Pokemon Pokemon Master Trainer -- The Board Game

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I wonder if anybody remembers this old board game from the first two generations. I know that there was one before it, but I owned the one that covered the Johto region.

For those who don't know what this board game was, I'll lay it down for you. Basically, from what I remember about the second one, you travel around the region of Johto, collecting Pokemon tiles, collecting Gym Badges, and finally battling the Elite Four. The interesting part of this game was that it came with 250 individual tiles, each representing a Pokemon (minus Celebi). You could collect them by landing on colored spaces, each color representing the Pokemon Tile color. You also had a little holder where you could keep your main 6, and the rest were kept by the player. You could use these 6 to battle the Gyms and other Trainers.

I got this game young, and I remember playing it, but mostly playing with the individual tiles. I guess I just thought it was more fun. Lately, I noticed that all my nephews do is play and watch the Pokemon, so I thought that by recreating this experience, I could possibly enhance their literacy (because they are in grade school), and also get them away from the computer and games, and into a more homely environment, while still enhancing their Pokemon knowledge. So, I've been working on creating my own version of the board game, complete with 646 original Pokemon Tiles. (Sorry to sound like a mom)

Do any of you remember this board game? What are your thoughts and opinions? Elaborate on any of these aspects.
 
OH MAH GAWD that was MY FAVORITE board game as a kid. I would play that thing by myself xD. I actually tried to buy it recently because I forget how it was played too but then I see this and it seems to become quite the collectors piece :/. All I remember is having that thing of 6 in front of me and I always got Krabby :/
 
I have both. I remember getting the Kanto one for Christmas when I was really young so I have a lot of memories of playing it.

dmaster out.
 
There was a Hoenn one as well. Everything was of a noticeably lower quality (such as having rectangular cardboard pieces on stands instead of plastic-molded Ashes), and the rules were changed to where the amount of decisions you can make as a player are minimal.

I haven't seen a Sinnoh or Unova one yet.
 
I had the first two and enjoyed them when I was younger. There is always the luck element for catching Pokemon. The second one got a bit more complex with getting stronger for winning battles.
 
Ophie said:
There was a Hoenn one as well. Everything was of a noticeably lower quality (such as having rectangular cardboard pieces on stands instead of plastic-molded Ashes), and the rules were changed to where the amount of decisions you can make as a player are minimal.

I haven't seen a Sinnoh or Unova one yet.
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I believe the Sinnoh one is video based :/. My cousin has it but IMMEDIATELY lost all the pieces to it so we can't play it ;_; I'm very interested in getting it again

/me starts up the car to go to every garage sale in town

I never tried the Hoenn one...

Unova? Already? Dang
 
catutie said:
OH MAH GAWD that was MY FAVORITE board game as a kid. I would play that thing by myself xD. I actually tried to buy it recently because I forget how it was played too but then I see this and it seems to become quite the collectors piece :/. All I remember is having that thing of 6 in front of me and I always got Krabby :/
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Same here!
I still have the Kanto one and I've got all the pieces for it. Sure, it's collecting dust underneath my bed but I still have it. It was is beautiful.

Never got a chance to buy (or play) the Johto one. I wanted to, though.
 
Wait, there was a Johto version? Wicked.

I have about 95% of the Kanto version. We're missing a few of the pogs and the board is falling apart, but it's still functional.
 
I actually have one. I think my brother sold it though... It was fun a few years ago.
 
PMJ said:
Wait, there was a Johto version? Wicked.

I have about 95% of the Kanto version. We're missing a few of the pogs and the board is falling apart, but it's still functional.
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There was one for every region. They all started dwindling in fun value since the first one :/
 
I never saw any past the Johto one. I saw the first two at Target, but never saw any more after that.

we should have a get-together and all play that game
 
I'm pretty sure the one you posted in the middle is the Gen 3 one.
I vaguely remember the back of the box of the Gen 2 one, and it had the Johto boardmap. (That, and at the time I saw that game, the GBA didn't even exist.) I also think the box was black, just like the first one.

gen 4 looks hideous
 
DNA said:
I'm pretty sure the one you posted in the middle is the Gen 3 one.
I vaguely remember the back of the box of the Gen 2 one, and it had the Johto boardmap. (That, and at the time I saw that game, the GBA didn't even exist.) I also think the box was black, just like the first one.

gen 4 looks hideous
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I looked and couldn't find it. Google images must have failed me ;_;

Gen 2

Much better.

The gen 4 one is DVD based and not really to much like the old ones that were strictly board games. It took the fun out of it...but what eva. I hope we get another one like the first :3
 
yeah that's the one

DVD-based? Yeah, real nice, especially for those that don't really have a DVD player. It's vastly inconvenient.
 
I have the third one, fully functional and everything. I'm not old enough to remember the first two, but I got the third one on my like 6th birthday.
 
DNA said:
yeah that's the one

DVD-based? Yeah, real nice, especially for those that don't really have a DVD player. It's vastly inconvenient.
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/me gets DNA a $20 DVD player from Target

Also the fact that you can memorize the DVD and once you play it once you won't want to play it again because you already know what happens xD
 
It's not that I don't have a DVD player (I do have one that works fine), but it would force you to play games in the TV room....which is inconvenient/impractical.
 
I have the original. I am awesome at it.

I also have the Sinnoh one, because I saw it at Toys R Us for like $5 and bought it along with a Pokemon Guess Who game.
 
How do you like the Sinnoh one Zenith?

I can see that DNA. DVD based games are just bad anyway. Play it enough and you have memorized the DVD and then can cheat :/
 
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