Why cards?

highteckdudu · Sep 17, 2007, 09:20 AM

I have been dying to ask is. Whyis it when there is a new anime series out that turns in to a big succes it gets turned into a card game? There are so many out there i havent had the time to learn how to play them all! I know that the first obsession of it started with Yu-Gi-Oh! And then Poke'mon! But now they have Bleach,Inuyasha, Naruto, And Even Avatar the last airbender cards! Why are trading cards such a huge obbsession?

I love in rural Minnesota and finding some one to play a simple card game with up here is pritty much impossible! And now there are so many!

Do you like trading cards?
Do you own some?
What are your thoughs about this CRAZED obsession?

aceman67 · Sep 17, 2007, 10:29 AM

Lets look at the first big card came (least the one that I can remember): Magic.

I was hooked to that game.

It also showed the Japanese that a Trading card came that had a set of rules and system could be successful, then came Pokemon, and the rest of it snowballed.

ice viper · Sep 17, 2007, 11:14 AM

Don't worry aceman I remember Magic before all of these other card games came out too. I've asked some of the venders and they say that is how the Japanese know what ainme/manga is good with sales.

highteckdudu · Sep 17, 2007, 11:26 AM

Oh! THank you for your replies! I actually have Magic cards too. not many of them but oh well! No one playes so i'm not any good, because there was no one to challenge!

ice viper · Sep 17, 2007, 11:38 AM

Don't worry I'm not good at playing with magic eather and your welcome. From what my friend told me that only the older generation are plaing this game. The younger generation are playing Yu-Gi-Oh ,Poke'mon Bleach,Inuyasha, Naruto, and Avatar the last airbender cards. But that is also what score is saying in the magazens tho.

highteckdudu · Sep 17, 2007, 12:50 PM

Oh! yeah i am still in highschool! but i look around and the only people who use these cards are like 6 graders and I Like to play with peole who have experience. i also like to learn things. I wonder what new cards they will come out with next!

*Spartan117* · Sep 18, 2007, 02:46 PM

I still own some pokemon and yugi-oh cards, I stoped playing them long time ago. I still Play magic though, I haven't gotten bored of it in all these years.

midnightrain · Sep 18, 2007, 03:04 PM

Well I still own some pokemon, yugi-oh,magic and Digimon cards , I stoped playing them long time ago. I even have ghetto Sponge bob square pants cards off to9pic yes but awsome! I have a Halagraphic GARY(the snail)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!He powns lol

tsurara · Sep 18, 2007, 03:09 PM

Because cards are an incredibly easy and cheap investment ~ as long as pre-existing artwork is used OR the cards are just translated from a Japanese version: the company in question already owns the rights to existing images for cards and needs only to print them.

Printing itself is incredibly cheap... but the mark-up on little bits of paper is insane if you can create the illusion of value by making them pretty to look at and useable in some sort of game. Most card game-mechanics are plug-and-play following the Magic or Pokemon model and it's easy enough to promote a game for a year and then stop printing it entirely when interest wears down.

"collectable" anything has quite a bit of appeal... especially in societies where children and young teenagers have too much money and nothing to do with it.

(I think you guys actually have more anime CCGs than we do. We've got Yu-gi-oh and Duel Masters right now... that's about it. Other cards may exist... but no one uses them. Kids are too obsessed with the card/arcade game thing here... Love and Berry, Wanchan to Issyo, Mushikingu, Kirarin Revolution, etc.)

!The GunGrave of Trigun · Sep 18, 2007, 04:00 PM

I must say the only real card anime game that was big was yu gi oh and it was big because it had easy rules and you got to play the same game the show did it was just fun.

*LichGRIFFIN* · Sep 19, 2007, 05:30 AM

I'm with GunGrave of Trigun ,Yu-Gi-Oh! was a very big game ,it was my first try i wasn't interested in cards before that but i'm now a big fan of playing Yu-Gi-Oh! cards games

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highteckdudu Where the journey begins! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: The wonderfull world of Minnesota! And I mean that! Posts: 595 Thanks: 3 Thanked 15 Times in 15 Posts Credits: 155,707	Why cards? I have been dying to ask is. Whyis it when there is a new anime series out that turns in to a big succes it gets turned into a card game? There are so many out there i havent had the time to learn how to play them all! I know that the first obsession of it started with Yu-Gi-Oh! And then Poke'mon! But now they have Bleach,Inuyasha, Naruto, And Even Avatar the last airbender cards! Why are trading cards such a huge obbsession? I love in rural Minnesota and finding some one to play a simple card game with up here is pritty much impossible! And now there are so many! Do you like trading cards? Do you own some? What are your thoughs about this CRAZED obsession? __________________ I tryed to see things from your point of view but i cant seem to get my head that far up my ass! Visit www.highteckdudu.webs.com!
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ice viper Diamond in the Rough Join Date: May 2007 Location: I'm lost Posts: 212 Thanks: 5 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts Credits: 3,404	Re: Why cards? Don't worry aceman I remember Magic before all of these other card games came out too. I've asked some of the venders and they say that is how the Japanese know what ainme/manga is good with sales.
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highteckdudu Where the journey begins! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: The wonderfull world of Minnesota! And I mean that! Posts: 595 Thanks: 3 Thanked 15 Times in 15 Posts Credits: 155,707	Re: Why cards? Oh! THank you for your replies! I actually have Magic cards too. not many of them but oh well! No one playes so i'm not any good, because there was no one to challenge! __________________ I tryed to see things from your point of view but i cant seem to get my head that far up my ass! Visit www.highteckdudu.webs.com!
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highteckdudu Where the journey begins! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: The wonderfull world of Minnesota! And I mean that! Posts: 595 Thanks: 3 Thanked 15 Times in 15 Posts Credits: 155,707	Re: Why cards? Oh! yeah i am still in highschool! but i look around and the only people who use these cards are like 6 graders and I Like to play with peole who have experience. i also like to learn things. I wonder what new cards they will come out with next! __________________ I tryed to see things from your point of view but i cant seem to get my head that far up my ass! Visit www.highteckdudu.webs.com!
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Spartan117 Diamond in the Rough Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: California Posts: 110 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Credits: 120	Re: Why cards? I still own some pokemon and yugi-oh cards, I stoped playing them long time ago. I still Play magic though, I haven't gotten bored of it in all these years.
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midnightrain Newbie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 19 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Credits: 259	Re: Why cards? Well I still own some pokemon, yugi-oh,magic and Digimon cards , I stoped playing them long time ago. I even have ghetto Sponge bob square pants cards off to9pic yes but awsome! I have a Halagraphic GARY(the snail)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!He powns lol
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tsurara anti-semantics Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Shikoku Posts: 1,312 Thanks: 5 Thanked 81 Times in 55 Posts Credits: 61,124	Re: Why cards? Because cards are an incredibly easy and cheap investment ~ as long as pre-existing artwork is used OR the cards are just translated from a Japanese version: the company in question already owns the rights to existing images for cards and needs only to print them. Printing itself is incredibly cheap... but the mark-up on little bits of paper is insane if you can create the illusion of value by making them pretty to look at and useable in some sort of game. Most card game-mechanics are plug-and-play following the Magic or Pokemon model and it's easy enough to promote a game for a year and then stop printing it entirely when interest wears down. "collectable" anything has quite a bit of appeal... especially in societies where children and young teenagers have too much money and nothing to do with it. (I think you guys actually have more anime CCGs than we do. We've got Yu-gi-oh and Duel Masters right now... that's about it. Other cards may exist... but no one uses them. Kids are too obsessed with the card/arcade game thing here... Love and Berry, Wanchan to Issyo, Mushikingu, Kirarin Revolution, etc.) __________________ <-RUNAWAYS-> <-lemonsquares? yay!-> <-Mmrs-> Last edited by tsurara; Sep 18, 2007 at 04:29 PM.
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