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Machop ワンリキー Wanriky
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Expansion
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Sample Set
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Rarity
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English card no.
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021/093
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For more information on this Pokémon's species, see Machop.
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Machop (Japanese: ワンリキー Wanriky) is a Fighting-type Basic Pokémon card. It was first released as part of the Sample Set, later released in the English Expedition Base Set.
Card text
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Punch パンチ
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10
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Double Chop ダブルチョップ
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20×
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Flip 2 coins. This attack does 20 damage times the number of heads.
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e-Reader data
This card has two prints: the standard print has the card ID B-21-#, and the Sample version has the card ID M-21-#. The short strip contains Pokédex information, a brief card summary, and information on the content of the long strip.
Pokédex data
Machop - Superpower Pokémon
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No.
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Height
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Weight
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066
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2'07" (0.8 m)
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43.0 lbs. (19.5 kg)
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Pokédex entry
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It trains by lifting rocks in the mountains. It can even pick up a Graveler with ease.
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やまにある いわを もちあげ からだを きたえる。 ゴローンも らくらくと もちあげるのだ。
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Mini-game
The long strip contains data for the Machop At Work mini-game. Two other cards from Expedition Base Set are also required to play it.
Release information
This card was included in the English Expedition Base Set, first released in the Japanese Base Expansion Pack. In order to promote the e-Reader outside Japan, Nintendo had Media Factory produce the Sample Set, a 10 card collection from the upcoming Expedition Base Set in English used to demonstrate the Dot Code technology at a media pre-launch party at the New York Pokémon Center in August 2002. This card, as well as the other 9, are printed with a Japanese card back, and have Sample in the bottom right corner where the expansion symbol would usually be. Approximately 50 sets were printed for use at the event, and were never intended for distribution. Cards that did not make it into circulation were apparently destroyed.
This card was also made available in the Sample Pack 5 Card Set, bundled with copies of the e-Reader outside Japan.
Trivia
Origin
Double Chop's Japanese name is that of Dual Chop, a move later introduced in the Generation V Pokémon games that Machop can learn via Move Tutor in Black 2 and White 2. This card's e-Reader Pokédex entry comes from Pokémon Crystal.