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Wizards And Pokemon Face Off Over CCG

Posted by simoniker on from the schoolyard-dustup-over-cards dept.

Thanks to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer for their article discussing a lawsuit filed again The Pokemon Company by Wizards Of The Coast, following Pokemon USA's taking-over of the (formerly?) lucrative WOTC-helmed Pokemon collectible card game franchise. The suit "alleges patent infringement, breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, tortuous interference with a business relationship, unjust enrichment and other claims", and mentions that "at least nine employees" have defected to Pokemon USA, and that "...all of the employees had signed non-disclosure agreements in which they agreed not to reveal confidential information to competitors." MSNBC has more information on this story, and while a WOTC spokesperson "expressed confidence that the issue... would be resolved", Pikachu declined to comment at this time.

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  1. Nintendo's Long History by Yorrike · · Score: 2, Interesting
    For those of you out there not as informed on Nintendo's history as other's, and wonder why WOTC would be concerned with secrets getting to Nintendo of all people, well.

    Nintendo has been making card games, trading cards and board games since 1902, and they've produced them ever since. Tading cards for the American market, Japanese market, the lot.

    If you're keen on reading up about this deceptively old company, check any of these out.

    --

    Looks can be deceiving. Or CAN they?

  2. WOTC should have never had the rights by M3wThr33 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    WoTC only got the rights to translate the cards from the Japanese game, which Nintendo designed themselves anyway.

    But in the process, they altered the game rules, took the foils out of every pack(Inspiring more purchases), added coin flips to some attacks, lowered HP, made COUNTLESS COUNTLESS errors in EVERY set, and had a horrible league set up.

    Their Pokemon League was just fine, until the Orange Island set. When that came around, they instantly retired all the old badges, giving any player that didn't start at the beginning NO chance to earn them and forcing veterans to start all over again.

    This doesn't even dwell on the cost of the cards, or the fact some sets have YET to be released.

    WoTC makes me sick.