You can play one card per turn, and either attack and defend with your monster. The gameplay is pretty straightforward, but almost too simplified. Your goal is to just beat everyone five times (there’s no Star Chip wagering system). Something to notice is that there’s really no plot for you as the player you do not take control of the main character, Yugi. After the first round of opponents, you’re given free reign around the island to duel of the featured Duelists from the story (Ghost Kotsuzuka and the Meikyū Brothers are omitted).
The Duelist Kingdom arc really gives a good basis for a game, and it’s explored well. The cards are all given intricate illustrations. Onto the visuals the cover suggests that this game is inspired by the 1998 Toei Animation Yu-Gi-Oh! series, but the plot and art design clearly reflect the manga, and is done well. All of these cards were eventually introduced into the real life card game, and some were later introduced into the manga and anime. This game upped the ante to 365, which gives you enough to build a strategy around, as well as keep variety. Though this game did greatly expand the Yu-Gi-Oh! universe in the manga, there was probably no more than 70 cards that have been used. It works later in the game, but for the earlier stages it’s simple monotonous (you’re attacking with mainly ~500 ATK monsters, it’s going to take a while). In the story, characters have all sorts of specialized combos that really extended the duel and made for a spectacle, but with such a limited game, that simply wasn’t possible, so this change was made to extend the length of the game. That being said, the only immediate diversion is the fact that there’s 8000 Life Points instead of 2000. With the first game, the only reference to go off was the manga. With each of the games, the gameplay is significantly different. This is the only game that was released for the original Game Boy right after the release of its successor, the Game Boy Color in 1998. We all know about the real life card game by Konami, but this game even predates that, and the games in this series have had an intertwined relationship with the real life card game.
So I imported them to try them out firsthand.
As a Yu-Gi-Oh! game fan, I was mystified by the original Japanese Game Boy series, in which only limited information is available for online.
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