Hot Selling, Pokemon Company Will Reprint Rare Pokemon Cards. You Already Have?

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JAKARTA - Of the many Pokemon-themed games, the Pokemon Trading Card card game is the oldest. This strategy card game with cute and fun Pokemon characters was first launched in 1996 by Media Factory in Japan.

Although now almost 25 years old, instead of decreasing, the number of fans of this card game continues to grow. In fact, there are also players who don't hesitate to spend billions of funds to get rare Pokemon cards. This means that only limited types of cards are printed.

For example, the rare Pokemon Blastoise card, which was sold earlier last month for Rp. 5 billion. The card was issued by Wizards of the Coast - a Pokemon card distributor for the United States, in 1998. At that time, this card was only printed on two sheets.

The events above are just examples of how popular this game has become. Time fails to dampen fan interest. And even though there are more Pokemon-themed game choices, there are still loyal players who are always waiting for the release of the newest Pokemon card pack series - which is launched everytime Pokemon releases a new anime series.

Pokemon Company Promises to Print More Cards

Quoting Wikipedia, Pokemon card sales have increased since 2016. Every year sales of similar cards continue to increase in various parts of the world. Until 2020, citing a business summary launched by the Pokemon Company, Pokemon cards have sold 30.4 billion copies worldwide.

As the law of economics, when demand is higher, productivity will continue to be boosted to meet market needs. And based on that assumption, Pokemon Company announced via its official Twitter account that the company will continue to print Pokemon Trading Cards game cards.

We're aware that some fans are experiencing difficulties purchasing certain Pokémon TCG products due to very high demand. In response, we are reprinting impacted products at maximum capacity to ensure more fans can enjoy the Pokémon TCG. More info here: https://t.co/sClZo3BXsp

- Play Pokémon (@playpokemon) February 10, 2021

The Pokemon Company shares the announcement via the company's official website. Seeing the high demand for the Pokemon card series during its 25th anniversary, the company decided to reprint the entire card.

"We are aware that many fans have difficulty purchasing certain Pokemon Trading cards due to high demand as well as global shipping constraints that affect product availability," the company wrote today, Thursday, February 11.

Therefore, the company wrote, the Pokemon Company also decided to reprint certain products that were in high demand with maximum capacity.

Unfortunately, the company did not share more detailed information regarding the availability of the goods. It's just that, the company promises to fill the stock of Pokemon card sellers as soon as possible.

So, for readers who missed the opportunity to buy the newest series of cards from this game, immediately visit the official Pokemon-Portal website. Don't be fooled into buying a fake card!