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The Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game (Abbreviated as "TCG") is the part of the Yu-Gi-Oh! card game manufactured by Konami, and is the best-selling card game of all time according to Guinness World Records, with over 22 billion cards sold as of August 2009.[1] The TCG is played worldwide, but mostly in North America, Europe, Latin America and Australia.

Overview[]

The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG was first published in 2002, with Upper Deck Entertainment acquiring the rights to market the TCG in 2000 for USD$75,000,000 from Konami.[citation needed]

The agreement between Upper Deck Entertainment and Konami was due to expire in 2010. Konami issued a press release on December 10, 2008, stating that it was retaking full control of all aspects of the TCG,[2] including:

  • Distribution
  • Customer Service
  • Sales
  • Gameplay
  • Organized Play

Upper Deck Entertainment then responded by issuing a lawsuit against Konami Digital Entertainment for USD$75,001,000,[3] citing loss of earnings and breach of contract, as Konami Digital Entertainment cut ties between itself and Upper Deck Entertainment more than a year prior to to the legal conclusion of their contract. On December 27, 2008, Konami was denied the temporary selling and shipping ban that would prevent Upper Deck from marketing, selling, distributing and providing game support for the TCG. The reason Konami was successful in terminating the agreement with Upper Deck Entertainment was because Konami accused and proved in court that Upper Deck was producing unsanctioned cards - some employees had taken some printing plates to a different printer.[citation needed]

The TCG is printed in English (EN), French (FR), German (DE), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT) and Spanish (SP). Portuguese printings had been halted for a few years after the release of Cybernetic Revolution and before the release of Cosmo Blazer. TCG cards are tournament-legal in any country where the game is played, outside of Asia. Cards from the Official Card Game (OCG), are not tournament-legal in TCG territories, even if a player attempting to use one has a translation on-hand, or the card has an officially-released TCG counterpart.

Tournaments are held each year that give out prizes which are usually rare cards or exclusive game mats. Players first start out in the Regionals and advance their way to the Championships. Shonen Jump used to host their own tournament known as the Shonen Jump Championship. There are tournaments in the OCG as well as the TCG.

Upper Deck no longer has any connection with the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, with Konami continuing tournaments.

Censorship[]

Unlike the Japanese OCG, the TCG and the Korean OCG use censorship to appeal to their international following. Censorship is both verbal and visual, to avoid connotations and imagery of nudity, overt female sexualization, references to smoking, alcoholism, death, firearms and religion. It has been reinforced in several ways, for example:

For more examples, see List of modified card artworks.

Despite the diligent censorship, oversight still occurs for some cards (e.g.: "Cemetary Bomb", "Dreamsprite", "Killer Needle"). In some cases, such as the Anniversary Pack artwork of "Dark Magician Girl", Kazuki Takahashi had refused to let his artworks be censored, thus preventing its release in the TCG. However, in 2020 it was released uncensored as part of the Lost Art Promotion.

Names[]

Language Name Translation Language or Region ID
English Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME EN (formerly omitted in North America, E in Europe, and A in Oceania)
French Yu-Gi-Oh! JEU DE CARTES À JOUER Yu-Gi-Oh! Playing Card Game FR (formerly F, and C in Canada alone)
German Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME DE (formerly G)
Italian Yu-Gi-Oh! GIOCO DI CARTE COLLEZIONABILI Yu-Gi-Oh! Collectible Card Game IT (formerly I)
Portuguese (Europe) Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME PT (formerly P)
Portuguese (South America) Yu-Gi-Oh! ESTAMPAS ILUSTRADAS Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Cards PT
Spanish Yu-Gi-Oh! JUEGO DE CARTAS COLECCIONABLES Yu-Gi-Oh! Collectible Card Game SP (formerly S)

Logos[]

English, German and European Portuguese[]

French[]

Italian[]

South American Portuguese[]

Spanish[]

References[]

  1. animenewsnetwork.com Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.'s Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game is One for the Record Books with More Than 22 Billion Cards Sold around the World
  2. 1 animenewsnetwork.com Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. to Take Control of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME™
  3. dockets.justia.com: Upper Deck Company v. Konami Marketing, Inc. et al
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