Tap to get Telegram game ‘Captain Tsubasa: Rivals’ shows the simulation plans

After players spent the past two months collecting millions of in-game soccer balls, Captain Tsubasa: Rivals—a game to be found on Telegram—this week revealed the first details about the game's proposed crypto token.

Captain Tsubasa: Rivals officially launches a brand called JOHN, “inspired by our wonderful goalkeeper Wakabayashi's beautiful dog.” “With his signature eyebrows, John is here to bring more joy to your journey.”

No timeline has been set for the token's launch, but based on Telegram's mini-app weather page, it looks like the token could be deployed on the Open Network (TON) used by Telegram's most popular games. Because you can link a ton of bags before the next drop.

Captain Tsubasa: Rivals is based on a long-running Japanese anime and manga franchise about a soccer team. Although the game is sports themed, the game plays like Telegram Hamster Kombat as you tap the screen to find digital balls and upgrade the key features of your team and organization.

That progress will help determine how many tokens eligible players will receive in future JOHN airdrops. Depending on the game, factors that play into the category generally include points accumulated, unlocked players and their ranks, unlocked “comic cut” cards, how many missions you've completed, how many friends you've invited, and whether or not you're a player. Subscribe to the official Telegram channel for the game.

Captain Tsubasa: Rivals has also launched an in-game currency called Rival Coins, which will be available during a week-long event that ends on December 4. The game teased that these will also be played in Weather Classification.

The game has seen significant additional interest since the token was first announced this week, with the number of Telegram channel subscribers more than doubling in the past two days. According to Telegram data, the number of monthly active players has also increased to nearly 4.5 million.