{"id":12073,"date":"2023-11-01T10:38:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T09:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/01\/the-secrets-behind-how-pokemon-cards-are-made-from-clay-carvings-to-gruelling-playtests\/"},"modified":"2023-11-01T10:38:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T09:38:39","slug":"the-secrets-behind-how-pokemon-cards-are-made-from-clay-carvings-to-gruelling-playtests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/01\/the-secrets-behind-how-pokemon-cards-are-made-from-clay-carvings-to-gruelling-playtests\/","title":{"rendered":"The secrets behind how Pok\u00e9mon cards are made \u2013 from clay carvings to gruelling playtests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Creatures Inc pulls back the curtain on the specially commissioned artists and dedicated team of testers behind their trading card game phenomenon<\/p>\n<p>This year in the Japanese city of Yokohama the streets were paved with gold \u2013 in the form of giant Pok\u00e9mon cards. From rare holographics on glass palisades to a Pikachu card the size of a small garden to tiled floors covered with common creatures, the city\u2019s interconnected malls paid tribute to the Pok\u00e9mon trading card game, while the world\u2019s best players went head to head at the Pacifico convention centre at the annual world championships.<\/p>\n<p>Nine billion of these cards have been produced to date, 21% of those since 2021, sold in 76 countries and 13 different languages. They were so popular in 00s playgrounds that they were often banned from schools \u2013 a phenomenon that\u2019s repeating itself now, after the cards enjoyed a pandemic boost courtesy of bored kids and nostalgic millennials. YouTuber <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jHHB4gm4qrQ\">Logan Paul made headlines when he spent $5 million on a single card<\/a> in July 2021.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2023\/nov\/01\/how-pokemon-cards-are-made-creatures-inc\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/ebdb3fc2ed9c2ff4c7dda6f5686d486724f38765\/0_205_3072_1843\/master\/3072.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=1043ea2c062d5b318c02471b2d59d827\" title=\"The secrets behind how Pok\u00e9mon cards are made \u2013 from clay carvings to gruelling playtests\" \/>Creatures Inc pulls back the curtain on the specially commissioned artists and dedicated team of testers behind their trading card game phenomenon<br \/>\nThis year in the Japanese city of Yokohama the streets were paved with gold \u2013 in the form of giant Pok\u00e9mon cards. From rare holographics on glass palisades to a Pikachu card the size of a small garden to tiled floors covered with common creatures, the city\u2019s interconnected malls paid tribute to the Pok\u00e9mon trading card game, while the world\u2019s best players went head to head at the Pacifico convention centre at the annual world championships.<br \/>\nNine billion of these cards have been produced to date, 21% of those since 2021, sold in 76 countries and 13 different languages. They were so popular in 00s playgrounds that they were often banned from schools \u2013 a phenomenon that\u2019s repeating itself now, after the cards enjoyed a pandemic boost courtesy of bored kids and nostalgic millennials. YouTuber Logan Paul made headlines when he spent $5 million on a single card in July 2021. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creatures Inc pulls back the curtain on the specially commissioned artists and dedicated team of testers behind their trading card game phenomenon This year in the Japanese city of Yokohama the streets were paved with gold \u2013 in the form of giant Pok\u00e9mon cards. From rare holographics on glass palisades to a Pikachu card the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/01\/the-secrets-behind-how-pokemon-cards-are-made-from-clay-carvings-to-gruelling-playtests\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The secrets behind how Pok\u00e9mon cards are made \u2013 from clay carvings to gruelling playtests<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12073"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}