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Parents' Guide to

Teppen

By David Chapman, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 11+

Fantastic Capcom-based card game is impossible to put down.

App iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android Free Card Games
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What you will—and won't—find in this app.

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age 10+

Based on 1 parent review

henrycoooper
henrycoooper Parent of 7-year-old
September 5, 2019
age 10+

Excellent for kids

interesting app for 10 years kid. it has good learn ability factor.
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  • Personalised advertising is displayed.
  • Data are collected by third-parties for their own purposes.
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What’s It About?

TEPPEN is a free-to-play virtual card game in which players take on the role of heroes and villains from across the breadth of the Capcom Universe. Driven by desire and manipulated by a mysterious outside force, each of these characters finds themselves on a quest to discover a personal truth. While each may walk their own road, all paths lead to The Land of Illusion, a realm in which even the powers of the divine are not absolute. You'll choose your character, build your deck, and battle against others in the ultimate collectible card game. Players will face off in epic dream matches, pitting the fighting spirit of Street Fighter’s Ryu against the raw power of Monster Hunter’s Rathalos, or deadly seduction of Darkstalker’s succubus Morrigan against the cruel brutality of Resident Evil’s Albert Wesker. If you can defeat all comers, you'll prove yourself a legend worthy of the secrets The Land of Illusions holds.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say: (1 ):
Kids say: Not yet rated

There's lots of licensed games that bank on the familiarity of famous characters and phone in the rest, leaving players with plenty of fan service, but a hollow shell of a gaming experience. Teppen, the free-to-play mobile card game starring an all-star lineup of Capcom characters, isn't one of those games. From start to finish, Teppen is a high caliber, finely tuned, and polished experience that’s not only a love letter to Capcom fans, but also reinvigorates the collectible card game genre for a whole new audience. It might not be a perfect game, but it’s about as close as it can be, and with that free-to-play price that makes it impossible not to at least take for a spin.

At first glance, Teppen seems deceptively simple. The gameplay mechanics are easy to pick up, with players building up energy over time which are then used to play cards dealt to their hand. Just about everything is built around a timer and knowing when to play a card is just as important as know which card to play. As easy as the game is to learn, the difficulty comes in analyzing the 200+ cards available in the base set and coming up with a custom strategy to build a deck around. While the base decks earned in the game’s Story mode are good enough to get through some single-player encounters, taking the fight online against other players takes a lot of extra work. This also highlights the game’s biggest flaw, as some players will shell out cash to pick up a healthy collection of cards, leaving more frugal players potentially outmatched in a pay-to-win scenario. Still, Teppen is a fantastically fun game with a lot of nuance and a lot to offer to both Capcom fans and fans of collectible cards games in general.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about the appeal of collecting. What is the motivation for collecting rare cards, variant cards, etc., and what are some of the ways that companies capitalize on this?

  • What are some of the ways that free-to-play games use microtransactions to generate revenue? What are the risks involved in offering rare or powerful gear, creating a “pay-to-win” atmosphere?

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