Lord of Vermilion

Lord of Vermilion is a Japanese fantasy franchise that began as an arcade collectible card game developed by Think Garage and distributed by Square Enix. Players put combat cards on a special arcade play surface, build and level up personal avatars, gather equipment, and fight to destroy the opposing team's Arcana Stones and servants, either against others locally and online or through a single player story mode. The game proved a commercial success for Square Enix, which reported earnings above four billion yen from it by November 2008. Sequels followed in arcades, including Lord of Vermilion II, Re:2, III and IV, several of which crossed over with other game series such as Final Fantasy and Touhou. The franchise also produced portable action role-playing games such as Lord of Arcana and Lord of Apocalypse, and a short-lived online battle arena title, Lord of Vermilion Arena.