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Cardfight!! Vanguard?

honchvire

honchvire

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Hey all, anyone played/heard of this TCG? Cardfight Vanguard has recently taken our league by storm with many players playing both games during league time. It is kind of like WoW mixed with Pokemon. You have a hero(vanguard) that you have to protect and you attack with monsters one at a time(like WoW). Like Pokemon your Vanguard can evolve(ride) and the object of the game is to hit your opponents vanguard 6 times which mills a card off their deck to go to their damage zone. Its kind of like a Reverse Prize system. You lose once you have 6 damage.
The game is pretty fun, and there are only 2 sets out in english right now so its pretty easy to catch up. Ive bought a Kagero Theme deck and then bought/traded for a few things to make it more awesome. Anyone else familiar to the game that might shed some insight on to what is good?
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Huh.

I'm always interested in new card games, and this one seems pretty interesting! It's too bad it's not being marketed very well or very widely distributed, or I'd head to WalMart right now I buy some cards :p

I admit, I'm a bit turned off by just how small the game is right now, though. I thrive entirely on competition and without it I'd have a hard time keeping interest. Still I might check this out.
 
Apparently its got quite a following in Japan. You're right though, the distribution/advertising is pretty low in the states. The official website has a store locator, and I think there's only one seller in Missouri right now. Amazon has boxes though, and I'm sure other sites will have them soon too. If you're ever in St Louis again, you should come by Yeti and check it out.
 
advertisement is very strong in Singapore, and it progress really well in Australia, especially in Melbourne and Sydney. It still growing in Brisbane and Auckland. I am sure this is the same for America - locals growing and still growing. It takes time to be at the peak.

eitherways, i love Vanguard, Feels refreshing and gets me away from pokemon which is excellent. :)
 
honchvire said:
Apparently its got quite a following in Japan. You're right though, the distribution/advertising is pretty low in the states. The official website has a store locator, and I think there's only one seller in Missouri right now. Amazon has boxes though, and I'm sure other sites will have them soon too. If you're ever in St Louis again, you should come by Yeti and check it out.
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Should I find my way to that part of the world once more (that's basically a guarantee at some point!), I'll certainly come to Yeti and check it out.
 
honchvire said:
Anyone else familiar to the game that might shed some insight on to what is good?
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I'm playing Oracle Think Tank. If successful, you know all the cards' order in your deck and can rearrange 5-7 cards a turn from the top to look for trigger cards.
Just the Silent Tom cards are enough to win the game cause their attacks are unblockable by those perfect guards with 0 shield and the ones with 10000 shield. They can be splashed into any deck but you're looking at $25 each on them. Him backed with Milky gives him 18k strength and they'd have to waste all their intercept or grade 1 cards to block him. Which then they'd have no way to block my OTHER 2 Silent Toms on the field. So far I play only online everyday. I have the Trial Decks but the packs are too expensive here $4 WITH TAX. Till then I just wait for my booster packs to come in the mail.

This game is really catching on. Theres prize support for it now in USA like weekly tournaments with promos. Both Trial Decks are extremely good too.. I remember Pokemon only used to give about 1 Stage 2 Pokemon in their starter decks, well these decks are like having a complete playset of your final evolutions.(grade 3s about 7 in a deck)

The anime is somewhat boring and filled with too much corny Japanese jokes reguarding that Lose-umi character not getting what he wants.*spoiler?* But torwards the last episodes now finally they added a save the world plot. Kinda feels like Bakugan where these brats are gonna be taken to a whole new world. Or Yugioh if they go to that world and fight with cards still instead of with real monsters.
 
I love Cardfight Vangard!! :smile: 2 stores here in Charlotte have them now. RC Games and Get Some Games. I'm playing with Royal Paladins right now, which are amazing. Players are buying up multiple boxes of the first set like crazy here. there's only a couple of cards I need from that, but I need more cards from the 2nd set. We are doing tournaments on Friday, Sat, and Sun to get people playing and the packs out there.

I actually love the anime. Whenever I play now I start off by saying "Stand up The Vangard." When I'm about to win I say "FINAL TURN!!" It's so awesome when I do it too. :lol: Also, anyone that loses to me I call Lose-umi kun. :lol:
 
Just heard about the game and it seems interesting. They even got an anime out in japan at the moment. Honestly though i think its just another bakugan. Where its a rival of pokemon. It comes and the kids like it for a year or so and than it goes into a deep dark shadow
 
joninpikachu said:
Just heard about the game and it seems interesting. They even got an anime out in japan at the moment. Honestly though i think its just another bakugan. Where its a rival of pokemon. It comes and the kids like it for a year or so and than it goes into a deep dark shadow
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Weiß Schwarz also from Bushiroad has remained strongly popular and plays very similar to Cardfight!! but seems to be targetted at the older crowd. This game has a Japanese PSP release already and English Trial Deck that came out in limited release about a month ago.

Also the way Bushiroad advertises is brilliant and they'd never let Cardfight!! Vanguard die. Theres a manga for it, I've seen busses completely painted into Cardfight!!, their mall tours featuring the anime card shop and their huge banners all over the cities in.. Singapore and Japan I believe.

Amphy LOL ok I have used those phrases too in the game.... but my Vanguard is a bird so he takes flight instead of standing up lol.. :thumb:
ahh Bushiroad announced we are getting Booster pack #6 next I think on their facebook page which means my Godhawk Ichibyoshi and my Tsukuyomis are being skipped for now.. they're booster #3 I believe.
 
SilverKP said:
Weiß Schwarz also from Bushiroad has remained strongly popular and plays very similar to Cardfight!! but seems to be targetted at the older crowd. This game has a Japanese PSP release already and English Trial Deck that came out in limited release about a month ago.

Also the way Bushiroad advertises is brilliant and they'd never let Cardfight!! Vanguard die. Theres a manga for it, I've seen busses completely painted into Cardfight!!, their mall tours featuring the anime card shop and their huge banners all over the cities in.. Singapore and Japan I believe.

Amphy LOL ok I have used those phrases too in the game.... but my Vanguard is a bird so he takes flight instead of standing up lol.. :thumb:
ahh Bushiroad announced we are getting Booster pack #6 next I think on their facebook page which means my Godhawk Ichibyoshi and my Tsukuyomis are being skipped for now.. they're booster #3 I believe.
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We're getting 3 and 6 at the same time.
 
I can confirm that in Singapore, massive advertisement is everywhere.....I even saw it being advertised as a poster all over a MRT station....

Anyways, I play Neo Nectar ATM (i find it more fun with Japanese cards). My area just do mixed cauz we are just good pals and not just too serious on tournament rules for now until we get bigger.

to correct ya
The anime is somewhat boring and filled with too much corny Japanese jokes reguarding that Lose-umi character not getting what he wants.*spoiler?* But torwards the last episodes now finally they added a save the world plot. Kinda feels like Bakugan where these brats are gonna be taken to a whole new world. Or Yugioh if they go to that world and fight with cards still instead of with real monsters.
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The anime is SO much better than Yugioh or other card game based, it is because it gives the viewer really good insight on how the clan strategy works as well as demostrating card effects - with some being repeative, but still not forgotten.
The japanese references, it may be corny but we do get those references in American media like, Loseumi going after hot chicks - we get that here, Loseumi being called Loseumi, we do have that here, etc etc. The amount of japanese reference is quite low which is quite good for easy translation. And lastly, Lose-umi just fails at consistency if you didn't notice that already.... 20 grade 3s = autolose.
 
Ive been playing for months. Definetly worth the $500+ I've spent on it.
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The anime relates better to players and how the act in real life. Going to a card shop, having rivals, people to look up to, evil players, funny characters, heroes, etc.... It realates so much to my life, that I can actually see myself in the anime. I learn so much about the game just by watching it. It's too fun not to watch. :smile:
 
Is the anime on TV in the states, or are you guys watching a stream/download? Also where do you guys get your set/booster information from? I found a Cardfight!! Wikia but its a tad hard to navigate if you want to research cards.
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So let me get this straight...

Weiß Schwarz = Magic: The Gathering, World of Warcraft TCG
Cardfight!! Vanguard = Yu-Gi-Oh!, Pokemon TCG, Naruto CCG

Why did Bushiroad seperately divide two similiar TCG/CCG's for 2 specific age groups? Why couldn't they have just gone with CFV for both age groups and went from there especially when the Anime shows that young adults also play CFV as well too? It's called common sense people. Bushiroad apparently thinks that by dividing age groups they will make more money, well I'm sorry you're wrong.

Instead of making 2 TCG/CCG's based on the same game they could just do like what TPCi did with the Pokemon TCG and have Age Divisions in Tournaments for Cardfight!! Vanguard. It's poor marketing when you have a successful Anime/Manga series based on a new TCG/CCG and make ANOTHER TCG/CCG just like it but for a different age group when there's nothing that will appeal to that age group compared to the one off the Anime/Manga series.

Oh wait, last time I checked the source material for Weiss Schwarz was that of Anime/Manga series that are low budget or Anime/Manga that is subpar to the Anime/Manga series that came out in the late 80's, most of the 90's, and early to mid 2000's that is remotely good. To me Weiss Schwartz is sort of banking on the style of the Fight Klub TCG that's based on famous Hollywood Movie Heroes and Villians which didn't go far to be honest.

If I can't play CFV like everyone else is and I'm forced to play Weiß Schwarz, then I'd rather play Magic: The Gathering and World of Warcraft TCG both of which are HIGHLY underrated TCG/CCG's in Japan right now with Duel Masters at #2 with Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokemon in the lead so far. It's bad enough Capcom is charging people extra money for DLC's in their video games but this is ridiculous...
 
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Poke Trainer J said:
So let me get this straight...

Weiß Schwarz = Magic: The Gathering, World of Warcraft TCG
Cardfight!! Vanguard = Yu-Gi-Oh!, Pokemon TCG, Naruto CCG

Why did Bushiroad seperately divide two similiar TCG/CCG's for 2 specific age groups? Why couldn't they have just gone with CFV for both age groups and went from there especially when the Anime shows that young adults also play CFV as well too? It's called common sense people. Bushiroad apparently thinks that by dividing age groups they will make more money, well I'm sorry you're wrong.

Instead of making 2 TCG/CCG's based on the same game they could just do like what TPCi did with the Pokemon TCG and have Age Divisions in Tournaments for Cardfight!! Vanguard. It's poor marketing when you have a successful Anime/Manga series based on a new TCG/CCG and make ANOTHER TCG/CCG just like it but for a different age group when there's nothing that will appeal to that age group compared to the one off the Anime/Manga series.

Oh wait, last time I checked the source material for Weiss Schwarz was that of Anime/Manga series that are low budget or Anime/Manga that is subpar to the Anime/Manga series that came out in the late 80's, most of the 90's, and early to mid 2000's that is remotely good. To me Weiss Schwartz is sort of banking on the style of the Fight Klub TCG that's based on famous Hollywood Movie Heroes and Villians which didn't go far to be honest.

If I can't play CFV like everyone else is and I'm forced to play Weiß Schwarz, then I'd rather play Magic: The Gathering and World of Warcraft TCG both of which are HIGHLY underrated TCG/CCG's in Japan right now with Duel Masters at #2 with Yu-Gi-Oh! and Pokemon in the lead so far. It's bad enough Capcom is charging people extra money for DLC's in their video games but this is ridiculous...
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I'm afraid you didn't get that straight.

Weiß Schwarz came out years before Vanguard and features plenty of high quality series like Evangelion, Type-Moon, NishiOishiN, Disgaea and Persona. Granted, it has plenty of less good anime/games, but you can choose what series you like to play, so there's that. Vanguard's similar mechanics were inspired by Weiß Schwarz, not the other way around. I demoed Weiß Schwarz at Sakuracon at another booth and the games aren't very similar. I have to say I enjoy Vanguard's gameplay much more.

Second, outside of trial decks, Bushiroad isn't translating any Weiß Schwarz cards into English. The only game their pushing in English speaking parts of the world is Vanguard. I went to the Bushiroad booth at Sakuracon and they were only demoing Vanguard. There was a Disgaea trial deck for sale, and some fliers for Fate\zero and Madoka Trial decks. That was the extent of their desire to push Weiß Schwarz.

I have no idea why you feel like you can't play Vanguard and are forced to play a game Bushiroad isn't even advertising or translating.
 
honchvire said:
Is the anime on TV in the states, or are you guys watching a stream/download? Also where do you guys get your set/booster information from? I found a Cardfight!! Wikia but its a tad hard to navigate if you want to research cards.
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we're watching online subs. Go to Heart of the cards .com and you can get mostly all the info there.
 
I've caught up with the Anime up to Season 2 Episode 67, I gotta say it was getting good at the end of Season 1 but at Season 2 they pulled a 180 that was like well just go watch it for yourself. I won't spoil anything If you don't want me to all I know is that they kinda screwed up the Anime after Season 1 ended on a good note.
 
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