I dreamed of a Pikachu jumping out of the light, its tail sweeping through the morning mist. It didn’t speak, but I heard the sound of jingling in the wind, the collision of cards, the rhythm of childhood.
“Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket Edition”, it is not a game, it is a breathing drawer, which hides many colorful dreams. Those cards are tangible, have light, and have personality, like the tiny wishes on dandelions, which fly into people’s hearts with a shake.
It doesn’t make noise, doesn’t fight, but when you turn a card, it’s like turning pages of a book. The three starting card packs: Pikachu, Charizard, and Mewtwo, are like three letters written to the future in childhood, telling you that you can be happy, brave, lonely and powerful.
The rarity of a card is not high or low, not strength, but the gentleness of its glow at night. A four-diamond card is a fragment of a star; a three-star card is a spot of light left by the moon on the grass. Charizard EX is the kind of card that melts the cold, leaving only fire and faith in the world. Pikachu EX is the moment when you ran into the house on a rainy day when you were a child and saw a clean smile. Mewtwo EX is a silent philosophy. It doesn’t tell you the answer, but only allows you to think quietly.
The card pack in the game is a breathing box, with a heartbeat every 12 hours. You open it, it gives you a “hello”, you respond, it gives you a card. The rotating animation is not to show off, but to remind you that in this world wrapped in pixels, there are still things that are seriously imitating reality, like a child drawing a real bird.
“Get Card Challenge” is like playing hide-and-seek between friends. You don’t know who is hiding where, but you know they are all waiting for you. Cards in different languages are postcards secretly written to you by the world. When you receive it, it has crossed the border.
Some people say that this game simplifies fighting. But, when we grow up, don’t we stop fighting with fists? We rely on cards, collections, memories and gentle persistence to move forward.
Treabar is a dock. You deposit money there, not to become stronger, but to make the journey easier. It is like a small house with lights on at night, preparing hot milk and discounts for you.
The world of cards is a folded universe. You open it like opening a poem, a poem that does not need rhyme. A card is a rain; a suit is a sleepwalking; a card draw is the action of waving to ourselves when we were young.
And you, just remember: don’t let this card fall from your heart.