History TabletopGame / PokemonMasterTrainer

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* DiscOneNuke: Instead of being found normally legendary pokemon require a certain card to encounter and a high dice roll to successfully capture, which means a player with a bit of luck can find themselves becoming the proud owner of Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres or even ''Mewtwo'' right at the start of the game. This is actually fairly hard to pull off but when a player does manage to do it they can basically skip half the game and make a beeline straight for the Elite Four.

* GoldColoredSuperiority: Legendary pokemon tokens are colored a bright yellow and generally have the highest stats in the game. Naturally, they are also some of the hardest {{Mons}} to catch as well.

* SequelEscalation: The first ''Master Trainer'' had all 150 pokemon that existed at the time available in the game as chips, a very impressive feat on its own. What does ''Master Trainer 2'' have to top it? All '''250''' current gen pokemon ''and'' the Johto gym leaders as optional boss battles!

* SequelEscalation: The first ''Master Trainer'' had all 150 pokemon that existed at the time available in the game as chips, a very impressive feat on its own. What does ''Master Trainer 2'' have to top it? All 250 current pokemon ''and'' the Johto gym leaders as optional boss battles!

* ActionizedSequel: Master Trainer 2 added in the Johto Gym Leaders as mini boss battles for players to face before fighting the champion.

* FinalBoss: Master Trainer 1 had the players face off against a member of the Elite Four (or Gary) to win the game while Master Trainer 2 has them challenge Red at the end.

* DiscOneNuke: Instead of being found normally legendary pokemon require a certain card to encounter and a high dice roll to successfully capture, which means a player with a bit of luck can find themselves becoming the proud owner of Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres or even ''Mewtwo'' right at the start of the game. This is actually fairly hard to pull off but when a player does manage to do it they can basically skip half the game and make a beeline for the Elite Four.

* UnstableEquilibrium: While the first game had some problems with this the second game in the series suffers especially heavily from it due to its refined mechanics. All it takes is a few bad moves for one player to soar ahead or lag behind, making victory and defeat almost predetermined before the game even starts.

Pokémon Master Trainer is a board game adaptation of the well-known ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' series of video games (though it mostly takes inspiration from the [[AdaptationDisplacement more well-known]] [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries anime]]) where players opt to collect Pokémon while traveling around a large game board in a frantic race to see who can get the most powerful mons to challenge the Pokémon League Champion and win the game. Using dice rolls to navigate and build their party players collect Pokémon chips and powerful support cards to stack the odds in their favor while doing everything they can to hinder their rivals.

Pokémon Master Trainer is a board game adaptation of the popular ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' series of video games where players opt to collect Pokémon while traveling around a large game board in a frantic race to see who can get the most powerful mons to challenge the Pokémon League Champion and win the game. Using dice rolls to navigate and build their party players collect Pokémon chips and powerful support cards to stack the odds in their favor while doing everything they can to hinder their rivals.

Pokémon Master Trainer is a board game adaptation of the popular Pokémon series of video games where players opt to collect Pokémon while traveling around a large game board in a frantic race to see who can get the most powerful mons to challenge the pokemon champion and win the game. Using dice rolls to navigate and build their party players collect pokemon chips and powerful support cards to stack the odds in their favor while doing everything they can to hinder their rivals.

Pokemon Master Trainer is a board game adaptation of the popular Pokemon series of video games where players opt to collect pokemon while traveling around a large game board in a frantic race to see who can get the most powerful mons to challenge the pokemon champion and win the game. Using dice rolls to navigate and build their party players collect pokemon chips and powerful support cards to stack the odds in their favor while doing everything they can to hinder their rivals.

Nowadays the game is mostly remembered for being a surprisingly complicated and brutal ordeal where even the slightest mistake or run of bad luck could spell disaster. Catching even low level pokemon could prove difficult and luck seemed to govern success far more than skill or strategy, especially for a game primarily aimed at young kids. Despite its many shortcomings, however, the game is still looked upon fondly by nostalgic gamers to this day who remember it for being a mostly fun (if punishing) experience.

* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: Pokemon chips are sorted into different categories by color with each different group generally having higher or lower stats and catch rates.

* ActionizedSequel: Master Trainer 2 added in the Jhoto Gym Leaders as mini boss battles for players to face before fighting the champion.

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