Pokemon is better than yu gi oh

Thank you for your arguments, Pro.Rebuttals"Pokemon demonstrates a fun, entertaining way to spend your time for all ages. People live their entire lives with Pokemon, that is how fun it is. You challenge yourself to level up, and work hard to catch rare and cool friends to go on a journey with you."None of these points are relevant. Yu-Gi-Oh! also has many lifelong fans, and in fact the average Yu-Gi-Oh! player is slightly older than the average Pokémon player.[1] Yu-Gi-Oh! also has a competition-with-self aspect, as players try to improve their decks and implement new strategies into their gameplay.As far as "work[ing] hard to catch rare and cool friends," Yu-Gi-Oh! has a close equivalent. Opening a new pack and finding a rare card is every bit as exciting for a Yu-Gi-Oh! player as acquiring a rare Pokémon is for a Pokémon player."In yu gi oh, you buy cards and set it up in a strategic deck, which you use to defeat others. You pay a lot of money for these cards to, some people who are so invested in this spend over 80$ for their decks. You pay a lot of money for these cards to, some people who are so invested in this spend over 80$ for their decks. It is a waste of money, [...] You only play when you have a friend with you, or a opponent of any kind. In pokemon, you can face computers and face various challenges pre programmed in the game. [...] In yu gi oh, you buy decks, and usually the more money spent the better deck, which I believe is unfair. If someone doesn't have as much as money as the others, they can never become the best. In pokemon video games, you can catch all sorts of pokemon and train them specifically, with no extra money having to be spent. If a kid has 40$ dollars, he is good to go, he doesn't need to keep buying more pokemon, because the pokemon are already in the game."This is a comparison of apples to oranges. The Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise has video games as well. With this in mind, it is only fair to compare the TCGs to the TCGs and the video games to the video games.Pro points out, correctly, that Yu-Gi-Oh! cards are expensive and that some players pay a lot of money for their decks. However, the same can be said for the Pokémon TCG. In fact, Pokémon cards are even more expensive than Yu-Gi-Oh! cards. The suggested retail price for a Pokémon started deck is approximately $14, whereas the suggested retail price for a Yu-Gi-Oh! starter deck is about $12.A Yu-Gi-Oh! video game can be bought for about $40, the same price as a Pokémon game, and, like Pokémon, no additional money need then be spent. In fact, since the Pokémon experience is primarily about the video game, many Pokémon fans collect multiple games. After adding up the cost of the games and the consoles, Pokémon fans pay as much or more than Yu-Gi-Oh! fans for their hobby.Yu-Gi-Oh! video games allow worldwide competition as well."Pokemon also has a bigger franchise. Think about it, if you go up to a normal person, which one will he know? A pikachu or winged dragon of Ra? Pokemon has a longer chain of games and activities. Yu gi oh only has the card game, and video games that involve the card game. Pokemon has video games, more video games, toys, a card game (however this card game is bad, we all know that yu gi oh has a better card game) and much more."I will concede that Pokémon is more generally known than Yu-Gi-Oh! and sells more spin-off products, but this is not a proof of quality. Justin Bieber sells more products than Beethoven, but that does not mean that Bieber is the superior musician.Also, my opponent is incorrect in his assertion that Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise "only has the card game, and video games that involve the card game." The Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise produces: An anime, with multiple incarnations and spin-offs A manga, also with multiple incarnations and spin-offs Video games The TCG Novels Films Toys Accessories[2] Essentially, everything that the Pokémon franchise produces. And in fact, Yu-Gi-Oh! has just as many games as Pokémon.[3][4] "In pokemon, you catch specific pokemon that will complement others, just like in yu gi oh where you have ritual cards to summon special monsters."If it "just like in yu gi oh" then how is this point relevant? And in fact, Yu-Gi-Oh! is far more complex than that. Not only does a player have to think through how to incorporate Ritual monsters into their decks and play style, they must also utilize Fusion, Tuner, Synchro, Dark Synchro and Xyz monsters. There are numerous summoning mechanics that come into play when using these monsters, including Normal, Set, Flip, Tribute, Fusion, Contact Fusion, Transformation Summon, Ritual, Synchro, Dark Synchro, Accel Synchro, Delta Accel Synchro, Limit Over Accel Synchro, Double Tuning, Xyz and Xyz Evolution.[5]"Also in pokemon, your pokemon can be things like hasty, modest and brave which boost their stats in some areas and lowers them in others, and you choose which one complements your pokemon, his abillity, his moveset and his item."Yu-Gi-Oh! monsters have twenty-three possible Types, ranging from things like Rock to Creator-God.[6] On top of this, there are also seven official and one unofficial Attributes, such as Water and Dark.[7] All of these effect gameplay in a way that is far more advanced than the "hasty, modest, brave..." attributes in Pokémon, because these effects must be used to the best possible advantage within a deck of forty to sixty cards."Also, EV training is another way to specifically train your pokemon. There is also breeding moves, where you breed to pokemon so that you get a pokemon that has specific moves, where do you see that in yu gi oh? And there is also happiness, which gives your pokemon specific moves, or helps them evolve. And there are also pokemon that evolve into more than 1 other pokemon, so you need to strategically choose the perfect match for your team. And don't forget type match-ups, which type is stronger against other types, which pokemon have the least weaknesses etc."Naturally, a card game isn't going to have such features. That, however, does not make Pokémon more strategic than Yu-Gi-Oh! by a long shot. Yu-Gi-Oh! deck builders incorporate things such as Traps, Spells (and all of their various sub-sets), Monsters, Side Decks and many other things into their strateges to create an overarching strategy theme. All of this can hardly be trumped by a cheap mechanic such as having one type be strong or weak against another. ArgumentsNow for some reasons as to why Yu-Gi-Oh! is better than Pokémon. I will have four contentions.Contention #1 - Yu-Gi-Oh! has better artworkThis can hardly be contested. Please watch the theme song videos of the two shows if you doubt me.Contention #2 - Yu-Gi-Oh! is a more social activityPokémon players experience their hobby mainly through the games, whereas Yu-Gi-Oh! players experience the hobby mainly through the card game. Of course, Pokémon players can battle their friends, but that is not the main experience, and it certainly does not compare to a Yu-Gi-Oh! tourney or meeting friends at a café to trade and duel over a latte.Contention #3 - Yu-Gi-Oh! involves more strategyThis has already been shown in the rebuttals.Contention #4 - Yu-Gi-Oh! has a better mangaThe Yu-Gi-Oh! manga series has a rating of 7.53 on MAL.[8] In contrast, the average rating of the Pokémon manga is 5.3.[9]I look forward to my opponent's response.Sources1. http://www.top8magic.com...2. http://en.wikipedia.org...!3. http://en.wikipedia.org...4. http://yugioh.wikia.com...5. http://yugioh.wikia.com...6. Ibid.7. http://yugioh.wikia.com...8. http://myanimelist.net...9. http://myanimelist.net...http://www.youtube.com...http://www.youtube.com...