TMNT Trading Card Game!!! WOOHOO!

[Roseangelo]

Here's the link. Here's the text:

CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 14, 2004-- Trading card game publisher and distributor Upper Deck Entertainment, a division of The Upper Deck Company LLC; the Konami Corp., creators of the widely-popular Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME; 4Kids Entertainment Inc.; and Mirage Licensing Inc., join forces to unleash the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Trading Card Game. "Turtles Unleashed" will be released in participating retail and hobby stores nationwide in February 2004.
Source: The Upper Deck Company

The two-player game allows opponents to re-enact the hip and hard-shelled foursome, as they engage in martial arts mayhem against arch nemesis, Shredder and the Foot Clan. "Turtles Unleashed" is a one-on-one fighting game, in which players create their own deck by combining various characters and martial arts moves to fight against their opponent. By using various Attack, Event, Character and Item cards, the first person to have their opponent run out of cards first wins.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Two-Player Starter Set will contain two card decks (40 cards each), one rule book, and one game mat, and the "Turtles Unleashed" booster pack will contain a total of nine cards. The entire set will consist of 55 Common Cards (8:1) and 100 Foil cards (1:1). Foils include 10 Super Rare cards (1:6) and 10 Ultra Rare cards (1:12).

Upcoming booster sets include the Swift as the Wind booster set (May), and the Still as the Forest booster set (September). Both booster sets will provide 100 all-new cards for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle players to collect and play.

Damn that's a lot of cards... but yay!

[jeff the cheff]

eww its like pokemon and yu-gi-oh. I'll probobly still end up buying them.

[Demonfox38]

lol, I'm going to activate my Mana and use Sensei-Bash . . .

Wait . . .mana is from Magic . . .whoops, forgot that for a sec.

[coryroo24]

Man the TMNT are spreading like wildfire

[Kid Icarus]

This game is olmost destined to be HORRID because Upper Deck CAN NOT manage to make a decent game by them selves!

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggg gggghhhhhhhhhhhh

I wanted a GOOD TMNT TCG, not a half assed attempt, as I'm sure it'll be. Why didn't Wizards get it? They know how to pull off a good TCG. Upper Deck does NOT.

Where's the vomiting smiley when you need it?

Oh, and Upper Deck charges 3.50 for a 9 card pack. And you don't get a holo in each pack. There also isn't much of anything else to their cards.

[Roseangelo]

Actually, it says there's a foil card in every pack.

I've never really played trading card games, so I wouldn't know the difference between a good or a bad one. I've played the Pokemon card game on Game Boy, but that's it.

I probably wouldn't have anyone to play it with, either. So I'll just try to collect as many of the cards as I can afford.

[Kid Icarus]

Originally Posted by Roseangelo

Actually, it says there's a foil card in every pack.

I've never really played trading card games, so I wouldn't know the difference between a good or a bad one. I've played the Pokemon card game on Game Boy, but that's it.

I probably wouldn't have anyone to play it with, either. So I'll just try to collect as many of the cards as I can afford.

Next time I'll remember read the whole release . I'm just too used to Upper Deck ripping people off.

Upper Deck has problems making rule books that you can follow and actually understand. I doubt TMNT will be any diffrent.

I've played about 80% of all the TCG's that have come out in the past 3 years, and out of all of them, the Upper Deck ones are always bad. YuGiOh has it's strong points, but that wasn't developed by Upper Deck, Konami did that (yes, the same ones who make the TMNT video games).

Also, if there are any card or comic stores (that carry TCG's), you might have a shot at a decent player base to make tournaments with. PM me and I can give you some tips (I was a TO for Magi-Nation, and am currently one with Pokemon).

Infact, if anyone wants help getting tournaments set up at a local level or what not, feel free to PM me.

[Roseangelo]

The release also says Konami is helping develop it, so you never know.

[jestergoblin]

When has Konami ever made a playing card game before?

[Meeko]

I used to play trading card games alot not much anymore but i do wish wizards was makin it but it would still be fun to collect i like collecting stuff especially anything they slap a tmnt logo on

[Kid Icarus]

Just as long as Konami makes the rule book, it won't be TOO bad. However, This'll only be Konami's second TCG, so that has me al ittle worried. As long as it's not as simple as YuGiOh, I'll play it and support it.

Originally Posted by jestergoblin

When has Konami ever made a playing card game before?

They made Yu Gi Oh. On their own. Upper Deck just publishes the cards and distrubtes them in the US.

[Flash4em]

Nice! This looks stupid as hell and chances are Ill never play but I like the art and it'll be fun collectin' em'. Might widden the fan base a bit too.

[cqb101]

Pretty cool I guess......I was hopeing WOTC would be putting them out, but atleast we're getting one. I was thinking of getting back into MTG after a long Hiatus but I guess I'll just wait for this one instead.

[PizzaPower]

awesome!! I can't wait for me and my borther to play TMNT cards!!!

[Bowser_Koopa]

i thought your brother wouldn't play the vid game with you, if so then there even smaller chances of him playing with you tmnt cards , i know my brother always wanted to play pkmn cards back in 2000, and i never wanted, only a few times

[Ninjinister]

http://store4.yimg.com/I/wizarduniverse_1775_6403942 BAM!

[Demonfox38]

Beautiful. That card is pretty.

[Kid Icarus]

Originally Posted by The S

http://store4.yimg.com/I/wizarduniverse_1775_6403942 BAM!

I am SO glad these arn't in the mini ygo format. Although, it would be nice to be able to use my mini gold selves on a diffrent game... that i actually play.

[Jo Dawn]

Originally Posted by Demonfox38

Beautiful. That card is pretty.

*nods* Oh yeah... I like that card.

Definitly buying these.

[cqb101]

Nice! I really like the design of the cards.....