Hi!!! I’m trying to search all expansions that have been released in different languages.
However, the case of Korean, Thai, Indonesian, T-Chinese & S-Chinese is extremely confusing due to there’re times where they follow English/Japanese numeration and there’re other times where they have a different numeration. (For example Korean “Tag All Stars” has a different numeration than Japanese “Tag All Stars”)
Also, I’m trying to search which expansions were available as Reverse Holo
I don’t know where to search … Bulbapedia doesn’t help much.
I’m wondering if there’s a list somewhere …
Well for the ones released in the same fashion as the Japanese ones, just go to the Bulbapedia article of the Japanese expansion. For the exclusive releases just scroll down on any of them (like here for example) and you’ll find an overview at the bottom of the article.
The app Juihanshe (https://www.jihuanshe.com/) has lists of all Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese sets. This includes promos and stuff. The app is only accessible on mobile.
Note that the sets listed above do not guarantee full coverage of the mapped Japanese sets, and the missing cards may be in a different product (such as S8a → CSD in China) or even left unreleased.
There is no easy way of arranging card release data across languages as TPC basically prefers releases to adapt to local market behavior instead of unified standards.
In most cases the difference between card indices is just Trainer Cards as Korean cards order them by Korean Hangul instead of Japanese Kana, so you should identify that first by matching the Japanese and Korean official card lists, and then focus on only the exceptions (i.e. CP6).
You will also have to rely on yourself for this by figuring out the general trend and focus on exceptions. For example, Korean SMP2 has Reverse Holo, and 151 in Thai/Indonesian didn’t include Reverse Holo in the set.
Bulbapedia don’t have many editors updating stuff outside Japanese, TPCi and Indonesia (they have a Indonesian staff). For variant-related information my advice is to start by reaching out to species collectors on the forum as they should be very aware of variants.
Thanks for the chart @rabby250 . Looks extremely useful.
This is what I understand from the chart (please, correct me if I’m wrong )
Left side are Japanese symbols being
– S1/S2/S2a/S3a/S4/S4a → Japanese expansions from Sword & Shield era
– SV1/SV2a/SV3a/SV4a/SV5a/SV6 → Japanese expansions from Scarlet & Violet era
– I’m not sure about what REG A/B/C/D/E/F means … I suppose that REG A/B/C are Sun & Moon era expansions.
– I’m not sure about which expansions are “SV4K/M” & “SV5K/M”
Expansions can be a mix of different Japanese expansions or they can be the same as Japan.
I had no idea that the only difference was related to Trainers cards. I’ll try to find Korean card lists from BW era to beyond.
That’s a good idea. I’ll try asking some friends about variants …
Btw, how can I be aware of the release of these types of expansions (Korean, Thai, Indonesian, T-Chinese & S-Chinese)??? … I’m trying to document these type of expansions.
The reason we don’t just say SV4/SV5 in the list is to prevent confusion because Indonesia started to release dual sets (and occasionally the SV*a subset) in one single set.
Southeast Asian releases have the same set of cards as Japanese sets if they share the same symbol (excluding the language identifier, i.e. “S5I” = “S5I F” = “S5I T” = “S5I I”). Korean sets mostly stays the same but there are exceptions (CP6).
However card variants, packaging and other set specs can differ across languages if that’s a detail you want to document. I’ve already mentioned 151, there’s another known difference in VMAX Climax whose Thai and Indonesian copies are released in regular 5-card packs.
In case you ask: S4, S4a in T. Chinese and SV4a in Indonesian are the same as Japanese, the table cell is just too short to fit in “same as Japanese” lol
For Simplified Chinese, you need WeChat for a comprehensive list, or just refer the sets from News:
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