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Konami’s website is showing a new structure deck that you can talk to your gaming patrons about. Gates of the Underworld Structure Deck will have 40 cards in it and is slated for an October 11, release with a suggested retail price of $9.99. If your Yu-Gi-Oh players don’t already know about this, tell them about it.
Let your TCG gamers now that this November there will be a new Pokemon: Black & White – Noble Victories expansion set. The set will have 50 never before seen Pokemon that fans will definitely want to get.
AnimeNews Network has announced that Pokemon the Movie: White – Victini and Zekron will run in 300 theaters in the U.S. over the December 3-4 weekend. Tell your Pokemon fans to start watching their theaters the last week of November to see if their local theater might get the movie.
Here is something you can relay to your patrons that enjoy gaming. Wizards of the Coast will be releasing the Magic the Gathering Innistrad set September 30. The set will have 264 cards, which will be double faced. The main thing though you will want to tell your patrons about is that some stores will have pre-release parties on September 24 and 25. At these events participants will receive a “Mayor of Avabruck/Howlpack Alpha” promo card and an “Achievement” card, while supplies last. So tell them to check with their local store to see if their store will be participating in this pre-release event.
Librarians might want to tell their Trading Card Gamers (specifically Yu-Gi-Oh gamers) about Kanomi’s next release. Coming in October, Kanomi is releasing the Yu-Gi-Oh, Legendary Collection 2: The Duel Academy Years binder. The binder will have 58 cards, which 28 will be foil cards. Rumored cards that come with the binder are 7 exclusive cards to the binder, 3 sacred beast cards and 3 Darkloid monsters (these monsters were previously only available as championship prizes). The suggested retail price for the binder is $29.99. Thanks to ICv2 for the news.
Here is what some of your gamers will be talking about shortly. Scheduled for release tomorrow, Tuesday, is the new booster packs Yu-Gi-Oh Generation Force. The set will contain 100 cards, which will include two of the most powerful XYZ Monsters “Tiras Keeper of Genesis” and “Adreus Keeper of Armageddon”. Let your gamers know your keeping up with the hobby by mentioning the new set to them. Make a jump over to ICv2 for more information.
Another story for the gaming crowd. It has been announced by ICv2 that Redakai: Conquer the Kairu TCG is getting a “Metacharged” expansion set. It will have 75 new monsters and have a ratio of out of 11 cards there will be one rare and one super rare card per pack. There will also be Gold Packs that will only have 6 cards, which will have the same rare and super rare cards, but will also have a Gold Pack rare card. The expansion packs are due out this October.
Here is some interesting numbers for libraries that have gaming fans. ICv2 spoke with Yumi Hoashi, VP of Konami Digital Entertainment, and she reports that Yu-Gi-Oh tournament participant numbers are up for 2011. The Regional Qualifiers was up 27% and the Championship Series was up 17%. This might be something to consider and possibly make libraries think about hosting game play for the different trading card games as events.
More gaming news for your patrons. Cryptozoic is planning on releasing Dungeon Decks for World of Warcraft game. The release will be in October and have a suggested pricing of $20.00 per deck. For the full article follow the link below.
Librarians can let their patrons that enjoy Trading Card Gaming and also Star Trek might mention this new deck coming out. Bandai has announced, but has not given an exact release date yet, of a Star Trek Deck Building Game with a suggested price of $39.99. The deck will feature characters from the Star Trek: The Next Generation television series and movies. Bandai is planning on demos of the deck at the following conventions: GenCon; Anime Expo; and ComicCon.