Data Carddass
Data Carddass (データカードダス, Dēta Kādodasu) is a series of Japanese arcade game machines created by Bandai, which largely focus around the digital use of collectible trading cards. It is an expansion of Bandai's Carddass collectible card series, which allows players to use special cards to interact with arcade video games. Many of these machines revolve around various anime and tokusatsu franchises owned by Bandai. The machines first began release in Japanese arcade from March 2005.
Bandai had sold 100,000 Data Carddass arcade machines by March 2012,[1] and sold over 2.4 billion Data Cardass cards for use with the machines.[2]
Overview
Data Carddass make use of special Carddass cards with data stored on them. These collectible cards can be read by various Data Carddass machines in order to interact with the game. For example, in Aikatsu!, a game revolving around fashion, players can scan cards featuring various clothes to make their character wear them. Depending on the machine, cards can either be inserted via a slot or scanned via a flat panel. Each machine is also fitted with various controls unique to their specific minigames, such as buttons which require timed presses or touches. Performing well in these games can also grant additional cards. Select machines utilise IC cards, which allow frequent players to save personal data from the games. Certain machines can also scan collectible toys to affect the gameplay.[3]
Series
These machines are periodically updated as new elements are added in their respective franchises.
Ongoing series
- Official IC Card Support type
- Aikatsu! 2012年10月～
- Great Animal Kaiser 2012年7月～
- Daikaijuu Rush ULTRA FRONTIER 2013年9月～
- Kamen Rider Ganbarizing 2013年10月～
- No IC Card Support type
- Pretty Cure Princess Party 2015年4月～
Retired series
- Hyakujuu Taisen Animal Kaiser
- Dragon Ball series
- Data Carddass: Dragon Ball Z
- Data Carddass: Dragon Ball Z 2
- Dragon Ball Z: Bakuretsu Impact
- Dragon Ball Z: W Bakuretsu Impact
- Dragon Ball Kai Dragon Battlers
- Naruto series
- Naruto Narultimate Card Battle
- Naruto Shippuden: Kyuukyoku Ninmu Narultimate Mission
- Naruto Shippuden: Narultimate Cross
- Digimon series
- Kyuukyoku Taisen! Digimon Battle Terminal
- Kyuukyoku Taisen! Digimon Battle Terminal 02
- Digimon Xros Wars Chou Digicard Taisen
- Digimon Xros Wars Chou Digicard Taisen: General Strikers
- Tamagotchi series
- Chou Nenju Kaisai Card de Ouen! Tamagotchi Cup
- All Seasons Saa Ikou! Card de Entry! Tamagotchi Contest
- Tamagotchi Fushigi na Ehon
- Card de Dechakushin! Tamagotchi!
- Card de Happy! Tamagotchi! Tama Heart Collection
- Daikaijuu Battle series:
- Daikaijuu Battle Ultra Monsters
- Daikaijuu Battle Ultra Monsters Ex
- Daikaijuu Battle Ultra Monsters Neo
- Daikaijuu Battle Ultra Monster Neo: Galaxy Legend
- Daikaijuu Battle RR
- Pretty Cure series
- Utatte! Pretty Cure Dream Live ~Speech Card de Metamorphose!?
- Pretty Cure All Stars: GoGo Dream Live
- Pretty Cure All Stars: Fresh Dream Dance
- Pretty Cure All Stars: HeartCatch Dream Dance
- One Piece series
- One Piece Berry Match
- One Piece Berry Match Double
- One Piece Berry Match Icy
- Super Sentai series
- Super Sentai Battle Dice-O
- Power Rangers series
- Power Rangers Card Battle
References
- ^ "Bandai's "Carddas" topped the total sales volume of 10 billion pieces". GIGAZINE. March 29, 2012.
- ^ "Card Products" (PDF). Bandai. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
- ^ http://www.carddas.com/about/datacarddass.html