Pokémon Trading Card Game
Pokémon Trading Card Game, known in Japan as Pokémon Card GB, is a 1998 digital collectible card video game developed by Hudson Soft and Creatures and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy Color. It is an adaptation of the card game of the same name. It was initially released in Japan in December 1998 and internationally in 2000. The game includes the first three sets of the trading card game, as well as exclusive cards not available elsewhere.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 1998
- Developer
- Hudson Soft
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 18 December 1998 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Hudson Soft |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Platforms | Nintendo 3DS |
| Genres | collectible card video game |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q2560049, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Pokémon Trading Card Game? How long to beat it
Total play time for Pokémon Trading Card Game is about 29.4 hours to do everything, and around 11.3 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 11.3h | 170 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 15.9h | 106 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 29.4h | 30 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Pokémon Trading Card Game sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Pokémon Trading Card Game lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 56ahead of 11% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 22ahead of 67% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about Pokémon Trading Card Game
Reviews written by people who have played it. These are separate from the GamingPickz Score and are never averaged into it: that score comes from thousands of Steam reviews with a sample-size correction, and a handful of unverified ratings would distort it rather than improve it.
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Common questions about Pokémon Trading Card Game
What platforms is Pokémon Trading Card Game on?
Pokémon Trading Card Game is available on Nintendo 3DS. It first released in 1998.
Who made Pokémon Trading Card Game?
Pokémon Trading Card Game was developed by Hudson Soft and published by Nintendo.
How long does it take to beat Pokémon Trading Card Game?
about 11.3 hours for the main story, 15.9 hours with the main extras, 29.4 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.