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In 2012, ACS launched "All☆Star Spirits", a brand new card game which pits loads of characters from various ACS franchises throughout the company's 45 years, against each other. So far, the card game is exclusive only to Japan, though the impending global launch of the mobile game spinoff All☆Star Spirits Clash this fall would mark the game's international debut.

Compared to Kessenju, the gameplay leans more towards 1 on 1 combat, and plays quite similar to the Pokemon TCG. Players get to battle each other's Fighter cards, and power them up with their respective Power cards, which would allow them to unleash their attacks on their opponents to deplete their Life and knock them out. There's also Support cards that give out various advantages, similar to Pokemon's Trainer cards. Whoever gets three of their Fighters knocked out by the opponent or gets decked out first loses.

Franchises featured in All☆Star Spirits include some of ACS' flagship franchises such as Crisis Moon, Sentoki, Fighting Champions, To the Beat, and even Blazin' Wheels, among others. Starting in 2015, characters from DokiDoki Bunko titles have also been included. And in 2017, to promote Cross Chaos, the CCG had its first inter-company crossover with the "Neo Challengers" expansion set, which featured characters from Earth Warriors, Monstrum Tower and the Rizer series.