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Almost a year later...Juushinden: RFID battling game update
Looks like it's still going strong! With the fourth expansion to come out in 9 months, it seems that there is a strong market for home based RFID CCGs, not just in the arcade. Two things that probably helped...
World's first "Unclonable RFID" created.
Another RFID post, this time in regards to the company "Verayo" claiming to have build the world's first unclonable RFID chip. This is done by imprinting each chip with it's own unique "DNA" while retaining the core function of...
Square-Enix makes a stand in the RFID arena
"> After acquiring the more arcade heavy portfolio of Taito a while back, Square-Enix looks like it's setting it's eyes on the new, but growing trend of RFID card games in the Japanese arcade sector. Besides the paper rock scissors...
RFID card battling game Juushinden roars onto the Nintendo DS
As usual, I'm excited by any RFID collectible game tech and it just so happens that I was in the right time and the right place to see the release of Juushinden: Ultimate Beast Battlers in Taiwan. The gameplay...
The Revival of the Arcade in Taiwan
So this is really exciting news for me personally, and I apologize for the extremely text heavy post. I'm a firm believer in the Arcade as a gaming institution that shouldn't fade into obscurity. As you may have read...
Lineage II Starts a Giant Push for Subscribers in Asia With New Expansion
Lineage II recently received it's biggest expansion since launch, including the new playable Kamael race. The Kamael are a one winged "dark angel" race with a major focus on physical melee combat. Lineage II never had the popularity of...
Spectrobes Expansion Card Promo
A while back, Disney Interactive took a stab at melding a CCG with a video game, and lo and behold, we got Spectrobes. As far as I understand, most of the art assests and programming were done overseas in...
Recent Trends in Japanese Gaming: Part 4; Arcade CCGs
I’m really interested in all those RFID CCG card games in Japanese arcades and it was a pleasant surprise for me to find out that they’ve only grown in popularity since I’ve last been arcade hopping. Three of my favorites...
First Video/Collectible Card Game Hybrid in the US
Going off of RFID powered ccg arcade games like Quest of D and Sangokushi Taisen in Japan, Mattel has released a new X-Men game in the US that allows players to level up and store battle data on individual...
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