Tropical Tidal Wave (Nintendo Promo 27)

Tropical Tidal Wave (Japanese: トロピカルタイダルウェーブ Tropical Tidal Wave) is a TCG Trainer card (TCG Item card in Japan). It was first released as one of the TCG Nintendo Black Star Promos.

Release information
Tropical Tidal Wave was first released at Worlds 2005, and was later released at Worlds in both 2006 and 2010. Each reprint features artwork to coincide with whatever the latest game is at the time: the Worlds 2006 print features and  to prepare for the release of Generation IV, and the Worlds 2010 print features  and, two Pokémon introduced in Generation II, which had just received the remakes.

For each primary iteration of this card, a nine-card commemorative collection was given to participating players at the start of the tournament. The collection consists of seven prints of Tropical Tidal Wave in English, Japanese, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian, along with two special cards featuring a themed design of the current World Championships; one advertising the forthcoming World Championship Decks and one advertising the date and venue for the following World Championships. Special stamped versions of the English print were also awarded to staff who helped oversee the event and to the top-ranking players in each division of the tournament. All Worlds 2010 prints of this card are numbered HGSS18 with the exception of the Japanese print, which is an unnumbered TCG L-P Promotional cards (L-P Promotional card).

Trivia

 * Even though the regular versions of this card are available in seven languages, the top-ranking stamped versions are only in English.
 * Two copies of each of the top-ranking versions are awarded to respective players across the three divisions making a total of 192 top thirty-two versions, 96 top sixteen versions, 48 quarter-finalist versions, 24 semi-finalist versions, and 12 finalist versions at each Worlds.

Origin
Tropische Flutwelle (TCG) Cavallone Tropicale (Nintendo Promo 27) トロピカルタイダルウェーブ