signofzeta
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The title should have read Predictions for ORAS's first set in the TCG.
I want you to tell me what you predict will happen with the following:
How many ORAS sets will there be? 0 because they are stcking with the XY name? 3 to 4 because the third version of XY might be released, let's say it is Z, so they will start using the Z name? 7 to 8 because Pokemon Z would be released 2 years after ORAS games release?
For the theme decks for the first ORAS set, what do you think the cover pokemon will be? 3 theme decks with Sceptile, Blaziken and Swampert, or 3 theme decks with Groudon and Kyogre? For either case, I hope the playmat that comes with it depicts Groudon and Kyogre on it, much like how Reshiram and Zekrom is depicted in the Black and White theme decks with Serperior, Emboar, or Samurott as the cover cards.
Do you think there will be a Hoenn starter set because it is obvious that there is no way to release the first ORAS set in November? (You can't release entire sets before the Japanese people unless you are making entire sets, and designing each individual card yourself). What if there isn't a ORAS beginning set to base the Hoenn starter set off of?
I just feel that TPCi is in a bind here, unless they let go of the whole notion that ORAS cards must be released so close to the ORAS games release. The fact of the matter is that the games are released simultaneously, but the cards aren't. I have a sneaky suspicion that Japan releases sets in such a way, just to make the international TCG catch up to the Japanese TCG, so even the TCG is released simultaneously, but due to how Japan release their sets, and how the international TCG releases their sets, it is impossible.
I felt that the release of EX battle boost is Japan telling the international TCG to forget about EX battle boost and go straight to the first XY set, and release it in December, rather than releasing Legendary Treasures. I am still sour over the fact that Legendary Treasures never had theme decks. You know they could release Legendary Treasures theme decks as well as Kalos Starter set. Didn't they release some sort of Epic Collection theme decks in 2007 over top of the Diamond and Pearl ones? Even if reprint set theme decks are irrelevant, the existence of Call of Legends theme decks and EX Power Keepers theme decks prove otherwise.
The missing Legendary Treasures theme decks for me is similar to how you are missing one card, and you could never ever obtain it. It's that similar feeling of that hole that you can't fill. Even so, I would have been happier if Kalos starter set decks contained some legendary treasures Pokemon cards, and trainers from the Black and White series, and is constructed the same way as all theme decks since HS undaunted rather than smashing 2 30 card decks together. Let's just say that I want my blanket, but any other blanket other than my blanket won't stop my whining. Yeah, I guess that is how I feel.
So if a situation where you have to release cards for a game, but Japan doesn't have a set released yet, and you have to release precons related to the game, make sure you release them in such a way that they are kind of like the theme decks for the last set of the previous generation. The Kalos starter set could have been the Legendary Treasures theme decks, but due to the way they are constructed, they aren't even theme decks at all. Kalos starter sets are sort of like the patch, but the hole isn't fixed. The only thing that makes this seem like theme decks for Legendary Treasures is the fact that there are Kalos Starter set cards in XY and XY Flashfire theme decks. The kalos starter set decks are also playable online as well, whereas if Pokemon TCG online existed in 2007, the EX Powerkeepers, Diamond and Pearl theme decks would be playable online, but the Epic Collection decks with Meganium ex, Feraligatr ex, and Typhlosion ex wouldn't be playable online, just like the Red Genesect Collection deck.
But enough of Kalos starter set and the missing Legendary Treasures theme decks. Let's talk about what will happen with ORAS.
I want you to tell me what you predict will happen with the following:
How many ORAS sets will there be? 0 because they are stcking with the XY name? 3 to 4 because the third version of XY might be released, let's say it is Z, so they will start using the Z name? 7 to 8 because Pokemon Z would be released 2 years after ORAS games release?
For the theme decks for the first ORAS set, what do you think the cover pokemon will be? 3 theme decks with Sceptile, Blaziken and Swampert, or 3 theme decks with Groudon and Kyogre? For either case, I hope the playmat that comes with it depicts Groudon and Kyogre on it, much like how Reshiram and Zekrom is depicted in the Black and White theme decks with Serperior, Emboar, or Samurott as the cover cards.
Do you think there will be a Hoenn starter set because it is obvious that there is no way to release the first ORAS set in November? (You can't release entire sets before the Japanese people unless you are making entire sets, and designing each individual card yourself). What if there isn't a ORAS beginning set to base the Hoenn starter set off of?
I just feel that TPCi is in a bind here, unless they let go of the whole notion that ORAS cards must be released so close to the ORAS games release. The fact of the matter is that the games are released simultaneously, but the cards aren't. I have a sneaky suspicion that Japan releases sets in such a way, just to make the international TCG catch up to the Japanese TCG, so even the TCG is released simultaneously, but due to how Japan release their sets, and how the international TCG releases their sets, it is impossible.
I felt that the release of EX battle boost is Japan telling the international TCG to forget about EX battle boost and go straight to the first XY set, and release it in December, rather than releasing Legendary Treasures. I am still sour over the fact that Legendary Treasures never had theme decks. You know they could release Legendary Treasures theme decks as well as Kalos Starter set. Didn't they release some sort of Epic Collection theme decks in 2007 over top of the Diamond and Pearl ones? Even if reprint set theme decks are irrelevant, the existence of Call of Legends theme decks and EX Power Keepers theme decks prove otherwise.
The missing Legendary Treasures theme decks for me is similar to how you are missing one card, and you could never ever obtain it. It's that similar feeling of that hole that you can't fill. Even so, I would have been happier if Kalos starter set decks contained some legendary treasures Pokemon cards, and trainers from the Black and White series, and is constructed the same way as all theme decks since HS undaunted rather than smashing 2 30 card decks together. Let's just say that I want my blanket, but any other blanket other than my blanket won't stop my whining. Yeah, I guess that is how I feel.
So if a situation where you have to release cards for a game, but Japan doesn't have a set released yet, and you have to release precons related to the game, make sure you release them in such a way that they are kind of like the theme decks for the last set of the previous generation. The Kalos starter set could have been the Legendary Treasures theme decks, but due to the way they are constructed, they aren't even theme decks at all. Kalos starter sets are sort of like the patch, but the hole isn't fixed. The only thing that makes this seem like theme decks for Legendary Treasures is the fact that there are Kalos Starter set cards in XY and XY Flashfire theme decks. The kalos starter set decks are also playable online as well, whereas if Pokemon TCG online existed in 2007, the EX Powerkeepers, Diamond and Pearl theme decks would be playable online, but the Epic Collection decks with Meganium ex, Feraligatr ex, and Typhlosion ex wouldn't be playable online, just like the Red Genesect Collection deck.
But enough of Kalos starter set and the missing Legendary Treasures theme decks. Let's talk about what will happen with ORAS.
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