This Pokemon card problem has finally been fixed after 25 years

"Pikachu used 'timely edit!' It was super effe🧜ctive!"

Pikachu looks embarrassed next to a phone displaying the Pokemon cards
(Image credit: The Pokemon Company, Nintendo)

T🎉he back of English-language Po♔kemon cards has finally been fixed after 25 years.

Despite launching decades ago across the US and UK, the back of Pokemon cards have remained the same since 1999 – and they've always been wrong. More specifically, the Poke Ball that sits in pride of place opens the wrong way. Rather than the button being on the lid, it sits at the bottom instead which means your pocket monsters would essentially 'fall out' when the Poke Ball opens. However, as spotted by eagle-eyed fan on Twitter, that seems to be changing. If 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:the recently-revealed Pokemon TCG Pocket is anything to go🌌 by, it's being put right at last with an all-new des🉐ign.

As seen in blink-and-you'll-miss-it glimpses throughout the trailer, this digital spin on one of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best card games has ditched the old version for something more like the Japanese equivalent: the Poke Ball (with the button in the correct p🍨lace this time) now faces forward and is surrounded by a more colorful background. There are added sparkles too, which makes the whole thing feel more dynamic.

It's unclear whether this design will carry across to the paper versi🃏o🐼n, but I certainly hope it does. I'd never noticed the Poke Ball goof before, and now I can't unsee it…

Naturally, it's not𝓡 quite as simple as that. Because all existing cards in circulation feature the old design, adding new ones to those decks won't be seamless – being able to tell what's new at a glance defeats the object of a random shuffle, after all. Perhaps reprints could feature the revised design, and the old one is gradually phased out? (I'm quickly realizing why the Pokemon TCG's never tackled this issue.)

No matter what, it'd certainly be as good a time as any for change. With Pokemon Pocket setting its sights on newcomers and more accessible matches, it's likely to bring🦩 a fresh wave of players to the paper equivalent. Why not use that ꦰas an opportunity to start over?

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