Also, global supply chain (Japan export) matters for international collectors
Mitsuhiro Arita created the illustration on this card of Pikachu with yellow cheeks for this reason, to create a sense of movement and action in the illustration
7 Likes Tapp July 16, 2022, 10:37pm 10 I also loved this idea so much I stole it from @shizzlemetimbers a few days ago and did my own list for the Top 5 Rarest Torchics Numbers 4 & 5 could easily be flipped, but I suspect a lot of these lists will be educated guesses since we usually only have official distribution numbers for trophies and some select promos
Japanese cinema-goers could obtain it as part of a promotional booklet, while UK and US fans could only grab the English version during the first week of the films box office run in the summer of 2000
Thats partly because this set has a more pared-back art style for many of its full arts, centering a large image of the Pokemon in front of a colorful background rather than depicting a more complete scene
While very common nowadays
