Why the Digimon Card Game FAILED in the West

[@TheJWittz]

Oh noooo I put the Gabumon line in the wrong order 😭 "Matt" is gonna beat me up

[@SgtScorpious]

Yes, yes I will

[@matts3549]

"TK, hold my harmonica."

[@peucoman]

Well, I think my detective team found out the reason this failed in the west: No Angelamon card seriously though, you and DiamondBolt ought'a do a collab on the 1st Digimon Movie

[@Matthew_Murray]

Yes

[@joseluistrejo1859]

*Harmonica plays as Matt approaches*

[@swishfish8858]

I love that you post on Saturday mornings, it's like a Saturday morning cartoon (just like Pokemon/Yugioh/Digimon etc. was for me growing up in Canada) and it's awesome nostalgia.

[@Animemus]

Pokémon, Digimon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Beyblade back to back in Canada, good times.

[@swishfish8858]

@@Animemus when you decided to watch the TV Listings channel one Saturday morning and discovered that some weird Fox channel in the 60+ range showed a six-hour 4Kids block every week, aaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@Shadothecat]

It was originally aired 5days a week like pokemon and yugi oh. Then it ended with all afternoon cartoons and foxkids/kidswb

[@PoucoHabilidoso]

Ps1 game is awesome

[@mim3301]

For you it is

[@RisingFist]

Honestly, the NEW Digimon card game is actually looking really good. I just hope they manage it well moving forward.

[@XxMeTa_Zr0xX]

This TGC feels like your playing Vanguard but in a different way.

[@mattwo7]

Honestly I don't trust BoA with Digimon cardgames, they already tried and failed so many times now... Zenonzard was a recent casualty of their failures to launch cardgames over here too, though I think that one died in Japan so IDK.

[@antigrav6004]

Best card game I've played in a long time.

[@hydra9476]

@@XxMeTa_Zr0xX so I am not the only one

[@SylvanApe]

@@antigrav6004 I agree.

[@ChaddyFantome]

"Poor management of the brand in the west" sums up the state of Digimon in the west relative to its contemporaries in general.

[@hoodedman6579]

What, you didn't like that movie that was actually 3 unrelated movies? The thing that pisses me off the most about it is that it almost worked, the first segment is a generic prologue and works just fine stapled to the second; it would have been okay if it was just that.

[@Chibi_Rikka]

@@hoodedman6579 The funny thing is, had they only waited another year or so they could have instead stitched the 4th movie in place of the third and it would have fit a whole lot better since that one is actually a direct sequel to the 2nd one, unlike the 3rd which was completely unrelated.

[@ruthmcnally310]

The writers actually did intend for it to be just the first two movies, but then the executives forced them to tack the third one on, because “muh new characters”

[@hawktalon7890]

It does, indeed. :(

[@DemonRaticate]

@@ruthmcnally310 Yup, the "YA GOTTA SHILL OUT A COMMERCIAL FOR SEASON 2 IN A PERFECTLY GOOD 2 PART MOVIE" kinda of derailed it a bit. I got so into looking at the comparisons between the original and the US version that I nearly reached a 3 page essay on Reddit. And now that I think about it... Revenge of Diaboromon would have been much better than the WIllis story if they wanted to paste 3 movies together... or a 2 and 2 to sell some VHS tapes...

[@kitsterling8665]

"...the other Mon franchise." I, too, enjoyed Monster Rancher.

[@ericoluizgarcia3365]

man of culture

[@vallisdaemonumofficial]

*monsters rule*

[@didikkurniawan9330]

Monster Hunter

[@FranciscoJG]

Mon Colle Knights?

[@straypaper]

They really need to release another Monster Rancher for smartphones. Tamagotchi was the highlight of my childhood.

[@HouseOfTowski]

I remember being so excited going to see Digimon the movie, getting a free card, and nachos. And it sunk in I was the only kid there to see Digimon the movie. In fact I was the only one all weekend to see Digimon the movie. And lucky me the speakers went out in the theater so I couldn't watch the movie with sound. They said they would refund me or give me a voucher for another movie but I said that's okay I'll watch the movie. As I was leaving the guy at the concessions where the cards were was like here man and he just gave me all the promos the were left. I just collected the cards really. Had awesome artwork.

[@gregorymirabella1423]

that was... an unusual story.

[@Ultraempoleon]

I hope you still have those cards, cause they'd be really cool to have

[@Bahamut_Mega]

I own a game store in the US and we run Dragonball Super events. Me and my employees have to log into Carddass twice a week. We still make jokes about it. :)

[@Bahamut_Mega]

@@MokochanOfficial login

[@owennewo14]

Digimon Card Game: _has no coverage_ JWittz: *Fine, I'll do it myself*

[@JaelinBezel]

I never hear anyone talk about Skyland, a nickelodeon cartoon that was aired during the same period as Avatar the Last Airbender.

[@LastIcedragon]

dunno why but that made my day thx xD

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

One piece card: Yo!

[@JoshuaMartinez12]

I appreciate your avatar. Vancouver represent 🤟

[@xboxfan01]

owennewo14 😂😂😂😂

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

I never knew they had a card game. Guess that's why I'm here to get educated.

[@PeterGriffin11]

Shut up and grow a mustache already.

[@MABfan11]

i think i still have some Digimon cards

[@Zanji1234]

they had several ones tbh

[@MetalFighterEx]

What? You never watched tamers?

[@SeraidenAF]

Kid me had the pre-made decks and some boosters. Alas, they all got left behind in a move when I was a young teen.

[@billiam]

I LOVE the look of these cards, I have a bunch of them. I've been meaning to look into them more.

[@richardgipson4454]

Didn't expect to see you here, come here often?

[@jacobburr7835]

@Cade Carrizales I seewe are both on the same kick at this moment in quarantine Haha

[@maxericastilla1602]

I’ll play digimon cards with you I still have a ton !

[@liveking8174]

Yooo

[@Dehalove]

Your syntax needs work

[@jpfan1989]

When I was a kid my friend got the digimon card game. The rules felt so weird and complicated that we got frustrated and quit not even halfway through and never touched it again.

[@SomeRandomPersonIGuess]

Fun Fact no one asked for: Germany only got the Starter Deck and two booster packs. It has less support there than Duel Masters and that one bombed so hard that they didn't even bother translating half of the cards.

[@serPomiz]

same for italy, and if I have to guess, most if not all of europe

[@OrangeStar222]

Wasn't Digimon really popular in Germany? Or was that just the TV anime?

[@ramoncastro4737]

@@OrangeStar222 digimon is popular I'm Germany. I think just the TV anime even tho they got Tri in theaters too

[@valkyrasonara1797]

Yeah they are many Digimon Fans in Germany.

[@fgregerfeaxcwfeffece]

@@OrangeStar222 It still is despite the lack of anything but the show. We sing the german Digimon intro song at the end of conventions. Important note: The german intro song is a translation(with the original instrumental track) of the japanese version, not a lazy mess like the english intro.

[@evanbanjo]

As someone who has played untold hours of the Wonderswan game and spent a good while translating top decks to proxy up with a few friends. Thank you. You did Hyper Colosseum every bit of justice it deserves.

[@Heriarka]

Do you put those translations online somewhere? I want to learn the game.

[@luminaires7034]

@@Heriarka There's a dedicated discord to hyper colosseum if you wanna learn and play the game.

[@Dollightful]

I had no idea there was a Digimon card game! Did anyone else have one of those digivice virtual pet toys? Like a tamagochi? I have fond memories as a kid running around with my Veemon.

[@BlackHedgehog]

I owned a D3 Digivice Tamagochi, I have no idea what happened to it though.

[@bigpapabloat]

They still make these! I saw one at EB Games the other day and almost bought it

[@nohi3619]

Those vpet things are at my local target I bought one and, after accidentally killing my fifth digimon, haven’t touched it since I just don’t wanna go through the pain of having to see another gravestone

[@drigon100]

And now the new digimon tcg is cming out and its soooo much better than the old one. :D

[@zyul6420]

I mean there's a very new card game coming this January actually

[@ObnoxiousArtist]

*Digimon Adventure reboot* was just announced. Ngl, kinda disappointed that the other seasons aren't as loved by Bandai and Toei. I want more Tamers.

[@narx221]

Yeah me too, they released CD dramas that explain how the story of tamers continue, but I want a f sequel xD, btw This reboot is real? if it is this is gonna be great

[@Victory619]

@@narx221 they already took out a teaser in their channel, it's called Digimon Adventure Psi. This is going to be a complete chaos just like Tri was...

[@pokemonlore4959]

ObnoxiousArtist I want tamers back on Netflix or on hulu

[@geth7112]

I love tamers

[@SuperGoker64]

If there's one change I hope they make in the remake, it's that they should have Lillymon face ShogunGekomon instead of MetalGreymon. That would have been a perfect way to solidify Mimi's character development, make Lillymon seem that much better by not having that form's debut be against a Champion-level, and make the story of why ShogunGekomon fell asleep in the first place come full circle. Iirc, they did that in one non-canon novel, but not in the anime itself.

[@ramirezthesilvite]

"Hey you know how the game is perfectly functional and fun to play? What if we made it NOT that?" There is no conceivable reason changing the established game mechanics would be required, let alone a good idea.

[@2nickinor]

ramirezthesilvite Yu-Gi-Oh!

[@aionicthunder]

Shade Emperor What are you referring to?

[@KertaDrake]

@@aionicthunder Link Monsters... Just link monsters.

[@carolinewald3109]

Kerta Losataure agreed

[@pn2294]

I see you’re still bitter.

[@JackOfen]

Biggest issue in my childhood: Pokémon Card Game: I knew how to play it, but I didn't have any cards. Digimon Card Game: I had the cards, but I didn't know how to play.

[@romkin1197]

Only reason I knew about the card game was cause there was some cards from places like Burger King or Taco Bell (something like that) had them as the "toys" in the kids meal.

[@mechatar1051]

Ever heard of tamers?

[@romkin1197]

@@mechatar1051 Tamers came after I got a few of the cards.

[@wolfworks7339]

Yeah, I remember having a few too. I didn't know how to use them, and nobody else I knew even had any. XD

[@TheKabuto90]

There are two problems with relying on Tamers. 1. The few times we actually saw the game being played, they never bothered explaining the rules and 2. even in the west, the cards that they used were based on hyper colosseum.

[@Tcgbuzz]

One issue the english game had was that it launched with the 2 player starter deck which. was. the. worst. It was really hard to build anything with that card pool

[@RemLasher77]

2:45 end of Dollar Shave Club sponsor segment

[@ultrashield4804]

I lov u

[@morio9284]

God bless you!

[@dragonsswarm1987]

Thank you!

[@TheTingleMeister]

Wow, I remember as a kid some of my friends having Digimon cards while I only had Pokemon and Yugioh cards. I loved the design and concepts the cards had and wanted to play with them, but never learned how to play the actual game. After a while I kept collecting and playing with Yugioh whereas Digimon completely disappeared, and I always wondered what happened to the game. I had no idea it was so incredibly mismanaged to the point of self sabotage.

[@WMDistraction]

Skittlessour I had Digimon cards, and I literally never learned how to play. I was able to kinda sorta figure out MTG on my own - enough to go to an LGS and have players correct me on how to play. I didn’t even know where to begin with Digimon.

[@ilhaniman5753]

@@WMDistraction if you want to learn the rule just play Digimon digital card battle in ps1 using emulator. I really like it than Yu-Gi-Oh ps 1

[@gregorymirabella1423]

@@ilhaniman5753 jwittz said that the rules are different in that game.

[@G0ATFAC3]

I've literally played and collected Digimon cards my entire life and only now do I find out that there was actually a GOOD version of the game I could've been playing instead.

[@justintimeleave1360]

there is a new one that is actually really good

[@razkable]

Tough

[@Tcgbuzz]

As someone who has activly played the Digimon CCG I have to say, it's awful. Digimon has a long history of different card games it's had over the years. My favorite is the Yugioh clone they had

[@kanchomerocks12]

The PS1 card game was great

[@simosgaming]

Υugioh clone? Do you remember/know its name?

[@tiozuradasexatas6754]

@@simosgaming It's literally "Digimon CCG". My favourite Western Digimon CG is the Digimon Fusion CCG.

[@cicadaplum]

Which one is the Yugioh clone?

[@tiozuradasexatas6754]

@@cicadaplum Digi-Battle is the dumbed down version of Hyper Colosseum. D-Tector is kind of original *Digimon CCG is the yugioh clone* Digimon Fusion CCG is pretty original too.

[@EyeofCalamity]

10:44 "Digimon Monsters" Digital Monster Monsters?

[@m_e_nere]

Yeah

[@thesuperzfamilyvlog6607]

Yup

[@MrSuperbeast92]

Digimon Monsters Digital 😂😉

[@riprubbler5211]

Just like how dc comics is detective comics comics.

[@soko4710]

MTV Music

[@TrainerTre]

*DIGIMON ARE THE CHAMPIONS* - Man, I still have so many of my digimon cards. I miss you, Saturday mornings. Thanks *JWittz*

[@otp1203]

Would love to see you cover the new Digimon card game in a year or so. Hopefully covid doesn't completely derail its debut.

[@Neocrossfire]

the new card game is way better

[@dylansturm8065]

Seems to be doing well. I actually getting into it.

[@KentaroMiyamoto21]

I think this current card game is here to stay.

[@silentspirit8923]

YAY! Digimon!!! Glad you're starting to talk about Digimon!!! Also nice animated opening.

[@Renigade68]

I had always thought it was strange that Tamers used cards with green card backs but the real life cards had blue card backs... I remember wondering as a kid if the green cards were some kinda anime tie in event that I missed, like how I never got to go to any of the mythical Pokemon giveaways for example, and then they changed the card back with the 3rd set and it looked cooler but it still wasn't green, in hindsight changing the card back was a terrible idea, as a youngan I never used sleeves for my cards, I think I had only 1 friend that did, and mixing card backs without sleeves is a big oopsie in just about any card game.

[@Profoundemonium]

Hey I scanned that Pokémon Vs. Digimon magazine cover!

[@aa-tx7th]

Respect

[@jontyrosenow9396]

Oh my god, I had this obscure Digimon book/guide when I was a kid that I read when I was interested in Digimon, I was so confused by it as it didn't really relate to the show, but had the Squares, Triangles, and Circles! It clicked at 16:00 that the book was a guide for the trading card game! How'd it end up in Australia lmao

[@JadePharaoh]

Man, I was so into collecting the cards back in the late 1990's-early 2000's. I have a binder full of 'em. It's a real shame it didn't get as much of a chance as the Japanese version did.

[@cooldude56g]

Hey J-Wittz! Please do a video on "Duel Masters"/"Kaijudo". There's so many parallels to draw between it and the Digimon TCG.

[@mystery8820]

Another “why (insert card game here) died” video would be good.

[@austinreed7343]

Mystery ? Neopets and Wow would be good picks.

[@chinyang1200]

Anyone here playing Duel Masters Play on Mobile ?

[@mystery8820]

And speaking of Duel Masters, my guess to why the game died after a year would be the gag edited dub of the original show and how Kaijudo never followed the card game formula. That and it’s on a channel nobody watches.

[@JaelinBezel]

I didn't know Kaijudo had a card game.

[@NitroIndigo]

I always wondered why Digimon Tamers put so much emphasis on the card game, but I assumed it was because it was new and they wanted to promote it. Also, I like your animated intro.

[@CBreezie]

I remember playing the video game card game and I actually enjoyed that.

[@ARandomUser5]

Same, got hit with a wave of nostalgia when the PS1 Digimon Card Game got brought up. Good times.

[@xDinomanx]

Digital Card Battle was awesome. There was actually two Digimon Card Video Games, but one existed only in Japan. Digital Card Battle is the actual sequel to it. It's still my favourite Digimon spinoff title too. I'll even say that the side mini-game in Digimon World 3 which is like a faster version of Digital Card Battle (uses the same card sprites too that Digital Card Battle uses plus all of the Digimon released in the third generation) is also quite fun too.

[@Shenaldrac]

"Digimon and Pokemon seem to share a lot of similarities." Indeed, they seem to, and if you only look at them on a very surface level (as adults tend to do with media aimed at children because there's no way anything meant for children could ever be engaging to the adult mind...) then yes. They are similar. Both feature a male protagonist with spiky hair and a yellow monster companion. And as far as most parents are/were concerned when they first came out, that made them basically identical.

[@GameyRaccoon]

Lol

[@alextorres1038]

In 2023 Digimon tcg is more popular in the west than in Japan, this video got old really bad.

[@kak1133]

*sees how the Japanese cards look like the ones from Tamers* "Oh no..." *in the distance* "DIGIMODIFY!!!"

[@Next-xm2dh]

*CARD SLASH*

[@mattwo7]

Yep, just ignore the fact an instrumental of "The Biggest Dreamer" is playing in the background too.

[@Victory619]

@@Next-xm2dh *_CARDO SRASH!_****

[@genkaiba15]

I did this throughout the whole video. I want a pack of those cards now.

[@seich-of-lacan-getter514]

@@mattwo7 love that song

[@SuiteLifeofDioBrando]

I got Digimon cards, but never knew how to play the card game.

[@conspiracycornerpodcast4302]

Same

[@conspiracycornerpodcast4302]

I wish I still had them

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

Same, I got some Pokemon and Yugioh cards, and basically learned how to play them as a kid. I had some Digimon cards, and there were even a handful of other kids that did, but none of us could figure out how to play it.

[@Shadowespeon17]

Oddly, unlike other kids TCGs, it had a recyclable deck when you run out, basically there's no deck-out rule

[@CyberAngel573]

I want to see one on Duel Masters, even if that means helping to research it.

[@tigerwarrior1787]

Isn't that the baby MTG card game?

[@rofltrolflyingfish]

Jwittz: "CARDASS" KZbin: "Demonetized"

[@genkaiba15]

XD

[@nickhalfmann8397]

He knew he needed a sponsor for that lol.

[@kakashisensei9258]

This video has 3 ads on it. NOT demonitized.

[@Openreality]

@@nickhalfmann8397 With KZbin anymore sponsors are pointless because you'll get demonized if Google thinks your should because Google.

[@Openreality]

@@kakashisensei9258 Dude its a running joke chill. Also ads have nothing to do with a creator earning their cut especially with what happened over October.

[@DJBobcat98]

A new Digimon card game is being released in japan and I'm crossing fingers for a English release

[@devujaerror8387]

It's actually a good TCG, I'd check out the rules if you want to get a glimpse digimoncard.net/cards/

[@wynautwobbuffet956]

I already have a decklist made when we get them

[@thunderybuggy7399]

Its happening

[@joeconnor1821]

You got your wish!

[@kitkat4892]

Congrats it’s been announced for global release

[@yepyep86]

Oh yeah. Digiwittz. It's time to talk Cyber Sleuths finally.

[@sethlaufy]

oh boy i remember well Digimon tamers also known as depression time

[@powerthunfischdesdonners3086]

some say the storywritter played the western tcg and put his feelings in to the story.

[@michael_betts]

@@powerthunfischdesdonners3086 no konaka was just a guy who directed a bunch of critically acclaimed dark adult anime who went, hey can I write a season of your kids anime.

[@Awesoman9001]

Me before Tamers: it's just Digimon, let's watch this. Me after Tamers: (crying)

[@michael_betts]

@@Awesoman9001 tamers is the best season for many reasons, but the fact that it went out of it's way to establish that there is no primary village/village of beginnings/etc. Before beginning to off people is just great.

[@Victory619]

@@michael_betts Well, actually, there should be. In the "Core World" there is, in fact, a Village of Beginnings. Buuut it works different... the data of the digimon travels all the way to the entrance of the so called "Dark Area" (Where the Seven Great Demon Lords and GrandDracumon live), and the protector of the entrance (Anubismon) sees if the digimon deserves another opportunity. If the Digimon was well behaved, it's data would become a Digitama and would go to the Village, if not, the data would be leaved at the Dark Area so other digimon can consume it or it would become a Dark Digitama itself. So... yeah, that's one of the Tamers things that bothers me... but don't get me wrong, Adventure didn't do it well neither.

[@iriskrane2433]

New opening?! I’ve been wondering if you’d ever get one especially since you’ve expanded your content reach. It looks so good!!

[@xibalbalon8668]

The article linked in the description is gone. Sad, that was an amazing read and source of information

[@Neltheraku]

The funny thing is that in the same year or almost 3 months later after this video the Digimon TCG 2020 was released. Me and my friends started playing the game back then and we still play it today. Next week is my first local tournament.😊

[@lightdragoon88]

I feel like a phone version (like Duel Links) would be a good thing to release nowadays. Anyone know if they released one or are planning on making one?

[@lightdragoon88]

@Mystic Digi I miss digimon heroes so much. 😭

[@ramoncastro4737]

There was digimon heroes but it wasn't a legit card game and it was gone :(

[@TOXI-KHAN]

Out of curiosity, anyone else played "Duel Masters" back in the mid-2000's? I realize it was essentially a variant of magic, but I remember my elementary school exploding with those cards, thanks to the hilarious and self-aware anime. Hopefully a future topic video. Anyways, been loving these topic videos, JWittz.

[@MissAshley42]

I bought a deck just to see what the fuss was about while the anime aired. It looked kinda neat, though I wasn't quite sold on the shield system. (Only one color had creatures that could block?)

[@alchemicalvapour8950]

duel masters was never popular in any school i went to. no pokemon, no magic, only yugioh. even after i got into other games like duel masters and chaotic, it was still just all yugioh, everywhere, all the time, jumping down your throat. i still like the game, but i think i need a new card game these days.

[@Neoclassicalmaese]

back home it was super popular and I really enjoyed the videogames and the actual card game. Still have my cards and play with a couple of friends, but yep, it bombed and then when they released it again at Kaijudo it was even worse(in terms of bombing) I don't know what went wrong man, good game mechanics, amazing art, and there was always something going on in the game, I really liked how they handled the mana mechanics, instead of spending time waiting to get something like lands or energy cards(Magic & Pokemon) one would just use their monster cards to account for mana, it was great :( sad it is not sold anymore :( same as Star Wars CCG, that game was also amazing.

[@alchemicalvapour8950]

@@Neoclassicalmaese yeah, duel masters could have been a yugioh contender had it gotten more love. RIP.

[@SKuusk95]

I've heard of Duel Masters, but never actually interacted with it directly until about five years ago. It's anime never aired in my country's television but it did on a channel belonging to our oversea neighbor that was available through cable. I'm not sure if anyone watched it or played it or if the game was even available in my country during the 2000s. I did come across several decks of cards in a game shop during the early-to-mid 2010s. And they were heavily discounted; about 50 cents per deck. For comparison, the modern Yu-Gi-Oh! boosters were between 2 to 3 euros at the time. I bought 3 or 4 different decks just to see what they were like and to see how the game's played and now they're just collecting dust in a box.

[@DopeioThePhoneBoi]

Me: The *what*

[@faidreview1186]

There has actually been three Digimkn card games, all of which failed.... Yeah

[@fraudhoward1409]

Josuke best JoJo and Part 4 best JoJo Part. Also Stone Ocean is good :)

[@slendersword666]

Dude that new animated intro was awesome! Idk if that will be permanent but it was well done. Kudos to the artist

[@petfriendamy]

Seeing gameplay of Digimon: Digital Card Battle rang a really quiet bell in my mind, we must have rented it once when I was a kid or something

[@LunarWingCloud]

Please do a video on Konami and Upper Deck fighting over Yu-Gi-Oh, it would be an awesome watch

[@JuanGomez-ke5py]

What happened

[@LunarWingCloud]

@@JuanGomez-ke5py basically a huge disagreement that Upper Deck and Konami had, Upper Deck trying to act against what Konami wanted them to do and there was even a court case filed against Upper Deck by Konami

[@swishfish8858]

@@LunarWingCloud Well it's good to know that Konami has always sucked, and not just in the digital realm.

[@singami465]

Western developers: Yeah, just release our game in Japan, maybe include a translation. Japanese developers: **These gaijin cannot comprehend our game, hire a contractor and "localize" it.**

[@austinreed7343]

Yagi After this, the next three international games were from whole cloth.

[@iBenjamin1000]

I thought localization happened in the country that was receiving the imported product, so localization would fall to the American company trying to adapt the game. I somehow doubt the Japanese creators would make all those changes when they had a decently functional game already.

[@strangeclaims]

I mean, most people literally cant comprehend japanese tho? Or did you mean something else?

[@shumanbeans]

@@strangeclaims i think they are talking about the rule changes to the western version

[@MissAshley42]

Licensing offers a good balance between risk and reward in entering a foreign market. The licensor, however, needs to do more than just offer up some assets and back off. They also need to choose their licensees carefully. Nintendo went right to the top with Wizards, and it probably would've stayed with them had The Pokémon Company never come into being. Bandai choosing Upper Deck is. . .just weird. It would've made some sense in the mid-90s while even Wizards was figuring things out, but in the late 90s/early 2000s? Strange move.

[@turquoiseyoshi7711]

Uncut Gems (2019) on the clip of Kevin Garnett talking to children about trading cards killed me

[@TheJWittz]

The best part is that the commercial is even similar to KG's role in the film 😂 - he'll give "anything" to get his card back, just like his obsession with the gem in the movie.

[@turquoiseyoshi7711]

@@TheJWittz And it was for a lucky item for him. Maybe it is actually Uncut Gems.

[@pupusukka]

Super interesting video! I live in Finland and while yeah, I was a little kid when this card game was a thing, but these Digimon cards just appeared from somewhere. I've never even seen the pack where you'll get the cards, some people just had a few and maybe trade it with you. I've never seen them in stores either where pokemon cards were.

[@zakkybounce]

God, this makes me feel old. I remember receiving a free starter pack in a pack of Frosties. Good Times!

[@Arohan71]

Oh man am I looking forward to you talking about the Konami/Upperdeck fiasco. I was getting out of Yugioh at that point when I was about 18 and watching that death spiral was SO weirdly satisfying. It was a wild time.

[@paulthedragon1]

You wanna know how badly this game flopped in the west: *The last video of 2019 was the first time I even knew this game exited*

[@aberomoa5149]

Will "Fine. I'll do it myself." become the new "FIFTY DOLLA' BILL!" on JWittz's videos?

[@ArcNeoMasato]

I mean, at least we got the OG Digimon Digital Pets for the 20's anniversary! Still waiting for my second one to get here so I can finally make the video on them I've been planning. lol

[@veganwaffle]

Omg those cards just rushed so many memories into my head. I can’t believe I forgot about those!

[@vgmaster02]

*Ahem* When's that "Konami v Upper Deck" coming? XD

[@anthonymeleco2280]

Yes please. I need it

[@firewolf950tfwgaming7]

Yes

[@NekoValtz]

yeah i'd really like to see this myself

[@MrFanboy24]

I like how this started out as a Digimon video then devolved into just talking about Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh again near the end.

[@Openreality]

Because they're the better copies of MTG. Except im surprised that people actually play yugioh even more so without magnifying glasses. Konami really needs to sort that out MTG isn't that bad or hard to play.

[@firewolf950tfwgaming7]

Peter von Feldt Pretty sure Konami doesn’t have much of a problem with MTG other than seeing it as a competitor. As for the cards, most cards aren’t as long as people think and really isn’t much you need to know for them as a whole.

[@DerVasto]

@@Openreality Thing is, most (if not all) Yugioh-cards can be simply broken down into shorter terms for understanding. "Once per turn, during your Main Phase: You can banish this card from your Graveyard; add 1 'I broke my hand'-card from your Deck to your hand. You can only activate this effect once per turn" can be shortened in your head to "banish this from grave during your own turn, and search for an archetypal card". Oh, and "Only once that turn" should explain itself. It really is just alot of words so that even mongrels without any sort of advanced understanding can just follow what the card tells them.

[@Tcgbuzz]

Bandai's Yugioh is one of the worst designed games of all time. Using the official "rules" the game locks up constantly with neither player being able to do anything. I still collect it for the interesting story and really cool art.

[@aa-tx7th]

All true. Especially about the art. But I love playing it (im trash I know XD) and the Ultra Rares, almost all of them are *GORGEOUS* I love them so much I will seriously reconsider any card if it isnt at least a holo, and if a UR is even tangentially related/good it's probably going into the deck.

[@tiozuradasexatas6754]

Well, I made too much ressearch on this game, and with some corrections, it's basically the 2002 format dumbed down.

[@cicadaplum]

The only thing I really like about that game's rules is how ATK/DEF worked in battle.

[@tiozuradasexatas6754]

@Tong Zou And in its core, IT IS. Takahashi just made it as "game of the week" on chapter 9 of the manga. It was a clear reference to Magic. After that, he recieved various letters of the fans asking how to play or if the game would even become real. That's why he wrote the Duelist Kingdom arc, which unravels a ton more on the gimmicks the game should have (despite not much on it gone real) and makes it more original than "dumbed down Magic" while still being dumbed down Magic.

[@LionHeartSamy]

I'll admit, I can't concentrate on you explaining the rules of the game, when you're playing Break Up! in the background 😂

[@AmirulRoslan-fv3fx]

The new digimon card game. Seriously it's much more fun. I was planning to build just Gammamon, end up I have full set of Wargreymon and Dukemon. When you change your deck from wargreymon to blackwargreymon, the playstyle completely change.

[@eternalmemoire4137]

I remembered loving Digimon growing up.... more specifically the show. Admittedly, I never really played any of the actual card from the Digimon series, and only played a few Digimon video games. The Digimon series still has some of my favorite monster designs compared to the Pokémon series. That aside (and minor side note), I love hearing the instrumental version of "Break Up." Always loved Season 2's theme despite its flaws.

[@poissonmulti-taches2742]

Well if you only watched the anime your Digimon experience wasn't *beeping* enought .

[@eternalmemoire4137]

@@poissonmulti-taches2742 Except that you didn't read "few Digimon video games" part meaning that I do have Digimon experience outside of the anime. I'm even playing Digimon Cyber Sleuth right now (though I have a lot of games to play outside of that).

[@trulymrword]

Moral of The Story: Upper Deck was the Poop Deck all along.

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

Upper Deck took an upper decker on this game

[@jaysonklein6018]

*suddenly, you see two Sukamon, wearing pirate hats, playing the Upper Deck card game.*

[@mayisaythatsasmashingblous5876]

I'm glad someone is finally covering the Digimon card game as it's something I've been interested in for a long time now and it's nice to see someone else enjoy it. On the other hand, more people might start buying them now, driving already high prices up even further and I'm already broke as it is... I'm not salty... THEY WERE MEANT TO BE MIIIIIIINE!!! DX

[@daltonwarnerTV]

will forever love the opening and its music

[@senjugiku]

it feels like someone looked at the japanese version of the card and said "I like that, let's do this in the west" but had no knowledge of what made the card game fun and at least somewhat balanced and decided to make their own frankensteined rules based on the original but since the changes don't make any sense, the game was just dysfunctional couple that with bandai not having a good time with actually distributing the cards and all this recipe for disaster needs is a nice helping of a lack of video games to learn how to play-- oh

[@multivewer]

"Hyper coliseum may not have been perfect but at least it actually functioned" 😂

[@KAXSH]

1:42 you got the evolution order wrong btw

[@scribble71891]

Considering the evolution line it would make more sense. Going from werewolf to a mechanized form of the second evolution always bugged me as a child. X)

[@freakfoxvevo7915]

Read the pinned

[@FritzFoxPirate]

@@Mikumo91 me too. Always bugged me. And I also preferred the Magidramon Mega over the Gallentmon Mega since Guilmon is dragon-like anyway

[@bensell982]

@@scribble71891 what bugged me was that wargreymon was smaller than metal greymon. Also it took me awhile to realize that gatomon(spellcheck please) was the champion form. I didn't realize that until the adventures 2 series and they started using fusions instead of ultimate forms

[@luiskiritomontiel]

I still have my old digimon cards they bring so many memories

[@guaplei1]

Speaking of cardass lt has evolved into such a amazing technology that ai cardass has the best machine learning stuff thingy while the other card games barely have any

[@ZiKoN22]

And now with the new Digimon TCG coming in november and official release in january, let's hope it is super successful :)

[@nantastic]

Oh wow, I had completely forgotten this game existed. The nostalgia!

[@risuwolf]

1:13 I thought you were gonna blindside us and say, "The other is Pokémon"

[@Warchief-te9jj]

I remember how I got my digimon card deck. Two kids where playing it outside, one left his deck behind for some reason and I ended up taking it home.

[@Autistic_King_]

Warchief1223 lol did you wait or got it and got out of there whit in seconds

[@autobotstarscream765]

Did you ever talk to the Deck's owner about it?

[@Warchief-te9jj]

Didn’t know the kid as far as I remember and never saw him again

[@Warchief-te9jj]

@Eating_That_Sauce This was like grade 4 or 5 so I don’t remember the details

[@poissonmulti-taches2742]

You stolen a Digimon , I think it's you who should be called *digital monster*

[@DRDJkoolade]

Love the new intro man, that’s so clean! Absolutely fire dawg! 🔥

[@lucastrier1034]

Digimon Cyber Slueth was so good the sequel ending was so emotional.

[@TravisGilbert]

KZbin seems to hide your content from me I kinda thought you stopped. Glad you didn't!

[@samcortez420]

Same here bro.

[@zetagammafigma8212]

My brother and I had this when we were kids, though it was the starter decks and maybe a booster or two of the second set. We made up our own “speed battle” rule set since the normal game wasn’t fun to play lmao. IIRC it essentially boiled down to each player playing a Digimon and since your attack is based on the opponent, if you were gonna lose, you could slap down a new one from your hand, and then they could respond and then you, etc. until one person couldn’t respond with something better or their hand ran out. It was amusing enough from time to time lol

[@onijester56]

I think how my brothers and I worked it, we assumed the number doubled against an effective-type. This way digivolving wasn't necessary to win the battle, but it could net someone a match even if it meant digivolving into a type-disadvantage. I think this was inspired by the anime, where the triad of data/virus/vaccine didn't matter too much to the actual fights. I also think the hand-limit was 7 cards. Because we were kids. And no redraws.

[@Echidneys]

Kids do that all the time--making up a game within a game--and sometimes it could be more fun than the intended way to play. It pays to have an active imagination, lol

[@user-nd1bu5ru5u]

It's funny you made this video, because they just recently announced a new card game to go with the reboot anime coming this april.

[@TheJWittz]

I saw this news "leak" pretty much immediately after I finished rendering the video. Pretty crazy coincidence! ...just like Byleth from a few days ago 😂

[@user-nd1bu5ru5u]

@@TheJWittz Ain't that a funny coincidence!

[@abbycollins]

@@TheJWittz Poor Byleth. The melt down was just too much

[@dickers9012]

Wait a Pokemon card reboot or Digimon card reboot ?

[@user-nd1bu5ru5u]

@@dickers9012 Digimon! We're getting an adventure reboot (which is eh. I get why, but eh), but we're getting a new TCG to go with it.

[@MashAttack]

There’s something so retro-futuristic about the look of the card game that I absolutely love. It just looks so cool!

[@clearlyazul]

i usually skip the in video ads but a few creators just make it worth watching lol

[@Spindash54]

“On Pojo.com” That’s a name I haven’t heard in a LONG time...

[@conspiracycornerpodcast4302]

Right. I totally forgot about pojo.

[@nimeshchokshi1921]

Nolo Kobo I think so

[@WaveSineReverse]

Oh boy, can't wait for the discussion of the split of Konami and Upper Deck. I don't remember too many specifics but the name "Kevin Tewart" comes to mind when I think about that event.

[@haruhisuzumiya6650]

Reminds me of another card game, Stand up! VANGUARD!!

[@firewolf950tfwgaming7]

Haruhi Suzumiya He should defiantly talk about Vanguard.

[@SoraIndigo]

I know this will most likely be the year of digimon but I have to ask: is there a possibility of YGO video games being covered? I'd love to see videos on this subject, especially on The Falsebound Kingdom considering the game has a weird RTS mixed with turn-based battling along with different stories to choose from.

[@sincerelyotaku7878]

I still have this cards. I found a box set on my local walgreens when i was 11.

[@GigaMan91]

I have some of these cards. Never did a thing with them. XD Btw, loving the intro and theme song for your channel.

[@Wooluu]

The other "mon" franchise 😂

[@zerokura]

Am waiting for more monster rancher. I need to rise my waifus mint to bed the best stone fairy their is.

[@tinyturtle75]

Ah yes MONSUNO

[@HenshinFanatic]

@Seth Wayne #500 You mean Magic & Wizards? Capsule Monster Chess?Monster World RPG? Or perhaps Duel Monsters? ;P

[@HenshinFanatic]

Important "mons" also include such things as Iyemon Tea, Doraemon, and of course the greatest "mon" series by Konami; Ganbare Goemon.

[@JaelinBezel]

Monster Rancher?

[@rustecohle591]

Please do magic the gathering and a list of instant win cards(yugioh, pokemon, digimon, bakugan, duel masters etc)

[@Tyranogre]

So, when’s Hyper XD: Gale of Darkness coming out?

[@swishfish8858]

That took me way too long to get and I'm sad about the lack of a third one again.

[@Nobody-xe9fc]

HEY, GUESS WHAT'S JUST COME BACK JWITTS?

[@mccabbagepatch]

Seriously loving that new title screen. Gorgeous!!

[@TheInfinityMaster1]

You know Josh, I've played many card games, and yet, *Digimon: Digital Card Battle (PS1) IS STILL the GREATEST card game I ever played* (Yes, even BETTER than Yu-Gi-Oh games). In fact, I even tried to reach out to the Digimon game producers (like Habu) to request him to *REMAKE Digimon Card Battle with a bigger card database and online functionality too!* Anyways, thank you so much for giving Digimon its deserved spotlight and I'm so glad to hear that you enjoyed both Digimon: Digital Card Battle and Digimon Cyber Sleuth as well! :D

[@randomcatname7792]

Have you... played the Monster Rancher card games?

[@TheInfinityMaster1]

@@randomcatname7792 I played Monster Rancher 3 (PS2) and also watched the whole anime series (love it btw), but to answer your question, no, I haven't played (or heard) of a Monster Rancher card video game before (If I did and it was available on a gaming console I own, I definitely would've loved to try it out because I love Monster Rancher).

[@randomcatname7792]

@@TheInfinityMaster1 there was one on ps1 and I bad one on.. one of the older game boys.. the PlayStation one is highly recommended if you can find it

[@Raziel_Hijikata]

After watching the full video I really wish they would release a Hyper Colosseum game even if there were no cards for it in the west. It sucks that the west took an Upper Deck-er on the game by poor distribution and broken rule changes. I hope the renewed interest in the Digimon franchise lately can do something for the card game too.

[@StigmaKRL]

have you heard they're gonna release a rebooted card game in japan this april?

[@justinrobertson5516]

coming out in the usa on 1/29/2021

[@DaddyFutbol]

This was TheJWittz "join us and revive DIGICA, how to play video"

[@HikingWithED]

I still have mine from elementary school (like over 15 years ago), though I was only collecting the different monsters rather than playing the actual card game.