Wizards sued Nintendo on Octoand accused the company of poaching employees and violating its patent the lawsuit was settled out of court. In June 2003, Nintendo transferred the publishing rights from Wizards of the Coast to The Pokémon Company. In 2001, Nintendo created its affiliate Pokémon USA, Inc., so that it could recover the US licensing rights to the game. Hasbro bought Wizards of the Coast in September 1999 for $325 million dollars based on the strength of the Pokémon license. Over the next five years, Wizards of the Coast published more than a dozen expansion sets for the game, allowing the company to sell millions of cards and earn more revenue from Pokémon than they had from Magic: The Gathering in its first 10 years. In the US, it was first published by Wizards of the Coast, towards the end of 1998 to capitalize on the US popularity of Pokémon.
It was first published in October 1996 by Media Factory in Japan. The Pokémon Trading Card Game was developed in Japan, based on the 1996 Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow Game Boy video game by Nintendo. As of March 2023, the game has sold over 52.9 billion cards worldwide. The Pokémon Trading Card Game ( ポケモンカードゲーム, Pokemon Kādo Gēmu, 'Pokémon Card Game'), abbreviated as PTCG or Pokémon TCG, is a collectible card game developed by Creatures Inc. Some (order of cards drawn, dice, coin flip)
