The winner of the first "TEPPEN" world championship held online was a Japanese player, kuran!

On the 27th, the finals of the TEPPEN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2020TEPPEN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2020, a world championship of TEPPEN, a competitive digital card game for smartphones distributed by Gungho, was held online.

A succession of upsets! Players who were considered the favorites in advance information were eliminated.

The early stages of the tournament. The Japanese player who was considered the most likely to win the tournament, Earth, ranked No. 1 in tour point ranking, was eliminated in the first round of D Block after winning two sets in a row against Kirei, another Japanese player.

The number of available heroes, hero arts, and card options has increased dramatically since last year's World Tournament, and the range of strategies has broadened, so the previous top-ranked players were eliminated one after another. The last guardian from Taiwan, the previous champion who beat Narikawa in the first round and Spooky in the second round with a solid performance, was eliminated in the best of 8 after a dramatic upset by Ria from Japan. The best 4 players were all Japanese.

The winners were tarakoman, the runner-up in the previous tournament, and kuran, who had started playing after admiring the heroics of tarakoman!

The winners of the finals were tarakoman, the "Prince of TEPPEN," who was the runner-up last time and was outclassed once in every match of this tournament but regained the lead each time with his calm judgment, and kuran, who started playing the game seriously this year with tarakoman as his target. The first round started with kuran.

In the first round, tarakoman, who had a defensive Shield of Mamori (Airou) deck against Kuran's scary Ouroboros (Wesker) deck, was not blessed with a good hand at the beginning of the game, and he dared not to play any cards until the last minute of the game to buy time without reacting. He then gambled on a plan to make a quick attack in the last minute or so. However, kuran was able to survive this plan and took the first round.

In the second round, kuran faced off against a Mamori no Oshield, Ochihouha (Zero) deck. Again, tarakoman was outclassed until the end of the round, and was down to one life point, but just in time, he drew a Counter Hunter and used his Super Art "Ochihouha" to eliminate his opponent's cards, turning the tables in a flash. The score was even, and the dramatic reversal drew a roar of excitement from the live commentators.

The third round was a mirror match with Mamori's big shield. In the early rounds, tarakoman had the advantage, but as kuran's hand became stronger, his life was gradually depleted, and the match was settled. kuran became the second champion, and tarakoman finished as the runner-up for the second consecutive year.

Kazuyoshi Morishita, president of GungHo, who was watching the game, was moved to tears as the two players played out a match that will be talked about not only in TEPPEN history, but also in the history of e-sports. He expressed his gratitude to the contestants and their fans, saying, "Well, yes, ......, there are many things that go wrong when you are making games, but I feel happy to have everyone's support.

In an online interview after winning the tournament, kuran commented on his Ouroboros deck, which was particularly noteworthy, saying, "I decided on it right before the tournament, but it was pretty good. As for the final match, the final match against the Omori no Oshield, he revealed that it was mostly a matter of luck, saying, "It was all about what I drew at the time," since both players knew each other's hands from previous matches.

As for the fact that he met his target player, tarakoman, in the final, he said, "I didn't think I would win. I thought I would enjoy it whether I won or lost." In addition to tarakoman, there were many other players who played with him, and he said, "I don't think it was only my own strength that made me better in one year. It was because we practiced as a team and shared our opinions with each other.

This was the second world championship, and many other gamers besides traditional card gamers, such as professionals, mahjong players, fighting gamers, action gamers, etc., participated in this year's championship, including some who will compete in the world championship. If I had to sum up the characteristics of the game in one word, I would say it is the power of quick thinking and the power of spontaneity.

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App Information
TEPPEN
Genre: Ultimate Card Battle
Supported devices: iOS 10.0 or later / Android 6.0 or later
Price: Free (with in-game purchases)
Distribution start date :
July 4, 2019 (Thursday) : North America and Europe *Pacific Standard Time
Thursday, August 8, 2019 : Asia and Japan
Languages supported : English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese
Publisher: Gungho Online Entertainment, Inc.
Developer: GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc. and Capcom Co.

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