[OT] WotC loses Pokemon license

[Impeesa]

Sad... I never played Pokémon, but I did play a lot of Magic back in the day (still drag them out on occasion). CCGs are a great form of gaming. Pokémon didn't get a lot of the respect it deserved - all the knockoffs blow (from Digimon right on down to Yu-Gi-Oh), but Pokémon made no pretense about what it was and had a certain charm to it. That, and little kids are much more likely to bite for the Pokémon bait at a young age, before they can ever handle dice.

--Impeesa--

 

[Sagan Darkside]

CCGs are a great form of gaming.

Agreed- Doomtown was my favorite, but Legend of the Burning Sands came close.

If I could find people to play Game of Thrones with, then I would be buying a case or two.

SD

 

[Chauzu]

Wow...

All I can say is...

Thank god...

Wow... Woot!

 

[KenM]

From what I understand, Pokemon was one of the main reason Hasbro aquired Wizards, it was a big money maker for them, going to be interesting to see what happens with this.

 

[Ds Da Man]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not Pokemon, the horror, the horror!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh well, life goes on!

 

[Alzrius]

So they can't make new pokemon cards, but WotC still holds the rights to a Pokemon CCG and can continue to reprint old ones?

 

[William Ronald]

I am concerned with the bottomline for Hasbro. The CCG division pulls in more money than RPGs, as I understand.

So, I don't know how this will impact WotC. Hopefully, this will not have a big impact on the company. (Last year was a very bad year for Wizards of the Coast.)

 

[MerricB]

So they can't make new pokemon cards, but WotC still holds the rights to a Pokemon CCG and can continue to reprint old ones?

No, I doubt it.

Just look at the old Star Wars CCG - Decipher can no longer make or sell cards for it.

Cheers!

 

[RangerWickett]

Also, does it bother anyone else that WotC refers to Magic and some of it's other cards games as "lifestyle" games?

Eh? What do you mean?

I do have a friend, Brian Kibler, who goes to my college, that was at one point the top-ranked Magic player in the world, and he still makes a professional living off the game, pulling in about $20K a year from it, if I recall. Not bad pay for just gaming. Another reason I espouse the Bugaboo DM's Network, since money will make DMs put on better shows.

 

[Moe Ronalds]

I can't BEGIN to tell you how distracting it was to hear "MY Psyduck is more powerful than yours!!(wuss-fight ensues)" in the middle of a gaming session.

Is it really fair to call a gaggle of 6 and 7 year olds wusses?

As for the rest of the thread....

I remember a few years back when I used to play pokemon. My sister broke one of my gameboys, and she lost my other one, so I haven't been able to play. Recently at a friend's party though we dragged out his old Pokemon stadium game, and I must say I still am THE pokemon master. (Laughs as he remembers his foolish opponent using dragon rage on his chancey. but his idiocy spelled his DOOM)