Final Fantasy TCG official page

"A Final Fantasy TCG?? Sounds like another Square Enix quick gil-grab!"

I wouldn't be surprised if this was your initial thought upon reading the title; quite reasonably so considering SE's merchandising habits of milking the FF brand and not hearing about this TCG before. So here's a little background:

Released by Square Enix and Hobby Japan on February 2011 , FFTCG is a TCG whereby players build decks and battle each other with cards featuring characters from the Final Fantasy series. FFTCG remained exclusive to the Japanese for almost 6 years, during which its has received 15 expansions and sold over 3.5 million boosters packs with over 2000 different card designs. Apparently Japan also hosted national tournaments every year. But no longer, as Square Enix will finally release the TCG in US and Europe on October 28th this year. The initial release set called Opus I will feature 216 cards, accompanied by 3 different entry decks themed around Final Fantasy VII, X and XIII.

The gameplay itself has been described as fast and versatile and has been compared with Magic the gathering for a similar resource system, though this is likely due to the background of the creator, Taro Kageyama, who was a former TCG champion. The following video is a short beginner tutorial about the game itself.



So why'd I make this post again? To spread awareness about the game (for some reason close to no one even knows about it) and gauge interest for this TCG among Malaysians. Perhaps if card shops see there's sufficient demand for this game they will pick it up. Oh and because I REALLY WANNA PLAY THIS GAME

FFTCG Malaysia unofficial page

SHOPS CARRYING THE GAME NOW:

25C Art & Hobbies

Ace Cards & Collectibles (Midvalley)

Classroom Cafe (Damansara area)

Dragon GameZ (Shah Alam)

Impulse Gaming Sunway branch

Topdeckers (Sunway area)

Toysbar (Damansara area)



(please inform me of any other shops carrying this game will update the list)

This post has been edited by Yasogami: Aug 14 2017, 10:39 PM

Mate,

Which card shop will bring in this game?

Thank you

Hey there. I've asked around some shops in Klang Valley but none are certain yet since there isn't a lot of talk about it locally. Arguably not a lot even know about it, thus my opening post. Some do express interest in carrying it if there's sufficient demand.

Perhaps you could ask around shops in your area? That'll show em potential interest

This post has been edited by Yasogami: Oct 25 2016, 10:35 PM

Was interested at first place but not anymore after heard from my friend that Japan itself also has no market for this game. It is only specify for their own fans. I rather play gundam and pokemon tcg that has competition across the globe.

which gundam tcg?

Can you elaborate further? As far as I know Japan held nationals every year since its release until last March. In which it received an overhaul (rerelease and rebalancing) to coincide with the international release. I hate to be obvious but FFTCG just got released globally, so it can't have any global tourneys before.

He only said to me that Japan TCG that are popular in the end is still MTG. All others like FF and FE and the one that I wanted to play Gundam TCG actually are not popular. Even Pokemon only popular in certain region in Japan. Since it just come out internatinally, I am not sure if I wanted to play FF as I believe is going to be quite expensive for US region seeing our RM is getting more and more depreciate.

No offence but you may go ahead of trying out this FF TCG. I love the art though. I am already broke with Pokemon TCG and going to learn the new Gundam. So not gonna spend much on others atm

No offense taken. No one is obligated to play this game. In the end we just wanna have fun (and keeping our wallets healthy)

For pricing I would expect it to be similar to other TCGs (RM60 per deck, RM10~13per pack), assuming it does hit our land some day.

And I cannot say for certain that this TCG will be very popular (no one can for such a recent release), but I have seen some gameplay of it and thought it's enjoyable, and so made the OP to inform people about it.

im seriously doubt it will become popular here, hence any1 will be playing it at all, hence will it be worth my money
even other card games (maybe except mtg) are like ''want-die-no-die'' here lol

dont get me wrong, i grow interest in tcg and finding some thing worth it, & have research some of them

most popular tcg here r mtg > yugioh (declining) > vanguard > fow > weiss/wixoss/etc , sadly i found out that most of the tourny r always just the same few people playing/winning... like for yugioh is thr even 100 people playing for whole malaysia lol

well maybe if I saw some shop selling i might wanna bang a booster if I can get a Sephiroth LOL.

Oh MTG here are still alive and kicking hard, in fact there are some shop that only opens specifically for MTG. Others are still going on as well but just like you mentioned it was mostly the regulars that is still playing along. As long as the TCG are having some tournament regularly then it will still be alive and kicking.

Yasogami maybe you can teach me how to play when you have the cards

@andrewcha sure, whenever it shows up in our stores

This post has been edited by Yasogami: Nov 16 2016, 09:45 PM

Recently bought the starter decks and looking for placces to buy booster packs or areas that people play. Is anyone still u for the game in Malaysia?

Just want to buy for collection purpose. Anyone know where can I Get these?

Did you import it yourself? May I know where and how?

@lemonhihi

I still don't know where it's available locally

This post has been edited by Yasogami: Jan 22 2017, 01:37 PM

I've been informed that TopDeckers have a few starters decks for demo and they expect to have products on sale some time next month!

EDIT: Can confirm they have some starter decks for demo, feel free to bring a few friend over there to try out the game yourself

This post has been edited by Yasogami: Apr 17 2017, 12:30 AM

Hi I heard Classroom Cafe has boosters for sale. They recently did a demo last Saturday and there was a growing crowd (about 8 players). From what I know they will be doing weekly tournaments on Saturdays. Do check them out if you still have interest. Their address is: 47B, Jalan SS21/37, Damansara Utama, 47400 PJ (Damansara uptown). They are closed Mondays and Tuesdays. I think they do have a Facebook group as a well as a page.

Yeah I've heard about Classroom Cafe, too bad I'm working on Saturdays, nevertheless interested players should pay them a visit!

UPDATE: multiple cards shops are carrying the game now!

i know only 3 places selling the cards. ACE @ Mid Valley, Toysbar & Classroom Cafe @ PJ