2005 Boards member Masabon has shared with us a look at the upcoming Transformers Heat Scramble Collectible Card Game, a Japanese exclusive collectible game game featuring our favorite robots in disguise. The card illustrations, such as the awesome artwork of the twins seen at left, is all new work for this card game and is a great reason to pick up a deck of these cards even if you don’t plan on playing the game. Speaking of the twins, the Skids and Mudflap card seen at left is apparently a special card given out to players who sampled the game at Akihabara’s Hobby Station in Japan.
You can check out a promotional poster showing off a selection of the cards that will be available and other images by reading on. Transformers Heat Scramble Collectible Card Game officially launches in Japan on 14 May.
Waverider
Do you know anyway of obtaining these cards other than card shops in Japan?
thygriever
whoa nice! I definitely want an HQ pic of that Prime art. Looks freakin awesome
^ LOL sad
Waverider
Player 1: I use Optimus Prime to attack your Magatron card which leaves him with with 50 lifepoints. This ends my turn.
Player 2: I play Megatron in defanse mode and lay 2 cards face down. This ends my turn.
Player 1: I use my Optimus prime card and attack you Megatron card and…
Player 2: Not so fast! You activated both my trap cards. Card #1 is the "Hot Rod intervene and gets in the way" card which stops all your attacks. Card #2 is the "Hidden Weapon" card which allows an attack during the opponents turn with a 100 attack points which destroys both Optimus primes and your life points ending the game.
Da_Razorsaw
Does anyone know where you can order these?
SydneyY
I summon the Twins in Attack position, +2000 power until the end of turn!
The official site is here
2 player TCG
40 to 60 cards in a deck, Basically you play to obtain Energon cubes (provided with a starter kit, I assume).
There are 3 types of cards, monster card, magic card and field card – oops that was Yugi-Oh.
There are 3 types of cards, Unit cards, Episode card and Action cards.
Players put an Episode card on the field to decide which Unit cards can be played. If you have both modes of the same Unit/character in hand, you can "Transform" them during the battle.
There's a chart here, but it's all in text. I'll see if I can make proper translation of it one day.
billcosby
Anything known about the gameplay?
For example, some of those cards feature vehicle modes, others are robots. Can you transform at will by flipping the card over, or do you need another card to transform??
Deefuzz
I'd play.
I choose you Bumblebee!
Deefuzz
I'd play.
I choose you Bumblebee!
Waveride
I see Jolt, both the car mode and robot mode! Hope it's movie accurate and not that old toy design we got.
Obsidian X
Looks great! I love games, too bad there isn't too many good Transformers ones. If these were released in the west in english I would buy some and try it out.
Fit For natalie
Thanks Masabon!
The art on those cards is quite excellent.
Smasher
Seconded!
That Prime card looks amazing.
But change the name.
'Heat Scramble' sounds like a dish at Denny's.
Opticron Primal
You know what?….I hope these get ported here. I love that art.
Masabon
Good evening from Japan. I went to Akihabara today.
TOMY introduces a new card game of TRANSFORMERS today.
In a trading card shop called a Hobby Station a card game of TRANSFORMERS
I led and was able to experience it
The staff whom I proceeded to from TOMY guided a game in the shop.
The player will scramble an cube by a card game.
There were few kinds of the card which could be idle.
The illustration of the card was a thing prepared newly.
I who had finished playing got a special card from the staff.
It is the card that AUTOBOT TWINS became the pattern.
TCG of TRANSFORMERS becomes the release start on May 14.