Capsule Monsters | Yu-Gi-Oh! Video Games Retrospective

A trilogy of games exploring the unsung hero of Monster Chess from the original run of Yugioh. Do these games have what it takes to defeat time in a battle of strategy? We explore this question here.

Additional Sources:
Yugipedia
Spriters Resource
The Cutting Room Floor
Spriters' Resource

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[octoaura]

"Wood" is an attribute because it is one of the core "elements" in East Asian beliefs, similar to how we think air, water, fire, etc are core elements of nature. Wood and metal are considered part of the natural elements there.

[pickyphysicsstudent]

I wish we had more weird-genre Yugioh licensed games. Most Yugioh games are just the card game simulation, with a plot to follow the most recent anime. Now that we have Masterduel, with constant updates, there is no reason for another Tag-Force-esk game.
Personally, I want some kind of Rush Duel Capsule Monsters game. A long-JRPG where pieces level up over time and evolve into stronger versions, going over the main story of Sevens.

[derrosenkavalier]

Capsule Monster Coliseum is my #1 favorite licensed game ever, and I've played a *ton* of licensed games of varying quality. Played through it with every attribute, some multiple times, and nearly filled my OG PS2 memory card with save files.

[troublemakerbros]

2:10 * Me mentally waiting for Grandpa to ask me "What would you like to do?" * 😅 (and if you don't get it. That is the music for the shop where you'd edit your capsule list and buy new ones :D)

[thejack]

Yo! Guy from the year 2023 here! For anyone who doesn't know, the Yu-Gi-Oh Capsule Monster game for the GBC? It was fully translated! I'm lovin it so far! ^_^ Thank you for the recommendation!

[brandonwaters]

full translation for Capsule GB just came out!

[LightFykki]

One of my favorite Yu Gi Oh games. Such fond memories of getting rare capsules and trading them with my friends over the memory card.

[JustJoqu]

The GB one looks really cool! I wish it had a full fan translation..

[lpfan]

Oh, that's a neat surprise. For Breed and Battle, there actually is a decent amount of english coverage in recent times, so one doesn't really have to go into it like it was a dark forest without a flashlight. GB meanwhile...got abandoned by the community in a similar way Battle of Great Duelist was? Heck, both of these even share the variable of only having a partial TL-patch.(Though the one for Monster Capsule GB is much less finished than the one for DM4)

Sometimes I really wonder why certain games are just randomly left in the dust. Really reminds me of the evidence that a worldwide release for The Eternal Duelist Soul was planned, but Konami just...never localized that thing.

[michaeltran]

The GB one’s overworld level designs are the same as Pokémon’s GB games’ overworld level designs, probably because of some of the same level designers from GameFreak

[troublemakerbros]

CMC and Duelists of The Roses were both fantastic games that I still own to this day :D. Both simply classic * arcade * style Yu-Gi-Oh games :DD. Both can be very unforgiving in some matches

[minabasejderha]

As a big fan of the season 0 anime, I wish I'd gotten the chance to play this game (especially since Dungeon Dice Monsters was my favorite game).

[bfinn]

my second favorite YGO game of all time, next to duel academy. That being said non-dark/light monsters felt so useless

[petergilveet]

I wish other season Zero games had their own animes and mangas and Yugioh was not only about the tcg. It 's quite sad that "King of Games" became "King of GAME".

[wizdeluxe]

Not one person in the comments was able to spell colosseum correctly lol

[nintendobld]

ugh someone please patch the GB game, it's so cool!

[SharonisCarin]

Zane I've always loved Yu-Gi-Oh from OG to GX, I skipped 5ds I liked zexal and stopped there

I'm gonna type down some games and tell me yes or no if you recommend them ok?


Yu-Gi-Oh Nightmare Troubadour
Yu-Gi-Oh GX Spirit Caller
Yu-Gi-Oh GX beginning of destiny
Yu-Gi-Oh GX World Tournament 2007
Yu-Gi-Oh GX World Tournament 2008
Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds World Tournament 2009
Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds World Tournament 2010
Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds World Tournament 2011
Yu-Gi-Oh 5DS dual transfer
Yu-Gi-Oh zexal World dual Carnival
Yu-Gi-Oh the falsebound kingdom
Yu-Gi-Oh the Duelist of the roses
Yu-Gi-Oh capsule monster coliseum
Yu-Gi-Oh forbidden memories PS1

[MJ-oiul]

My favorite yugioh game with no cards in it lol

[nintendobld]

Yo dude someone finally made a full english translation for the Monster Capsule GBC game! I’ve been playing for a couple days now and it slaps, would love to see you cover it!

[willlindell]

I'd love to remake Capsule Monster Coliseum get a new game with as many of the Yu-Gi-Oh monsters as possible. Of course I'd love to see the same for Dungeon Dice Mosnters, Duelist of the Roses, and Falsebound Kingdom too