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1. Bandai
2. Bandai Interview
3. Battle Spirits Images
4. Magic: The Gathering Interview
5. Magic: The Gathering Images
Bandai
Next up was us walking over to the
Bandai tournament area and we sat down with James Takenaka and
the head judge. The Naruto tournament had just wrapped up and
the smoke was clearing. We were stoked to finally sit down and
talk about the Battle Spirits TCG.
Battle
Spirits with a small part of Naruto Interview
jcrockett: Thanks for
sitting down with us, James.
James T.: No problem.
do you mind if I finish eating while we do this? I didn't have
time while the tournament was going on.
jcrockett: Go right
ahead. So, I guess the first thing we want to do is ask you to
explain how Battle Spirits works, plays and what the future
holds for it.
James T.: Battle
Spirits is a game that started out in Japan. Right now, it's on
set 4 over there and it's the number one game. Due to way the
game is and the future it can have we're really going to be
pushing this one.
jcrockett: That's
great. How does the game play?
James T.: Well, you
start off by drawing 4 cards, no mulligan.
jcrockett: Wow, that's
different.
James T.: The first
player doesn't get a core, but the second player will. The first
player also can't attack.
jcrockett: Really makes
you not want to go first.
James T.: Yes, we're
looking to see if there is some sort of incentive for players to
go first. Anyway, so you use your cores to summon monsters, play
spells and activate abilities.
jcrockett: We played in
the sealed deck tournament yesterday. It's a very fast paced
game. Right from the start of turn two your battling.
Getalinks: Well, that
depends on the type of deck. I play defensively so my games
stall for quite a bit at the beginning.
James T.: Really? Most
of the games go rather fast. That's why we have the matches 2
out of 3. So, as the game progresses, the object of the game is
to reduce your opponent's life points to 0. You start off with
5.
jcrockett: The game has
a lot of the elements of other games. Things like how the cores
are similar to mana.
James T.: Right. Also,
if you're curious, packs contain 8 cards. These are: up to 6
commons, up to 2 uncommons and 1 of 3 rare types (Rare (3:4
packs), Master Rare (1:5 packs) or X-Rare (1:23 packs)). Oh, one
more thing packs will retail around $2.99.
Getalinks: Are you
going to have images of the cards up on the Battle Spirits site?
Judge: Yes. Actually,
we're implementing a search engine for the cards. You'll be able
to search by any area: cost, type, etc...
jcrockett: So, on a
separate thing, how is Naruto doing?
James T.: We're
actually selling out of Naruto faster than we can produce it.
For instance, we just wrapped up the Naruto tournament here a
little while ago. There were over 240 entrants. Needless to say,
we're pushing to produce more product to keep up with the
demand.
jcrockett: Awesome. So,
it's clear Naruto is going well. So, here's your final two
questions. What's your favorite ice cream?
James T.: Vanilla.
Getalinks: And if you
could tell the gaming community one thing, what would it be?
James T.: Hmmm... you
know I still can't believe the Gundam TCG can't survive in the
US.
Battle Spirits Images
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Finally
we had the chance to talk with Mark Purvis and Tera Randall of
wizards of the Coast. They were eager to talk with us regarding
the newest release of the Magic: The Gathering, Planechase.
Here's what they had to say:
Magic: The Gathering Interview
Getalinks: So what's in
the works for Magic?
Mark Purvis and Tera Randall:
Well, we're very excited to tell you about the new Planechase
sets.
Getalinks: Sounds good.
What can you let us know about it?
MP/TR: Well, the
Phanechase is about multiplayer. There are 10 bigger cards for
each player, which make for a nice game changer. there will only
be one Plane out at one time.
Getalinks: So, if
someone plays agother one, it overlays?
MP/TR: Correct. The
way to do that is to roll the dice and you have a 1:6 chance of
being able to play a new Plane. There are also additional
effects on some of the Planes that take effect when the dice is
rolled. There is a chaos spot on the dice that activates the
effect.
jcrockett: Will that
effect be beneficial to the player?
MP/TR: The effect is
usually beneficial. The Plane itself will be a challenge for all
the players. It adds to a great multi-player experience.
Getalinks: How many
Planes are in the set?
MP/TR: There are 40
Planes in the set. Some will be exclusive. We also want to let
players know that we have designed a deck box for the bigger
cards and their decks.
Getalinks: We'll get
some pics of those so we can let the players see them. Finally,
what's your favorite ice cream flavor?
MP/TR: Peanut Butter
jcrockett: And finally,
if you could tell the gaming community one thing, what would it
be?
MP/TR: Better to
lose than to mulligan.
Magic: The Gathering Images
Some of
the cards in set
(Left) Some of the cards and the deck boxes - (Right) The
different Planechase decks
The different Planechase decks
A closer view of the deck boxes
A closer look at one of the Planes
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