{"id":62081,"date":"2026-03-06T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=62081"},"modified":"2026-03-06T18:24:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T09:24:34","slug":"bizarre-browser-based-gacha-game-from-japan-turns-wikipedia-articles-into-actual-trading-cards-which-you-can-pull-from-booster-packs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/bizarre-browser-based-gacha-game-from-japan-turns-wikipedia-articles-into-actual-trading-cards-which-you-can-pull-from-booster-packs\/","title":{"rendered":"Bizarre browser-based gacha game from Japan turns Wikipedia articles into actual trading cards which you can pull from booster packs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Taking the Wikipedia \u201cRandom Article\u201d link and websites like WikiRoulette one step further, Japanese app developer harusugi recently came out with <a href=\"https:\/\/wikigacha.com\/?lang=EN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Wikigacha<\/strong><\/a>, a free-to-play browser-based card collecting game which literally lets you do gacha pulls on Wikipedia. Unsurprisingly, the game already <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Negitoro_pon\/status\/2028690778659442830?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">went viral <\/a>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?\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">Wikipedia\u306e\u8a18\u4e8b\u3092TCG\u30ab\u30fc\u30c9\u98a8\u306b\u3072\u305f\u3059\u3089\u30ac\u30c1\u30e3\u3063\u3066\u30b3\u30ec\u30af\u30b7\u30e7\u30f3\u3059\u308bWeb\u30a2\u30d7\u30ea\u3092\u4f5c\u3063\u3066\u307f\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u3073\u3063\u304f\u308a\u3059\u308b\u304f\u3089\u3044\u30b3\u30e2\u30f3\u3070\u3063\u304b\u308a\u51fa\u307e\u3059\u3002SSR\u4ee5\u4e0a\u306b\u306f\u30d5\u30ec\u30fc\u30d0\u30fc\u30c6\u30ad\u30b9\u30c8\u3082\u3064\u304f\u306e\u3067\u898b\u3066\u307f\u3066\u4e0b\u3055\u3044\u3002\u3081\u3056\u305b\u30b3\u30f3\u30d7\u30ea\u30fc\u30c8\uff01<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aHsi55YTRw\">https:\/\/t.co\/aHsi55YTRw<\/a><br>Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WikiGacha?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WikiGacha<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ULxYv8vOzy\">pic.twitter.com\/ULxYv8vOzy<\/a><\/p>&mdash; harusugi (@harusugi5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/harusugi5\/status\/2026478755754160419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly to opening booster packs in Pok\u00e9mon TGC Pocket, or for that matter, opening real-life packs of trading cards, Wikigacha allows you to open packs of \u2013 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\u2019s article quality ratings, with higher quality articles appearing less often in packs. Every 10 pulls, you\u2019ll 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).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"871\" height=\"508\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 871px) 100vw, 871px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260306-620810001-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-62084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260306-620810001-1.jpg 871w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260306-620810001-1-380x222.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260306-620810001-1-768x448.jpg 768w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Our recent Wikigacha pull.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, each of the article cards you pull come with ATK and DEF stats, corresponding to the article\u2019s Popularity (Pageviews x Rarity Multiplier) and Depth (Content Length x Rarity Multiplier) respectively, as measured on <a href=\"https:\/\/wikirank.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wikirank<\/a>. And yes, this means that you can literally use your Wikipedia cards to battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u300c\u5730\u7403\u300d\u5f53\u305f\u3063\u3066\u30a2\u30c4\u3044 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3C5YAktKtE\">https:\/\/t.co\/3C5YAktKtE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XOPEC8jp6w\">pic.twitter.com\/XOPEC8jp6w<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u262d (@jzrQ2onDjR6119) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jzrQ2onDjR6119\/status\/2028733165431558236?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 3, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are currently three different battle modes that you can play in Wikigacha \u2013 Daily Raid Battle, Single Random Battle and Team Battle, with a Story Mode to be added at a later date. In Daily Raids, you\u2019ll get to face one \u201cRaid Boss\u201d 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wikigacha is <a href=\"https:\/\/wikigacha.com\/?lang=EN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">free to play on browser<\/a>, with both Japanese and English language support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solo developer harusugi recently released Wikigacha, a browser trading card gacha game based entirely on Wikipedia articles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":62082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-62081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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