BANDAI CO., LTD. has revealed the first gameplay details, card designs, and global event roadmap for NARUTO CARD GAME, a new strategy-focused trading card game based on Masashi Kishimoto’s iconic NARUTO series.
First announced in June, the game will officially launch worldwide in Summer 2027, with its world debut planned at Gen Con 2026.
First Look Trailer:
Players will build their own decks around a Leader Card, using characters from NARUTO, NARUTO: Shippuden, and BORUTO: NARUTO NEXT GENERATIONS. The goal is to use strategy, Characters, and Jutsu abilities to reduce the opponent’s Leader Life to zero.
The game includes several card types:
- Leader Card: The heart of a player’s deck. A player’s cards and strategies are determined by the color of their Leader, with games won when an opponent’s Leader’s Life is brought to zero.
- Character Card: A player’s front line. Character cards execute attacks, and some can unleash Jutsu, such as Ninjutsu, by paying a Chakra cost.
- EX Character Card: After meeting certain conditions during the match, these powerful, high-impact Characters can swing the game into a player’s favor.
- Chakra Card: A player’s resource pool, spent to activate Jutsu and other Support effects at the moment they’re needed.
- Summon Card: A required card to bring Character cards into battle.
©2002 MASASHI KISHIMOTO / 2007 SHIPPUDEN All Rights Reserved.
Overview Trailer:
The first revealed cards feature popular characters such as Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, Jiraiya, and Itachi Uchiha, combining original artwork with illustrations inspired by the anime and manga.
©2002 MASASHI KISHIMOTO / 2007 SHIPPUDEN All Rights Reserved.
©2002 MASASHI KISHIMOTO / 2007 SHIPPUDEN All Rights Reserved.
Before its worldwide release, NARUTO CARD GAME will appear at several major events, including:
- Gen Con 2026 (Indianapolis) — world debut, July 30 – August 2, 2026
- New York Comic Con 2026 (October 2026) — more information revealed
- PAX Australia 2026 (October 2026)
- BANDAI CARD GAMES Fest. 26-27 — across the season
- Spiel Essen 2026 (October 2026)
- Paris Games Week 2026 (October 2026)
- Lucca Comics & Games 2026 (November 2026)
- Further information — December 2026
- In-store Tutorial Sessions roll out — January 2027
- Worldwide release — Summer 2027
Following launch, BANDAI CARD GAMES will organize tournaments and events for players worldwide, leading to a future World Championship.
NARUTO CARD GAME will make its first appearance at Gen Con 2026 with beginner-friendly tutorials, exclusive participant gifts, and giveaways.
About BANDAI CARD GAMES:
– The emotion born from cards transcends borders and brings the world together –
“BANDAI CARD GAMES” is the trading card game brand developed by BANDAI CO., LTD.’s Card Business Department. Under this brand, we operate a variety of card game titles across more than 50 regions worldwide, including North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America, Oceania, and the Middle East. “BANDAI CARD GAMES” offers opportunities for fans to connect with each other and with the worlds of their favorite series through the power of cards.
About NARUTO:
Written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto, NARUTO began serialization in Weekly Shōnen Jump in 1999, with a TV anime adaptation premiering in 2002. The manga concluded in 2014 at its 700th chapter, and the franchise has continued through events, games, and merchandise. Its cumulative worldwide circulation has surpassed 250 million copies.
Source: Press Release
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