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[quote name='Azuh' timestamp='1301533116' post='5101513']
Kinda weird on how theyre forcing out all the ZeXal stuff when 5Ds still has some cards that could be released still
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Konami probably thought Exceeds were going to be boss, but then after making some, finding out most of them are complete s***, and just want to get the ZeXal Generation over with ASAP, making some good Exceeds, new staples, broken Archetypes, and whatnot along the way.
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all of this comes on the heels of the lawsuit with 4kids? This is a disturbing sign of things to come. Over saturation of the market will cause their product's value to plummet. If this were a stock market this is a sure sign that you should be unloading your shares of this companies stock because it's the sign of a drowning man - doing what he knows how to do - panic and flail his arms

except in this case it's a company and their bottom line is suffering (Bakugan?) and they're desperate to gain more market share but putting out a new show so quickly and shotgunning several associated product releases only tells how desperate they really are.

Shueisha can always find a new distributor for the TCG. We've already had Bandai. Hmmmm maybe Nintendo?
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[quote name='HaouJudai' timestamp='1301579359' post='5102351']
all of this comes on the heels of the lawsuit with 4kids? This is a disturbing sign of things to come. Over saturation of the market will cause their product's value to plummet. If this were a stock market this is a sure sign that you should be unloading your shares of this companies stock because it's the sign of a drowning man - doing what he knows how to do - panic and flail his arms

except in this case it's a company and their bottom line is suffering (Bakugan?) and they're desperate to gain more market share but putting out a new show so quickly and shotgunning several associated product releases only tells how desperate they really are.

Shueisha can always find a new distributor for the TCG. We've already had Bandai. Hmmmm maybe Nintendo?
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Uhh... Photon Shockwave won't be out until July. GENF comes out in April. That's a 3-month gap. We're just getting info way too fast.

Also... I'm fairly sure the lawsuit with 4Kids is a TV Tokyo issue. Even if it's not, it has nothing to do with the cards.
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[quote name='HaouJudai' timestamp='1301591145' post='5102559']
The show and the card game have a symbiotic economic relationship. If there's no show the sales of boosters will plummet.
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All they really have to do here is find a new group to license ZeXal and skip the remainder of 5D's. (The dub's crazy-far behind anyways, lol. The pack advertisements are spoilers for people who don't watch it subbed.)

In any case, they're not flailing all over, they seem to be releasing at the normal rate.
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The flailing is the beating they are taking in their own marketing demographic by marketing giants like bakugan - Baku is nothing more than a spinning top game and it's DESTROYING yugioh thanks to a relentless marketing campaign.

Their answer to combat this was slap some bakugan paint on a new main character and pump out a massive product blitz on the market - it's a desperate tactic that I just don't see working.

Konami has the worst marketing budget I've ever seen in my life and now they are paying for it.
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[quote name='HaouJudai' timestamp='1301592503' post='5102589']
The flailing is the beating they are taking in their own marketing demographic by marketing giants like bakugan - Baku is nothing more than a spinning top game and it's DESTROYING yugioh thanks to a relentless marketing campaign.

Their answer to combat this was slap some bakugan paint on a new main character and [b]pump out a massive product blitz[/b] on the market - it's a desperate tactic that I just don't see working.

Konami has the worst marketing budget I've ever seen in my life and now they are paying for it.
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The problem with what you're claiming is the bolded.

As I said, it appears to be the regular space of time in between sets, we're just getting info early.

...Wait, Bakugan's actually not failing miserably? O.o
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I hope Bakugan fails miserably - and a product blitz is exactly what konami is doing. Instead of a proper marketing campaign which costs a lot of money. What we get are those commercial shorts which you'll notice have just recently began appearing on shows that have a kid demographic to include nickelodeon.

I'll be glad to be wrong on this matter. But what I am seeing is a company displaying some very troubling economic signs. Go back and compare the release of Yugioh GX (yay!) to Yugioh 5Ds to Zexal and see what you think. If they acted the same on each occasion I will admit I'm wrong on this suspicion.

These releases seem 'rushed' lately
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[quote name='HaouJudai' timestamp='1301598911' post='5102774']
I hope Bakugan fails miserably - and a product blitz is exactly what konami is doing. Instead of a proper marketing campaign which costs a lot of money. What we get are those commercial shorts which you'll notice have just recently began appearing on shows that have a kid demographic to include nickelodeon.

I'll be glad to be wrong on this matter. But what I am seeing is a company displaying some very troubling economic signs. Go back and compare the release of Yugioh GX (yay!) to Yugioh 5Ds to Zexal and see what you think. If they acted the same on each occasion I will admit I'm wrong on this suspicion.

These releases seem 'rushed' lately
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Sadly, I don't think it's possible to check if they announced stuff early, but the releases kept coming at the same pace.

And the releases here are also still coming at the same pace, just with earlier announcements.

[size="4"][color="#FF0000"][b]Does anyone here remember if we got announcements like this earlier than usual on the Japanese end when 5Ds and GX started?[/b][/color][/size]
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I can't wait to see this set, there will be ANOTHER Archtype that I will fall in love with... which means its ANOTHER Archtype which I will not be able to afford
The set sounds pretty darn awesome... if there is a science based set (Photons) I will completely Geek out!! And it seems like there will be...
Woohoo!
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