The official ONE PIECE Card Recreation retailers in Japan will introduce a facial recognition system throughout product gross sales beginning Aug 22 to make sure that prospects have a good alternative to buy merchandise amid rising issues over scalpers.
The system will briefly gather and confirm prospects’ facial info after they buy ONE PIECE Card Recreation-related merchandise, in accordance with Bandai Namco’s official web site.
Additionally they added that facial info is not going to be used for any objective apart from the gross sales course of.
The transfer comes amid heightened consideration surrounding the resale of ONE PIECE Card Recreation-related merchandise.
A promotional card bundled with the July 13 challenge of Weekly Shonen Soar triggered a nationwide sellout after scalpers reportedly bought a number of copies to acquire the cardboard.
Shueisha had elevated the problem’s print run by 500,000 copies forward of its launch due to the anticipated demand for the cardboard, though the writer didn’t disclose the overall print run.
Regardless of the extra copies, the problem shortly offered out at bookstores and comfort shops nationwide. A number of copies subsequently appeared on resale marketplaces at considerably inflated costs, with scalpers reportedly buying copies particularly to acquire the promotional card.
Shueisha apologized to readers on July 17 and introduced measures supposed to forestall comparable shortages sooner or later.
The facial recognition system is scheduled to debut on the identical day a brand new ONE PIECE Card Recreation booster pack, “World’s Strongest Warriors,” goes on sale.
The brand new set is anticipated to draw vital consideration from collectors and gamers. It features a newly drawn “Strongest Creature, Kaido of the Beasts” card illustrated by Keisuke Itagaki, the manga artist finest identified for the Baki the Grappler sequence.
The booster pack can even mark the debut of Rocks within the ONE PIECE Card Recreation, and introduces a brand new “Pirate Crew Tremendous Parallel” rarity that includes Luffy and Rocks.
Supply: Bandai Namco Official Web site, Oricon
