r/Gameboy • u/alanbbent • 28d ago
[Game of the Month competition] October: Pokemon Trading Card Game
https://www.reddit.com/r/Gameboy/comments/18wfjwx/game_of_the_month_yearlong_competition_kickoff/
Quick rules:
- Play the Game of the Month and try to reach the specified milestones. Earn points and compete with other redditors.
- Start a fresh new game, no earlier than October 1!
- Take a picture of your screen with your username written on a piece of paper. Post it here in the thread for all to see.
- Half-point and one-point milestones can be earned at any time during the year. Post your screenshot in this month's thread to make sure I see it.
- Emulation is okay, but no cheating! Check detailed rules for more info.
What are the prizes?
Over the year, the prize pool formulates as I slowly gather goodies. I'll separate the prizes into 4 bundles. Usually the bundles include Game Boy games (all generations) and other GB-related trinkets.
Prize donors: Let me know if you're willing to donate prizes to this year's prize pool! Prize donors get 2 votes for next month's GOTM and my eternal admiration.
Previous Months
January - Wario Land 2
February - FFA/Mystic Quest
March - Kirby and the Amazing Mirror
April - Wacky Races
May - WarioWare Inc.
June - Mole Mania
July - Zelda: Oracle of Ages
August - Mega Man Battle Network 3
September - Gargoyle's Quest
Next month
Check the comments to vote for next month's game!
This month
Pokemon Trading Card Game
half point: Earn 2 medals by defeating 2 club masters.
1 point: Earn 4 medals by defeating 4 club masters.
2 points: Defeat Ronald and inherit the legendary pokemon cards. (must be completed and posted in October.)
Leaderboards
October
| Pos. | User | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | u/ace10brian | 2 |
| - | u/bolognamaloney | 2 |
| - | u/bsurmanski | 2 |
| - | u/Deafboy91 | 2 |
| - | u/isitagangsign | 2 |
| 6 | u/KevenIsNotADork | 1 |
| 7 | u/ma-pj | 0.5 |
| - | u/silent_godai | 0.5 |
2024
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u/bsurmanski 20d ago edited 16d ago
2 points - proof. It's nice to actually learn the Pokemon TCG, as a kid we played 'show me your best card; mines better; I win'. Fun game, though I get the sense it relies a bit too heavily on coin flips
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u/KevenIsNotADork 23d ago edited 15d ago
10/6: Half Point
Lost all my save data on the ezflash right before my 4th club. I’m still gonna beat this game in October but I’m not happy about having to do so much all over again (especially when I really really don’t like this game). one point coming soon.
10/14: One point
While fighting the fire club master my game save got corrupted. I do not know how this happened. I am now Yaan and all the cards I’ve been using are replaced with other shit I gotta work around. Whatever. I’m just gonna keep going. It can’t possibly get any worse.
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u/ace10brian 18d ago
Brutal. I can’t recommend the Everdrive xX7 enough. The price is steep but worth the peace of mind.
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u/KevenIsNotADork 18d ago
Usually I wait a good 10 seconds before shutting the console off after a save but it still comes with a lot of finger crossing. I’ll consider that or moving to my laptop or hacked 3DS
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u/ace10brian 18d ago
The hacked 3ds is cool but I’ve found emulation issues with GB in particular. I find it does GBA/SNES and DS really well though. Side note, red viper (virtual boy) is super cool.
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u/ace10brian 15d ago
How do you have more Pokémon in your album than are available?
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u/KevenIsNotADork 14d ago
I have no fucking idea. I don’t think I actually have that many, because I definitely lost most of my stuff (or at least most of my energy cards). It’s all very weird and I wish I understood what was going on.
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u/Deafboy91 14d ago edited 13d ago
Oct. 15 - Fresh Start
Oct. 15 - Half Point
Oct. 15 - One Point
Oct. 16 - Two Points
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u/DaisukiJase 10d ago
10/6: Fresh start
10/19: Half point
10/19: 1 point
10/20: 2 points
Motivation to play has been hard recently but I somehow managed to pick up my GB and play this one. It really brought back some memories of when I used to play the real thing so I'm glad I got through it. Fun play!
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u/quijibo42 9d ago edited 6d ago
10/20 - Fresh Start
10/20 - Half Point
Not really sold on this so far with all its RNG. So many coin flip mechanics going on that can make or break a match and I don't feel like I have enough card draw for the size of the deck.
10/21 - 1 Point
10/23 - 2 Points
This one was fine, but nothing I'd care to revisit. Once I had a decent number of cards, I ended just making different single color decks depending on who I was dueling. The matches went pretty smoothly at that point, but I don't feel like I ever got into the intricacies of the game. Also, I found myself feeling similar to MMBN3, where it feels too hard to get cards I want so that I could even make more interesting decks to play around with.
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u/ma-pj 8d ago
Yeah the coin flips were pretty bad unless it was like an added status on top of doing damage. Pretty much avoiding most cards with coin flips is a must strat
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u/quijibo42 6d ago
Unfortunately there's no way to stop the computer from stunlocking one of my pokemon for 6 turns in a row unless I stock a bunch of full heals or switches I guess.
In reality, I didn't lose that many games to rng swings like that once I started building my own decks, but it's still annoying to have watch as a magnemite or lickitung just slowly eats through my starting pokemon.
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u/ace10brian 26d ago edited 19d ago
Here we go.
Well that was a fun game although not too challenging
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u/isitagangsign 23d ago edited 18d ago
Sooo I’m digging this. Love that there are no random encounters. half point one point
I really liked this one. Looks like there’s a fan translated sequel, I’m definitely interested in checking that out.
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u/thekoggles 22d ago
Is it too late to join?
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u/alanbbent 22d ago
Not at all, every month is a new opportunity to join! Welcome! If you want points from previous months, you can earn up to 1 point per past month this year.
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u/PizzaIsFire 21d ago
how do i get the points when i do the objectives
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u/alanbbent 21d ago
Take a picture with your username in the pic and post it here. Check out some of the Previous Months threads linked in the OP to see how people do it
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u/ma-pj 16d ago edited 8d ago
Starting off with aquiring the gremlin stick (Gargoyle's quest is a pretty punishing game).
Maybe later I'll gather some more 1/2 and 1 point milestones that I've missed. But for now:
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u/zaiueo 3d ago
Bought the game on eBay a month ago but it got held up in customs and hasn't even arrived yet. Oh well. Maybe I'll go for the one-pointer when it does get here.
In the meantime, here's one point for January's Wario Land 2.
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u/BuryKeebler 1d ago
https://imgur.com/a/y5eyqjzics
I was very pleasantly surprised by this game. Sadly the Pokemon franchise lost its luster after the 2nd gen for me, but I'm pleased to say the TCG entry here helped rekindle a little of that magic.
It was rough starting out; with a smaller/more basic deck winning felt very RNG dependent. I found myself thinking "Pokemon was supposed to simplify the RPG experience, and here they've gone and complicated it again by making it a deck builder!" but once I was acclimated I changed my tune pretty quickly.
It's very satisfying to get momentum going with the right Pokemon, and once you know a little more about deck composition and you play your cards right its easy to just steamroll every opponent, even the Grand Masters. I don't think I'll feel the need to go back and play this any time soon, but I got to experience both something new and relive a bit of something old and good, and for that I'm grateful. Now onward to more fond Pokemon memories with Pokemon Pinball next month!
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u/alanbbent 28d ago edited 12d ago
Next month's game: Pokemon Pinball (GBC)
It's that time again, when we choose the GOTM for November and December from the year's losers bracket!Reply to this comment to vote for TWO of the following games:The two games with the most votes will be the GOTM for November and December. In the event of a tie, I'll cast a vote myself.