An artistic and technical analysis of Pokémon TCG's iconic 8-bit cards, and their lesser-known variations. Want to create your own pixel art Pokémon cards? Here's a tutorial I made! • Create Your Own Pokemo...
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@Whitepawprint Жыл бұрын
The pixel art from this game is so nostalgic and gorgeous to me, that I've been painstakingly physically cross stitching them for the past two years. It's a long process, but they look incredible all put together and it just warms my heart looking at them
@Fuzmonster59 Жыл бұрын
You got somewhere we see that? Sounds quiet cool!
@gorescale3151 Жыл бұрын
Yeah you can't just tease us with that, show us the goods!
@chairwood Жыл бұрын
Pls show cross stitch???
@Maverick274 Жыл бұрын
Adding to list of people that wanna see 👀
@taylordcraig Жыл бұрын
Me 5.
@Lyra Жыл бұрын
I always thought the Pokémon TCG GB game art was fantastic as a kid. Replaying the game as an adult, the amount of care and detail that went into recreating the original cards is ridiculous! It manages to be both faithful to the original art yet super readable on the GB/GBC. In my opinion, adding an outline to the Pokémon does a lot of the work and is the smartest decision they made. Thank you very much for going deep into this topic. Turns out, they went even further than I thought! This was a great video on a great game :'D
@DeltaSeeker Жыл бұрын
Wow thanks so much! I've been a fan of yours for a long time and love your videos!!
@mjdxp5688 Жыл бұрын
A little known fact: Pokémon Gold and Silver actually are compatible with the Super Game Boy. It works more like Pokémon Red and Blue did, with areas being given the same color palette rather than the more colorful Game Boy Color graphics. Also, at night, everything turns a dark shade of cyan/teal, which looks really unique. It's a really interesting and unique way to play, and I definitely recommend it to everyone. Edit: A lot of people are talking about how they want to see this for themselves, but they don't have a Super Game Boy to try it with. Most Game Boy emulators are able to emulate the Super Game Boy pallette, so you might want to try that.
@sofiacalado8836 Жыл бұрын
Huh that's neat, even though it would make sense it works because it's a GB game, i never thought of that
@dragon-id5uj Жыл бұрын
yeh that's how we hadto emulate it with only the first percent of dialog translated back in the day (prior to the English cartridge dropping)... ahh memories... of not knowing WTF I'm clicking
@jeancarlodelaluz6415 Жыл бұрын
Now I need a super game boy lol
@MishKoz Жыл бұрын
I love the look of Gold/Silver on the Super Gameboy. Sadly, there's barely any footage of it on KZfaq, at least compared to the amount of footage of it being played on the Gameboy Color.
@garrettlee9511 Жыл бұрын
I'd love to be able to see that some day.
@TourFaint Жыл бұрын
Both of the tcg games are easily in the top 10 gameboy games ever, the level of quality and hard work put into them is insane.
@RyanonBasss Жыл бұрын
Both?!
@TourFaint Жыл бұрын
@@RyanonBasss well the second one is better, because it has the expansions, but yeah, both are great.
@StegDarkhorse Жыл бұрын
The things people pulled off on the Game Boy are still impressive to this day.
@HybridAngelZero Жыл бұрын
Pokemon Card GB is a game that always needs more appreciation, it's just a wonderfully designed game. Thanks for your great work on the video!
@Ovyron Жыл бұрын
Fully agreed. And the soundtrack has the best pokemon music I've ever heard, better than the original pokemon tunes that keep being remixed to this day.
@Zyklon_B_still_and_know_God Жыл бұрын
Had soooo much fun with this back in the day
@kevinf8439 Жыл бұрын
Agreed. I'm not a big Pkmn TCG fan, but I loved the game
@johnmartinez7440 Жыл бұрын
It's a 10/10 game, played it endlessly as a kid. Only recently realised there was a sequel that was only released in Japan.
@mhead1117 Жыл бұрын
I'm playing the 2nd one on an emulator rn and it's even better.
@Myagic Жыл бұрын
The pixel art versions of cards have become of my favorite features of the game. It's really impressive how they made so much work with such limitations. It makes me sad we'll never have another game like the pokemon tcg games
@JC20XX Жыл бұрын
I _really_ like this video. Retro art that actually used hardware limitations is always more interesting to me than just regular pixel art. Would love to see another video about this kind of thing.
@Turabbo Жыл бұрын
Dude that wasn't all over the place at all, that was an incredible video. You're such a great explainer, and you made such great explanatory graphics through the whole thing. This must've been a ton of work, and I learned a bunch of cool stuff!
@ktvx.94 Жыл бұрын
The art and music of this game are insane and it's disappointing to see so little talk about them. I could literally notice which cards were illustrated by Mitsuhiro Arita even though I hadn't seen the original card before. They recreated the different styles of illustrators and 3D renders with impressive accuracy.
@UndefinedVibe Жыл бұрын
Thanks for showing off how special and intricate the artwork in the game is - and for explaining it in an entertaining way that everyone can understand. Most of us probably never would have realized how much effort went into these graphics without this video!
@oliviastork1811 Жыл бұрын
I've been making my own GBC game from scratch and boy, I can imagine how difficult that yugioh art must have been to put together. I have so much more appreciation for these games now!
@Zengar_Arcanos Жыл бұрын
Sick break down of the pixel art in these games! Pokemon TCG was probably the first game that really had me admiring pixel art, so it's cool to see what goes into it
@CoolJosh3k Жыл бұрын
The artists doing these conversions are very talented.
@SaturnnsStash9 күн бұрын
I've come back to this video like 5 or 6 times since my first watch, really inspirational for me artistically not just seeing the art for the game, but the process behind it, thank you!
@robertbeisert3315 Жыл бұрын
It was so well done that I never noticed there were only ever 4 colors on the cards.
@TetraBitGaming Жыл бұрын
Been really enjoying your videos this week; keep up the good work!
@gododoof Жыл бұрын
Nice to see some love for the TCG RPG.
@thisguyerik_ Жыл бұрын
this was such an awesome video. i do a lot of pixel art myself, and being a fan of the TCG game for the gameboy made this all the more interesting. the way that the developers had such limited possibilities with making the artwork but still managed to pull it off amazingly is really fascinating to me. stuff like this is what keeps me motivated with making pixel art. thank you for making this, it's not only really informative but also super interesting as well to see this process be taken apart into all of it's steps!
@Dave01Rhodes Жыл бұрын
Another fun feature of Card GB on the SGB is it uses the SGB border to track the medals you’ve earned. Every time you earn a new medal, the background is updated with that medal’s artwork. The amount of detail and care that went into Card GB makes it quite the underrated gem
@firytwig Жыл бұрын
The end caught me so off guard, I'm so used to the classic youtuber "like, comment, subscribe" outros or an ending card that just doing nothing made me stop and replay that to make sure something didn't go wrong.
@firytwig Жыл бұрын
Also if you couldn't tell by my pfp I absolutely love pixel art and this is giving me a reason reason keep on getting better
@theoroderick782 Жыл бұрын
When I got this game on emulator a few months back I was stunned by how cool the art looked
@eddiemejia2685 Жыл бұрын
this is badass dude, being able to analyze how they transform the card into pixel art and explain it so cohesively, great job truly
@HellaKetchup Жыл бұрын
Really glad I was recommended this video. I love the artwork in the TCG game and this made me appreciate it even more. Thanks for getting right to the content and not wasting any time with an intro or outro.
@ImWithTheIdiotpilot Жыл бұрын
What an excellent video. I appreciated you exploring the more technical aspects and limitations as well as the creative decisions. Can’t wait to see more!
@LightningCrabz Жыл бұрын
I'm amazed that KZfaq managed to recommend such a cool video to me. Thanks for making this! It was a very fun and interesting watch!
@Kalazt Жыл бұрын
You are back! Let's goooooo 🥳 glad to see you are making these TCG bangers. As someone who really is invested on this topic, these videos are really a treat! Thank you for making this video! And please note that I don't ever expect you to hurry with the videos. They are timeless classics for me, and I'm just happy to see them whenever they arrive :)
@jfatsnorlax Жыл бұрын
I just wanna say, the voltorb at 8:24 looks great
@robertcrist6059 Жыл бұрын
Great job. I couldn't begin to think how this process is done. The editing of this video, showing us all the examples must have taken a while. Thank you for the video, this was very neat.
@luckycat2398 Жыл бұрын
That was an awesome video 😃. I never really thought or knew about those limitations. Makes me appreciate retro graphics so much more.
@kylespevak6781 Жыл бұрын
I never thought about how insane this was. I think I didn't understand tech enough at that age
@togedemaweabookun759 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this! Beautifully edited and such an informative video! It’s so easy to overlook and take for granted the effort it took to work around the limitations in older tech.
@F_C... Жыл бұрын
Very good analysis of both the artistic and technical sides. Good presentation too. This video deserves more attention than it has currently.
@BeeBwakka Жыл бұрын
As someone who loves pixel art, Pokémon, and GBC/GBA history, this was a very great video. I've always loved the TCG video games and I think they're so underrated. I would love to see you continuing to do the types of direct sprite analysis you do in this.
@pyro2708 Жыл бұрын
This was pretty interesting, I love understanding how GB games were done, they did some amazing things with the technology they had available.
@CB-L Жыл бұрын
It was so magical to see all those elusive vending sheet card sprites in GB2
@hilariousskullnamedcatzo647 Жыл бұрын
I would like to see a video on the 3d renders in the pokemon cards, they've always been real eye catchers when next to the traditional hand drawn or sculpted card images, and the video could include interesting stuff like the first one made, how they are made and overall any interesting history (or any controversies if they exist)
@GentleBaller Жыл бұрын
This was so cleanly edited and informative! Thank you 😊
@ultiomos Жыл бұрын
as both a gameboy dev hobbyist and a huge pokemon fan, i think this video was really well done! the explanation of how gb graphics work was really good. im glad you talked about gb2's art as well. i wasn't sure actually if they used the yugioh technique of sprites or just more bg palettes, so it's good to know now!
@WreckItRolfe Жыл бұрын
Played this game a as a kid but only just realised how accurate the Diglet card looks.
@monster3339 Жыл бұрын
i love this game so much, both for the gameplay and the beautiful graphics. im happy to see it get the recognition it deserves!
@dungeonpastor Жыл бұрын
This game was my childhood. And my teenage years. And adulthood. We need more TCG video games from Pokemon.
@StarfieldDisarray Жыл бұрын
Mystery Voltorb is a standout artwork from these games for me. It's so striking both in its limited color palette of GB1 and the more accurate color palette of GB2.
@rzgbrmpf37 Жыл бұрын
The editing of this video is insane! Loved this video from start to end!
@kingsimba8970 Жыл бұрын
You got it. Forgot I was listening till it ended and snapped me back. Very “listenable”
@rixbrux1994 Жыл бұрын
This video is so awesome. Beautiful how the card pics and the dither effects are displayed.
@DREAMSQU33ZE Жыл бұрын
Pokemon Trading Card Game is a hidden gem. The soundtrack is absolutely gorgeous too
@hv433 Жыл бұрын
At 9:40, I thought of Dark Golbat and how it has a similar issue as Charmeleon, where colors of the Pokemon actually 'bleed out' into the background. Dark Golbat is a worse offender though, because it's purple and blue are very apparent unlike the Charmeleon's small zone of red pixels. Although I don't know a single player that would use Dark Golbat. It's such a bad card, and I don't think the AI uses it either.
@derskusmacher Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video! I love hearing about how these early systems really put restraints on developers and the resulting elegant blend of technology and art that results from those restraints.
@pickler_pickler Жыл бұрын
this is an incredible video. I've never seen such a concise and well explained video on 8 bit color graphics.
@Murasame Жыл бұрын
This video is so nice yet so detailed. You deserve and I'm sure you will get more subs, I love finding channels like yours!
@NiteSaiya Жыл бұрын
I forgot this game even existed but I spent hours on it as a kid. It was great.
@ravenfive3864 Жыл бұрын
This is incredible. As someone who works on a game engine in 2023, i feel INCREDIBLY privileged!!
@nickrousseau3552 Жыл бұрын
This is the best video I’ve seen on KZfaq in a very long time
@apokelink Жыл бұрын
Really hope to see more from you, you make some really great stuff.
@monkaeyes3417 Жыл бұрын
I feel like this guy sounds like he’s just inches away from going “number 15, Burger King foot lettuce”
@deignt923 Жыл бұрын
And the soundtrack was absolute 🔥. The grand Master battle theme was so damn good
@angelpardo1530 Жыл бұрын
Wow, I played both the different GB games of Yugioh and both games of TGC pokémon so I found the whole video very interesting. Now I understand why I felt there was something off/different with the second game of Pokémon in regards to the art of the cards. Also, I cannot believe that was the reason behind the attacking cards being face down in Yugioh the whole time! For a limitation of the game, it was an extremely clever way to overcome it. I would have never notice, it looks very like an artistic choice mostly.
@xAngelsOfHellx Жыл бұрын
Anyway this was kind of all over the place but I hope it was interesting *cut to black* that sudden cut off made me laugh for whatever reason haha, good stuff
@tonycrimes Жыл бұрын
just binged like, every video you've made. i love pokemon tcg, especially the gameboy games! keep up the great work
@ATthemusician Жыл бұрын
Pokemon TCG on Gameboy is one of my favorite games of all time, I just recently got a boxed copy of the Japanese exclusive sequel but I've owned the first since I was 5 or so
@guzel9823 Жыл бұрын
I played both gbc tcg games several times and always wondered what made these game so good (despite the lackluster card effects). It turns out it was the amazing pixel art and the banger music, great video and an awesome lesson for a pixel artist
@taylorswan8587 Жыл бұрын
Extra cool to see the pixel version of vending series cards
@Hysteria98 Жыл бұрын
The Pokemon TCG had no right being brilliant as it was. I rebought it on the 3DS eShop and had just as much fun as I did when it first came out. And to think the soundtrack is somehow even more accomplished than the mainline games were is incredible in its own right. The final boss theme is like 4 minutes long and absolutely insane to hear coming out of the Game Boy sound processor. This video gave me even more of an appreciation than I already had- I knew the pixel art was supremely faithful, having indulged in the Pokemon card craze when it first kicked off, but to understand how it was made and unique it all is is just something else. Amazing study, and brilliant editing as well, well done. Love the abrupt ending too- that needs to be a regular thing, lol.
@Luxcy Жыл бұрын
In the future, can you cover different pokemon card art and how they changed over the years? Would love to see you discuss/explain Yuka Morii cards
@DeltaSeeker Жыл бұрын
Maybe! I was thinking of profiling some of the best-known PTCG artists like Arita, Himeno, etc., so Morii would be another good candidate!
@mdnghtppl0000 Жыл бұрын
@@DeltaSeeker yes pls!
@JannisSicker Жыл бұрын
such a good video, covering something from my childhood really well satisfying to watch
@renkitty Жыл бұрын
Awesome video! Love seeing coverage for old GBC card game video games, especially to analyze for the one I'm making too. This is great!
@KirbyJason210 Жыл бұрын
Very interesting! The music in the background is very nostalgic to me...
@benellis8844 Жыл бұрын
Found this channel and omg so many amazing gems. Great videos. Love the indepth dives into old games
@mayflower2765 Жыл бұрын
modern video game devs could really learn something from this game. graphical limiations and low resolution don't necessarily mean "bad graphics"
@TRBH- Жыл бұрын
I feel smarter learning this than math class
@smeegle Жыл бұрын
the music on this game is some of the best the system has to offer
@notKingVoulo Жыл бұрын
During the dithering section, you can turn the youtube video quality down to 144p, which shows off dithering really well. Those sharp patterns blur together and you can really appreciate the blending!
@SilverDrakez Жыл бұрын
I loved this video! I never played the games as a kid, but I did emulate both of them out of curiosity a few years ago and had a blast. It was a joy to watch you analyse and appreciate the amazing art that went into it. I wish they would make more single-player TCG campaigns.
@barneystinson2382 Жыл бұрын
This is already one of my favorite channels ever. Please keep doing more videos, I'm loving all of them
@strawberrylemonadelioness Жыл бұрын
I've always loved the art in Pokemon, both in game and on the cards
@thesehandlesarestupid271 Жыл бұрын
Your channel is wildly underrated. Keep up the awesome work!
@goopthekid Жыл бұрын
just wanted to say i just found your channel and i love it!! im so very into the esoteric details of the TCG, and was the pokemon card master at my old job. i have a really cool "art of the pokemon trading card game" book that interviews quite a few of the artists, and i really love it. if you ever need a mascot or something, hit me up! excited to see where this channel goes :)
@Staggger Жыл бұрын
*Hears Shiren the Wanderer 2 music "Ahh, a man of culture as well."
@corazonfeathers8116 Жыл бұрын
Omg Dithering was/is used soooo much for Flipnotes and I never knew the name of that effect lol
@Suedeash Жыл бұрын
Your videos are extremely underappreciated, I much prefer this kind of TCG content over the stuff that everybody else churns out. Thank you!
@ToweringToska Жыл бұрын
This was so interesting! I had skipped the Pokémon TCG Gameboy game for a silly reason, "They're just cards in this one? If they're not 'real' Pokémon they won't have a story." Now I'll try to play it, I like looking at the pictures.
@skr33nsav3r Жыл бұрын
I want to take a moment to publicly recognize your sheer talent in the editing of this video. It appears as though you recreated many sprites and cards just to provide an example of what you are talking about. Your timing is also quite perfect and on beat to what you are saying and I followed along through the whole video without issue. I did find the video ended a little abrupt, but man, you only have 7k subs? You deserve more just based on your editing and graphical skills alone.
@reneezmp Жыл бұрын
Thanks for producing this very interesting video. Pokémon TCH was part of my childhood and it’s so nice to look back and discover further details about it
@ThatDamnRaccoon Жыл бұрын
This was amazingly narrated and demonstrated
@skatemancory222 Жыл бұрын
I am soooo glad this video hit the algorithm and was recommended to most of us here! This video and your tutorial video are extremely well-made and immensely helpful that it was the kick of motivation I needed to get over my mental block of not wanting to try to make my own TCG romhack. As someone else who doesn't consider themselves an artist, it was honestly not too hard to pick up to get something done that looks pretty decent that I'm content with, even with it not being perfect or anything. (Thanks for liking/RT'ing my first attempt as well 💚) Now, if I can somehow use my programming skills to get over the last mental block of figuring out how to make decent AI use the new "re-balanced" cards I'm planning on designing, then the gates are fully open to making my dream a reality. Hoping I can report back soon enough once I'm done or close, and best of luck with your own TCG/Mystery Dungeon game you're working on that I'm super curious about too! 👀
@naylunna Жыл бұрын
Wow I love this video! To think about the work l they went thought to translate the original cards with such limitations and to see they work so well... This makes me feel even more passionated about pixelart and 8/16 bits sprites 😍
@BiologyIsHot Жыл бұрын
If you normally wear glasses and are watching this at night with one eye open like me the dithering honestly looks perfectly smooth unless you focus carefully lol.
@dnm.design Жыл бұрын
for me it's crazy how good they're those images, AMAZING!
@chadstruzynski Жыл бұрын
The video I never knew I needed to see. That was awesome!
@Silphwave Жыл бұрын
Beautiful presentation and description of the processes.
@JackPitmanNica Жыл бұрын
This was my first video by I watched by you, I loved it! Glad to meet you!
@akpokemon Жыл бұрын
pokemon spinoff games are always so f**** excellent. I was obsessed with this game and the sequel
@dannydevito4184 Жыл бұрын
Just binged all your vids. Hope you make more.
@nonanimeprofilepic Жыл бұрын
that yugioh dss segmant blew my mind, very good job on making this video
@BlackKraya Жыл бұрын
This is one of my favourite gameboy games. Just a fantastic translation of the TCG into a video game.
@gazkel6803 Жыл бұрын
this is one of my favorite games, thanks for making this video!! it's awesome :D
@M613M Жыл бұрын
I feel like Gameboy Color games made as much use of the limited palette as possible. Another great example is Shadowgate and Deja Vu. Even though they're basically ports of their NES counterparts, the color just feels more vivid. I do love when yellow is used in place of whites as shown here.
@sourgreendolly7685 Жыл бұрын
I'm so hyped that this is coming to virtual console
@StarsAndSticks Жыл бұрын
Neat video :) I wonder why Pokemon IP decision makers never invested in another TCG game. Why miss out on the opportunity to market the cards? I guess it's a moot point now with the online game.