Upon suggestion, there will be more exclusive special art cards for Mainland China so a news thread will help compile the updates - that includes releases unrelated to the following threads:
Simplified Chinese Gem Pack features exclusive “Pokémon Horizons” anime Special Art Promos
Simplified Chinese 151 to feature exclusive Special Art
Thank you! This is really helpful with so many great exclusive arts coming out in s-Chinese!
CBB2C 07 15/15 AR Leafeon (illus. HYOGONOSUKE)
CBB2C 09 15/15 AR Sylveon (illus. HYOGONOSUKE)
CBB2C 06 15/15 AR Umbreon (illus. HYOGONOSUKE)
CBB2C 01 15/15 AR Eevee (illus. HYOGONOSUKE)
Just an FYI these all were released in English. This thread is for Chinese exclusive cards.
This comment can be deleted once the previous post is cleared out, since its on the Eevee thread too. Thanks for sharing it
Crazy how China seems to getting the bulk of exclusive art these days and we seldom see these cards released in Japan anymore. I wonder why?
Because it’s a very large potential market that they want to win over.
TPC probably thinks exclusivity isn’t needed to promote Japan as it has already reached peak popularity. Exclusivity sells the language and China [Simplified Chinese] has the most growth potential of any, so a lot of them are focused there. The last JP exclusive special art was the 2023 Worlds Yokohama Pikachu ex, right when Japan was experiencing its largest modern boom. UPC Charizard VMAX and Raging Surf SAR Victini ex becoming available in Asian languages outside Japan later that year were the first signs of a tonal shift
Also, for anyone wondering if these promos are still JP exclusive, they’re already available in Korean:
Thanks for the thoughts @Ratequaza and @koala yeah that makes a lot sense. I’m loving most of these arts so I’m glad they are so bullish releasing them!
They have exclusive stamps to China hence I out them in this chat
They are also available in trad Chinese
The V cards have a stamp?
Sorry I don’t believe the v cards have a stamp no but the other have stamps as one version of rev there will also most likely be pokeball and masterball of each design I shared also the confetti holo. The whole gem set is exclusive to China while yes I understand the thread says art every single card in this set has a exclusive to China element to it
Do you have a source? I don’t see them released anywhere for Taiwan/HK (at least on their site)
It states in the press release on Pokemon China that there a many more versions of these cards to chase in the “flash card” set. And based on the last gem set having pokeball and masterball and confetti and mirro holo etc I’m assuming this is what they are meaning
Simplified Chinese (China) and Traditional Chinese (Taiwan/HK) have separate sites, they don’t correlate especially when Simplified isn’t even caught up on SV era year 2/3
Oh wait you’re talking about the Korean and Japanese deck cards? I was just assuming as my snorlax ex was from the same box in trad Chinese but having a Quick Look it seems they didn’t add them promos just the decks
