Bushiroad has released its first products for the Love Live! Official Card Game series. The collection currently includes a Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club starter deck, a Love Live! Superstar!! starter deck, and a a Volume 1 Booster Pack, featuring characters from Nijigasaki High School Idol Club, Liella!, and Hasunozora Girls’ Academy School Idol Club.
In total, the Love Live! Official Card Game will feature new illustrations of 57 school idols from the Love Live! series, including those from rival units. The card game was initially announced via a livestream last year on October 28, where fans also got their first look at some of the new idol costumes featured in the game.
The same livestream also explained some of its basic gameplay mechanics. Players will use a deck of 24 Member Cards, 6 Live Cards, and 12 Energy Cards. They will then use Energy Cards to summon Member Cards, which are then used to hold Live Performances by combining Live Cards with Member Cards. The first player to successfully hold three Live Performances will win the game.
Japan-based players can also participate in some exciting launch activities for the card game, including Japanese shop tournaments, pop-up stores in Ikebukuro and Akihabara, and a social media campaign where fans can enter to win cards and other merchandise. A large-scale tournament is also planned to take place in Japan this autumn.
