Taking the Wikipedia “Random Article” link and websites like WikiRoulette one step further, Japanese app developer harusugi recently came out with Wikigacha, a free-to-play browser-based card collecting game which literally lets you do gacha pulls on Wikipedia. Unsurprisingly, the game already went viral in Japan only a couple of weeks after its official release, with many X users already boasting their collections of rare (and bizarre) pulls. But what is this game even about?
Similarly to opening booster packs in Pokémon TGC Pocket, or for that matter, opening real-life packs of trading cards, Wikigacha allows you to open packs of – Wikipedia articles. Each pack contains five collectible cards taken straight from Wikipedia, spanning across seven rarity levels, with Legend Rare being the highest. Apparently, rarity levels correspond directly with Wikipedia’s article quality ratings, with higher quality articles appearing less often in packs. Every 10 pulls, you’ll get the chance to open a Gold Pack, containing more valuable cards for your collection (Note that, despite Wikipedia being so vast, there is still a chance for you to pull duplicates).
Additionally, each of the article cards you pull come with ATK and DEF stats, corresponding to the article’s Popularity (Pageviews x Rarity Multiplier) and Depth (Content Length x Rarity Multiplier) respectively, as measured on Wikirank. And yes, this means that you can literally use your Wikipedia cards to battle.
There are currently three different battle modes that you can play in Wikigacha – Daily Raid Battle, Single Random Battle and Team Battle, with a Story Mode to be added at a later date. In Daily Raids, you’ll get to face one “Raid Boss” card per day, using up to 10 cards from your collection. On the other hand, Single Random Battles and Team Battles let you match against actual opponents in a card on card (or five cards on five cards) showdown.
Wikigacha is free to play on browser, with both Japanese and English language support.
