Jo-Kén-Pokémon

Jo-Kén-Pokémon is a Brazilian Pokémon-themed card game based on . It was released in 2001 as the Jo-Kén-Pokémon Johto Journeys Promotion (Portuguese: Promoção Jo-Kén-Pokémon Jornada Johto) by the Brazilian snacks company , a subsidiary of .
This game involves square-shaped Pokémon cards that were released in snack food packages. They have similar size and material as the from the same company.
Each Pokémon card has one of these eight elements: Rock, Paper, Scissors, Rope, Fire, Water, Fireproof, and Waterproof (Portuguese: Pedra, Papel, Tesoura, Corda, Fogo, Água, Anti-Chamas, and Impermeável, respectively).
This was the third Pokémon collection released by Elma Chips, after the Supercard (Portuguese: Supercarta) from 1999, and the Tazo / Evolutazo from 2000.
==Terminology==
The name "Jo-Kén-Pokémon" is based on Brazilian Portuguese "jokenpô" or "joquempô" (rock papers scissors), ultimately based on Japanese 「じゃんけんぽん」 (rock papers scissors).
The names of the eight elements (such as "Fogo" and "Água", respectively meaning "Fire" and "Water") are written in Portuguese at the back of the cards. The Portuguese word "elemento" (element) was used in the trailer.
The objects used in this game are officially referred to as cards, despite being similar to Tazos. The Portuguese word "carta" (card) is used in the description of the Fireproof and Waterproof cards, while "cartinha" (small card) is heard in the trailer.
==Gameplay==
===Gameplay sources===
The gameplay is explained to some extent in the game trailer. The Elma Chips website also used to have some Adobe Flash pages about this game in 2001, but they have since been lost. It is unknown if there is an official ruleset beyond this.
===Main gameplay===
As stated in the trailer, two people play their Pokémon cards against each other. The trailer implies that one Pokémon from each side is played at a time. However, the Fireproof and Waterproof Pokémon cards (explained below) are an exception; they are not mentioned in the trailer, but the card text indicates that a player can use them together with another Pokémon.
In the trailer, it is also implied that both players should keep their own Pokémon cards hidden in their hands during gameplay, and that they should say "Jo-Kén-Pokémon!" out loud together when they reveal the element of their Pokémon to each other at the same time.
The winner is decided by comparing the element of each Pokémon. At the back of each Pokémon card, its respective element is shown, as well as a list of which elements win or lose against it.
===Fireproof and Waterproof===
The Fireproof and Waterproof Pokémon cards include a short text explaining that they are supposed to be played alongside another Pokémon (to protect against a Fire or Water opponent, respectively).
Fireproof card text:
:"Play simultaneously with another card, nullifying the power of a <sc>Fire</sc> card."
::(Portuguese: "Jogue simultaneamente com outra carta, anulando o poder da carta do <sc>Fogo</sc>.")
Waterproof card text:
:"Play simultaneously with another card, nullifying the power of a <sc>Water</sc> card."
::(Portuguese: "Jogue simultaneamente com outra carta, anulando o poder da carta da <sc>Água</sc>.")
It is further clarified that "nullifying the power" means winning against that element, because "Fireproof" and "Waterproof" are found in the list of elements that win against Fire and Water, respectively.
It is unclear if a player is allowed to play a Pokémon card (other than Fireproof and Wateproof) together with both a Fireproof and a Waterproof cards on the same turn.
Arguably, it may or may not be possible to play a Fireproof card and a Waterproof card together but with no other Pokémon, or two Fireproof cards, or two Waterproof cards, based on their exact wording: "play simultaneously with another card".
===Winner taking loser's cards===
In Jo-Kén-Pokémon, there is no known official rule about the winner taking the loser's cards. However, some other -related games by Elma Chips encouraged people to compete and take each other's collectibles based on the game results.
For instance, although the Pokécard (Portuguese: Pokécarta) is a separate Pokémon card game by Elma Chips with its own rules, its game trailer specifically states that the winner takes the loser's cards.
==Elements==
* Rock (Pedra)
*: wins against Scissors and Water
*: loses against Paper, Rope, and Fire
* Paper (Papel)
*: wins against Rock and Rope
*: loses against Scissors, Fire, and Water
* Scissors (Tesoura)
*: wins against Paper and Rope
*: loses against Rock, Fire, and Water
* Rope (Corda)
*: wins against Rock
*: loses against Paper, Scissors, Fire, and Water
* Fire (Fogo)
*: wins against Rock, Paper, Scissors, and Rope
*: loses against Water and Fireproof
* Water (Água)
*: wins against Paper, Scissors, Rope, and Fire
*: loses against Rock and Waterproof
* Fireproof (Anti-Chamas)
*: wins against Fire
* Waterproof (Impermeável)
*: wins against Water
==Pokémon cards==
In this game, there are 60 Pokémon species numbered from 1 to 60. This includes 3 species from Generation I and 57 from Generation II.
Each card has a single element. However, each card has two versions with different elements. Therefore, a total of 120 card versions are available.
===List of cards===
Card	Ndex 	Species	Elements
1 	#0006	 	Fireproof or Water
2 	#0025	 	Fireproof or Scissors
3 	#0052	 	Scissors or Water
4 	#0152	 	Paper or Waterproof
5 	#0155	 	Fire or Rope
6 	#0158	 	Paper or Rope
7 	#0161	 	Paper or Waterproof
8 	#0163	 	Rock or Scissors
9 	#0165	 	Rock or Rope
10 	#0167	 	Scissors or Water
11 	#0170	 	Paper or Rope
12 	#0172	 	Paper or Rock
13 	#0175	 	Fireproof or Scissors
14 	#0177	 	Paper or Scissors
15 	#0179	 	Fire or Rope
16 	#0183	 	Paper or Rock
17 	#0185	 	Rope or Waterproof
18 	#0186	 	Scissors or Water
19 	#0187	 	Fire or Scissors
20 	#0190	 	Paper or Rock
21 	#0191	 	Rock or Scissors
22 	#0193	 	Rock or Scissors
23 	#0194	 	Paper or Rope
24 	#0198	 	Rope or Waterproof
25 	#0200	 	Paper or Scissors
26 	#0201	 	Fireproof or Rock
27 	#0202	 	Fire or Water
28 	#0203	 	Paper or Rock
29 	#0204	 	Paper or Rope
30 	#0206	 	Paper or Rock
31 	#0207	 	Rock or Rope
32 	#0209	 	Rock or Rope
33 	#0211	 	Rock or Scissors
34 	#0212	 	Paper or Rope
35 	#0213	 	Rock or Water
36 	#0214	 	Fire or Rock
37 	#0215	 	Fireproof or Water
38 	#0216	 	Scissors or Waterproof
39 	#0218	 	Paper or Rope
40 	#0220	 	Paper or Scissors
41 	#0222	 	Paper or Rock
42 	#0223	 	Rock or Scissors
43 	#0225	 	Fire or Rock
44 	#0226	 	Scissors or Water
45 	#0227	 	Scissors or Waterproof
46 	#0228	 	Rock or Rope
47 	#0230	 	Paper or Rope
48 	#0231	 	Fire or Paper
49 	#0234	 	Fireproof or Scissors
50 	#0235	 	Rock or Scissors
51 	#0236	 	Paper or Rope
52 	#0237	 	Paper or Scissors
53 	#0238	 	Rock and Water
54 	#0239	 	Rope or Waterproof
55 	#0240	 	Fire or Rock
56 	#0241	 	Fire or Rope
57 	#0244	 	Paper or Water
58 	#0246	 	Scissors or Water
59 	#0249	 	Fireproof or Scissors
60 	#0250	 	Fireproof or Water
==Trailer==
In the game trailer, a girl asks to borrow scissors from a boy at school. Then, she takes a rock from her backpack and destroys the scissors with it, and then remarks that rock really wins against scissors.
In another scene, children are playing the Jo-Kén-Pokémon card game, while the narrator shortly explains the rules.
==Trivia==
* Rope may be considered the weakest element, since it only wins against Rock. For comparison, there are some elements that win against Rock while also winning against other elements.
* In the game trailer, both players were hiding the card elements from each other, but they failed to hide the Pokémon themselves, despite the fact that a knowledgeable player might remember the elements of each Pokémon. Specifically, in the trailer, both players were looking at the back of the cards (where the Pokémon's element is seen), while the front of the cards (where the Pokémon is identified) was visible to their opponent.
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