Black Star Promos - languages

[Quuador]

You’re missing a few Pikachu, like the French Birthday, Flying, and Surfing Pikachu for example. To quote myself from an earlier similar post:

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Unfortunately I don’t have all the foreign WotC Pikachu yet, as I’m missing two German and two Spanish WotC era Pikachu promos, as well as a Japanese version of the Ivy Pikachu artwork.

But I can provide you with a list of languages/variations of each Pikachu promo. (I’ve only included reprints from the WotC era. There are also reprints of the promo artworks from later eras (e.g. Birthday Pikachu in the Celebrations set), which I haven’t added to the list below.)

#1 Pikachu promo (‘Ivy Pikachu’):

1. English
2. English 1st edition (misprint / Jungle Secret Rare)
3. English Glossy - Japanese release - March 1999 Bessatsu CoroCoro Comic
4. Japanese Glossy Ken Sugimori illustrator - Oct. 15th, 1996 CoroCoro Comic
5. Japanese non-Glossy Keiji Kinebuchi illustrator - Nov. 30th, 1996 Easily Understand How to Play Pokémon Cards magazine
6. Japanese Glossy Keiji Kinebuchi illustrator - Oct. 1998 Gekkan CoroCoro Comic (2000 copies lottery)
7. Japanese Glossy Keiji Kinebuchi illustrator with shifted artwork - unknown release
8. German
9. Portuguese Pikachu Tail stamp - Australian Pikachu World Collection 2000

#4 Pikachu promo (‘WB Pikachu’):

1. English
2. English Inverted stamp error
3. English missing stamp error
4. Japanese World Hobby Fair Glossy
5. Japanese Quick Starter Gift Set - Red Deck non-Glossy
6. Dutch
7. Dutch Pikachu Tail stamp - Australian Pikachu World Collection 2000
8. German
9. French
10. French Glossy - Japanese release - July 2000 Gotta Magazine
11. Italian
12. Spanish

#24 Pikachu promo (‘Birthday Pikachu’):

1. English Holofoil
2. English non-holo Pikachu Tail stamp - Australian Pikachu World Collection 2000
3. Japanese Holofoil - Oct. 1998 Pokémon 2nd Anniversary Calendar
4. German Holofoil
5. French Holofoil
6. Italian Holofoil

#25 Pikachu promo (‘Flying Pikachu’):

1. English
2. Japanese Glossy - Nov. 1997 CoroCoro Comic
3. German Fliegendes Pikachu
4. German Fliegendes Pikachu Pikachu Tail stamp - Australian Pikachu World Collection 2000
5. German Flug-Pikachu
6. French
7. Italian
8. Spanish

#26 Pikachu (‘Snap Pikachu Promo’):

1. English
2. Japanese Glossy - May 1999 Pokémon Card Trainers Vol. 1 magazine
3. German
4. French
5. Italian
6. Spanish
7. Spanish Pikachu Tail stamp - Australian Pikachu World Collection 2000

#27 Pikachu (‘Bumblebee Pikachu’):

1. English
2. Japanese Vending Machine Series 1 (Blue) Glossy
3. Japanese Quick Starter Gift Set - Red Deck non-Glossy
4. Italian
5. Italian Pikachu Tail stamp - Australian Pikachu World Collection 2000

#28 Pikachu (‘Surfing Pikachu’):

1. English
2. Japanese Glossy - Sep. 1997 CoroCoro Comic
3. Japanese Pokémon Web 1st edition
4. Japanese Pokémon Web unlimited edition
5. German
6. French ©1999-2000
7. French ©1995-2001
8. French Pikachu Tail stamp - Australian Pikachu World Collection 2000
9. Italian
10. Spanish

The five that are underlined, cursive, and bold I’m still missing myself in my Pikachu collection.

Some others I’ve noticed (haven’t looked too closely besides the Pikachu tbh):

• #3 Mewtwo is also released in Korean
• #20 Psyduck is also released in German, French, Italian, and Portuguese
• The legendary birds (#21-23) were also released in Portuguese

And yes, Pikachu was the only Dutch promo (both with and without Pikachu stamp, as mentioned in a comment above). The other WB promos weren’t released in Dutch.

Greetz,
Quuador