What year was Pokemon the CCG game released?

[Pastore]

Googled and couldn't find it.

 

[Mrvile]

CCG? Do you mean the TCG?

 

[Pastore]

collectible card game?

 

[Mrvile]

Originally posted by: Pastore
collectible card game?

It was actually Trading Card Game.

1998 maybe? Most of my old pokemon cards say (C) 1998 Wizards whatever blah blah.

 

[secretanchitman]

trading card game? wasnt it like 5 years ago or something...?

didnt wizards of the coast make the game, or am i on drugs...?

 

[Pastore]

What's the difference between TCG and CCG. And thanks for the years.

 

[suicidalpigeon]

mmm i still got my very first cards, which is charizard and blastoise, somewhere in my closet.

 

[Mrvile]

The official site tells me it goes back to as early as 1995...that's a pretty damn long time ago.

 

[badmouse]

History of Pokemon

Pokemon started with Japanese game developer Satoshi Tajiri and his interest in video games and, in particular, the communicative properties of the Nintendo Game Boy® system. After six years of development, Tajiri and his company, GAME FREAK, turned his "interest" into the first-ever Pokemon video game.

In October of 1996, the Pokemon Trading Card Game was introduced in Japan as a seamless extension of the Pokemon world. Tsunekazu Ishihara, producer of Pokemon, developed the Pokemon Trading Card Game with his company, Creatures.

After becoming a phenomenal success in 1996 in Japan, Pokemon launched to immediate star status in the U.S. in 1998.



from AnimeNewsNetwork.com

 

[ts3433]

Originally posted by: Pastore
What's the difference between TCG and CCG. And thanks for the years.

They're essentially the same; different manufacturers just use different names.

I was about 8 when I got into that crap ca. 1999... my habits in those years with regard to Pokemon and video games (not very well-checked by any sort of parental admonishment about financial irresponsibility) have made me very embarrassed of my childhood now that I'm 15.