Gerogero (card)

Gerogero is a Triple Triad card in Final Fantasy VIII used to play the minigame and for turning into items with Quezacotl's Card Mod. Gerogero is the sixtieth card in the inventory and the fifth Level 6 card. It depicts the boss Gerogero fought during the train hi-jacking mission in Timber.
Gerogero has good values for a Level 6 card, as having two 8s makes it a good card to place in a corner as most card opponents can't beat an 8 without a special rule. Its value placements may also be useful for games that use Same and/or Plus. It is a poison-elemental card, which comes into effect with the Elemental rule in play. Placing Gerogero on a tile with the matching poison bubble symbol boosts its stats by +1. The increased values do not count toward Same/Plus triggering, but do count for Combo mechanics.
==Obtain==
There is a 6.3% chance to get Gerogero when successfully using the Card command on a Cactuar or a Gayla. Cactuar is an exceptionally difficult enemy to Card, however, as it tends to run away before the player gets the chance to whittle down its HP and try the Card command on it.
Any AI Triple Triad player who uses Level 6 cards has a chance of using Gerogero in a play, from where the player can win it in a card match. Examples of players are prisoner in D-District Prison, CC Heart of the Card Club, Grease Monkey in Fishermans Horizon, Cid Kramer, and Laguna Loire. In the end of the game, all CC members besides CC Diamond will play with Level 6 cards when aboard the Ragnarok if the player completed the CC quest before the point of no return.
==Card Mod==
Ten Gerogero cards refine into a Circlet with Quezacotl's Card Mod ability, which teaches a Guardian Force the Mag+20% ability. It would be a useful item to have early on, but the 10-card requirement is steep, and thus it is probably not worth collecting Gerogero cards specifically, though it is a good card to use in the minigame itself.
==Physical version==
In 1999, following the release of Final Fantasy VIII in Japan, Bandai produced a full set of collectible Triple Triad cards in Final Fantasy VIII Carddass Masters Perfect Visuals. The set was made up of the 110 cards as seen in the game along with 72 artwork cards and a collector's edition playing mat. The cards have a blue side and a red side. The cards have become a rare collector's item.
==Behind the scenes==
There are version differences to the card face of this card. In the original Japanese version, Gerogero's organs were red. The change to blue was probably made due to censoring, as the red color makes the organs protruding from the creature look far more real. The physical version of the card also uses the original coloring. In the original PC version, the card shows the red Gerogero while playing Triple Triad, whereas the card menu shows the blue version.
category:Triple Triad cards in Final Fantasy VIII