Multiple Manaic Machines Make for Much Monsterous Mahem...

[UncleBob]

After looking over the variant Marill cards in Sandstorm, I thought I'd check something out and noticed something that, I think, might be kinda major... Then I looked back at the R/S cards and saw the same thing.

Someone who's got a *lot* of extras of any one particular card from R/S or SS, look really closely at the bottom, left hand corner... and report your findings back here...

 

[RainbowRichards]

Oh, you mean those funky new codes (as of R&S) format = xxx-xxx-xxx ??? They have been the topic of conversation already on the 'gym v.2 and elsewhere. I for one refuse to treat them as seperate collectible varieties. If that's what you meant...

 

[BJJ763]

Do you mean how there are different codes at the bottom? Like 3VE-5RY-J3X, 3VE-5RY-0SG, & 3VE-5RY-STD on the Marill cards? This was debated on the Old Gym as to what they meant...

 

[UncleBob]

Yep, those. I've seen as many as four different codes on one card... I didn't know anyone had already discussed this...

Has anyone tried e-mailing Nintendo about it?

 

[PokePop]

We've asked and have been told it is proprietary info but that collectors are not meant to treat them as different versions or to collect them as variants.
Hope that helps.

 

[UncleBob]

Well, that's no fun... I'm really courious as to what the little code means... If I completly had to guess, I'd assume it has something to do with which machine printed which card, but who knows.

On an interesting note, I found a customer service number from Nintendo that is *just* for the Pokémon Trading Card game... Over on Nintendo's main site, one of the pages (http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/cards/cards_index.jsp) gives a 800 number to call if you're just looking for assistance with the TCG... I think I'm going to call and see if I can squeeze more info out of them (and harass 'em to bring back the left side dot-code...)

 

[Nick15]

The codes are based on the order they appear on the card sheet. Commons aren't randomally inserted into packs; they have a particular order to them. Like for example, a Marril will follow an Aron EVERY TIME you open up a pack with a Marril and Aron in it.

The codes though have no real meaning to them, as far as I'm aware. I know only that the code on that Aron and Marill will be the same every time you see an Aron and Marill (and ONLY when you see a Aron and a Marill).