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Activision signs Pokemon rival

Thursday 18-Feb-2010 9:49 PM Publisher acquires rights to Gogo's Crazy Bones, CVG reveals

Activision is to release video games based on the Gogo's Crazy Bones franchise after agreeing an exclusive licensing deal, CVG can reveal.

Gogo's Crazy Bones has enjoyed huge popularity as a collectible children's toy - with shops struggling to meet demand on both sides of the Atlantic. The franchise is widely seen as second only to Pokemon in the collectible toy market.

CVG understands that Activision has signed an contract with the toy's creator, Magic Box International, with a view to releasing games on Nintendo formats.

The US publisher is thought to be keen to replicate some of Nintendo's own success with its multi-million-selling Pokemon software on DS.

Created by a Spanish family in the mid-1990s, Gogo's Crazy Bones has more recently won status as a bona fide 'craze' - with some UK schools banning the figures.

Its popularity shows no signs of stopping. A UK magazine, GoGo's Crazy Bones Mega Metropolis, launched earlier this year.

There are hundreds of plastic Gogo's characters available - with each set of three costing around 99p. Rare figures are also on sale as an incentive to keep on collecting.

CVG has contacted Activision for comment.

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Nothing can compete with Pokemon.

Back in elementary school, I remember one of my friends told me he was starting to collect Pokemon cards or whatever ... I punched him in the stomach.

That just made me laugh out loud! :laugh:

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Back in elementary school, I remember one of my friends told me he was starting to collect Pokemon cards or whatever ... I punched him in the stomach.

That explains a LOT.

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Pokemon was infecting my entire school back in seventh grade. I actually bought the Game Boy game (I think I had the blue cartridge), and to its credit, it was actually pretty fun. It's Super Effective!

Can't say I've ever heard of Crazy Bones though.

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When I read about Crazy Bones, I get a sense of deja vu. Are they a second attempt as a concept, or am I confusing them with something similar from ~15 years ago?

Either way, lol @ something being more popular than Pok?mon. Not only is it a massively successful cartoon, it works as an RPG too.

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Hilarious..

I make a comment on a the COD7 thread about Activision being "unoriginal" and here is living proof of it minutes later..

The forums can be fun at times. :rofl:

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