Pikachu (World Collection)
Pikachu (Japanese: ピカチュウ Pikachu) is a Lightning-type Basic Pokémon card. It is part of the World Collection.
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Release information
Released as part of the promotional World Collection, this card was printed in nine different languages: English, Italian, Korean, Spanish, Japanese, German, French, Polish, and Portuguese. Each print is Cosmos Holofoil and has an illustration by a different artist. It was originally released in Japan on July 8, 2010 as part of the Pikachu World collection. 7-11 stores in Japan sold an exclusive Pikachu World that included an alternate Japanese print with a green background instead of blue. It was subsequently released as the World Collection in English in November 2010.
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Trivia
- Many of the illustrations take inspiration from aspects of the respective language's country, such as the English, French, Italian, Polish, and Portuguese prints using colors of the countries' flags; additionally, the flowers on the Italian and Polish cards are actually arranged into the patterns on their respective flags.
- The English release keeps the same collection symbol as the Japanese Pikachu World release, despite the name change.
Origin
Thunderbolt is a move in the Pokémon games that Pikachu can learn. This card's Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon SoulSilver.
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