Pokemon Is better than Yu-Gi-Oh

But alas, I will never concede! I will be defending my arguments and then attacking my opponents. C1: SO MANY OPTIONS For the TV show, my opponent has his facts wrong. The first TV show for Yu-Gi-Oh came out in 2000 in Japan, and 2001 in the US [1]. If we count all of the GX and 5D series including the original, that is less than 13 years total since it's first release in Japan. The first Pokemon episode started in 1997 in Japan and 1998 in the US[2], meaning that Pokemon has been around for a little less than 16 years, surpassing Yu-Gi-Oh by 3 years. My opponent says that Yu-Gi-Oh has 49 games across 14 gaming platforms, and that is true. But Pokemon has 64 games[3]. 64 GAMES. If logic is still around, 64 is still more than 49, so I beleive I win that point. C2: IT HAS MANY HOURS OF ENTERTAINMENT:My opponent is comparing Yu-Gi-Oh to chess, but can one really enjoy playing chess for hours and hours and hours? I'm sure a couple people do, but on the whole, no. When people play Yu-Gi-Oh, they don't play it for hours and hours. With Pokemon, people play it for hours and hours! They seriously do! And if you get tired of one of the Pokemon game, THERE ARE 63 MORE OTHER ONES. And all of them are filled with hours and hours of entertainment! My opponent also says "watch the TV show" saying it adds 'bosses and such". But that's the characters in the show battling bosses, not you. And my opponent words the Pokemon games as "clicking a button and watching Pokémon with four attacks battle each other for hours", but it is much more than that. You travel through different lands, battling different rivals, bosses, travelling around, and trying to become the best there ever was. With Yu-Gi-Oh, it's just putting cards on a mat up, down, or sideways and calculating math inside your head for how much life points you have left. Sounds like lots of fun. And yes, it is "just a card game. "C3: IT'S CHEAPERMy opponent says that it will cost $240 dollars for 8 games of pokemon, but a lot of people just have one or 2 games, which is enough for hours of entertainment. I suppose a hard Pokemon fan would buy lots of games and then it would be expensive, but the same could be said for a hard Yu-Gi-Oh fan. If you are a Pokemon fan and want a rare Pokemon, how much does it cost to trade one over Wi-Fi? In terms of cash, $0. If you want a rare Yu-Gi-Oh card, how much will it cost to buy one? At least 20 dollars for a rare card. $20 dollars over $0? That's a no brainer! And my opponent says that a pack of Yu-Gi-Oh cards at a retail store goes for $3 for a pack of nine, but it is more like 5 dollars for a pack of 8. So we're still talking about 63 cents a card. So if you want a 40 card deck, it will cost you $25 dollars. But that is if you are lucky enough to get every single card the exact card that you want in 5 booster packs, which is impossible. To get that one certain card, or to get each of the cards you want, you will have to buy them each individually and it will cost a lot to buy each one seperately. And yes, there are Pokemon cards, but they are not the main part of the franchise. The games are, just like the cards are the main part of Yu-Gi-Oh. And There is also no proof that Yu-Gi-Oh is cheaper in terms of cards than Pokemon, either, so this point will be dropped since neither side can provide evidence supporting a side. Also, if you are missing a vital Yu-Gi-Oh card for a deck, your pretty much screwed, so if you want every card in your perfect deck to be just right, it's going to cost you a lot of money. So for C3, the average single Pokemon game costs $20-$40 dollars. On average, a personalized Yu-Gi-Oh deck will cost at least a hundred dollars. Oh my god, I thought I had finished my round, but I still have to attack my opponents points! A. Strategic Depth:My opponent lists some of the things in Yu-Gi-Oh that make strategic depth, but he doesn't say anything for Pokemon. There are items, what moves you use for each pokemon, abilities, physical attacks, stat attacks, team attacks, special attacks, the type of the attacks, the types of the pokemon, status condition, the gender, etc. all of these add dificulty and strategy to the game. It isn't just just rock paper scissors, it's more than that. My opponent says "each card has a purpose" well so do the pokemon. Each has individual abilites, attacks, gender ratios etc. , making for very diverse and strategic gameplay. And my opponent says that Yu-Gi-Oh relies on brains while Pokemon is purely physical. That is not true: knowing how to use each of your Pokemon in unicine with eachother, and matching up attack types to cover up their weaknesses. And Yu-Gi-Oh also has the use of brawn as well. Which would win in a fight: Obelisk the Tormentor or a Celtic Guardian, on their own with no spell or traps in consideration? Obviously brawn and power is one of the main things used in the Yu-Gi-Oh game. B. It's SocialWhile it is true that Pokemon may seem anti-social, it is not. Often when you battle with people around you through wireless connection, you talk to eachother about stuff like "oh crap! How did you get that? " or "Damn! when did you get that guy? " which leads to casual conversation during gameplay. When I play against my brother, that's what we often do. Yu-Gi-Oh, on the other hand isn't. It is easy to find someone with a gaming system these days. As of 2008, 72% of Americans own gaming consoles[4]. And that is 4 years ago, so it has gone up since then! It is higher than 72%! That means the chance of finding someone with a gaming console is way easier than finding someone with a full deck of Yu-Gi-Oh cards. C:CRUX V. S. CRUXHere's my view: Pokemon has vast lands and many places to travel through over many regions and collect a team of warriors you have grown to admire, using your mind to strategically choose which attacks should go with which guys, which abilites, which items etc. , eventually trying to be the very best, like no one ever was. Yu-Gi-Oh is a card game where you put them in positions on a mat, with cards that alot of different cards have the same abilities, but just different images. If your missing a vital card, your deck is pretty much ruined and winning is near impossible. If you don't have a guy in Pokemon you deem "vital to your team", you can easily get and train another one. Wow, tough round! Good luck, CP! [1]. http://yugioh.wikia.com... [2]. http://pokemon.wikia.com...! [3]. http://en.wikipedia.org...[4]http://www.military.com...