Battle Strength Campaign
The Battle Strength Campaign was a mail-in lottery campaign administered by CoroCoro Comic in spring 2011. There were 1000 winners of this campaign, and each one received 2 sets of
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Battle Road 2004
Continuing in tradition with 2003’s tournament circuit, Battle Road resumed with Battle Road Spring 2004. Starting March 21, 2004, a series of regional tournaments would be held at 7 venues
Champion Road 2000
Champion Road 2000 was a regional tournament circuit and national championships that concluded the 1999 – 2000 Grand Party Campaign that had started with the Challenge Road 1999 Summer. The
Secret Super Battle “Best in Japan” 1999
The Secret Super Battle Best in Japan 1999 was the national championships for seniors division (junior high year 3 to high school year 2) Pokemon TCG players in 1999. The
Challenge Road Summer & Battle Road Autumn 1999
Following the success of the 1998 tournaments, The Pokemon TCG launched a new, larger tournament circuit series in 1999. This would be known as the “Grand Party 1999-2000”. The circuit
7-Eleven Pokémon Fair campaign
Japan has more 7-Eleven locations than anywhere else in the world, with almost 30% of the franchise’s worldwide stores located in the country. Beginning in 2003, 7-Eleven began collaborating with
Meiji Chocolate Pokemon Promotion
Meiji Chocolates are a major brand of confectionary goods manufactured by Meiji Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of Meiji Holdings Co. Ltd. Meiji was founded in December, 1917, and is one
1st Official Pokemon Card Game Tournament
The first official Pokemon TCG tournament happened June 14 – 15, 1997 at the Makuhari Messe Event Hall in Chiba, Japan. The venue was hosting the 6th “Next Generation World
Pokémon Card Fan Club Magazine
Pokémon Card Fan Club was a series of magazines published by Media Factory from June 5, 1997 to June 10, 1998. Afterwards, it was succeeded by the Pokémon Card Trainer’s
International Tropical Mega Battle 2001
The 2001 International Tropical Mega Battle (or World Exchange Battle) was the third international championship event for the Pokemon TCG. Once again, the tournament returned to the Hilton Hawai’ian Village
Pokemon Card Battle Neo Spring / Summer Road 2001
In 1999 and 2000, Japan’s regional tournaments all occurred during the summer, when kids were off from school. However, unlike previous years, 2001 had two circuits: one in the spring,
“Can You Name All the Pokémon Neo?” Music CD
Can You Name All the Pokémon Neo? (Japanese: ポケモン言えるかneo?) is a single-style album, released on June 28, 2000. The songs are sung by Suzukisan (a Pokémon rap group made up