I LOVE ALL CARDS 
There seems to be a misunderstanding as to what exactly it is that I’m criticizing. I have absolutely nothing against the English-language cards themselves. I think it’s absolutely fantastic that a whimsical product from Japan was able to be translated into several foreign languages and became a worldwide phenomenon that has brought joy to millions of collectors.
The thing that I question — and will continue to criticize — is the ridiculously high value placed on error cards, especially when errors were more the rule than the exception when it came to WOTC.
(And I’m certainly no Media Factory apologist. In fact, I strongly objected to the way that company handled distribution of Pokemon product when the franchise developed an international following. To me, Media Factory was even more dismissive of its customers than was WOTC.)
Yeah, the value put on errors is a bit silly. There’s not many other collectibles that I know of that value errors. I agree that the concept of treasuring something that is messed up is odd. I always laugh when I see typos in books or tests, but I am awed by Pokemon card errors 
Also, I’m not saying there aren’t any WOTC Pokemon error cards worth collecting.
The Base red-cheeks Pikachu, for instance, is definitely a neat collectible (though, admittedly, not very rare). I love the one I have.
And I’ll never, ever let go of my Prerelease Raichu. ;D
But cards with extra zeros in the copyright date or incorrect punctuation — those are just sloppy little mistakes.
I am also a lover of all cards 
That’s why those are of very little value 
In a lot of other collectible items the errors are worth money. Think about stamps, coins etc. I love to collect errorcards (especially the WotC ones). You have to remember that, back in those days they did not take enough time to translate the cards and had to do everything in a hurry, because of the high demand for new English sets.
I agree that the quality of the Japanese cards is far better than the English cards though. The last English sets where terrible.
So I like errors they have their charm, I dislike the quality of the cards these days, but hey… gotta catch em all 
Error prints etc are worth a lot in other collecting circles, it’s not exclusive to Pokemon 
Error prints are indeed worth a lot of money in fields such as stamp collecting, coins, etc., because they occur so infrequently.
And the same holds true with trading cards — but only when the company making the cards has a strong track record of putting out error-free cards.
For WOTC, though, errors were an everyday occurrence. In the Base set alone, there were at least 17 documented errors. That means a whopping 18 percent of the cards (not including Energy cards) in that set!
Rushing cards out to meet demand is no excuse for errors. Discerning consumers would be up in arms if any other industry put out shoddy product (computers, automobiles, food!) and cut corners simply to meet demand.
The Japanese certainly made better quality cartoon cards but they copied the idea from America. The 1st known trading cards were produced by, I believe they were called, Ginter in the 1860s. Soon after the UK produced some.
Now that’s no knock on anybody. Wasn’t it Colton who said imitation is the sincerest form of flattery?