Divine Plan? But I'm a Pokémon trainer.

Chapter 94 Pokémon Cards

"How can there be tourists even though the battle factory is located in such a remote area?"

On the way back to the staff dormitory at the back of the factory, Link ran into many tourists and trainers who came here to experience the simulated battles. Only then did he realize that the battle factory also had its own business projects.

Simulated battles... were completely meaningless to him who had always been winning. No matter how impressive the statistics were, they could not compare to the little fox he raised.

But the vast majority of people in this world will not choose to become trainers but will at most work with Pokémon, and a large number of them are still interested in "battles".

Watching games, chasing stars, and simulating battles became their way of experiencing the game.

As for why not develop a variety of games...

Don't forget that the current technological level of society is still at the end of the 20th century. Manned space flight has just been realized, and even color TVs and mobile phones are not yet popular. Handheld game consoles are still in the GBC era.

Even though there are all kinds of elf-related black technologies and resources are almost overflowing, some basic technological equipment related to people's livelihood is still lacking.

After all, having elves is enough.

Whenever he thought of this, Link felt that there was a blue ocean ahead of him to use the advanced technology of this world to create things that he had dreamed of in his previous life.

For example, virtual battle platforms, first-person open-world Pokémon games, collectible card games…

Link had done a little market research before and found that these types of things were not available in the Kanto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh regions yet.

In that case, why not give it a try?

Elf battles are not everything, entertainment and spiritual life are also important.

"First, let's take Pokémon cards as our target. We can use the simplified version of the energy rules in the mobile game, but try to make the attributes realistic. Then, add stacking or chaining?"

The more Link thought about it, the more he felt that this plan was very reliable. After returning to his room, he immediately drafted a plan and rules so that Yashida could understand his vision that was ahead of his time.

1. The number of cards in a deck is 40~60.

2. Card types are divided into Pokémon, Trainer, and Support Cards.

3. Pokémon cards are divided into basic, evolution, EX, and special. Trainer cards can only be used once per turn. Support cards include props, venues, and action cards.

4. In Link's rules, energy cards used to allow Pokémon to perform moves are no longer placed in the deck, but are simplified to 20-sided dice (or other numbers of sides). The trainer colors the dice to determine the energy composition of the deck. At the beginning of the round, the dice are rolled to obtain energy indicators of corresponding attributes.

5. When fighting, you need to send out the main battle elves and the standby elves. There can be a maximum of 6 elves on the field. You can get 1 reward card after defeating the opponent's elf.

6.2/4倍克制/抵抗时额外增加或降低20/40点伤害，完全免疫则减50点。

The rest of the aspects are pretty much the same as before the time travel, but Link has plans to add trainer cards similar to the commander in Magic: The Gathering, so that theme trainers can go on the field like Planeswalkers to provide targeted support to the Pokémon that is different from the trainer cards.

In addition, action cards are similar to spells in Magic: The Gathering or magic traps in Yu-Gi-Oh, and can provide immediate or in-turn effects such as "get out of the way" and "stand up".

"Then why not just add the main stage 2 as well..."

Link pondered for a long time and decided to forget it. Expanding the attributes would already make the game very complicated, so other aspects should be simplified accordingly.

In fact, he also considered whether to make a modification such as "there must be 6 basic Pokémon and they must be placed on the battlefield/preparation area at the beginning of the game", but considering that they would have to be sold as EX or tag teams in the later stages, he had to give up.

Finally, through the lessons learned from the PTCG in the previous life, a more modern set of Pokémon card rules was released.

There is no need to worry about energy being stuck, and attributes are no longer simplified for ease of use (at worst, a simplified RD mode will be released in the future), and the actions that trainers can perform are also greatly expanded.

To put it bluntly, this is a brand new version that meets all of Link's requirements for PTCG. The rules are simple, just copy and modify them. Link will be the card designer for now, but the licensing, artist, promotion, and distribution will be handled by Yashida.

In addition, Dara will have to update an online version on the computer in the battle factory.

In order to convince Yashida to invest, Link decided to start making 5 sets of card decks now.

"Fufu, come and help me. I want to make a puzzle game."

"Fu!"

The meditating Fire Fox came to the table and saw what Link had written on the paper.

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Elves can understand human speech, but writing is another matter.

Therefore, it secretly made up its mind to complete its schooling as soon as possible and master human writing.

"I'll explain the rules to you later. First, help me divide these papers into 200 equal-sized pieces, each about 6 centimeters wide and 9 centimeters long."

"Fu~"

As he was speaking, Fire Fox used telekinesis to cut the paper according to the trainer's request.

"Then use a pen to draw the same pattern on these papers as mine."

"Fu!"

After a while, Firefox used "telekinesis" to control 24 pen refills to add "physical strength column", "picture frame", "effect column", "description column" and "attribute column" to all the papers.

"It's amazing. It looks exactly like what the printer printed out."

The Fire Fox held its head high when it heard this.

How hard can this be?
The rest is Link's job.

As he wrote and drew on the papers, he explained the rules of the game to Firefox.

Compared to human writing, these three-digit addition and subtraction that even elementary school students can understand are much simpler. After hearing the trainer's explanation, Fire Fox quickly understood the rules of the game and the effects of the cards written by the other party.

The first version of Link chose the classic Kanto 151, and built 5 decks with the Starter Pokémon, Pikachu, and Pixie (Pixie is still considered a normal type) as the 5 most classic Pokémon of the first generation.

Link encountered some minor troubles when programming the numbers and skills. He wanted to make a difference, show the characteristics, and add features to the elves. Soon, he had to do all these things and added a lot of work to himself.

But in the end, he waved his hand and left all the trouble to Dara, and directly prepared 9 sets of templates and arranged them randomly, saving a lot of workload on trial works.

Two hours later, in the evening.

Link finally completed the 5-deck first edition Pokémon card deck.

He was so tired that he leaned back in the chair comfortably, and couldn't help but smile with contentment.

The fire fox, who had been waiting for a long time, could not wait any longer and immediately jumped onto the table.

"Fu!"

Try playing now!
(End of this chapter)