{"id":12644,"date":"2023-01-06T18:40:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T18:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/06\/random-new-pokemon-cards-tell-a-wholesome-evolution-story\/"},"modified":"2023-01-06T18:40:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T18:40:52","slug":"random-new-pokemon-cards-tell-a-wholesome-evolution-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/06\/random-new-pokemon-cards-tell-a-wholesome-evolution-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: New Pok\u00e9mon Cards Tell A Wholesome Evolution Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s super effective!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the hotly-discussed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_scarlet_and_violet\">Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet and Violet<\/a> hitting the shelves last year and news of Ash and Pikachu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/12\/ash-ketchum-and-pikachus-time-in-the-pokemon-anime-is-coming-to-an-end\">leaving the anime<\/a> for good, it is sometimes easy to forget that Pok\u00e9mon cards are one of the most enduring elements of the franchise. While some will have fallen off the collecting bandwagon as the years have gone by, this returning storytelling feature was enough to make us consider getting back to the packs.<\/p>\n<p>Noted on Twitter by YouTuber <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Purplecliffe\">@Purplecliffe<\/a>, some of the latest Pok\u00e9mon cards tell a heartwarming little story when a &#8216;mon&#8217;s evolutions are put side by side. In the example given below, we see little Ralts and its young owner spend their lives together through moving house, childbirth and old age. Check out the following images for yourself, we&#8217;ve got a little something in our eye&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/01\/random-new-pokemon-cards-tell-a-wholesome-evolution-story\">full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[#item_image]Random: New Pok\u00e9mon Cards Tell A Wholesome Evolution Story<!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><strong>It&#8217;s super effective!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the hotly-discussed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_scarlet_and_violet\">Pok\u00e9mon Scarlet and Violet<\/a> hitting the shelves last year and news of Ash and Pikachu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/12\/ash-ketchum-and-pikachus-time-in-the-pokemon-anime-is-coming-to-an-end\">leaving the anime<\/a> for good, it is sometimes easy to forget that Pok\u00e9mon cards are one of the most enduring elements of the franchise. While some will have fallen off the collecting bandwagon as the years have gone by, this returning storytelling feature was enough to make us consider getting back to the packs.<\/p>\n<p>Noted on Twitter by YouTuber <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Purplecliffe\">@Purplecliffe<\/a>, some of the latest Pok\u00e9mon cards tell a heartwarming little story when a &#8216;mon&#8217;s evolutions are put side by side. In the example given below, we see little Ralts and its young owner spend their lives together through moving house, childbirth and old age. Check out the following images for yourself, we&#8217;ve got a little something in our eye&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2023\/01\/random-new-pokemon-cards-tell-a-wholesome-evolution-story\">full article on nintendolife.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12644"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}