Metazoo Thinks Pokemon Stole Their Ideas

Hey thinking is believing #pokemon #pokemontcg #metazoo

[@JayP80Geno]

Scarlet and Violet have been in development for longer than Metazoo has been around…

[@OpossumBud]

Noooooo no no no they were first 😂 The Romans stole too

[@GruntDread]

I came here to say this. Plus terra literally just means land... how are you gonna claim rights to land as a term?

[@OpossumBud]

I don’t know ask the real estate market they’ve been doing it for decades 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@rogertruong5751]

MetaZoo only boomed because Pokemon was going through a product shortage during the pandemic. MetaZoo even tried to compare the "MAP" with pokemon map (that's provided in one of their products) AND Wilderness?? Very similar to Jungle expansion from Pokemon. Even Mike said so himself that "MOTHMAN" is like "CHARIZARD" LOL

[@rogertruong5751]

12:24 12:44 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIOTmYFun9yFmpo "Life Points" (YGO) "X cost" (MTG). There are other few earlier videos as well that would contradict what he claimed about pkmn.

[@murrkat6148]

"Pokemon is VERY AWARE of us" Pokemon: "Yes and we're not worried."

[@OpossumBud]

Ooooooo truthful and a burn 🔥

[@rewrun]

The only reason metazoo is selling is because they paid well known creators to hype it up. Unoriginal tcg imo

[@OpossumBud]

Very unoriginal! Not that everything Pokémon does is original, but Cryptid nation??? 😂 get out of here with this our idea garbage

[@ang3r3dv3t]

Exactly!

[@1x5Games]

As a legit solo game designer, I can assure you every game is in a 1-2 year design/release cycle, and damn near everyone will beat you to your idea before you. It's an extremely difficult and crowded market.

[@OpossumBud]

That’s why Mike is so protective he thought of all the Bigfoot homies first lol

[@pokene_pokemon]

I can actually relate to metazoo in IP theft - I used to draw Eevee evolutions that weren’t water,fire, and lightning - and Pokémon STOLE my idea. Leaf Eevee, ice Eevee, fairy Eevee- it’s like they looked in my 2nd grade notebook and WHAM copy and paste. I’m tryna sue but can’t find a lawyer that wants to take the case. Sounds like Pokémon might be in bed with all the lawyers in Nebraska - typical *Please sense my sarcasm*

[@OpossumBud]

Dang Tex you need a lawyer because I know a guy who knows a guy whom alight be able to handle sarcastic cases for sure 👀 just let me know

[@ang3r3dv3t]

Metazoo is just trying to get free publicity. Their entire tcg is just taking the best parts of each game. They capitalized on the 2020 boom. Metazoo shows the absolute power of social media influencers to building hype. Rudy from Alpha and so many others hyping it up, acting like it is revolutionary, shilling it. If people actually enjoy it sweet but sitting around making claims like stealing ideas etc is childish and pathetic. I had no desire to try Metazoo, but I have even less desire now. Love your video man. Absolutely spot on!

[@OpossumBud]

It does seem like they don’t care what kinda publicity or advertising they get they just want some, you’re probably right

[@patrickmcnuttify]

Anyone play meta zoo? Is it any fun? The artwork looks interesting.

[@alegna11]

Not metazoo projecting 😫😂 also biting the hand that feeds them.. if it wasn't for previous TCGs popularity, they would never be where they are today. Great video!

[@OpossumBud]

That’s all it is I’m glad metazoo is popping off and the fans are happy, but that’s how y’all wanna play? Shoving people off the road that was paved before you showed up? Alright then 😂 thank you truly 🙏🏽

[@SirTwilight]

@@OpossumBud Judging from your last video about MetaZoo and Gary King Pokemon/MetaZoo, I don't think you mean it when you say you're glad it's popping off. You can just be honest, you don't need to sugarcoat things.

[@OpossumBud]

I literally told Mike to drag his nuts on Pokémon face in court, you think I’d sugarcoat how I feel about something like their success? 😂 They’ve got fans that I’m friends with and I like to see them enjoy it. Plain and simple homie 👍🏽

[@Terco101]

My girlfriend and I love buying and playing casual Metazoo; but with all the NFT support and now this it’s upsetting and makes me hesitate at buying any more. Haven’t touched the new set at all yet.

[@OpossumBud]

That seems to be the idea, most people love the game and cards but don’t like the way things are ran…. It’s a shame some fans aren’t gonna be around if they keep it up 😒

[@SlimeBlueMS]

"Me and my girlfriend love buying metazoo" I'm out

[@TheEscapeRope]

This was great 🤣🤣 you killed that intro😂

[@SuperWeeb87]

UMMMMM.... Crystal Onix was in an anime canon......The Crystal Onix is the 87th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on March 11, 1999 and in the United States on February 5, 2000. but sure........ Metazoo is totally right they came up with it...

[@memenatsuki2577]

I’ve never knew metazoo existed til now

[@tcgtonysamazingpulls]

“The cryptids that Mike made up himself” lol

[@elisot00]

To be fair, the guy that posted that in the FB page got immediately roasted by all but a few people for saying that nonsense. And Mike never said they’re copying, but being the person he is, more than willing to allude to it for the attention.

[@OpossumBud]

100% the point of the vid and I saw he got roasted, I wasn’t gonna make a vid until I saw Mike affirm it and basically go like yeah dawg without going into details they know our ideas man 👀 I got nothing against the fans

[@silverwolf6866]

@@OpossumBud Every successful business makes sure they are aware of businesses that are targeting their market share no matter their size. They are not dumb enough to ignore them until it becomes a problem. So yes they are for sure are aware of metazoo and other tcgs.

[@OpossumBud]

Not what the point is I’m sure Pokémon has heard of metazoo, that’s just not how any of this was framed by fans who commented and Mike affirming opinions 👀 but for sure people know about other tcgs

[@elisot00]

@@OpossumBud lmao yeah “without getting into details” because the “details” don’t exist but lemme capitalize on this rumor.

[@thriftytcg]

Pokémon stole my dunkaroos, almost made me leave the hobby 😂😂😂

[@OpossumBud]

Dude no! 😡 all this stealing makes me wanna steal too I invented the Choco Taco!!

[@zeferalotaku3441]

Your videos are so entertaining that I had to marathon several of them. Good stuff man!

[@OpossumBud]

Hey that means a lot thank you truly 😎🙏🏽

[@slipperdad]

I thought the Bobby hill was a reference to Mike Waddell lol

[@OpossumBud]

Nah I just look like tan Bobby hill with hair lol 😂

[@advgym]

I love MetaZoo but I love this roast more!! 🤣😭😂🥹🤣

[@OpossumBud]

Dang that’s high praise thank you! Nothing against metazoo but dang Mike can be a tad goofy 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@filthplanet]

I'm a big Metazoo fan and even I can find the humor in Metazoo claiming Pokemon stole something from them when Metazoo stole their art style, their IP strategy, and much more. That being said, I don't know of Metazoo people actually consider Pokemon "stealing" from them since they must be well aware of Magic's long standing "land" cards.

[@OpossumBud]

Thank you and by no means do I truly have anything against metazoo or the fans, but some goofy stuff is some goofy stuff. That’s it 😎🙏🏽

[@filthplanet]

@@OpossumBud Exactly. This video funny as hell to me. Anyone getting mad is just too defensive of the cardboard they like.

[@applegoblinjeans]

Im just thinking what pokemon cards for scarlet and violent could be made with terra types? Like could it be an item card that changes the type of your pokemon so that it can be resistant to its weakness. Maybe, it will be like delta species pokemon. Im really excited on the card game.

[@OpossumBud]

Dang you’re the positivity this comment section needs and I’m here for it! I’m curious how it’ll work too and I’m sure it’ll be dope 😎

[@cheeseburger8932]

I love the Krusty Krab. Wish it was real

[@OpossumBud]

I wish I could have a Krabby Deluxe 😭

[@Reid18]

Loved the sly Kendrick Lamar line at the end.

[@fool184]

Can we also mention that terra types are also very similar to delta species and dual types which pokemon has already done a lot

[@OpossumBud]

Nah that’s stolen from Delta Cryptids 😂

[@fool184]

@@OpossumBud dang u right 😂

[@OpossumBud]

Yeeeeaaahhhh everyone forgets about those lol

[@dragon8rice80]

tell me how I just cackled the entire video 🤣🤣🤣

[@OpossumBud]

Hopefully from the jokes and humor 😂 thank you homie 🙏🏽

[@shininggz2483]

Most Pokemons come from folklore as well...

[@OpossumBud]

Yes they are, never said they weren’t! Also not claiming they are original ideas either unlike the homie 😂

[@FatBoySlim696]

I think this is just one or two people's opinion on discord. Most people probably realize it's not copying, or even if it is its not a big deal because coming up with completely original ideas is nigh impossible. Mike himself said Metazoo was a love letter to Magic and Pokemon

[@OpossumBud]

No it’s not, Mike affirmed it. It is captured forever that even for a moment, Mike thought that idea was taken. Y’all are thinking rationally while Mike wasn’t and I respect how y’all feel, but I know what I saw. Thank you for the feedback homie 🙏🏽

[@Luke-qm3gq]

I’m a big metazoo player and collector. I think you get a few of these hyper defensive people in metazoo bc people dump on it constantly, and as someone who has been in it since the beginning, it’s not a chicken and egg situation, the constant dumping on metazoo has created the ultra defensiveness which is going to lead to dumb stuff like this which then “legitimizes” the dogpiling and creates this negative cycle. I don’t see the connection between terras and this game mechanic whatsoever, plus it’s tcg/battle system games, there is bound to be a ton of similarities. So this isn’t a great look for mz. But as far as any legitimate claim to future ip infringement, mtg and Pokémon send cease and desists like nobody’s business, so card games have a right to be protective of their ip’s and obviously metazoo could never fight Pokémon or mtg in court, so public discourse is the only recourse a game like metazoo can have. If you could see every ip theft claim from wizards or Pokémon, that would be a constant stream and trust me they would look as dumb or dumber than this- it’s just all of it happens behind closed doors. Also, the “cryptids are stealing tho” argument is honestly really dumb- basically every established card game is referential, and nobody owns cryptids, so using them doesn’t infringe on anyone’s intellectual property. This is to say that metazoo might have legitimate ip theft claims in the future, and them using cryptids is a terrible argument to delegitimate their ip theft claims.

[@OpossumBud]

Oh yeah I get that and that’s why I never said he shouldn’t or can’t use cryptids, I only brought that up to be like look man if you have a problem with idea borrowing you’re kinda in a glass house throwing stones. He totally can use them, just come on dude 👀

[@Luke-qm3gq]

@@OpossumBud No I get that that is your argument, but there is a difference between "borrowing" an idea that is an invention of a person or company, and "borrowing" from folklore, which isn't the property of anyone. Following the same logic, no card game could ever complain about IP infringement- Yugioh borrows from Egyptian folklore, Magic was built on a whole sword and sorcery genre that existed over a 100 years longer than they have, and Pokemon takes from Japanese folklore to create their characters and settings all the time. We at least agree that this is an overreach in terms of the claim that Pokemon is "infringing" on Metazoo's IP in this case, but Metazoo has just as much of a right to the aspects of their property that belong to them as any other card game and the fact that some of their characters (not all) are in the public domain, is irrelevant and every other major property is about equally as guilty of being referential to characters, concepts, etc that are not entirely their own.

[@poke_wounds9175]

@@Luke-qm3gq But no one said MZ doesn't have the right to their property? Maybe somewhere else but why are you bringing it into this discussion? Also an FYI, taking inspiration is a little different than directly copying things that exist with no changes. Bigfoot exists with or without MZ existing. Charizard on the other hand did not and could not have existed before pokemon and could not exist without pokemon. Pokemon also take lore and history from the entire world not just Japan. That's why every region is based on an actual place in the world. I'm not a MZ hater whatsoever either, I think the cryptid idea is pretty cool It's just not my thing but I hope it succeeds for the people who do love it. Let's just not say that inspiration and direct copying are the same thing because they aren't.

[@Luke-qm3gq]

@@poke_wounds9175 The whole point of the video is the supposed irony of someone in the MZ community claiming that Pokemon could be infringing on MZ's IP because MZ is based on existing characters, which implies that MZ supposedly cannot have IP theft claims because they draw from public domain characters. That's literally 99% of the video.

[@IneptCardCollector]

Guy in a FB group I'm in just unironically favorably compared MZ to vintage MTG. I'm dead 💀

[@greenmountainpokemon2112]

Dude, your video's are pretty awesome loll

[@sgr7th]

lol Metazoo isnt scooping up all their customers. if the game bombs theyll just run back to Pokemon.

[@OpossumBud]

Exactly, Pokémon is so established people can leave and come back and it’s just fine 😂

[@skipgordon7041]

I think a lot of Pokemon are from Japanese folklore. MetaZoo takes from American folklore. I think MetaZoo is just playing damage control with how many aspects they take from Pokemon. For a we know, the terra types in the new Pokemon games could've been a concept in development before MetaZoo even came out

[@OpossumBud]

Oh yeah for sure, just Pokémon ain’t coming out like “look how original we are” 😂 metazoo and mike just got a complex for real! Thank you truly homie 😎🙏🏽

[@pokeedestroyerobliterate]

love your shit dude i respect your hustle no youtuber is safe keep it up

[@ISkilled99]

Thanks dude your videos are so funny and your laugh is contagious.

[@OpossumBud]

Appreciate that homie for real 😁🙏🏽

[@rogertruong5751]

MetaZoo only boomed because Pokemon was going through a product shortage during the pandemic. MetaZoo even tried to compare the "MAP" with pokemon map (that's provided in one of their products) AND Wilderness?? Very similar to Jungle expansion from Pokemon

[@arongilbert5828]

Metazoo boomed?? News to me.

[@ZenturionXYZ]

I am enjoying MetaZoo right now, there is a lot I like about it. But yeah, I'm not gonna sit here and say Pokemon stole the Tera idea from MetaZoo. Two completely different things. Kinda like me claiming everyone that started making Pokemon youtube videos after me is copying me. When there were a ton of people before me doing it lol. Quick example, Pokemon has a few mons that could be considered cryptids or mythological whatever you want to call it. For example Lapras is based off a plesiosaur. Which I think is similar to what Loc Ness Monster, or Chessie are. I mean its based off a dinosaur, which is what these "lake monsters" are also based off of or roughly identified as. Goofy stuff like that isn't going to get me to dislike one or the other. I chuckle and move on.

[@OpossumBud]

Exactly concepts and ideas aren’t locked off and many people have been flowing with ideas for years and years! I enjoy watching you open metazoo and it seems fun, I just look at stuff like this and laugh 😂 like nothing against the cards and the fans but damn lol. I agree with what you said man and thank you for the feedback 🙏🏽

[@masonk60]

Rule number 12: Never follow Weevil into the woods

[@OpossumBud]

Rule number 1-11: always eat your oatmeal 😎

[@Oz__MTG]

Pokémon is very aware of us 😂 Excuse me? If it wasn’t for Gary, Metazoo wouldn’t even be a topic to speak of.

[@SudonSegment]

That shit is hilarious. Def not a fan of MetaZewww. great video dude!

[@OpossumBud]

Thank you truly homie and the Ewwwww has been shown 😎🙏🏽

[@0suplex0]

Man I can't believe pokemon would steal. All I feel is pain

[@OpossumBud]

Pokémon betrayed us 👿

[@0suplex0]

@@OpossumBud it hurts to admit it 😣

[@hugbell]

LOL I was wondering what Metazoo was I'd been seeing it pop up occasionally. And now that I see this. . . . ROFL. That concept is probably as old if not older than the Metazoo card game if they only started two years ago.

[@OpossumBud]

That’s very true the concept spans back even to yugioh imo 👀 Field Power Bonus! Glad to explain and appreciate you giving me a bit of your time 🙏🏽

[@zapokemon7582]

Meta zoo is very original, they were first to everything tcg as a two year old game.

[@OpossumBud]

The ancients foretold of Bigfoot and Mothman forming the planet I’ve heard 👀

[@zapokemon7582]

@@OpossumBud oh interesting 🤔 haha

[@beheadedcarcass]

Aye bro who tf are you to screen cap my post on FB ?

[@OpossumBud]

Opossum Bud homie nice to meet ya 😎

[@silverwolf6866]

Fact that people are inclined to make a whole video all based on a random comment about metazoo by some random nutcase says all you need to know about the growth of the game. Not sure what is wrong with people are they really afraid of Metazoo that much? There are plenty of dumb comments online about TCGs not every comment needs a video.

[@OpossumBud]

Daddy has got to make his name too 😎 might as well make a factual video to go with it right?

[@PlayedbyInstinct]

Boardroom meeting, We want a new Pokemon design for the new game. Something precious. Something fragile... Like Mike Waddell.

[@OpossumBud]

Daaammmmnnn that’s a burn 🔥

[@ahamil27]

F Metazoo right in the A 😂 Metazoo sold itself as a retro card game with early Pokemon tcg style artwork, released 1st Ed boxes. It won't be here in 5 years, never mind 25 years 😂

[@OpossumBud]

Damn I guess we will see but they got a long way to go in order to stay around for that long 👀

[@boxingkanga1281]

Metazoo to the moon 🌙 🌚 ✨

[@xocupcakes9138]

How dare Pokémon copy Metapoo 😂😂😂

[@OpossumBud]

This will not go unpunished 😡😡

[@SteveAokiLoganPaul]

Super funny. Thanks for the laughs.

[@OpossumBud]

I’m here for you and thank you truly 😁🙏🏽

[@russell4781]

When i saw some of metazoos cards that had creatures holo instead of the background I was like this looks like Pokemons old ex reverse holos.. don't get me wrong I like them but yea

[@OpossumBud]

Daaaaannnngggg they kinda do and I can’t unsee it 👀

[@CTR]

Metazoo = NFTs, meme stocks, Bernie Madoff

[@OpossumBud]

Duuuudddeee that’s a real ass comment 👀👍🏽

[@CTR]

@@OpossumBud those are the only ones I make…I speak nothing but truth

[@OpossumBud]

So I’ve noticed….except about Melmetal 😂

[@samsquanchmetazoo]

It’s really dumb for people to think Pokémon stole ideas from Metazoo for all the reasons already discussed. But to say the owner thinks Pokémon stole from them is just as dumb. The screenshot you showed has him saying something about Pokémon knowing a lot about Metazoo. This statement has nothing to do with accusations of theft or stealing ideas. They have a Sanrio executive on their board, and their products are sold in the same big box retailers as Pokémon, so of course Pokémon knows who they are.

[@OpossumBud]

Ignore the context all of this was in and then what you say makes sense, but homie deadass responded to someone saying Pokémon stole. He didn’t say that at a public speaking event 😂

[@PokeOutpost]

MetaZoo would go bankrupt attempting to even sue Pokemon. Pokemon would keep them in court for the next zillion years. Also imagine being so delusional that you think that Pokemon saw MZ's terra idea and just tossed in into SV a few days ago as if they havent been developing this game for multiple years. inhale SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESH exhale

[@OpossumBud]

That’s a hard sheeeeessshhh and yeah imagine thinking concepts in a tcg that you took concepts to make is more original than anything else 😂 it’s like damn man

[@PokeOutpost]

@@OpossumBud honestly they might just be doing it for publicity. Which isn’t a bad last effort for a dying card game

[@OpossumBud]

That’s true man didn’t think about that 👀

[@TheWatchmanOfTheEnd]

Terra pokemon abilities that establish boosting terrains have existed before MetaZoo was even a resolved concept.

[@OpossumBud]

That is a big fact 👀

[@vinylvigilance]

Buying metazoo was such a mistake. 🚮 Shoulda spent it on poke booster boxes

[@AndrewFalberg]

This is quite comical...like the term "terra" is original in anyway🤣🤣 and the mechanic is completely different isn't it?? Lol ....metazoo always seem butt hurt about something

[@OpossumBud]

Just a way to try to swipe the homie who paved the road metazoo walks on claiming originality 🤷🏽‍♂️ it’s goofy as hell to watch for sure

[@elexziz]

damn the fangirls are too much, i love metazoo too but i get annoyed by the brown nosers in community

[@OpossumBud]

Right? I have nothing against the fans if metazoo or really the tcg, but I literally showed him backing those comments 🤷🏽‍♂️ appreciate that man 🙏🏽

[@SquidersGaming]

I've gotten a few metazoo things just because some of the arts are cool well atleast to me but yeaaaah the fan boys and the metazoo discord thinking Pokémon is stealing ideas is just 🤣 yikes lol

[@OpossumBud]

It’s pretty out there to think that Pokémon cares about what you’re doing, and Mike going like “oh yeah they know about us” made me laugh more than it should’ve 😂

[@SquidersGaming]

@@OpossumBud yeah 🤣🤣🤣

[@iMixMaSteR1]

If MetaZoo is booming why is owner of the company forcing partners to sell his brick boxes at msrp? He then threatens that anyone who breaks msrp will be removed. Homie is legit trying to hold the price from crashing again like they did with Wilderness.

[@OpossumBud]

Yeeeeaaaahhh I heard about that and damn 👀 that’s one way to secure pricing for your game I guess

[@Luke-qm3gq]

Have you ever worked in a retail establishment where you're actually responsible for sourcing product directly from the manufacturer? It's extremely common that to maintain a distribution contract, you can't sell for lower than an amount articulated in the contract. Companies do this precisely to protect their products, and manage the supply side- it's even more common with smaller companies. If stores don't want a contract with MZ, they're free to go with a secondary market distributor, but then they don't get all of the additional products, promotional material, etc that come with being a partner, so I don't understand what the issue is. The partners can make their choice, but the fact that partners aren't fleeing to the secondary market in droves probably gives you an idea that MZ is making it worth their while to remain partners. Do you expect a contract where a company has all of these obligations to you, but you have no obligations to the company?

[@julzrulz11111]

Wait a second, theres a mobile game called CUE that has been around for quite a few years that is LITERALLY the exact same as metazoo they copied the whole game

[@Mesmurize]

What game are you playing

[@OpossumBud]

Fallout 76 👀

[@marckaiser723]

and pokemon dont care about metazoo ^^

[@OpossumBud]

They sure don’t man 👍🏽

[@ammercenary]

Terra Luna dies, Pokemon Terra becomes Alive??? Moltres, Zapdos, Articuno, step aside for the Terra Phoenix.

[@OpossumBud]

No it died and apparently metazoo had rights pending or something 😂

[@ammercenary]

@@OpossumBud Terra bad situation Pokemon got itself into

[@OpossumBud]

So I’ve heard 👀

[@braderley]

I always thought tera was a rip off of land from magic. Tera meaning earth etc. Maybe has to r's in it. You know what I mean

[@OpossumBud]

Totally a ripoff, not enough R’s in there somewhere in sure

[@BowmansWorld]

Metazoo terra is just a rip off of mtg land

[@OpossumBud]

Dude facts 👀

[@collectabuzz]

Lolololol, once again, doing the Lord’s work! The only MetaZoo fans that are talking like that are the wanna be Chads. Pokémon cards not about meta poop

[@OpossumBud]

It’s very specific people, but the discord lead is who made me laugh the hardest 😂like bro I look for low hanging fruit to make fun of metazoo for and I forget they exist sometimes…. Thank you gurl 🙏🏽

[@mangotangoninja]

Im just angry at Weevil all over again now

[@OpossumBud]

Thats an appropriate response 😂😂

[@gfunkrizzla5843]

Lol this whole game is copied from already existing characters. Homie is on a power trip.

[@OpossumBud]

He is on a power trip and it’s goofy as hell 😂 all copied ideas and borrowed concepts sitting there accusing others of copying

[@ShinobiTCG]

Looooool whipping out season one of yugiohhh. Sounding like kaiba bullying metazoo out their lawsuit money

[@OpossumBud]

Screw the rules I have money 😈

[@bluefett1784]

The Method of Metazoo marketing is that they act so ridiculous so people will look at them and they hope that people somehow get attached. The more videos and news articles that people make about them, the more chance they have to pull people in. Negativity naturally gets people to look and talk, just like the news. They probably like the attention they are getting.

[@whatsmyname1875]

Now this is comedy 😸

[@OpossumBud]

Comedy 😎😎 my man 👍🏽

[@beheadedcarcass]

Also I didn't say it in a bad way, I meant it in the most positive way. And btw 90-95 percent of the community disagreed with the post.

[@OpossumBud]

I didn’t mean it in a bad way either didn’t you see “I don’t dislike y’all”? 😂

[@bobbydunlop5239]

Metawho???

[@lukevaughan7415]

Sure wish fall out 76 was a better game to play by yourself

[@OpossumBud]

It’s better than it was, in mainly running through it cuz it was free 😅

[@xdraconicgaming5204]

Omg that's priceless!! A TCG that only exists because it's taking mythical/supernatural creatures that already exist in fiction, and use them for their game, are saying that Pokémon is copying... that's just funny. Metazoo doesn't have an ounce of originality in their entire tcg but yet they want to accuse Pokémon of copying. That has to be the definition of the pot calling the kettle black. Thank you for the video my friend. I laughed so hard for the whole thing. Awesome as usual 😊

[@OpossumBud]

It’s so wild to see, every time you think they’re gonna be self aware or something the fan base and the discord lead (possibly mike) are all like “they’re taking from us little guys” 😂 like bruh 👀 appreciate that homie for real 🙏🏽

[@xdraconicgaming5204]

@@OpossumBud it's always funny when a perpetrator tries to pass off that it's a victim 🤣🤣🤣. I look forward to the next vid sir

[@nicolicarpathia318]

Terra? So like, a Stadium card? Or a fucking Field card from Yu-Gi-Oh? Man, they're so original they stole ideas from over 20 years ago Edit; should have waited to finish the video before commenting lmfao!!

[@ramongutierrez6860]

Love metazoo , really hate all the bad shit going on around it. 😢😂 if it dies it dies out oh well, hard to see it dying out 😅 but a lot of the bad shit around makes me question why I should keep being a fan and player.

[@Elite_Champ_Keoni]

This had me laughing, like I’m sure they might say they stoled Venomoths design from moth man lol 😂

[@OpossumBud]

“Venomoth was my idea it’s based on Mothman which is older 😎😎😎 I win” Mike according to the fans apparently 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@Yankeesfan-zb8dz]

🤦🏼‍♂️ I just 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@OpossumBud]

Right? 😐 it’s like damn

[@TonyTheDogGuy]

Dungeon & Dragons anyone?

[@OpossumBud]

Magic the Gathering too if we wanna be real 👀

[@TonyTheDogGuy]

@@OpossumBud Legit tho. Wether TCG or Game Console Companys. They all knew what they were getting into.

[@OpossumBud]

Noooooo their ideas 😭😭😭

[@TonyTheDogGuy]

@@OpossumBud yeah I knew what you meant. I dont know why I brought Game Consoles. Im stoned

[@diosama5713]

Maaaannn F*** metazoo

[@OpossumBud]

Amen bro 😎

[@Ochrehorns]

Bro content

[@OpossumBud]

Content my guy there you are 😎😎

[@HandheldGamer1991]

Actually they ripped off my little pony season 3 episode 1 XD

[@ChinchillaFiesta]

MetaZoo clearly ripped off CardWars.. Cornfields give the Immortal Maizewalker triple damage

[@OpossumBud]

Dude I’m writing all these things down because they’re so bad 😡

[@gamebite_nl]

Haha I almost pissed my pants here, because when I played a couple of Metazoo games I was like damn they used Pokemon as their base idea and added some stuff to it 🤣 Funny situation this and I would also watch a lawsuit over this with some popcorn and drinks 👌🏻

[@OpossumBud]

That would be the lawsuit of the year I swear! Pokémon would send one lawyer and be like yeah we win this case, and then leave. That’s how dumb this is 😂

[@RelicHunterBud]

Love how the tcg that stole literally every idea is complaining about stealing. Also thriving? If they’re “thriving” how come the resell is so low and I hardly hear ANY of the big influencers “they stole” from Pokémon posting about metazoo. The ONLY people who buy that shit still are the same people telling us to buy shib coin Lolol

[@OpossumBud]

Because the influencers can’t be bought with this game. They already have their money in Pokémon and other hobbies and they don’t need any help. Smaller creators still are looking for that edge to secure and grow a fanbase, and new tcgs seemed promising to do so. Now they’re stuck with them 🤷🏽‍♂️ you right though about the coin

[@slipperdad]

Great video lol 🔥🔥🔥

[@OpossumBud]

Mad appreciate that homie! 🙏🏽

[@shinyhoohtcg2074]

Shit this is funny I make metazoo content thought this was great 👍

[@OpossumBud]

No hate all love baby thank m you truly 😁🙏🏽

[@timscollectibles520]

Metazoo is fun as a new different product but im not sure it will last. Hopefully it does. Competition is good.

[@OpossumBud]

For sure there isn’t anything wrong with competition 👍🏽 mike is just being a goofball lol

[@timscollectibles520]

@@OpossumBud for sure

[@Rossbrian1]

Metazoo is one of those stonk 69ers it's a waste of time and money and I feel bad for anyone who actually buys into it.. also the game itself is by far the worst I've ever tried

[@OpossumBud]

I’ve heard it’s not a blast to play, but I never have so I’ll give them that. End of the day the way it was always talked about in the light was value and that’s how I’ve seen it gain popularity. 👀

[@Pinkypogo]

👏👏

[@OpossumBud]

😁😁🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@OpossumBud]

Also thank you for that I appreciate the hell out of it! Like really 😭

[@Pinkypogo]

@@OpossumBud it was more appropriate than my comment 😂 keep up the good work 💖

[@RyokuChan154]

XtremeGamez Pokemon, please check out their latest video if you haven't, I think you'll find it hilarious, $30k mystrey box, over the top reactions, just insane.

[@Jung3r]

Mike, the same man that tries to generate FOMO so badly that he purposely changes his signature in order to create buzz around Metazoo. TCG is a joke all around. Look forward to seeing the people who buy metazoo carpets for promo cards.

[@TriWaZe]

I mean sure Yugioh had terras and environments that affected the game play but none of that really crossed over into the actual game which is what MetaZoo is capable of doing with its 4th wall effects. Furthermore it's not a far stretch to say Pokemon could have very well been inspired from MZ. If a game isn't paying attention to it's competition, that it be small or not then it is going to stagnate. Odd that after all these years they don't introduce such a thing a now suddenly they are adding it. Obviously it could just be coincidence, but I feel like you are taking a joke or throw away comment and running with it. Most people aren't literally sitting here saying Pokemon is straight copying MZ. And as for Mike himself saying they are paying attention, I take almost everything he says with a grain of salt considering he is the creator and is bias as hell.

[@OpossumBud]

So I appreciate your feedback and I get where you’re coming from to a degree, but I definitely don’t feel the repeat comments fork metazoo fans are just them joking around, and definitely don’t think Mike backing it means nothing. Very wise to take what he says with a grain of salt, and since I can’t go into full details just like Mike, I’d just keep an eye on things. I stand by my content and am rolling with my gut. Once again I appreciate your feedback and at least understand that competition can inspire. But I definitely don’t think this is that case 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@TriWaZe]

@@OpossumBud Well to be fair MZ has a dedicated group of kool aid drinkers. I'm a big fan and actively support the game but I like to think for myself and am always open to criticize.

[@OpossumBud]

And as I stated in the video I got nothing against the fans of metazoo or even the game itself! Glad we could talk 👍🏽

[@TheWatchmanOfTheEnd]

Pokemon isn't biting off of MetaZoo. Pokemon's R&D team typically develop new mechanics and games 2-3 years prior to even publicly acknowledging its existence. Terrain abilities existed in Pokemon before MetaZoo was even a reddit post.

[@bunnyman1136]

So is MetaZoo Vault even Mike ? I am still trying to find where Mike the creator of Metazoo said that Pokemon is copying MetaZoo ? You are throwing around what other people are saying, not what the creator of MetaZoo is actually saying. Who cares what other people are saying ? If it's not coming from the creator of MetaZoo himself, then I could care less.

[@OpossumBud]

Must not have seen the discord post I put in my video 😂 “Pokémon is very aware of us” immediately after someone made a similar post on the discord in response! I’ve been told several times by big metazoo dawgs mike runs the discord, but hey what do I know? 🤷🏽‍♂️ I just literally saw metazoo affirm it 😈

[@ghostbeargames6286]

@@OpossumBud I also believe Mike runs the discord but that doesn't mean that Mike also runs the Metazoo Vault account on Facebook. Especially if your only proof is that he replied to a random person in discord which imo he just did to build hype in the chat. With that logic anytime someone post a crazy statement on any social media network that he responds to in discord, you can say that he's the one behind the account lol I noticed that you said "Metazoo fan" at some points throughout the video so I suspect that you already know you can't confirm he's behind it.

[@OpossumBud]

Five words: the metazoo discord affirmed it 😉

[@ghostbeargames6286]

@@OpossumBud Also I noticed that group is based around buying and selling which Metazoo has been trying from the beginning to stay far away from, the community even had to create a whole separate marketplace discord because they wanted nothing to do with it so it would be very surprising for Mike to be behind this account. And potentially controversial.

[@OpossumBud]

Y’all can be in denial all you want, but someone if the discord immediately above said the exact same opinion, to which metazoo affirmed it with a “Pokémon knows about us”. With the logic that we shouldn’t listen to the discord when it says stuff like that means y’all shouldn’t listen to the discord about updates and info on new sets and metazoo news right? 😂 selective listening I sense in the metazoo community

[@malcolmxbox]

Metazoo ripped off Pokémon from their bootleg Sugimori watercolor art style, the red border around the card, the card products offered (the blisters for example are 1:1 to Pokémon down to the coin , the lunchboxes they’re coming out with). Even if Pokémon copied Metazoo, there isn’t sh1t Mike and his discord echo chamber can say about it because they owe their entire existence to Pokémon. Metazoo sells fake nostalgia to adults, who they think will share it with their kids. just 4ss backwards. Pokémon created its fans with children 26 years ago, who organically passed it on to their kids. Metazoo will never be comparable to Pokémon. Ever. But We are in an era where people get into these echo chambers and start believing each other’s delusional ramblings. I sold every Metazoo product I owned, don’t believe these shill youtubers who got compensated to tell you that Metazoo doesn’t suck.

[@OpossumBud]

Dang I’ve heard other people tell your tale as well, though the tcg would be different, bought product and then sold off metazoo because of the failure to live up to what they promised. I can see that for sure man and sorry to hear, but appreciate the feedback homie 🙏🏽

[@Luke-qm3gq]

@@OpossumBud MZ had nothing to do with the market conditions that shot their prices through the roof. MZ promised cards and a game and delivered and people paid what they paid. If they wanted the cards, they still have the cards. If they wanted to speculate, they learned a great lesson about not speculating on volatile assets while in an obvious bubble. Everyone acts like the game fell apart, but the opposite happened- production doubled on Wilderness specifically because prices for Nightfall were out of control, reflecting increased demand, and MZ did the responsible thing to promote the health of the game, and printed to demand, doubling the printrun for Wilderness and bringing the value of MZ sealed product to similar to other card games in the secondary market (plus this is when the whole collectibles market was actively falling by the day). People are mad because they bought MZ with the sole intent of making money, which nobody at MZ was promoting in any way either verbally or through their actions. Then, the whole collectibles bubble burst and because they never knew MZ as anything other than a potential cash cow and never actually fucked with the product, they felt burned and now want to act like it's MZ's fault because they can't accept responsibility for making an obviously bad decision to leverage any kind of serious money into MZ during its initial release.

[@wan_gon_son7616]

😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 preach

[@OpossumBud]

Thank you big dawg 🙏🏽😎

[@Sweeney-Kubach]

I heard Iceland is going to sue Marvel for stealing thier God named Thor, they even have farmer's protesting against this atrocity. The president of Iceland said that Spider-Man is a man of dubious integrity. I was wow dude, they are crossing the line bashing my dude Spider-Man. Iceland is threatening to stop importanting sardines to America. We have to come together to make things right with Iceland. Great video my dude.

[@OpossumBud]

Iceland huh? I imagine they have some moral high ground as Iceland for the name and property of Thor somewhere? Like in writing that they own the name? 👀 if so that’s wild… thank you homie!

[@Sweeney-Kubach]

@@OpossumBud Dude it was a joke, I was trying to add to your humor my friend. Hahe

[@OpossumBud]

Ohhhhhhh yeah me too 😂

[@ArtyCollectz]

Last I heard of Metazoo it was related to King Pokemon and I want nothing to do with it. Not for me at all.

[@tysnow9524]

He's on the board of directors for metazoo

[@OpossumBud]

Facts from both of y’all 👀

[@ArtyCollectz]

@@tysnow9524 Oh shit.

[@tysnow9524]

Ya tell me about it the game is a fomo cash grab the idea is cool but the promo pumping and booster boxs crashing into the floor is a major piss off. Also the only reason metazoo got as big as it did is because it gpt luck and partnered with aoki to give it a boost. Since nightfall released the game has become all about the nfts and a big middle finger to the small lgs. The msrp is now 140 cad a box and I know of 4 stores that dropped the game like a hot potato this time around. The reason for this is the game has only been publicly released for 2 years and is trying to become the next pokemon but when the whole game is look at the nfts and wow look at the price of the promos then it's not so much a tcg as it is a speculative investment. The game play is also not great I have played a few games and the mechanic and flow need work but people don't talk about that because they are blinded by the big cash prizes at tournaments. Also not to mention the reviewer kits that are bribing influences to push the game that they would have otherwise not cared about in a way to save the because alot of the og supporters have left the game over the questionable treatment of the supporters and lgs.

[@sallyhally87]

@@tysnow9524 Ty, I'm consistently impressed by your ability to be mad at a game for being all about investing, and at the same time mad that prices aren't going through the roof in 2 weeks.

[@damianpowell5749]

Less than 5 million, 4 billion. Yes very slowly

[@OpossumBud]

Hmmmmmmmm these numbers must mean something, but what? 😂

[@MrAfterword]

That's funny that you say that MetaZoo is unoriginal because it just uses cryptids. Pokemon didn't make up dragons, mice (or squirrels), butterflies, etc. Bulbasaur is a frog with an onion on his back. If only they would have gone with butterflyman and Largefoot you'd have no argument since you have no issue with a company taking real-world things and just putting a different name on it 😅

[@OpossumBud]

Hey bro if you can find in the video where I said Pokémon is 100% original with no borrowed concepts you win and the video comes down 😂

[@Samuel-xs2yv]

Yes, one of the biggest, multi-billion dollar franchises in the world is copying a tcg that uses elementary school art work as the face of its products.

[@OpossumBud]

Damn y’all have better burns than me 😂🔥

[@keepmymindpreoccupied2892]

Metazoo is @$$