icefirestone23 said: Another reason why Gundam is barely a thing in the west is Bandai is one of the most incompetent companies imaginable when it comes to gaming. They will release games and TCGs only to slit the the throat and move on to the next. This is the same company that killed the Naruto TCG when Naruto was at its peak popularity Not sure about TCGs. The two reasons I can think of are: 1) Wing and SEED are the first Gundam anime introduced in the West, which causes the misconception that Gundam is about mecha blowing shit up rainbow style instead of a war story. Things will be different if UC Gundam or the 1990s AU (other than Wing) are first introduced in the West. 2) Most Bandai games, including some Gundam games, are PlayStation exclusive instead of available for both PlayStation and X Box. |
NewestPersonHere said: icefirestone23 said: Another reason why Gundam is barely a thing in the west is Bandai is one of the most incompetent companies imaginable when it comes to gaming. They will release games and TCGs only to slit the the throat and move on to the next. This is the same company that killed the Naruto TCG when Naruto was at its peak popularity Not sure about TCGs. The two reasons I can think of are: 1) Wing and SEED are the first Gundam anime introduced in the West, which causes the misconception that Gundam is about mecha blowing shit up rainbow style instead of a war story. Things will be different if UC Gundam or the 1990s AU (other than Wing) are first introduced in the West. 2) Most Bandai games, including some Gundam games, are PlayStation exclusive instead of available for both PlayStation and X Box. It is not the sole reason, but Bandai's failure in the TCG market burned a lot of bridges between them and distributors + store owners. Till this day, many people in the west have a strong grudge against bandai and refuse to host their products. In english TCG communities, they are universally regarded as the worst gaming company alive. If Bandai didn't fail in the TCG community, Gundam communities would probably thrive as much as yugioh communities |
| It's been a long time since IBO. Not really a fan of the design for the character but I guess I will take it. Turns out the MC really is the female this time around. Let's see how that goes. |
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