to attack, which directly contradicts their mechanics in the actual RPGs. It would've made more sense if you could only use one Mega Evolution per game and couldn't use something like a Revive card to bring it back from the discard pile, but I guess the game is balanced better this way.

Lol, I wanna test Mega Blastoise in Keldeo/Blastoise.