Just to clarify beacuse I apparently need to do so. I like the game and want it to succeed. AS I SAID IN THE INTRO. However I'm also realistic about the games flaws. So I'm not mindlessly hopeful about this game's chances in the much harsher western market.
That's common with literally every card game, even all the way down to pokemon. Schedule matters, actually promoting the tournaments matters and location matters; just because a tourney doesn't fire doesn't mean the game itself is the only factor
I got to disagree with your take anout Bleach being the wrong anime to start with. With the Thousand Year Blood War still airing and trending, its pretty much free promotion.
Definitely was a smart marketing move but if they rotated either of the sets with JJK I believe the release in English would have been a lot bigger half the card shop I went to said they’re avoiding the game till that drops
The point about UA's effect on Universus and Wiess is actually incredibly interesting... and really fucked up. I'm almost convinced that was the intended ploy of releasing UA at all. Just bully all the smaller businesses out of the market to make space for the next Bandai TCG.
As a person who use to play wiess this game seems way better handled and care about vs wiess where bushiroad is afraid to address problematic things they're willing to drag it out then hit it when it's irrelevant, bushi doesn't care about the English audience, and until recently has made there competitive scene a complete joke like you get a 300 person event and u only do top cut for top 8 for both singles and team league event but only top 3 gets invite and prizing for team event and if u didn't make that tough luck u go home empty handed
"This game flopped in Japan" Not only do you fail to explain the YoY sales, which is about what sets released in their respective timeframes that people like DifferentFight and East already covered in various videos, you ALSO failed to mention that the game ended up in top 10 sales of FY24 and is on the way to beat out Bandai's flag ship game of 16 years in sales in terms of just how much it bounced back. Before you do your next Bandai video feel free to reach out to me and I'll be happy to fill in the gaps for a third time. EDIT - AH I see you changed the title AND thumbnail after my comment, interesting.
This video is pretty confusing to me to be honest. He calls dragon ball a flop when pound for pound it's selling just as much as one piece is in Japan when observing the ongoing fiscal year. It's also pretty hypocritical of gameplay aspects being called swingy and uncompetitive when one piece has more egregious examples of the things that were highlighted. This video just leaves a bad taste in my mouth
I knew you'd be here. Yea he definitely didn't do the proper research. Misinformation spreads fast. Also ppl still comparing UA and weiss(the comments) is hilarious to me. Weiss is still doing really well in Japan and as far as I can see from content creators who share English data it's doing well enough over here. UA will do fine as long as bandai let's it. How will gundam effect any of their tcgs? Who knows. These videos are popping up like wild fire.
Yeah, this seems to be the avg case for this guy's videos. He does as little research as possible to chug out content, especially evident in his tier list videos that lack substance. I'll give him credit for doing solid editing/thumbnails, but considering how harmful misinformation is, this video was egregious and should've stayed in the oven a bit longer...
To those of you in this comment chain accusing me of disinformation and not doing research, I suggest you check out the sources shown in my video's description and read or watch through them. It might help y'all understand how I got my information. Second I have seen all of the caveats To the YoY sales Data. It still supports my point about the massive initial flop and the failure to climb back up for UA as well as Weiss's sales being down this year. UA is still overcrowding a niche market which Bandai undoubtedly took into account when releasing and moving forward with this game. UA has managed recently to begin to climb back up, which is something I said I had hope for in the video. This is great but it won't help deal with the tougher Western market nor magically help every store with dead product until then. That's why I'm so worried. Third, there is a difference between the Western and Japanese card markets. The Western market is much more brutal to the biggest games and has significantly more variance in popularity by area. This is important because my analysis of UA is based on taking the initial release and subsequent performance and predicting how it'll apply to the West Last, When I say Dragonball flopped I clearly mean in the west, where it was REBOOTED.
Battle Spirits is Not Dead though . It's been going on for Decades now and I think last or this year was their 25th . So really Usually When it comes to TCG Stuff Expect The Western Side to Die early while Eastern either still going or Also dead .
@@autobotstarscream765 Battle Spirits Never Died , at all . Well in Asia Regions to be precise . 25 Years and still ongoing with Collabs like , Digimon , Gundam and Kamen Rider
This isnt hurting weiss or uvs for ppl thinking that. Theres huge amounts of ppl who wont touch bandai games because of the things they do. That being said, UA is perfect for what it is. Its just a good, easy fun side game. Its not gonna effect, op, digi or fw. How will bandai balance everything? Who knows. Plus gundam being announced and rumors of naruto being remade, theyre definitely doing too much. Only time will tell. Weiss has been around forever and will be around after UA.
as a Universus play the game is doing fine. They just stopped using content creators so heavily for marketing purposes because there kept being backlash from over poor vids from ones that don't actually play the game
I just see wall of text and feel tried already. I miss Future Card Buddy Fight style and Battle Spirt or Duel Master it was fun using your cards as a resource. I have not really been into new card games for a long time. One of my favorite i was enjoying collecting and playing with my friend was Keyforge i loved how each pack was a deck& it was pretty easy to get into. Some rules were abit confusing but you can use coins as tokens if you dont have any. Stareing at these cards i feel confuse on whats happening.
I like to think I'm more open minded; not shying away from a tcg because the art looks cheap, such as One Piece using screenshots in the early sets like you highlighted, but my main hangup with UA, and Union Cross, and Weiss Schwarz before them is the anime crossover business model. Same reason I checked out of Magic, all the promo tie-ins to other franchises. It's weird how I like crossover characters in fighting games, but need aesthetic coherence in my card games. All this to say I'm eyeing the Gundam tcg quite strongly (if I like how the play patterns for it end up) . I like how thanks to your righteous crusade against Konami's TCG branch, you are including pull rates in your general reviews for new games, just to hammer in how much Yugioh players continue to suffer. Didnt think I'd ever miss the eternal TOSS when that ended. Didn't think I'd ever miss tier zero Tear either. Hope I dont next develop stockholm syndrome for the current format
If you miss Tear, you'll miss anything. Tear Format was 100% bad, evil, and wrong, and letting it go unpunished was what allowed Snake-Eye Format to happen.
Thank you for covering this topic. Bandai they good making tcg but bad in maintaining. Poor TCG tourney, world tourney, poor regional Tourney. Just sell, no support. 😂
I hope it does well, though I’m a bit doubtful and untrusting on Bandai. I’d love to have a solid anime alternative to big 3. I like the idea that if I’m not into a particular IP, that I can just skip that set. That said, I’ve yet to encounter any cards in the wild locally. (Which, seems to be the norm for Bandai games. I’m envious of those with thriving, local groups)
Somehow, both Digimon and One Piece were played locally, though both seem to be on the decline, and I also can’t recall ever seeing packs sold Locally. DBZ is nonexistent in my area.
I think I'll be playing this casually to start. I really enjoy the gameplay and it is very fun to play. Played a few events and many of us said it was bad from demo decks (including me) a few months ago, but actually playing it, it feels great to play and fun. I believe this is gonna be more of a word-to-mouth kinda game, where people aren't convinced at first glance.
I'm in Los Angeles and we've had multiple release events with a ton of players at capacity, and locals officially start this week for constructed. It's already the most fun game to play, and I'm not sure why anyone would root for it to fail.
I'm rooting for it's success despite it's many issues that I have to be transparent about. I do like the game casually as i said in my review. I'm glad It's seen success in your local area and you should keep building that. But do understand that the western market is extremely varied and changes from location to location. Overall I do worry about it's success.
@MonkeyFightTCG this is NOT how you come across in this video. At all. It's such a sour tone. "It's not competitive, the art is just screenshots". You call it a flop in your title when it's celebrating the 1 year anniversary. I love this game because it's fun and the OP meta is insufferable rn. I dunno if you have communication issues like me, but you need a second person to read your scripts before you send it.
@MonkeyFightTCG nah bro, be honest. You say very briefly at the beginning the slightest of nice things, and at the very end you say "I don't think it's ENTIRELY over for Union Arena." Your entire video is you saying "His hair, WACK. His gear, WACK. His jewelry, WACK. His footstance, WACK. The way he talks, WACK. The way he doesn't even like to smile, WACK. Me, I'm tight AF!" If you're going to be a hater, just be a hater. It's fine, but if you're going to hate and say "I'm just being honest, guys" that makes you the most insufferable person. No one likes that guy. It's clear you don't like the game, so maybe don't talk about it. You just lose credibility when you get all wishy washy and keep talking about a thing you don't like. If your target audience is appealing to people who also don't like the things you don't like, maybe make a subreddit or get on discord or something.
Hey Monkey Fight, how do you feel about Grand Archive? Have you had a chance to get into it yet? You also mentioned that you had a play group that plays dead TCGs, have you hear about Argent Saga? Let me know what you think, it would be cool to see a video on this topic!
I haven't gotten in to Grand archive yet. It seems okay, but i can't honestly really say. I have no thoughts on ardent saga. But it looks interesting, If i happen to come across cheap product i'll pick it up for my group.
@@MonkeyFightTCG I think TCGplayer has a lot of singles for cheap. Its a really interesting game and I think it would be great to see you do a video on it!
I am no expert. But Bandai has to start promoting quality over quantity and start to treat trading card games as a hobby, not a toy or money maker. They should hire actual trading card game professionals (who are fans of the game's subject) over big names or random fans. And they need to get serious rather than pumping and dumping the next card game.
While true for one piece and digimon. The print quality on union arena has been a bit lower for non foils. It's not saying much beacuse they're still miles ahead of every non Bandai card game
Welcome back! I was glad you gave your input i to UA. Yeah, my biggest worry is product fatigue. 1 new set every month? Is too much for LCS to hold possible dead merchandise or players getting sick of it. Hope to hear more soon. Also saw gundam tcg 😂
I hadn't heard of UA until this video, maybe I'll get to see it but I didn't pay attention to it. But, what he said about the art is true, I literally lost all the desire to play when I saw "screenshots" of the series XD, the only one that catches my attention is bleach for having the new art of its latest season, but not the rest.
That Nikke and haikyu set is their breakthrough product, all they had to do is just pumping more "weebs" I.P that specifically target certain audience that willing to pay and gamble, bleach isn't it. like no joke, it's not Sao or black cover that carries union arena sales last year, it's nikke and haikyu.
Why do you say that? Lol. Battlespirits as an IP is completely unknown to most NA tcg players. This on the other hand has so many franchises that there will at least be a decent collector's market. The gameplay is simple and the buy in is pretty darn cheap compared to other TCGs. Good prizing, lots of support, lots of IPs at their disposal.
@@millerbrown3051 Big prizing did not do anything to make people give a damn about Battle Spirits, support did not do anything to make people remember Battle Spirits, and as far as the IPs goes it is all cheap screenshots. Bandai also is already getting ready to dump this for Gundam, they just take any IP and make it into a TCG left and right with little care it is clearly quantity over quality.
Grr, you said a game you enjoyed playing may struggle in the west! I'll have you know I'm already saving up for hot sets such as Me and Roboco, Toriko, and Tekken 7 which will do great even though the video game Tekken 8 came out a year ago. There is zero chance these monthly releases will rot on store shelves and cause losses for game stores who are forced to buy in order to have a chance to order Nikke, a product that will be scalped more than the new Gundam Tcg people will quit UA to play. How dare you sir!
@@MonkeyFightTCG I guess I could but I'm already with dbs fw, bss and digimon. And I didn't even wanna play dbs, just happened to enjoy the game and wanted to support my LGS. I've lost interest in digimon in general and I'm hoping with starting a local scene for Battle Spirits because I really liked that game and found a little playgroup
@@MonkeyFightTCG I'm praying that they regain people's interest in the game, release some crossovers people have been begging for like Kamen Rider or Godzilla, and all around good/fun sets
Yugioh is at its lowest for lower local level and regional events. The top end ycs are doing okay to better than ever in certain regions. But the game is not doing great in the tcg. Unlike in the ocg
It's one of the biggest ones for sure, but i do think it's a bit past it's peak. But my larger point is that I think releasing it alongside Jujuitsu Kaisen would have tremendously boosted this game's launch. Hunter x Hunter is also a weird choice to me personally but I do love the anime.
@@MonkeyFightTCGmy guy, the biggest sales from last year period are HAIKYUU AND NIKKE BOXES, not bleach nor hxh. Take notice of the boxes price, please.
I felt the energy system was a nice way to include some thought goes in to deck building. Like mana or stamina curves in other tcgs. Cant just pile a deck with the strongest power of effect monsters.
I already made one regarding it's release and the marketing around it a while ago. I unfortunately never managed to find a local community that picked up the game to play.
Western Union Arena * Gotta be Specific cause in Asia region there's still people Going to Union Arena tournament and then there's This Months Booster probably a lot of Westerners Will not get . It's Kamen Rider Which is not that popular in the West , in Asia though it'll succeed more
Yeah there's a lot of confusion i. The comments about that distinction. Two very different regions and markets. I think we're likely to see a different line up un the west for sets. Some sets def wont sell well at all over here. Tbf I'd want the Kamen raider set
@@MonkeyFightTCG still kinda sucks to see TCG fail but you can't change another regions whole culture . Cause to me from what I'm seeing ( I love in Asia region ) , we are definitely more friendly towards TCG Than in the west cause there's also the Stigma in the west that comes with card games .
Don't take this guy seriously. The video is filled with bad info and just straight up misinformation. If it's fun, play it! The prizing is worth going to locals atleast and the buy in is a lot cheaper than one piece.
@@Rayquaza894 Only played the pre release to check it out since I play OP local in that store. The interaction was quite limited compared to OP or MTG. Had to pick the bleach deck cause everyone else in the store wanted the hunter X hunter deck.
@@NoUse4AName14k I am not sure why they used the decks they did in the pre release, but everyone one that I have interacted with that have played it in the last week (most didn't like the pre release experience either) with set cards have changed their opinion. Not trying to change your opinion, just hope you give it another chance.
@@NoUse4AName14k I would try it again with printed proxies or borrowing someone's deck. Pre release is a weird format because it lacks consistency due to so many important cards being two ofs.
Weird that Dragon Ball is catching strays despite masters still going after 7 years and being the foundation for all the future Bandai Card games. It also survived Covid. Fusion World was so the game can have a digital client and be released in Japan as well as serve as an entry point for new players. Sure its not doing One Piece numbers and the digital client had its fair share of issues but calling it a flop is pretty disingenuous. I think your video is misinformed or you are omitting certain pieces of information (not necessarily maliciously) to fit your perceived view. Especially when it comes to sales data and anecdotal knowledge. Also Bleach not being a massive brand is a wild statement especially considering the popularity of Thousand Year Blood War anime and the upcoming Video Game not to mention you even say that the bleach events are filling up pretty much everywhere if it wasn't popular that wouldn't happen. Also you make it sound like keeping a "dying" game going is a bad thing. How is it bad if a company is supporting the people who continue to play, collect and support the game with stellar product design and events? Surely that's a positive and a positive sign for Union Arena that the game won't be abandoned if a set underperforms which we won't have hard data on for a while.
You're interpreting everything i said the worst way possible. Dragonball definitely did flop. Bandai themselves decided to reboot it. They're still supporting it but it's in massively smaller numbers than before and js barely on the board at all in the west. Supporting smaller and failing games is good, but only when it doesn't take away from the resources of bigger games. Ie with one pieces printing allocations be small untill op6-7 to account for bandais rapid market growth. Being spread to thin could also hurt design, depending on how Bandai structures themselves. You're right that bleach is the more popular brand they launched with. But it's not as big of a brand as their solo games like one piece, nor is bleach at its peak. For the best possible launch, Bandai should have added in a big third option early. we want to put our best foot forward when building a community.
@@MonkeyFightTCG I just took what you said at face value and the way it came across was very dismissive or negative to prove your own points without taking into account contradictory evidence or facts even now you double down saying Dragon Ball is a flop, which is categorically untrue. How can a game go 7 years, surviving COVID, have a dedicated player base and collectors (see signature, gdrs serials etc) it also paved the way for Digimon, One Piece and Gundam to be considered a flop? You already see comments complaining about a new set every month and you want them to compound that issue by having 3 sets at launch? I'd argue that Bleach has more appeal to the older generation with more disposable income than JJK does purely because bleach has 20 years of fans the anime continuing and a game coming out. If I take anecdotal evidence into account Bleach is the majority people are even aware of UA. One Piece is an anomaly in the card market and comparing everything to it and through that lens will make anything seem like a flop. I'm not a hater I just think the video is disingenuous at parts (again I don't want to believe maliciously) mostly talking about not making money on boxes or sales for the JP version and drawing conclusions for the ENG version which you again admit are different markets so it's a false equivalency and the Dragon Ball bashing which again is just untrue. Something not being as popular as it once was is not the same as something being a flop. I hope you understand where I am coming from and I am interested to see UA content you create.
Honestly i feel like making this video this early was just meant to hate on the game in most aspecs, it just sounds like you checked heavily into some info and not very much into others. Like the pullrates you said 4-6 sr's and i have yet to see a single box without 6 sr's and 1 alt art anywhere. Also complaining about losing money on pullrates is such a childish way to come into a card game, its not meant as a profit/cash flow, it exists to play the game not to build a secondary market that kills the game. Dont open packs if youre trying to make money in literally any game, just buy singles everyone knows that.
I'm not hating on the game. I said I really liked the the mechanics and had fun with it. I'm just also honest about the flaws. The pull rates are very weak and we can compare them to other games. I just added in my own personal experience for entertainment. Plus it's not just about making back money it's about getting enough stuff ( either in cool arts or playable SR ) to justify the price tag. Op boxes are worth it and have a better structure so you can se why I'm disappointed in union arenas worse odds. Lastly secondary markets don't inherently kill games. If you want a fun history on games without a secondary market I recomend watching my force of will review.
My guy, it's not meant to be competitive. The official UA website explicitly states how they will monitor tournament data to tweak the ban/restrict list. Also the energy system is meant to temper the deck building so you'll always need Commons and Uncommons
Yes and if you watched the video I said as much. I recommended it to people who like casual games and I said i don't for people who like competitive games. Which is a very large part of the wester market. Edit: I understand the intentions of the energy system. That being said it creates other problems which outweigh the benefits gained IMO. Plus there's other solutions that could have been used that benefits both varied deck construction and consistent mana sources.
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Having no regional or high level tournaments planned is a really weird critique. Arent regional events for Nationals qualifications? Why would they start that at the end of the year when the game just came out? I really doubt any card game would announce regionals right as their debut set coming out.
One piece had treasure cups which are regional sized events which is what I'm referring to. They started these very quickly on around later on in set 1's and early on in set 2's run. They're a large competitive focused event that helps build the community and encourage people to play and practice. They're fun and I enjoy going to them for every card game when I can. Missing out on a loved part of the experience is a fair criticism when it's something other card games and other Bandai card games do.
@MonkeyFightTCG Rare Battles will take the place of treasure cups and treasure cups didn't start until a few months after launch, just like Rare battles for union arena. One Piece also had a Q4 release just like this game and had their first regionals towards the end of the next year.
Yeah I hope it gets better as well. Unfortunately we have the next year's worth of set art spoiled in jp. It's still screenshorts. It's just a much tougher ask to get people involved in a game they see as low. effort.
This game is fun, easy, and art on the cards are amazing. This video will not age well. And clearly, to the people who have actually dabbled on it are reviewing it well.
@MonkeyFightTCG I mean read the room. Even your people watching your videos here aren't as pessimistic as you were with this video. You must be a half glass empty person. The game officially came out in the US 5 days ago and this is your take?
I think you made this video way too early when it comes to prices because your tcgplayer prices are based on release day when supply was at it's highest, currently half the SR's are around $8 now because the demand is still high and the supply has ran out(and it's only been 3 days.) It also doesn't account for shipping costs when a ton of shops have low stock so you end up having to pay like $1.27 four times just to get singles of rares you need, I'd advise people to buy 3 or 4 boxes to get playsets of rares and under and then buy the remaining SR's they need as singles if they really like a series and want to build all it's decks. If it's just one deck you want then buy it all as singles though. I personally bought 4 boxes of hunter x Hunter and even though I didn't get either of the case hits it still saved me money then if I had bought it all as singles.
@@thehatcaseonyoutube Yeah I know lmao 🤣 I am just shouting into the ether xD But I actually tried to contact Wizards Of The Coast and Takara Tomy but yeah I'm just one guy and Takara Tomy is all in Japanese 😅
Might be bros being L take in history Bleach TYBW is all the rage right now, it's easily anime of the year and its best comeback story to date in anime 😂 Imagine saying that and not even a few sentences before hand talking about how packed the bleach tournaments have been, sweet Jesus bro I usually love your content but this so A tier stupidity.
I'm sorry my tone was not to your liking. But i'd ask you to again look at what I said in the video and understand where i'm coming from.. Bleach is doing strong and is a good first pick as i acknowledged in the video. however it's also worth it to acknowledge that it's not at it's peak popularity as it used to be. There's a reason bleach isn't getting it's own solo card game. I like both HxH and Bleach, but we have to be realistic. For the best possible release of union arena, i would have added in an additional next set of JJK to better round out the release and strengthen events.
Digimon is still really successful and Masters was successful until covid really killed it. Their old Naruto card game lasted several sets. In Japan Battle Spirits has been one of the top tcgs for almost 2 decades.
@21quepasa I just talking about in the US not in Japan. Also I will give u Digimon I keep on forgetting that game still exists. The last game never herd of
@@roderickstevn Dragon Ball Super Masters really couldn't find it's footing in locals after Covid. The Naruto CCG lasted from 2006 to 2013 but was a victim of bad power creep that hurt the game. Battle Spirits was a card game that released in the early 2000s in America and Japan. It was a hit in Japan but flooped hard in the states but they tried to remake it last year and it flooped even harder.
Screen shots in even like 50% of cards, even 20% really and it's a no buy from me. The amount in digimon which is barely any at all is honestly annoying to me. Even just reusing art it's like, nah I'm good in like Marvel's card games and shit. I want artists to get paid for the card games and I hate these cheap ass cost saving measures when their asking me to gamble for cardboard.
It's not about saving costs - it's a licensors decision. It's exactly why every set of Union Arena has different number of new artworks for the game. It's also the same reason why DBS is starting to hit reused artwork. All of us out here want artists to get paid
I saw it on the shelf at the store and love bleach so I picked up the starter box and 2 boosters. $20 I'll never get back, I can't believe I spent money on screenshots and giant unused text boxes.
Just to clarify beacuse I apparently need to do so. I like the game and want it to succeed. AS I SAID IN THE INTRO. However I'm also realistic about the games flaws. So I'm not mindlessly hopeful about this game's chances in the much harsher western market.
There was a tournament for Union Arena earlier today at my local card shop and it was canceled because no one showed up.
Bro i didn't even know this existed and without watching the video a anime crossover card game sounds like a easy slam dunk
@@icemarvel0791there are more than a few. I like Weiss, it’s hit and miss but more hits than what I’ve seen in some other games
That's common with literally every card game, even all the way down to pokemon. Schedule matters, actually promoting the tournaments matters and location matters; just because a tourney doesn't fire doesn't mean the game itself is the only factor
It's week one people haven't received their cards in the mail yet
@@icemarvel0791now think if they make Slam Dunk cards lol
One piece tcg anime screenshot no no no
Colorised manga screenshots yes yes yes
I got to disagree with your take anout Bleach being the wrong anime to start with. With the Thousand Year Blood War still airing and trending, its pretty much free promotion.
Definitely was a smart marketing move but if they rotated either of the sets with JJK I believe the release in English would have been a lot bigger half the card shop I went to said they’re avoiding the game till that drops
We are running 2 weeklies a week in my shop and we have 16 players at both, also we are selling out of singles almost as fast as i get them in
I have no intention on playing, but I'm still buying Bleach merch
The point about UA's effect on Universus and Wiess is actually incredibly interesting... and really fucked up. I'm almost convinced that was the intended ploy of releasing UA at all. Just bully all the smaller businesses out of the market to make space for the next Bandai TCG.
From what I've heard and seen the creator is incorrect. Weiss and Universus seem to still be doing fine all things considered
As a person who use to play wiess this game seems way better handled and care about vs wiess where bushiroad is afraid to address problematic things they're willing to drag it out then hit it when it's irrelevant, bushi doesn't care about the English audience, and until recently has made there competitive scene a complete joke like you get a 300 person event and u only do top cut for top 8 for both singles and team league event but only top 3 gets invite and prizing for team event and if u didn't make that tough luck u go home empty handed
Game is super fun, prize support is great, IPs are super solid and they've already shown they're willing to balance stuff from JP.
"This game flopped in Japan"
Not only do you fail to explain the YoY sales, which is about what sets released in their respective timeframes that people like DifferentFight and East already covered in various videos, you ALSO failed to mention that the game ended up in top 10 sales of FY24 and is on the way to beat out Bandai's flag ship game of 16 years in sales in terms of just how much it bounced back. Before you do your next Bandai video feel free to reach out to me and I'll be happy to fill in the gaps for a third time.
EDIT - AH I see you changed the title AND thumbnail after my comment, interesting.
This video is pretty confusing to me to be honest. He calls dragon ball a flop when pound for pound it's selling just as much as one piece is in Japan when observing the ongoing fiscal year. It's also pretty hypocritical of gameplay aspects being called swingy and uncompetitive when one piece has more egregious examples of the things that were highlighted. This video just leaves a bad taste in my mouth
I knew you'd be here. Yea he definitely didn't do the proper research. Misinformation spreads fast. Also ppl still comparing UA and weiss(the comments) is hilarious to me. Weiss is still doing really well in Japan and as far as I can see from content creators who share English data it's doing well enough over here. UA will do fine as long as bandai let's it. How will gundam effect any of their tcgs? Who knows. These videos are popping up like wild fire.
Yeah, this seems to be the avg case for this guy's videos. He does as little research as possible to chug out content, especially evident in his tier list videos that lack substance. I'll give him credit for doing solid editing/thumbnails, but considering how harmful misinformation is, this video was egregious and should've stayed in the oven a bit longer...
To those of you in this comment chain accusing me of disinformation and not doing research, I suggest you check out the sources shown in my video's description and read or watch through them. It might help y'all understand how I got my information.
Second I have seen all of the caveats To the YoY sales Data. It still supports my point about the massive initial flop and the failure to climb back up for UA as well as Weiss's sales being down this year. UA is still overcrowding a niche market which Bandai undoubtedly took into account when releasing and moving forward with this game. UA has managed recently to begin to climb back up, which is something I said I had hope for in the video. This is great but it won't help deal with the tougher Western market nor magically help every store with dead product until then. That's why I'm so worried.
Third, there is a difference between the Western and Japanese card markets. The Western market is much more brutal to the biggest games and has significantly more variance in popularity by area. This is important because my analysis of UA is based on taking the initial release and subsequent performance and predicting how it'll apply to the West
Last, When I say Dragonball flopped I clearly mean in the west, where it was REBOOTED.
It's funny, you make this video and now Bandai is also doing a Gundam Card Game.
Imma be so mad if Battle Spirits had to die for this.
Sigh… who am I kidding? I’m buying those Black Clover, Dr. Stone and HxH cards.
I thought Battle Spirits died so Gundam could have its own game. 😂
Battle Spirits is Not Dead though . It's been going on for Decades now and I think last or this year was their 25th . So really Usually When it comes to TCG Stuff Expect The Western Side to Die early while Eastern either still going or Also dead .
@@autobotstarscream765 Battle Spirits Never Died , at all . Well in Asia Regions to be precise . 25 Years and still ongoing with Collabs like , Digimon , Gundam and Kamen Rider
Game is actually really fun and the intellectual properties are solid
Yeah I thought so too as i said in my video. I just have to be honest about the issues as well
i predict we'll get a video like this for that new gundam tcg in a couple weeks
Lmao. Only if people locally for me actually pick it up.
But the game doesn't look promising.
I want to believe, but as a Western Gundam fan, I fully expect it flop.
I hope we get some decent card sleeves and accessories out of it, though.
This isnt hurting weiss or uvs for ppl thinking that. Theres huge amounts of ppl who wont touch bandai games because of the things they do. That being said, UA is perfect for what it is. Its just a good, easy fun side game. Its not gonna effect, op, digi or fw. How will bandai balance everything? Who knows. Plus gundam being announced and rumors of naruto being remade, theyre definitely doing too much. Only time will tell. Weiss has been around forever and will be around after UA.
as a Universus play the game is doing fine. They just stopped using content creators so heavily for marketing purposes because there kept being backlash from over poor vids from ones that don't actually play the game
I just see wall of text and feel tried already. I miss Future Card Buddy Fight style and Battle Spirt or Duel Master it was fun using your cards as a resource. I have not really been into new card games for a long time. One of my favorite i was enjoying collecting and playing with my friend was Keyforge i loved how each pack was a deck& it was pretty easy to get into. Some rules were abit confusing but you can use coins as tokens if you dont have any. Stareing at these cards i feel confuse on whats happening.
Majority of cards in your deck is lazy still shots from anime. Bandai should realize that it is boring and lame.
I like to think I'm more open minded; not shying away from a tcg because the art looks cheap, such as One Piece using screenshots in the early sets like you highlighted, but my main hangup with UA, and Union Cross, and Weiss Schwarz before them is the anime crossover business model. Same reason I checked out of Magic, all the promo tie-ins to other franchises. It's weird how I like crossover characters in fighting games, but need aesthetic coherence in my card games.
All this to say I'm eyeing the Gundam tcg quite strongly (if I like how the play patterns for it end up) . I like how thanks to your righteous crusade against Konami's TCG branch, you are including pull rates in your general reviews for new games, just to hammer in how much Yugioh players continue to suffer. Didnt think I'd ever miss the eternal TOSS when that ended. Didn't think I'd ever miss tier zero Tear either. Hope I dont next develop stockholm syndrome for the current format
If you miss Tear, you'll miss anything. Tear Format was 100% bad, evil, and wrong, and letting it go unpunished was what allowed Snake-Eye Format to happen.
Thank you for covering this topic. Bandai they good making tcg but bad in maintaining. Poor TCG tourney, world tourney, poor regional Tourney. Just sell, no support. 😂
I hope it does well, though I’m a bit doubtful and untrusting on Bandai. I’d love to have a solid anime alternative to big 3. I like the idea that if I’m not into a particular IP, that I can just skip that set. That said, I’ve yet to encounter any cards in the wild locally. (Which, seems to be the norm for Bandai games. I’m envious of those with thriving, local groups)
Somehow, both Digimon and One Piece were played locally, though both seem to be on the decline, and I also can’t recall ever seeing packs sold
Locally. DBZ is nonexistent in my area.
I think I'll be playing this casually to start. I really enjoy the gameplay and it is very fun to play. Played a few events and many of us said it was bad from demo decks (including me) a few months ago, but actually playing it, it feels great to play and fun.
I believe this is gonna be more of a word-to-mouth kinda game, where people aren't convinced at first glance.
That seems to be bandais plan
My biggest problem is how you can stale out so hard if all your zero cost goes into life
I'm in Los Angeles and we've had multiple release events with a ton of players at capacity, and locals officially start this week for constructed. It's already the most fun game to play, and I'm not sure why anyone would root for it to fail.
I'm rooting for it's success despite it's many issues that I have to be transparent about. I do like the game casually as i said in my review.
I'm glad It's seen success in your local area and you should keep building that. But do understand that the western market is extremely varied and changes from location to location. Overall I do worry about it's success.
@MonkeyFightTCG this is NOT how you come across in this video. At all. It's such a sour tone. "It's not competitive, the art is just screenshots". You call it a flop in your title when it's celebrating the 1 year anniversary. I love this game because it's fun and the OP meta is insufferable rn. I dunno if you have communication issues like me, but you need a second person to read your scripts before you send it.
I said in the opening paragraph that liked the game casually and would recommend it. I'm also just transparent about its issues.
@MonkeyFightTCG nah bro, be honest. You say very briefly at the beginning the slightest of nice things, and at the very end you say "I don't think it's ENTIRELY over for Union Arena." Your entire video is you saying "His hair, WACK. His gear, WACK. His jewelry, WACK. His footstance, WACK. The way he talks, WACK. The way he doesn't even like to smile, WACK. Me, I'm tight AF!"
If you're going to be a hater, just be a hater. It's fine, but if you're going to hate and say "I'm just being honest, guys" that makes you the most insufferable person. No one likes that guy. It's clear you don't like the game, so maybe don't talk about it. You just lose credibility when you get all wishy washy and keep talking about a thing you don't like. If your target audience is appealing to people who also don't like the things you don't like, maybe make a subreddit or get on discord or something.
heaven forbid things have nuance
even if the game flops i will still collect the cards and enjoy the Art from Bleach
Just imagine a Yugioh themed Union Arena Deck
I was able to make the yellow and green bleach decks for the price you said so I have 3 decks ready for about $60 not bad.
I REALLY like the game
It’s so unique and boxes feel pretty great to open :)
Hey Monkey Fight, how do you feel about Grand Archive? Have you had a chance to get into it yet? You also mentioned that you had a play group that plays dead TCGs, have you hear about Argent Saga? Let me know what you think, it would be cool to see a video on this topic!
I haven't gotten in to Grand archive yet. It seems okay, but i can't honestly really say.
I have no thoughts on ardent saga. But it looks interesting, If i happen to come across cheap product i'll pick it up for my group.
@@MonkeyFightTCG I think TCGplayer has a lot of singles for cheap. Its a really interesting game and I think it would be great to see you do a video on it!
@@MonkeyFightTCGgrand archive is mostly played in tw.
i am a magic player and a weiss player i am interested but alos hesitent to buy in.
If you have a local group and enjoy a casual format I'd recommend it
I am no expert. But Bandai has to start promoting quality over quantity and start to treat trading card games as a hobby, not a toy or money maker.
They should hire actual trading card game professionals (who are fans of the game's subject) over big names or random fans. And they need to get serious rather than pumping and dumping the next card game.
Have you seen a bandai card? They are the highest quality of any card game
While true for one piece and digimon. The print quality on union arena has been a bit lower for non foils. It's not saying much beacuse they're still miles ahead of every non Bandai card game
I love casual tcgs since I hate how toxic people can get at a higher competitive level, not to mention the Bandai cheaters. Ao UA is perfect
Perfect no, But a fun casual game definitely.
Hey, Hunter x Hunter people. Any chance you could print a english set of that very old greed island arc?
"No but heres a card game!"
....no. not that.
They actually have a greed island build !!
This has to be bait lmfao the whole blue color is literally greed island. Lmfao
This is about to become the “buy a theme deck and like 3 packs tops when your favorite show gets a set” game and probably will not evolve beyond that
Welcome back! I was glad you gave your input i to UA. Yeah, my biggest worry is product fatigue. 1 new set every month? Is too much for LCS to hold possible dead merchandise or players getting sick of it. Hope to hear more soon. Also saw gundam tcg 😂
Gundum tcg looks better this seems ok
Are u ever considering covering the Gundam TCG?
If people locally around me pick it up, I'll give it a try. It's hard to play a card game if not
I hadn't heard of UA until this video, maybe I'll get to see it but I didn't pay attention to it.
But, what he said about the art is true, I literally lost all the desire to play when I saw "screenshots" of the series XD, the only one that catches my attention is bleach for having the new art of its latest season, but not the rest.
That Nikke and haikyu set is their breakthrough product, all they had to do is just pumping more "weebs" I.P that specifically target certain audience that willing to pay and gamble, bleach isn't it.
like no joke, it's not Sao or black cover that carries union arena sales last year, it's nikke and haikyu.
They're not going to have regional level tournaments with only 2 ips. They'll probably wait until more ips for there to be big tournaments.
I get that, but it took quite a while to add in anything for the jp side and even then there's not a whole lot
@@MonkeyFightTCGIn each anime , you can make many different deck combinations
Regional scheduled in January
Bandai forgot about Battle Spirits Saga 14 minutes after launching it they're gonna forget this even quicker.
Why do you say that? Lol. Battlespirits as an IP is completely unknown to most NA tcg players. This on the other hand has so many franchises that there will at least be a decent collector's market. The gameplay is simple and the buy in is pretty darn cheap compared to other TCGs. Good prizing, lots of support, lots of IPs at their disposal.
@@millerbrown3051 Big prizing did not do anything to make people give a damn about Battle Spirits, support did not do anything to make people remember Battle Spirits, and as far as the IPs goes it is all cheap screenshots.
Bandai also is already getting ready to dump this for Gundam, they just take any IP and make it into a TCG left and right with little care it is clearly quantity over quality.
Grr, you said a game you enjoyed playing may struggle in the west! I'll have you know I'm already saving up for hot sets such as Me and Roboco, Toriko, and Tekken 7 which will do great even though the video game Tekken 8 came out a year ago. There is zero chance these monthly releases will rot on store shelves and cause losses for game stores who are forced to buy in order to have a chance to order Nikke, a product that will be scalped more than the new Gundam Tcg people will quit UA to play.
How dare you sir!
After seeing how they behaved with their other tcgs, I'm so uninterested in any newer ones
It's worth picking up casually if you have a locals for it. Most decks are cheap and i'd recommend one of those.
@@MonkeyFightTCG I guess I could but I'm already with dbs fw, bss and digimon. And I didn't even wanna play dbs, just happened to enjoy the game and wanted to support my LGS. I've lost interest in digimon in general and I'm hoping with starting a local scene for Battle Spirits because I really liked that game and found a little playgroup
@@ShiningCrimzon Fair enough. Good luck with Battle spirits. Locals take time to build up, but it's always worth it
@@MonkeyFightTCG I'm praying that they regain people's interest in the game, release some crossovers people have been begging for like Kamen Rider or Godzilla, and all around good/fun sets
Bandai sees that yugioh is dying and its time to acquire their customers.
Yugioh is at an all time high rn. What you mean?
Yugioh is at its lowest for lower local level and regional events. The top end ycs are doing okay to better than ever in certain regions.
But the game is not doing great in the tcg. Unlike in the ocg
Dude Bleach is literally one of the biggest hyped brands in anime right now. It makes sense to use it as a part of the game
It's one of the biggest ones for sure, but i do think it's a bit past it's peak. But my larger point is that I think releasing it alongside Jujuitsu Kaisen would have tremendously boosted this game's launch.
Hunter x Hunter is also a weird choice to me personally but I do love the anime.
@@MonkeyFightTCGmy guy, the biggest sales from last year period are HAIKYUU AND NIKKE BOXES, not bleach nor hxh.
Take notice of the boxes price, please.
@r3zaful I think you missed the point of my comment.
I felt the energy system was a nice way to include some thought goes in to deck building. Like mana or stamina curves in other tcgs. Cant just pile a deck with the strongest power of effect monsters.
I would be worried if I played some older bandai games like DBS and Digimon
Can you make a video about battle spirits saga?
I already made one regarding it's release and the marketing around it a while ago. I unfortunately never managed to find a local community that picked up the game to play.
Bought HxH started deck and Bleach started deck. My local store only let people buy 4 packs on bleach cause they are waiting for scalpers to die down
Bandai really is just murdering bushi huh?
Bushi gonna be fine, look at the data
If anything Bandai releasing so many flop TCGs is hurting them more than hurting others.
Artwork looks great though
It’s a fun game but it feels like the deck meta will be stale quick
Western Union Arena *
Gotta be Specific cause in Asia region there's still people Going to Union Arena tournament and then there's This Months Booster probably a lot of Westerners Will not get .
It's Kamen Rider Which is not that popular in the West , in Asia though it'll succeed more
Yeah there's a lot of confusion i. The comments about that distinction. Two very different regions and markets.
I think we're likely to see a different line up un the west for sets. Some sets def wont sell well at all over here. Tbf I'd want the Kamen raider set
@@MonkeyFightTCG still kinda sucks to see TCG fail but you can't change another regions whole culture . Cause to me from what I'm seeing ( I love in Asia region ) , we are definitely more friendly towards TCG Than in the west cause there's also the Stigma in the west that comes with card games .
Saying bleach isn't big is crazy
this hurts my soul. i love union arena so much :*(
Don't take this guy seriously. The video is filled with bad info and just straight up misinformation. If it's fun, play it! The prizing is worth going to locals atleast and the buy in is a lot cheaper than one piece.
It's a great game casually and worth picking up. If you care about the game, the best thing to do is to build your local community.
I did not like UA
Yeah a lot of people agree with you
What deck were you using? Cause i find the game to be pretty fun
@@Rayquaza894 Only played the pre release to check it out since I play OP local in that store. The interaction was quite limited compared to OP or MTG. Had to pick the bleach deck cause everyone else in the store wanted the hunter X hunter deck.
@@NoUse4AName14k I am not sure why they used the decks they did in the pre release, but everyone one that I have interacted with that have played it in the last week (most didn't like the pre release experience either) with set cards have changed their opinion. Not trying to change your opinion, just hope you give it another chance.
@@NoUse4AName14k I would try it again with printed proxies or borrowing someone's deck. Pre release is a weird format because it lacks consistency due to so many important cards being two ofs.
Weird that Dragon Ball is catching strays despite masters still going after 7 years and being the foundation for all the future Bandai Card games. It also survived Covid.
Fusion World was so the game can have a digital client and be released in Japan as well as serve as an entry point for new players. Sure its not doing One Piece numbers and the digital client had its fair share of issues but calling it a flop is pretty disingenuous.
I think your video is misinformed or you are omitting certain pieces of information (not necessarily maliciously) to fit your perceived view. Especially when it comes to sales data and anecdotal knowledge.
Also Bleach not being a massive brand is a wild statement especially considering the popularity of Thousand Year Blood War anime and the upcoming Video Game not to mention you even say that the bleach events are filling up pretty much everywhere if it wasn't popular that wouldn't happen.
Also you make it sound like keeping a "dying" game going is a bad thing. How is it bad if a company is supporting the people who continue to play, collect and support the game with stellar product design and events? Surely that's a positive and a positive sign for Union Arena that the game won't be abandoned if a set underperforms which we won't have hard data on for a while.
You're interpreting everything i said the worst way possible.
Dragonball definitely did flop. Bandai themselves decided to reboot it. They're still supporting it but it's in massively smaller numbers than before and js barely on the board at all in the west.
Supporting smaller and failing games is good, but only when it doesn't take away from the resources of bigger games. Ie with one pieces printing allocations be small untill op6-7 to account for bandais rapid market growth. Being spread to thin could also hurt design, depending on how Bandai structures themselves.
You're right that bleach is the more popular brand they launched with. But it's not as big of a brand as their solo games like one piece, nor is bleach at its peak. For the best possible launch, Bandai should have added in a big third option early. we want to put our best foot forward when building a community.
@@MonkeyFightTCG I just took what you said at face value and the way it came across was very dismissive or negative to prove your own points without taking into account contradictory evidence or facts even now you double down saying Dragon Ball is a flop, which is categorically untrue.
How can a game go 7 years, surviving COVID, have a dedicated player base and collectors (see signature, gdrs serials etc) it also paved the way for Digimon, One Piece and Gundam to be considered a flop?
You already see comments complaining about a new set every month and you want them to compound that issue by having 3 sets at launch? I'd argue that Bleach has more appeal to the older generation with more disposable income than JJK does purely because bleach has 20 years of fans the anime continuing and a game coming out. If I take anecdotal evidence into account Bleach is the majority people are even aware of UA.
One Piece is an anomaly in the card market and comparing everything to it and through that lens will make anything seem like a flop.
I'm not a hater I just think the video is disingenuous at parts (again I don't want to believe maliciously) mostly talking about not making money on boxes or sales for the JP version and drawing conclusions for the ENG version which you again admit are different markets so it's a false equivalency and the Dragon Ball bashing which again is just untrue. Something not being as popular as it once was is not the same as something being a flop.
I hope you understand where I am coming from and I am interested to see UA content you create.
Honestly i feel like making this video this early was just meant to hate on the game in most aspecs, it just sounds like you checked heavily into some info and not very much into others. Like the pullrates you said 4-6 sr's and i have yet to see a single box without 6 sr's and 1 alt art anywhere. Also complaining about losing money on pullrates is such a childish way to come into a card game, its not meant as a profit/cash flow, it exists to play the game not to build a secondary market that kills the game. Dont open packs if youre trying to make money in literally any game, just buy singles everyone knows that.
I'm not hating on the game. I said I really liked the the mechanics and had fun with it. I'm just also honest about the flaws.
The pull rates are very weak and we can compare them to other games. I just added in my own personal experience for entertainment. Plus it's not just about making back money it's about getting enough stuff ( either in cool arts or playable SR ) to justify the price tag. Op boxes are worth it and have a better structure so you can se why I'm disappointed in union arenas worse odds.
Lastly secondary markets don't inherently kill games. If you want a fun history on games without a secondary market I recomend watching my force of will review.
This company S**ts out card games. I dont trust a TCG mill😅
I pick one MAJOR game and stick with it.
My guy, it's not meant to be competitive. The official UA website explicitly states how they will monitor tournament data to tweak the ban/restrict list.
Also the energy system is meant to temper the deck building so you'll always need Commons and Uncommons
Yes and if you watched the video I said as much. I recommended it to people who like casual games and I said i don't for people who like competitive games. Which is a very large part of the wester market.
Edit: I understand the intentions of the energy system. That being said it creates other problems which outweigh the benefits gained IMO. Plus there's other solutions that could have been used that benefits both varied deck construction and consistent mana sources.
Well, I’ve always been scratching my head about luxrul obsession with school bags and their practicality, but this video is adorable!! Congratulations.
The way you pronounced Nikke gave me an annurisnm
Having no regional or high level tournaments planned is a really weird critique. Arent regional events for Nationals qualifications? Why would they start that at the end of the year when the game just came out? I really doubt any card game would announce regionals right as their debut set coming out.
One piece had treasure cups which are regional sized events which is what I'm referring to. They started these very quickly on around later on in set 1's and early on in set 2's run.
They're a large competitive focused event that helps build the community and encourage people to play and practice. They're fun and I enjoy going to them for every card game when I can. Missing out on a loved part of the experience is a fair criticism when it's something other card games and other Bandai card games do.
@@MonkeyFightTCGthey are having several at Orlando card fest in January
I mentioned that in the video. It's good but that's not enough. one 250 person event for all of the west
People in the comments tryna argue, the streets ain't been talking Union arena, stop the cope
@MonkeyFightTCG Rare Battles will take the place of treasure cups and treasure cups didn't start until a few months after launch, just like Rare battles for union arena. One Piece also had a Q4 release just like this game and had their first regionals towards the end of the next year.
3:41 This is literary the main complaint everyone had for One Piece tcg when it first came out, and look at it now 😂😂😂
Yeah I hope it gets better as well. Unfortunately we have the next year's worth of set art spoiled in jp. It's still screenshorts. It's just a much tougher ask to get people involved in a game they see as low. effort.
Yeah and the regular manga grab cards look garbage still, point standa
What are my stores in Tampa had a pre-release tournament and they had the most turnout ever, more than Lorcana
This game is fun, easy, and art on the cards are amazing. This video will not age well. And clearly, to the people who have actually dabbled on it are reviewing it well.
Sure it won't age well. Just like my vangaurd, bss, and new card game videos I'm sure.
@MonkeyFightTCG I mean read the room. Even your people watching your videos here aren't as pessimistic as you were with this video. You must be a half glass empty person. The game officially came out in the US 5 days ago and this is your take?
I think you made this video way too early when it comes to prices because your tcgplayer prices are based on release day when supply was at it's highest, currently half the SR's are around $8 now because the demand is still high and the supply has ran out(and it's only been 3 days.) It also doesn't account for shipping costs when a ton of shops have low stock so you end up having to pay like $1.27 four times just to get singles of rares you need, I'd advise people to buy 3 or 4 boxes to get playsets of rares and under and then buy the remaining SR's they need as singles if they really like a series and want to build all it's decks. If it's just one deck you want then buy it all as singles though. I personally bought 4 boxes of hunter x Hunter and even though I didn't get either of the case hits it still saved me money then if I had bought it all as singles.
Even with the increased prices it's still cheaper to get singles even if you're building every deck.
Give us back Duel Masters instead of this garbage card game...
Wrong company brother man
@@thehatcaseonyoutube Yeah I know lmao 🤣 I am just shouting into the ether xD But I actually tried to contact Wizards Of The Coast and Takara Tomy but yeah I'm just one guy and Takara Tomy is all in Japanese 😅
Might be bros being L take in history
Bleach TYBW is all the rage right now, it's easily anime of the year and its best comeback story to date in anime 😂
Imagine saying that and not even a few sentences before hand talking about how packed the bleach tournaments have been, sweet Jesus bro I usually love your content but this so A tier stupidity.
I'm sorry my tone was not to your liking. But i'd ask you to again look at what I said in the video and understand where i'm coming from..
Bleach is doing strong and is a good first pick as i acknowledged in the video. however it's also worth it to acknowledge that it's not at it's peak popularity as it used to be. There's a reason bleach isn't getting it's own solo card game. I like both HxH and Bleach, but we have to be realistic. For the best possible release of union arena, i would have added in an additional next set of JJK to better round out the release and strengthen events.
They should just focus on one piece tcg since its their only successful tcg that they have made.
Digimon is still really successful and Masters was successful until covid really killed it. Their old Naruto card game lasted several sets. In Japan Battle Spirits has been one of the top tcgs for almost 2 decades.
@21quepasa I just talking about in the US not in Japan. Also I will give u Digimon I keep on forgetting that game still exists. The last game never herd of
@@roderickstevn Dragon Ball Super Masters really couldn't find it's footing in locals after Covid. The Naruto CCG lasted from 2006 to 2013 but was a victim of bad power creep that hurt the game.
Battle Spirits was a card game that released in the early 2000s in America and Japan. It was a hit in Japan but flooped hard in the states but they tried to remake it last year and it flooped even harder.
Digimon still alive but yeah bandai really love optcg now😂
holy shit this video contains so much misinformation lmao
Give some specifics then
Screen shots in even like 50% of cards, even 20% really and it's a no buy from me. The amount in digimon which is barely any at all is honestly annoying to me. Even just reusing art it's like, nah I'm good in like Marvel's card games and shit. I want artists to get paid for the card games and I hate these cheap ass cost saving measures when their asking me to gamble for cardboard.
It's not about saving costs - it's a licensors decision. It's exactly why every set of Union Arena has different number of new artworks for the game. It's also the same reason why DBS is starting to hit reused artwork. All of us out here want artists to get paid
I saw it on the shelf at the store and love bleach so I picked up the starter box and 2 boosters. $20 I'll never get back, I can't believe I spent money on screenshots and giant unused text boxes.