Astro Boy Digital Card Game Takes Off With Kickstarter

The iconic legacy of Astro Boy heads to Kickstarter today in digital card game form, with Astro Boy: Edge of Time. Active Gaming Media, Tezuka Productions, and Macoto Tezka are aiming for a $50,000 goal to bring Astro Boy to the digital table.

The collectible card game is planned to launch on PC and Mac. Console releases are being considered as stretch goals.

Astro Boy: Edge of Time takes the characters from Osamu Tezuka's works and transports them to a completely new world. Players can build decks and play against other players or the AI in 1v1 matches. Gameplay takes a positional "row" approach where cards in the offensive lane can attack the enemy but are unable to defend, and cards in the defensive row can defend but not attack.

Ranked and unranked online competitive modes will be available.

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Our Take
We've seen a deluge of digital card games come rushing to replicate the success of titles like Hearthstone, and as with many others, it remains to be seen whether this will be a powerful addition to the congested DCG market or a forgettable replica riding on the back of a somewhat obscure IP for this day and age, at least in Western circles. I'm going to hope for the best and see what happens with the Kickstarter.

Astro Boy Digital Card Game Takes Off With Kickstarter
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