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Two old-school Pokémon games just came to the Nintendo Switch

Screenshot featuring the start screen of Pokemon Trading Card Game on the Nintendo Switch Online subscription service

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Pokémon fans of a certain age have cause for celebration. No, the Pokémon Red / Blue games are not getting a full remake, and no, they’re also not getting ported to the Switch. Instead, announced during today’s Pokémon Presentsevent, Pokémon Stadium 2 and Pokémon Trading Card Game are coming to Nintendo Switch Online.

Pokémon Trading Card Game was released on the Game Boy Color in 2000 and was the first video game-ification of Pokémon_’_s paper trading card game (better known as Pokémon TCG). There were 226 cards in Pokémon Trading Card Game that were from the first three sets of the real-life TCG, including cards exclusive to the game. Back in the day, you could play against your friends using the Game Boy link cable. But if you wanna...

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