wait remember chaotic it was this cool Fusion of fantasy Sci-Fi Action all tied into a collectible
card game yeah stop me when you've heard that one before being produced by four kids entertainment
chaotic was made out of the want to tie in a show with a card game this time with the card
game being established already chaotic now or never a Danish in origin card game but we
gotta give the show a plot some characters and a distinct look to stand out from the rest at the
time from Pokemon to Yu-Gi-Oh to Digimon I was a card collecting Beast was then am now so to be
around during the early 2000s where it seemed almost every show tried having a collectible
or trading card game that would either Loosely be attached to a TV show or be in relation to
it was a true sight to behold while some worked some failed and some were underrated and sadly
lost to time but where does chaotic place I feel like people remember this series but at the same
time I feel like there are so many out there that don't even know what I'm talking about so today
let's take a look at chaotic and if you enjoy the video you better subscribe I don't know
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the Danish they've given the world some great things salty licorice Lego and of course chaotic
kind of starting off originally in 2000 as a game called gruels and gorks it would quickly
be remolded into a different game in 2001 one called chaotic Now or Never which is the thing
that caught the attention from Brian Gannon who from 2002 to 2003 was the vice president
of global business development for upper deck specifically for anything Yu-Gi-Oh related with
his connections and knowledge of the business world of syndication licensing and I guess
trading cards now he would serve as president and CEO for TC digital games a subsidiary of
for kids entertainment from 2003 until 2014. the whole goal aside from americanizing so
much anime was to get something of Their Own by going and acquiring chaotic Now or Never And by
signing a deal to do so chaotic now or never was completely canceled and not a purchasable
product anymore this signed contract resulted in the efforts to bring chaotic to the U.S but the
challenge was to format the existing base game into something much more marketable changing up
the terminology the names of the creatures and the overall look of the card game as well clearly they
weren't just buying the card game to sell a card game they wanted to be like the other big shots on
the Block every successful card game basically had a TV show so obviously making a show secondary but
not in a lazy Way by any sense of the imagination using a lot of the original lore behind the game
they took pieces and parts from what was there and made similar enough but more unique story ideas
and plot points that would have the card game and show work in unison from all of this in 2006 the
show would Premiere through four kids alongside the revamped card game coming a year later in 2007
being put on store shelves we get the idea Peyton good luck coming up next chaotic on
now our main character in the show itself is Tom voiced by Jason Griffith Tom's your average
teenage dude who enjoys the card game chaotic along with his best friend kazden voiced by
Darren Dunstan now playing the game is cool and all but what about being actually in the game
well that's something that Tom doesn't believe is possible no matter how many times Kaz tells
him about this mysterious secret code that will allow them to do so but of course the
super secret password gets sent to Tom and of course of course he enters it nothing is going
to happen though is what this dude really thought because his scanner device transports him to the
world of chaotic where the monsters on the cards are real and you can take pictures of them or scan
them and also become them yeah it's pretty rad there are two separate areas within this world
the battle drone where you get to become the creatures and battle opponents and then there is
parem the actual land of the creatures in chaotic in which you can go scan into your device which
looks like it functions as a version of Pokemon Snap the creatures of the land are split between
four but secretly five different tribes that all have their own Unique Designs abilities
Etc in relation to their tribe each tribe has a leader with maxor being the leader of
the Overworld tribe serving as the face of the show basically in our vessel into the creature
relations between tribes with a war going on over the power known as kothika and while you may root
for One Tribe over the other there is no real good side or bad side each tribe sees themselves as the
good side and through the storytelling you don't see them as either good or bad but maybe a mix
of both something that was particularly unique to chaotic was that the gameplay adjacent aspect of
the show was pretty well thought out in actually teaching the viewer the real or as close as you
can get techniques and concepts of how to play the incompanying card game a lot of other shows
stretched and bent the rules in favor of story plot or more definitive action but chaotic didn't
sacrifice either instead it embraced the rules into the world of the show while still adding in
the features unique to the show like going to the world and becoming the creatures the first season
of the show looks different from the following two seasons of the show with the first being
done in Flash seasons 2 and 3 would look more like your typical anime aesthetic to fall in
line with the other shows it was similar to this was a major point of contention between fans going
back and forth from those who like the new look and those who prefer the original The Supporting
Cast of other human characters do a fine job on getting their time to be important to the story
or at least play a role that doesn't stray the path too much or ever become an annoyance Payton
voiced by Mark Thompson is the definition of that one dude who is the most into the card
game like it's their personality sure he has a great knowledge of chaotic but man can we talk
about something else sometimes like have you seen the 2017 Masterpiece of a film Blade Runner 2049
Sarah voiced by Rebecca solar the smart but ain't taking your crap type headstrong and will go to
Great Lengths to scan the creatures of param then there's cristella and Claiborne voiced by
Meredith zeitlin and Gary Mack the pranksters and Main human antagonists of the show they are your
standard bad guy type they aren't nice and I don't like them there was a video game for chaotic that
came out in 2009 maybe we take a look at that soon over on my Jordan Fringe gaming channel
now let's talk about the card aspect of things like I mentioned the show is very accurate in
teaching you the viewer how to play the game through the guise of some really fun and creative
action the physical cards themselves were really cool looking they stood out a part from Yu-Gi-Oh
and Pokemon but there was an aspect about them that made them feel well less collectible and
more of a way to get you from the physical cards to the online game each card would have this code
on the bottom of the front of the card that you could input online for the online game but on
the back is where it feels tacky maybe that's the word I'm looking for there you'd find a nice logo
for the series but at the bottom you see an advertisement for the card game website which
thinking about the digital age and the rise of so many card game players using online versions of
the game and or using Code cards like for Pokemon and inputting them into the game it seems that
chaotic was trying to be ahead of the curve as this would continue to be a growing format
but it weirdly felt like I was being marketed to something else than rather having fun collecting
the cards regardless of that the card game had five different types of cards creature Attack
music battle gear and location creature cards are the main cards you play as and they were all
even more unique by having a randomly generated set of stats yeah you and I could have the same
cards but these sets of stats right here would be completely different a pretty cool concept
for the game in general but an annoying one for collector completionists out there good luck
with that one each creature would be from one of five different tribes overworlders underworlders
lepidians danians and moralions each tribe having a distinct look to their tribes like the moralions
looking like slime-based alien creatures I like them battle gear is your attachment
to your character like weapons and equipment music is musical magic essentially the Spells
with special effects that you could use one time the Attack cards allow your creature to complete
some form of command and of course location cards are area-based chain changing the environment to
either help your creature or put your opponents at a disadvantage it wasn't too hard to pick up
and understand while not trying to be exactly like any other popular card game at the time
plus the creature designs are what stood out the most being the single thing I remember the most
about chaotic I know we are specifically talking about the show in this video but since the card
game is baked into the DNA of chaotic on every end I figured it would only be right for me to hit the
surface level stuff on terms of understanding the base elements of how the card game works
plus I like card games and how often do I get a chance to speak about them in a YouTube video
cool chaotic Marillion Invasion will return right after this now back to chaotic Marillion invasion
the show itself would come to an end in early 2010 after three full seasons several months
after that the website updated one final time in the upcoming card expansion was
delayed indefinitely it seems that this was the sad end of the show and the property in
general that's it but what was really going on was a bunch of privately handled lawsuits
regarding the rights to the property of chaotic between TC digital and for kids entertainment
funny enough two years later in 2012 chaotic went on to celebrate the fifth anniversary of
the card game specifically even when behind the scenes mommy and daddy were fighting but if we
fast forward two more years to 2014 four kids entertainment filed for bankruptcy but came
back together now under the name for licensing which three years later in 2017 would also file
for bankruptcy why is that important well that means that the big legal back and forth battle
that's been happening effectively has ended and the rights default to the company left standing
TC digital but things went silent the battle was one but now it's been seven years since
the show ended and the card game really hasn't done anything since then either however chaotic
may not be dead after all in fact in 2019 Brian Gannon stated in an interview that he does want
to revive the series he has plans to revive the series it wouldn't be a reboot rather a Revival
and would pick up where things left off at the end of the third season along with that would mean the
Revival of the whole IP in general so I'd expect that to mean the card game too the last couple of
years it was briefly mentioned and more hints to it officially becoming a thing were floated
around thanks to Brian's light teasing of it our final bit of information regarding the Revival
was in March of 2021 11 years since the ending of the show where Brian stated that the Revival is
still in the works as of making this video nothing further has been announced but I guess we will see
what the future holds however there's one more thing one more thing in June of 2022 a YouTube
channel called codemaster Hard Rock was able to meet up and speak with Brian Gannon and was able
to get some more information for this revival confirming some frequently asked questions by
the fandom for example Legacy cards will be able to be playable and reprints will be happening the
first card set to release was the one that was indefinitely delayed titled fire and stone and
that they are looking at the 11 minute run time for episodes rather than a full 22 minutes there
will be a mobile version of the card game or some sort of companion app as well as looking into both
the video game market and another PC version of the card game oh and a movie to kick start the
Revival may be in the works with thought going to either a cartoon version or a live-action version
I personally really enjoyed what the show had to offer I must admit that during its original airing
I wasn't keeping up with the show that often and not so much the card game either for me it sadly
always fell behind stuff like Pokemon Yu-Gi-Oh and Digimon not that I'm trying to compare them
all together but those other three were able to go on and continue their fandoms to this day and
have never really lost me as a fan maybe I was already juggling enough in this hobby area that
another card game slash cartoon didn't interest me that much whatever it was it boils down to just
younger me not having full interest in hindsight and fully watching the show there was definitely
something pretty great here from the storytelling to the action the show had something special that
I could see myself liking back then and I guess I feel bad for not giving it the time of day a bit
more I do see a future that if or when this show does actually come back that I will give it more
attention but as for the cards themselves while I love the art on them truly need to do something
special with them to pull my interest there as well if it's all encompassed together all aspects
need to be given the same amount of love the cards need to ditch that website link on the back yuck
get it out of here and maybe a bit thicker of cardstock and boom I'm in but what about you
were you a fan of Chaos product and if so would you be on board for a Revival of the series and
card game let me know in the comments thanks so much for watching like And subscribe later