Kids in this age group want the biggest pokemon with the most HP and shiniest art and biggest attack cost and super high damage.
You gave them a poliwag.
They haven't had an issue that sparked this media attention*. This has been ongoing.
I went to Japan about a month ago. It was impossible to buy official packs of any set. Only place I could find them was in an official pokemon vending machine in the ikebukuro station, but the line was about 20...
I wonder if this has anything to do with the unavailability of cards all over japan...
(Without preordering stuff far in advance or winning a lottery, getting a single pack anywhere is nearly impossible. Official TCG pack vending machine in ikebukuro station was like 20 people long too. The...
I love how this solves confusing scenarios like Prima Groudon EX by referring to the "spot" instead of the "Active Pokemon"
However, the Japanese still uses the term ”バトルポケモン" = "Battle Pokemon" = "Active Pokemon"... so I wonder what sparked the change...