Kingdom Hearts Trading Card Game to be Released in NA!

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Published on April 28, 2007 @ 11:15 pm

Written by monkeybutt

[Monkey Edit]: I have recieved a lot of emails and requests asking for this. To view all of the Japanese cards, click here.

KHInsider is very pleased to be announcing this wonderful news first. =) There was clearly a lot of demand for a Kingdom Hearts Trading Card Game to make its way to the English Language, and we finally have our confirmation! The Kingdom Hearts Trading Card Game will be officially releasing itself in the 4th Quarter of 2007. The official statement is below. Thanks Bryan Bornmueller for the heads up. As always, you heard it here first. We'll be continuing our coverage on the trading card game as things come up!

ArcLight USA and Fantasy Flight Games to distribute English-Language version of Tomy's KINGDOM HEARTS trading card game

LAS VEGAS, NV (April 24, 2007) ArcLight USA, Inc. and Fantasy Flight Games (FFG) announced today that they will be distributing the English version of the KINGDOM HEARTS Trading Card Game, originally published in Japan by Takara/TOMY Company, Ltd.

"We are excited to help bring this massively popular game to English-speaking audiences," said Jeremy Stomberg of Fantasy Flight Games. "The players of the videogames will be thrilled with the art and gameplay of this series!"

"ArcLight is honored to be chosen by Takara-Tomy to facilitate the production and distribution of the English language version of Tomy's Trading Card Game Kingdom Hearts," said Dana Lombardy, design manager for ArcLight USA. "It is also a privilege to work with the creative design teams of Square Enix and Disney who have been involved with both the console videogame and the card game."

The KINGDOM HEARTS Trading Card Game is based on the bestselling PlayStation 2 console videogame series, a crossover of classic Disney and Final Fantasy characters, themes and universes made for the series. The first set of the KINGDOM HEARTS Trading Card Game will be released to the book and hobby store market in the 3rd Quarter of 2007, with a preview at GenCon 2007 in August. The game will be released to the mass market in the 4th Quarter of 2007.

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