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Southern Islands サザンアイランド

Cards in set English: 18 Japanese: 18 Release date English: July 31, 2001 Japanese: July 17, 1999 Release period

The Southern Islands Collection (Japanese: サザンアイランド Southern Islands) is the name given to a special set of cards for the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Information

In Japan, the Southern Islands set was initially released with the second Pokémon movie in two promo folders, each with 9 cards per set (Rainbow and Tropical Island) and decorated artwork. The collection was also released as 3-card box sets. These box sets focused on a particular region from one of the two Southern Islands: Tropical Island and Rainbow Island. The English version came as a decorated folder and included the cards, postcards and 3 booster packs. Even though Wizards compiled the collection into one set, all of the original artwork including the islands and the full picture of each region (which was split into three to provide the card art) were featured on the folder.

Trivia

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  The English set symbol
  While in the Japanese version the cards have the old Base-Rocket design, the English release saw them in a Neo series design. Interestingly, this made the Generation II Pokémon featured in the set the only ones of their generation to have Base-Rocket-styled cards, and Slowking the only non-Generation I evolved Pokémon to have had a square evolution box (all later card styles retained the circular evolution box).
• This was a very desired collection when it first came out in Japan. Its English release is a rare example of a promotional TCG product that has retained everything, including its original artwork, after localization.
• None of the cards have rarity symbols, as they are part of a fixed set. The English cards were numbered in the same fashion as Wizards Black Star Promos, while the Japanese cards remained unnumbered.
• The set symbols of the Japanese and English releases are different, with the Japanese symbol as one block colour, while the English symbol is striped along the trunk of the tree.

Artwork

Tropical Island set. Illustrated by Naoyo Kimura.	Jungle postcard	Beach postcard	Sea postcard
Rainbow Island set. Illustrated by Keiko Fukuyama.	Sky postcard	Riverside postcard	Field of Flowers postcard

Card lists

Southern Islands

No. Image Card name Type Rarity Promotion 1/18 Mew — Promotion 2/18 Pidgeot — Promotion 3/18 Onix — Promotion 4/18 Togepi — Promotion 5/18 Ivysaur — Promotion 6/18 Raticate — Promotion 7/18 Ledyba — Promotion 8/18 Jigglypuff — Promotion 9/18 Butterfree — Promotion 10/18 Tentacruel — Promotion 11/18 Marill — Promotion 12/18 Lapras — Promotion 13/18 Exeggutor — Promotion 14/18 Slowking — Promotion 15/18 Wartortle — Promotion 16/18 Lickitung — Promotion 17/18 Vileplume — Promotion 18/18 Primeape — Promotion

Tropical Island

No. Image Card name Type Rarity Promotion Vileplume — Jungle Lickitung — Jungle Primeape — Jungle Exeggutor — Beach Slowking — Beach Wartortle — Beach Tentacruel — Sea Marill — Sea Lapras — Sea

Rainbow Island

No. Image Card name Type Rarity Promotion Mew — Sky Pidgeot — Sky Onix — Sky Togepi — Riverside Ivysaur — Riverside Raticate — Riverside Ledyba — Field of Flowers Jigglypuff — Field of Flowers Butterfree — Field of Flowers

Gallery

Complete English set	Set insert	Tropical Island insert	Rainbow Island insert

An opened Tropical Island set	Japanese Jungle set	Japanese Beach set	Japanese Sea set
An opened Rainbow Island set	Japanese Sky set	Japanese Riverside set	Japanese Field of Flowers set

Regions in the Pokémon world

Core series Kanto (Sevii Islands) • Johto • Hoenn Sinnoh (Hisui • Battle Zone) • Unova (Blueberry Academy) Kalos • Alola • Galar (Isle of Armor • Crown Tundra) Paldea • Kitakami Side series White City • Orre Anime Orange Islands • Decolore Islands Spin-off games Fiore • Almia • Oblivia • Pokémon Island • Mintale Town Ryme City • Pasio • Ransei • Ferrum • Lental Mystery Dungeon world • PokéPark • TCG Islands Carmonte Island • Tumblecube Island • Aeos Island TCG Southern Islands • Puzzle Continent • Holon • Parallel Worlds Sovereign states in the Pokémon world Ranger Union • Guyana Lucario Kingdom • Mirage Kingdom • Rota

Languages this set is released in

The Tropical Island and Rainbow Island sets are exclusively released in Japanese, only available in unlimited edition. The Southern Island set was only released in English.

This article is part of Project TCG, a Bulbapedia project that aims to report on every aspect of the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Pokémon Trading Card Game expansions and releases Bold indicates a main expansion. Italics indicate a special set. Releases that are entirely composed of prints from other releases are small.
Neo Series Neo Genesis: Hotfoot • Cold Fusion Neo Discovery: Brain Wave • Wallop Southern Islands Tyranitar Half Deck Neo Revelation Neo Destiny: Dark • Light	Original Era Unnumbered Promotional cards Expansion Pack: Starter Deck Pokémon Jungle Mystery of the Fossils Rocket Gang Expansion Sheet 1 • Nivi City Gym • Hanada City Gym • Expansion Sheet 2 • Kuchiba City Gym • Tamamushi City Gym Leaders' Stadium Expansion Sheet 3 • Quick Starter Gift Set • Yamabuki City Gym • Guren Town Gym Challenge from the Darkness Southern Islands • Intro Pack