Yu-Gi-Oh! (遊☆戯☆王, Yūgiō?, literally "Game
King") is a popular game, Japanese anime, and manga franchise created by Kazuki
Takahashi that mainly involves the card game called Duel Monsters (originally known as Magic & Wizards), wherein each player uses
cards in order to defeat one another.
Japanese manga
Yu-Gi-Oh! (Duel Monsters)
Running from 1996 to March 8, 2004, the Yu-Gi-Oh!
manga created by Kazuki Takahashi was one of the most popular titles featured in
Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump. The manga
initially focuses on Yugi Mutou as he uses games designed by Pegasus, to fight various
villains. Yugi also gets into misadventures with his friends Katsuya Jonouchi, Anzu Mazaki, and Hiroto Honda. The plot starts out as fairly episodic and there are only three instances of Magic and
Wizards in the first seven volumes. Starting around the eighth volume, the Duelist Kingdom arc starts and the plot shifts to
a Duel Monsters-centered universe.
Yu-Gi-Oh! R
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! R
Illustrated by Akira Itou, one of the artists who illustrated the original
Yu-Gi-Oh! manga, and supervised by Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh! R (遊☆戯☆王R) is a
spin-off of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, with most of the same characters in a new
plotline, which takes place between the Battle City arc and the Egypt arc. The manga was first published in Shueisha's monthly
magazine V-Jump on April 21, 2004. Although there is no
explicit explanation on the meaning of "R" in the title, the letter probably stands for "Reverse", "Revolution",
"Rebirth", or 'Retold[1].
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (manga)
The Yu-Gi-Oh! GX manga series is actually a manga adaptation of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX
(Yu-Gi-Oh! GX in English speaking countries) television. The comic is illustrated by
Naoyuki Kageyama.
Japanese anime
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! (first series anime)
The logo for
Yu-Gi-Oh! Toei version (Japanese version)
Produced by Toei Animation, this 27-episode anime is based on Yu-Gi-Oh! manga
volumes 1-7, which do not focus much on Magic & Wizards. It is not connected in any way to Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel
Monsters, another Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series made by Nihon Ad Systems (NAS), but
is often referred to as the "first series" to distinguish it from the latter (or, erroneously, as Yu-Gi-Oh! Season/Series
0.) First aired on TV Asahi on April 4, 1998, the series ended its run on October 10, 1998. It aired in the US a month after the showing of the first episode in the USA.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series anime)
Often referred to as simply "Yu-Gi-Oh!" or the "second series" of the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel
Monsters (遊戯王デュエルモンスターズ) is the series that introduced Yu-Gi-Oh! to the Western world. Produced by NAS, it was
first aired on TV Tokyo on April 18, 2000, and later translated into more than 20 languages and aired in more than 60 countries. Mainly based on
Yu-Gi-Oh! manga volume 8 and onward, the series ended its 224-episode run in Japan on
September 29, 2004.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX (遊戯王デュエルモンスターズGX), often known as "Yu-Gi-Oh! GX", is an anime spin-off of the
original Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, with a new protagonist, Judai Yuki (renamed Jaden Yuki
in the U.S. version), and a new plotline that is not based on the original manga, although Yugi made a brief appearance in the
first episode. The "GX" in the title stands for "Generation neXt". The series mainly focuses on the life in a duelist
academy known as Duel Academy. Also produced by NAS, it was first aired on TV Tokyo on October
6, 2004.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters
Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters (遊戯王カプセルモンスターズ) has been released in America and has yet to be released in Japan.
English-language manga
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Yu-Gi-Oh! manga volume 1 (English version)
The English version of the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga is released in the United States and
Canada by VIZ Media in both the Shonen Jump magazine and in individual graphic novels. The
original Japanese character names are kept for most of the characters (Yugi, Jonouchi, Anzu, and Honda, for instance), while the
English names are used for a few characters (e.g. Maximillion Pegasus) and for the
Duel Monsters cards. Published in its original right-to-left format, the manga is largely unedited, especially compared to
the English anime. The translators of the English manga are (for Volumes 1-7, Duelist 1, and
Millennium World) Anita Sengupta and (for Duelist! 2 and beyond)
Joe Yamazaki. Some content was revised in later printings of earlier volumes, Volume 1 especially, possibly to make the
"non-duelist" part of the series more appropriate for kids (e.g. swear words were removed, a reference to Lucky Strikes was removed, an enjo kōsai reference was replaced with a
"nightclub" reference in the reprinting of Volume 1, and Ms. Chono's line remarking
"cigarettes, lipstick, condoms?" was revised to remove "condoms").
Viz released volumes 1 through 7 of the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga under its original title. The Duelist Kingdom and Battle City arcs are
released as Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist, while the Egypt arc is released as Yu-Gi-Oh! Millennium World. As of
the January 2007 issue, the Egypt arc can still be found in Shonen Jump.
In the United Kingdom the Viz volumes are released by Gollancz Manga. Prior to Gollancz' printings, the North American volumes had been available through
Amazon.co.uk for British consumers.
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (manga)
The Yu-Gi-Oh! GX manga series was released in North America by VIZ starting in August.[2] It is serialized in the manga magazine Shonen
Jump. Unlike the other manga serialized in the magazine, one chapter of the manga is printed per issue. Unlike the
English-language editions of the original manga series, the English-language Yu-Gi-Oh! GX manga uses the English-language
anime names created by 4Kids Entertainment.[3]
Other published versions of the manga
Brazil
In Brazil, the manga is released monthly by Editora JBC,
and uses the American names (like Téa, Joey, and Tristan) when possible; some of the more adult references remain. It also runs
at 200 pages instead of the Brazilian standard 100 pages.
English anime
Yu-Gi-Oh!
The English
Yu-Gi-Oh! logo
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There are two English-language versions of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters
anime: a United States version by 4Kids
Entertainment and a South-East Asian version by A.S.N.
On May 8, 2001, 4Kids obtained the U.S. merchandising and
television rights to Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters from Konami. They partnered up with
Warner Bros. and released their dubbed version of the anime on Kids' WB! on September 29, 2001, under the
title of Yu-Gi-Oh!. The English Yu-Gi-Oh! anime is divided into a number of seasons. The show aired from
September 29, 2001 to June 10, 2006.
- Season 1 (episode 1-49), aired from September 29, 2001 to
November 9, 2002.
- Season 2 (episode 50-97), aired from November 16, 2002 to
November 1, 2003.
- Season 3 (episode 98-144), aired from November 1, 2003 to
September 4, 2004.
- Season 4 (episode 145-184), aired from September 11, 2004
to May 28, 2005.
- Season 5 (episode 185-224), aired from August 27, 2005 to
June 10, 2006.
Starting from Season 3, a subtitle was added to the series title:
- Season 3 was known as Yu-Gi-Oh! Enter the Shadow Realm
- Season 4 was known as Yu-Gi-Oh! Waking the Dragons
- The first part of Season 5 was known as Yu-Gi-Oh! Grand Championship
- The second part of Season 5 was known as Yu-Gi-Oh! Dawn of the Duel
The 4Kids English Yu-Gi-Oh! anime is broadcast on many channels. In the United
States it is broadcast on Kids' WB!; in Canada, it is broadcast on YTV; in the United Kingdom it is broadcast on Nickelodeon and ITV2 and in Australia on Network Ten and Nickelodeon. Like many anime originally
created for the Japanese market, a number of changes (including the
names of most of the characters) were made when the English Yu-Gi-Oh! anime was
released.
During the dubbing process, the broadcast version of Yu-Gi-Oh! was censored and adapted to suit US cultural tastes. On October 19, 2004, 4Kids, in association with FUNimation, released uncut Yu-Gi-Oh! DVDs after years of
petitions from Yu-Gi-Oh! fans. These DVDs include the original, unedited Japanese animation and Japanese dialogue tracks
with English subtitles, as well as all-new English dubs with translations closer to the original dialogues. Both language tracks
use the original Japanese music. Each DVD contains three episodes. After three volumes were released, however, the DVD line was
pulled for no apparent reason, with conflicting reports from various 4Kids representatives and analysts. Possibilities include
money disputes with FUNimation, favoring the edited version over the uncut version, and Time
Warner, owner of the Kids' WB! block, interfering with the release. Occasionally, online retailers such as Amazon will
solicit future volumes, but nothing has come of it.
4Kids has no plans to translate the 27 episodes produced by Toei that make up the first series Yu-Gi-Oh! anime. Some
people mistake Toei's series for a lost first season of the TV show, and refer to it as "Season (or Series) 0 or -1".
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX
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The logo for
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (US version)
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX has an English version, titled Yu-Gi-Oh!
GX in North America. Like the second series, it is licensed by 4Kids and has many of the same edits as the second
series anime. The names of the main characters and many of the minor characters were changed.
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX premiered on Cartoon Network in October 2005.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters
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The logo for
Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters
Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monsters (遊戯王カプセルモンスターズ, Yūgiō
Kapuseru Monsutāzu?) is a
twelve-episode mini-series commissioned, produced, and edited by 4Kids (much like
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie - Pyramid of Light). Set before the end of the second Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series (Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel
Monsters) - apparently somewhere in season 5 - Capsule Monsters involves Yugi,
Joey (Jonouchi), Téa (Anzu), Tristan
(Honda), and Yugi's grandfather Solomon (Sugoroku)
being pulled into a world where Duel Monsters are real. They find monster capsules that they can use to summon monsters. It is
similar to the Virtual RPG arc in many respects, but it doesn't seem to have anything to do with the early Capsule Monster Chess
game featured in early volumes of the original manga.
The first mention of Capsule Monsters came on the retailer website, Talkin' Sports [4] in December 2005, but this information was not
widespread, and the existence of the project remained unknown to almost the entire fanbase until 30
January - 2 February 2006, when the Irish children's
television strand The Den aired the first four episodes on RTÉ Two. Historically, it was not unusual for RTÉ Two to première episodes of the Yu-Gi-Oh! dub some time
ahead of other markets, but their lack of any kind of promotion or fanfare in doing so meant that Capsule Monsters was
unknown right up until (what is believed to be) the third episode was accidentally stumbled across by LiveJournal user Angryhamster, who posted the news and screencaps to a LiveJournal community, Play the Damn
Card[5]. After initial confusion amongst fans -
particularly over the discovery of the series in such an unlikely place - information was gathered from 4Kids that clarified the
nature of the show.
Capsule Monsters is now currently airing on the British digital television channel, Sky
One. It has been tentatively announced that 4KidsTV will acquire the license to the Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule
Monsters series for the 2006 US Fall Saturday morning lineup. No further details have been released about the US version of
the series.[6]
A full length movie entitled "Yu-Gi-Oh!: Capsule Monsters" was released on
DVD in America on May 23 2006. It is in fact a compilation of the
first six episodes of the series, edited together to form a more seamless storyline. A second disc with the remaining six
episodes was released later that year.[7] 4Kids had hosted
a free "screening" of the first disc on May 22 2006 on the official
Yu-Gi-Oh! website. During the preview the movie in its entirety was shown, when all 6 episodes were shown together, it lasted
approximately 90 minutes. The DVD not only includes the episodes, but also seven deleted scenes.
It is not clear how much of a difference there will be between the Japanese and English-language series.
Movies
Yu-Gi-Oh!
Known simply as Yu-Gi-Oh!, this first movie of Yu-Gi-Oh! has been released only in Japan. A 30-minute movie produced by Toei Animation, it was first shown in
theaters on March 6, 1999. Its characters are from the first
series Yu-Gi-Oh! anime.
The movie is about a boy named Shougo Aoyama
who is too timid to duel even after he got a powerful rare card, the legendary Red-Eyes Black Dragon, in his Deck. Yugi
tries to bring Shougo's courage out in a duel with Seto Kaiba, who has his eyes on Shougo's
rare card.
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light
Main article: Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light, often referred to as simply "Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie", was
first released in North America on August 13,
2004. The movie was developed specifically for Western audiences by 4Kids based on the overwhelming success of the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise in the U.S. Its characters
are from the second series Yu-Gi-Oh! anime. In the movie, Yugi faces Anubis, his arch-rival from his time.
The extended uncut Japanese version of the movie premiered in special screenings in Japan on November 3, 2004 and normal theaters on Christmas Eve, 2004, under the title
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters: Pyramid of Light. The movie was then aired on TV Tokyo on January
2, 2005.
Attendees of the movie during its premiere (U.S. or Japan) got 1 of 4 free Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game cards. The cards were Pyramid of Light, Sorcerer of Dark Magic,
Blue Eyes Shining Dragon and Watapon. The Home Video Release also gave out one of the Free Cards with an offer to get all 4 by
mail, though the promotion ended December 2004. In Australia,
New Zealand and Germany free promotional cards were also
given out, however they were given out at all screenings of the movie, and not just the premiere.
Characters
The main character of Yu-Gi-Oh! (all anime, manga and movies except Yu-Gi-Oh! GX) is Yugi Moto (Yugi Moto in the English anime), a shy, pure-hearted high school student and gaming expert who
possesses an ancient Egyptian relic called the Millennium Puzzle, and the Nameless
Pharaoh (Namonaki Pharaoh in Japanese) or Dark Yugi (Yami Yugi, also "the other Yugi" or,
later on, "Atem", his real name, revealed only near the end of the series), a darker personality held in the Puzzle. Yugi's best
friends, Katsuya Jonouchi (Joey Wheeler), Anzu
Mazaki (Téa Gardner), and Hiroto Honda (Tristan Taylor) are also primary characters,
as well as Dark Yugi's main rival, Seto Kaiba.
The main character of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX is Jaden Yuki (Judai Yuki in the Japanese
versions), an energetic boy who possesses great talents in Duel Monsters.
The Duel Monsters themselves, as the primary battle agents in the series' card duels, come into play as characters from time
to time, especially Kuriboh, Dark Magician, Dark Magician Girl, Jinzo, and the Ojama Trio. Duel Monsters like the
Egyptian God Cards, the Legendary Dragon
Cards and the Sacred Beast Cards are of much greater importance to the
storyline.
See also:
Central plots
Yu-Gi-Oh! (all anime, manga and movies except Yu-Gi-Oh! GX) tells the tale of Yugi Mutou, a shorter-than-normal
high school student who was given an ancient Egyptian artifact known as the Millennium Puzzle in pieces by his grandfather. Upon completing the Puzzle, he is possessed by another personality which is later
discovered to be the spirit of a 3000-year-old (5000-year-old, in the English anime) Pharaoh,
who forgot everything from his time. As the story goes on, the two of them, together with Yugi's friends, try to find the secret
of the Pharaoh's lost memories and his name by way of the card game Duel Monsters (Magic & Wizards in the
original Japanese manga and Yu-Gi-Oh! R), which is mirrored in the Shadow
Games (Yami no Game in Japanese). The story arcs of Yu-Gi-Oh! are
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX follows the story of Jaden Yuki (Yuki Judai in the Japanese version),
a young talented duelist who is given the card "Winged Kuriboh" by Yugi before Jaden's admission to Duel Academy (Duel Academia
in the Japanese version), an elitist boarding school established by Seto Kaiba. Jaden, receiving
low marks in his admission tests, is placed in the Slifer Red dormitory (Osiris Red) reserved for students with the lowest
grades. The story goes on as Jaden faces challenges from different students in Duel Academy, and later finds himself entangled in
a conflict related to the hidden secrets of the academy.
The story arcs of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX are
- Introduction (Episodes 1-26)
- 7 Stars (Episodes 29-49) (English: Shadow Riders)
- Society of Light (Episodes 53-83)
- GX World Tournament (Episodes (84-104)
- Disclosure Duel (Episodes 105-119) (English: Survival Duels)
- Zombie Academia (Episodes 120-130)
- Dark World (Episodes 131-Present)
Terminology
Media and release information (including episodes)
Original games
Several of the fictitious games in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga series have been adapted into card, board and video
games.
Card game
The Yu-Gi-Oh! anime and manga series introduces an original card game created by Takahashi. Different names can be used
to refer to the game depending on where it appears:
- Magic & Wizards (M&W) — the original name of the card game, used in the original
Yu-Gi-Oh! and Yu-Gi-Oh! R manga. In the case of the English manga, the game is
renamed Duel Monsters in later-released chapters.
- Duel Monsters — used in Toei Animation's Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, the second series Yu-Gi-Oh! anime
(Japanese and English versions), manga (English version only), and movies. The name is introduced to replace
Magic & Wizards, probably due to its similarity to Magic: The
Gathering.
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game: Duel Monsters (Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG) — the original name of the real
Yu-Gi-Oh! card game released by Konami, used only in Asia.
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game (Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG)
— used in places where Upper Deck Entertainment distributes Yu-Gi-Oh!.
History
Designed by Kazuki Takahashi, Magic & Wizards (M&W), is a popular card game worldwide. Compared with its
predecessor, M&W was very simple when it was first introduced in the manga: there were only two types of cards
(Monster & Magic Cards); the result of a monster battle only relied on the Attack and Defense
Points of the monsters and the effects of Magic Cards (which only appeared occasionally). According to the author, the game
was designed as such because he felt that the rules of the Magic: The
Gathering game were too complicated and he wanted to create something similar but simpler.[8]
The original plan of Takahashi was to phase out M&W, which took him only one night[9] to design, in just two episodes. After the first appearance of the game in the
manga (in Volume 2, Duel 9), the reader response on it was enormous,[10] and Shonen Jump started getting calls from
readers who wanted to know more about the game. Takahashi realized that he had hit on something, so he modified the storyline to
feature more of the card game. With the advance of the manga, the game continued to evolve, becoming more complicated.
The similarities between the games, of note card design (brown with an oval on back), effects and terminology (discarding,
graveyard, sacrifice), usage, and pictures (including occult or religious based icons, alluding to the early days of Magic: The Gathering) are all there.
The real game
Magic & Wizards has been brought to life in three versions, by two different companies. The first version,
known as the Carddas version, was first released by Bandai in September 1998. Only three
boosters (random packs of cards) had been released for this version before the license of the card game was sold to
Konami. The game was popular, although it used a simplified and modified version[11] of the gaming rule used in the manga, and is less faithful
to the manga compared with Konami's versions of the game.
The second version of the Yu-Gi-Oh! cards was released by Konami on
December 16, 1998, included as special pack-in cards in the
first Yu-Gi-Oh! video game, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters.[12] These cards are not to be confused with those of Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG released later by the same
company. The two versions are different in terms of design, with the looks of the former closer to those in the manga, to an
extent that their effect texts are all directly quoted from the manga. Only 10 cards were released for this version, and Konami
didn't have any gaming rules for these cards, as they were intended for collection purpose only. They cannot be used in the
later-released Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG.
The third version, Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG, was first released on February 4,
1999, by Konami. The gaming rule of this version is much more sophisticated and mature compared
with the Carddas version, while at the same time does a much better job in preserving the style and feeling of M&W.
Succeeding the popular Carddas version, Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG was an instant hit. On March 1,
2002, the English version of the game was brought to the U.S. by Upper Deck Entertainment under the new name, Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, with the release of its first set, Legend of
Blue-Eyes White Dragon. On March 19 of the same year, Konami released its first
Yu-Gi-Oh! video game in the U.S. for Gameboy Color, known as Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories. Currently, Yu-Gi-Oh!
OCG/TCG have been released in more than 40 countries.
Other games
Apart from Magic & Wizards, several other games have been adapted from the original manga, the most famous of which
being:
- Capsule Monster Chess (Capmon) — a sort of pre-Mage
Knight collectible miniatures game. Video game: Capsule Monster Coliseum
- Monster World — a role-playing chess game. Video game: Monster Capsule
GB (available in Japanese only)
- Dungeon Dice Monsters (DDM), known in the Japanese
manga as Dragons Dice & Dungeons (DDD) — a dungeon crawl
board game where the tiles are created by unfolding the faces of 6-sided dice. Video game: Dungeon Dice Monsters.
Among the three, only Dungeon Dice Monsters and Capsule Monsters have been released as real collectible games by
Mattel. Dungeon Dice Monsters wasn't popular, and currently no more new figures are released for it. On March 29, 2003, Mattel released the English version of the first booster of
Dungeon Dice Monsters in America, under the title DragonFlame, but so far, only four of the seven boosters in
Japanese version have been released, with the last one released in June 2003.
Yu-Gi-Oh!-related books (not including manga)
Several books based on the manga and anime have been released inside and outside of Japan.
Released in English
- Yu-Gi-Oh!: Monster Duel Official Handbook by Michael Anthony Steele - ISBN 0-439-65101-8, Published by
Scholastic Press - A guide book to Yu-Gi-Oh! cards and characters
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Enter the Shadow Realm: Mighty Champions by Jeff O'Hare - ISBN 0-439-67191-4, Published by Scholastic Press
- A book with puzzles and games related to Yu-Gi-Oh!
Not released in English
All books are published by Shueisha and credit Kazuki
Takahashi as the author.
- Yu-Gi-Oh! (novel) - ISBN 4-08-703086-5, This is a novelization of the first two story arcs of the manga. The novel was
created by Katsuhiko Chiba.
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game Duel Monsters Official Rule Guide — The Thousand Rule Bible - ISBN 4-08-782134-X, This is
a rule book and strategy guide for the Junior and Shin Expert rules. This also has a Q & A related to certain cards, and the
book comes with the "multiply" card.
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game Duel Monsters Official Card Catalog The Valuable Book - This is a collection of card
catalogues.
- Volume 1 ISBN 4-08-782764-X
- Volume 2 ISBN 4-08-782041-6
- Volume 3 ISBN 4-08-782135-8
- Volume 4 ISBN 4-08-782047-5
- Volume 5 ISBN 4-08-782053-X
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Character Guide Book - The Gospel of Truth (遊戯王キャラクターズガイドブック―真理の福音― Yūgiō Kyarakutāzu Gaido Bukku Shinri
no Fukuin) - ISBN 4-08-873363-0, This book is a character guide related to the manga.
Yu-Gi-Oh!-related video games
All Yu-Gi-Oh!-related video games are produced by Konami. The English version video
games generally use the 4Kids English anime names, as opposed to the Viz English
manga names, which are nearly the same as the Japanese names. At Comic-Con 2006 Konami announced that the Yu-Gi-Oh video games
had sold a total of 17.5 million copies world wide. The newest game in each particular platform is listed first, followed by the
second newest, etc. The Japanese version of the game, if any, is stated in the bracket. Each game generally includes a few
promotional cards (usually three) for use with the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG.
The Japanese Game Boy Advance games with "Expert" or "International" in the title follow the rules of the OCG/TCG much more
closely than the ones without. As well, "International" versions generally have multiple languages on all versions, and all
versions of a given "International" title can play against each other via game link.
Released in English
- Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dawn of Destiny
Not released in English
Game Boy
Game Boy Advance
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 6 (Some elements were merged into Yu-Gi-Oh! The Eternal Duelist Soul)
Game Boy Color
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of the Greatest Duelist
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Monster Capsule GB
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters II: Dark Duel Stories
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Dance, Dance Revolution
See also
Notes
References
- Itou, Akira (2005). Yu-Gi-Oh! R (遊☆戯☆王R) Volume 1. Shueisha.
External links
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