BANDAI CARD GAMES Fest 26-27 in Orlando: the NARUTO Tutorial Session, January 7 to 10, 2027

Orlando is the first of two BANDAI CARD GAMES Fest stops where the NARUTO CARD GAME has a page of its own, and the first Fest date on the whole eleven city calendar to fall outside Asia. Bandai announced it on August 21, 2026.

At a glance

What the Fest is

BANDAI CARD GAMES Fest is Bandai's own multi title card game festival, not a NARUTO event that other games have been invited to. Bandai announced the 26-27 edition on July 29, 2026, the same day it revealed how the NARUTO CARD GAME plays, describing an event held in eleven locations across the world where each region's programme includes activities for each title, products for sale and more.

The Fest's own Orlando page names the titles on the floor: Digimon Card Game, One Piece Card Game, Union Arena, Dragon Ball Super Card Game Fusion World, Dragon Ball Super Card Game Masters, Gundam Card Game and the Naruto Card Game. It describes a weekend of tournaments, product sales, giveaways handed to attendees as they enter the venue, and a livestream carrying announcements of the latest updates and footage of championship matches, with, in its phrasing, a variety of activities planned so everyone from beginners to experienced players will have fun. It also states plainly that joining the Orlando Fest will require application in advance.

That is the festival. The NARUTO part of it is narrower.

The only NARUTO activity Bandai lists

Under Information on Event, Bandai's Orlando page carries one heading, Main Event, and one item beneath it: Tutorial Session. Nothing else. No tournament, no NARUTO product for sale, no promo card named, no session times, no capacity, no room, no booth number.

The Fest wide copy on the same page invites visitors to get their hands on event commemorative merchandise, compete in the National Finals and enjoy a wide variety of side events throughout the weekend. That sentence is boilerplate covering Bandai's whole roster, and it would be a misreading to treat it as a NARUTO announcement. The game does not release until Summer 2027, no product exists to build a deck from, and Bandai has published no format, no copy limits and no organised play structure. A National Finals for it in January 2027 is not a thing that could happen.

Event Commemorative Items is marked Coming Soon, so whether there is a NARUTO item among them is unknown.

What is missing compared with the convention stops

At Gen Con, New York Comic Con and PAX Aus, Bandai published a gift list, a one session per person cap, the BANDAI TCG+ channel and survey condition, and a $35 (+tax) price for the Official Playmat. The Orlando page carries none of those. It does not name CP-001, a sticker, a playmat or any participation prize.

That is not evidence they will be absent. It is evidence the page is still being filled in: two of its four fields say Coming Soon in as many words.

Where it sits in the calendar

January 2027 is the pivot month of the pre-release period. Orlando runs January 7 to 10, London follows eight days later on January 15 to 17, and Bandai's roadmap puts in-store tutorial sessions rolling out across local game stores in the same month, roughly half a year before the Summer 2027 worldwide release.

Of the eleven Fest cities, only Orlando and London have a NARUTO CARD GAME page. The other nine appear on the Fest schedule with no NARUTO page on Bandai's NARUTO site, which is neither a confirmation nor a denial. Our news write up goes through all eleven.

If you are planning to go

Watch the admission field. Bandai's NARUTO page still says Coming Soon while the Fest site says advance application is required, so the ticketing detail will land on the Fest site first. Note also Bandai's standing disclaimer on both pages that the content may be subject to change or cancellation without notice, and its request that attendees read the BANDAI CARD GAMES Official Events Disclaimer before joining.

The events page tracks the calendar, the rules guide covers what Bandai has confirmed about play, and the pre-orders guide explains why no NARUTO product is on sale at any of this.