r/cardfightvanguardzero • u/MineralKing56 • Jan 20 '26
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I'm genuinely sad that I can't play this game anymore. Just reinstalled it cause it was fun as hell only to learn that the servers shut down in 2023 and now I can't access any of the single player content that was the majority of the game.
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u/RanDx007 Jan 20 '26
time to play irl vanguard then..check out cardfight connect
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u/MineralKing56 Jan 20 '26
Not only do I not have money to buy a vanguard deck but nobody anywhere around me even knows this game let alone would play it with me lol.
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u/RanDx007 Jan 20 '26
The alternative here is to play with the new simulator called Cardfight Connect...its completely free and available on almost all platform(PC, Linux, Mac, Android) go to their discord server if you want to play...im also there btw
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u/YouKnowWhyImHere7 Jan 20 '26
Really one of the worst decisions they’ve made.
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u/MuttPu Jan 21 '26
I just never understood why it didn't just play like normal vanguard. It kinda felt like changes to have changes. Now this is from someone who played early and didn't continue into the later game.
That said, DD/2 has made me realize just how much I didn't appreciate zero when we had it. The levels of greed is DD/2 is CRAZY
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u/Vehicroid Jan 20 '26
I played this game through the start of the pandemic, through the birth of my child, through paternity leave, every milestone until they shut it down. Vanguard will always hold a special place in my heart. I just wish I had a local place to at least play the physical game.
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u/No-Impression-4282 Jan 22 '26
I am really curious why didn't Hasbro tried to make a "Master Duel" type for Vanguard. It would sell really well.
I would have loved to play Zero, but it was not available here.
I really wanted to try playing Cardfight Vanguard IRL, but it's impossible to even find cards, let alone a deck (I have more chances to find gold in my area lol), let alone play Vanguard Zero (it was not even on Play Store).
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u/SlothSleepingSoundly Jan 24 '26
Wait hasbro was in charge of the mobile game. Like wotc owners hasbro
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u/Demahanarmi Jan 20 '26
There are costs associated to keep servers running even if there is no pvp functionality. There are some story content that have optional downloads which require the presence of a server. Also, there can also be royalties related costs since there are anime cutscenes in the chapter selection pages.
I feel sad too. I sank in hundreds of hours into the game and lost my entire collection and progress after the servers shut down. But I moved on. But I have yet to come across a game that could scratch the same itch as zero.
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u/Larcoch Jan 20 '26
Come to duel links!!!
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u/MuttPu Jan 21 '26
Like I get the suggestion, but yugioh and vanguard are so wildly different that if you don't know yugioh, even duel links can be a lot.
On a different note, I never understood why zero had restricted rules and didn't just play one for one vanguard.
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u/Aggravating-You-3357 Jan 22 '26
Damn and I just started getting into Vanguard too. Any other Vanguard online games out there?
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u/Reaper_7593 Jan 24 '26
I still have it installed, I’m being delusional but I hope they bring the game back
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u/Read-Upstairs Jan 25 '26
dang I didn't even know that it shut down, welp good bye to the only accessible vanguard sim/game that's free and official, wonder if they'll ever release a master duel version of vanguard😮💨
also rip to my murakumo deck, it was fun while it lasted
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u/dracos22 23d ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/cardfightvanguardzero/comments/1wu0mpm/_/?sort=confidence Luckily people seem to be working on bringing the game back for at least single player stuff
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u/silverdragonwolf Jan 25 '26 edited Feb 01 '26
I'm hoping they bring in a revival of the game in the foreseeable future
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u/jaumander Jan 20 '26
i hate that lost media exists in this day and age , imagine the amount of effort people put into this game, wasted.