You are correct about them becoming a new company. But that company has recently just declared bankruptcy and is selling (sold) its assets to pay off dept. Hence why I said for good.LeGladiateur wrote:I think 4kids actually become a new company under a new name called 4Licensing Corporation.
For my part, I think it is possible for them to continue the current game. Howerver, they would have to release an intro set with the most basic cards or something close so the newcomers can get into the game.
For the new set by the group. I'm not rejecting the idea. In fact I've never really paid attention to what was made by the fans. I personaly prefer to play cards I actually own and that are official. But creating the cards and everything, would that not remove the fluctuation of the stats that is really nice to the game ?
I just though about that. If there really was a new version of the game coming. Do you think they would open back the old Chaoticonline website ? This would help the old players, but it would not be appropriate if they wanna keep selling cards.
So I see 3 options here:
1- They would have to continue developping a new version and forget the old one
2- They continue the version we know
3- They continue the old one and develop a new version, wich would be really good to keep the old players and the newcomers.
In terms of what they can/should do, if they are legally allowed to continue from where they were. I think re-releasing sets internationally would be a good place to start. But imo, if they start at DOP, they should redesign the sets to account for balancing of later sets.
If they restart the game entirely, I hope they have some rebate policy that allows players with collections to get online packs/cards with the old codes!
If they do both, well that would cause a confusion in terms of how online would be maintained (or sometime like "wild mode" in hearthstone), especially in physical tournaments. It would be the least-sensical option from a business perspective.