@Haruhila: Nah, see, DS cards slide down the throat real easy. They might catch a little, but they'll go down. The balls are big, though. They don't go down as easy as DS cards.
@noesmano: Yeah, the description's particularly bad. I suppose if you're going to appeal to 10-year-olds, it works to write like them.
And the dragon's not that bad. I think it might be that particular picture.
I tried to watch the show once to understand the game mechanics, but I could not figure out for the life of me what was going on. And this from someone who has played Magic, the Star Trek TCCG, the Star Wars CCG, the Yu-Gi-OH! CCG, the DBZ CCG, and the WOW CCG
@pd771: I wonder this: According to the story, the balls and cards just fell out of the sky. The kid, Dan, and his friends decide to make a game out of them. Suddenly, there's a world league of people who came up with exactly the same game, including some "undefeatable champion"? The premise is ludicrous, even with everyone in the Yu-Gi-Oh! world controlling the world with a children's card game.
Where the heck do these Pokemon/Yugioh-sttyle Wacky-Sorta-Anime-Looking-Kids-Playing-A-Game-That-Is-Basically-God-In-Their-World shows and games keep coming from? 0_o Is there a name for this genre? I mean, one shorter than what I said up there?
@Cervidanti: It's the new Take a simple concept and make it so over the top and serious, but fail to miss the mark for anyone who doesn't understand it" genre
Case in point Yu-Gi-Oh's seriously hilarious take on playing cards that have the power to take over the world xD
(DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD was starred
(DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD was unstarred
(DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD was starred
(DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD was unstarred
Bah, they should use Bleedman's Universe instead. Actually, when I was... In America, over Christmas, I saw ads for this on the TV a lot, and it did keep bringing to mind Bleedman's PPG Fancomic...
@PaxtonAstypalaea: No. NO, dangit. I like the comic as well, but there's only so much Lolicon subtext they could include before Moral Guardians turn their gimlet eye on the game.
@PuFF-Studios: I was thinking the same when I saw the commercial. Most kids these days don't even know about Samurai Jack and Dexter's Laboratory anyways.. Why release it now?
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It disgusts me that someone actually got paid for drawing that.
Unless they paid a drunk hobo in mustard packets.
EDIT: And then I read the monster description.
WTF?
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And the dragon's not that bad. I think it might be that particular picture.
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I don't see how you can't find this appealing.
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You, my friend have just described 5000 years of Asian civilization in one masterful brushstoke.
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Take a simple concept and make it so over the top and serious, but fail to miss the mark for anyone who doesn't understand it" genre
Case in point Yu-Gi-Oh's seriously hilarious take on playing cards that have the power to take over the world xD
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SHUT UP. THOSE DAYS ARE STILL HERE!!
-shakes him violently-
THERE IS NO BAKUGAN!!
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Feels like they stole the idea from Bleedman though.
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Then again, I can't ever see myself paying a monthly subscription to play just one game.
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And I mean, a horrendous amount.
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Adult swim sucks now anyways....where's my FLCL, Cowboy bebop, Big-O, Trigun, etc. Adultswim's time is over...
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Actually you can blame Japanese studios who charge obscenely high prices for the rights to make an American version of an anime.
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Evil bastards.
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