Chinese Pokemon latest releases are firing on all cylinders! Part 1

When it comes to the leading languages in Pokemon there is one 'dark horse' of the family, doing their own thing and generally being awesomely unique about it too!

The folks responsible for the Simplified Chinese releases of Pokemon TCG are exactly that.

Let me explain... It's no wonder that when a Pokemon TCG release is announced, we get news straight from the motherland of Pokemon itself; Japan. Following suit usually a month or so later, is the English/International release, often being a combination of Japanese expansions.

Following not too far behind, usually 2 expansions worth of time, is the Korean releases. The Korean expansions are an awesome cheaper alternative to either Japanese or English sets but very much mirror the Japanese releases exactly.

However... Chinese Pokemon like to do things their own way. Although your can get some simplified and even traditional Chinese Pokemon sets that follow other languages. For a long time now, Chinese Pokemon has been a tour de force in developing new and unique Pokemon TCG expansions that you won't find anywhere else.

This has never been more true than 2024-2025. With the introduction of a unique Pokemon 151 series. Now anyone who has collected Pokemon since the latter months of 2023 will know the set name "151" is huge! 

Pokemon China have gone one step further and released a multi series of 151 sets. We have reported on initial Pokemon 151 Journey set... Since then, there has been two more releases in the series including: Pokemon 151 Hope & the brand new Pokemon 151 Surprise. 

Lets take a look at some of the key cards from these sets: