The Tragic Demise of Yu-Gi-Oh Video Games

Yu-Gi-Oh has spawned some truly amazing and unique video games. They're varied and play around with many different gameplay ideas and genres, taking characters and cues from the anime but also reimagining them. Unfortunately, Konami has changed direction and focused strictly on Yu-Gi-Oh as a F2P free to play simulator service. Master Duel and Duel Links are both fun, but maybe Yu-Gi-Oh needs to go to experimenting again.

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[TeamAPS]

Which type of Yu-Gi-Oh video game do you prefer: a simulator service or different spins on the franchise? I think they both have their merits, but I prefer the latter!

[Mangakamen]

As someone who's been playing a LOT of the old school yugioh games, and making videos on them, I feel like Konami is really sleeping on a lot of potential. Stuff like Dungeon Dice monsters or Capsule Monster Coliseum are games that have a LOT of good going for them, but were hindered because actual physical releases couldn't be feasible - But digitally?

They could really expand upon yugioh of just being a card game and make it a full on diverse franchise.

[Weareonenation]

After Championship 2011: Over The Nexus for Nintendo DS, YGO game releases drastically dropped.

[crowley]

Master Duel : in Steam
Duelist of the Roses : in PS2
Tag Force : in My Heart❤

[CasualCooper]

I definitely loved the Tag Force, Duelists of the Roses, Capsule Monsters and Falsebound Kingdom. All very creative and still engaging games that can still be expanded on even further.

[LeedleLee]

Duelist of the Roses was cool because it had complete 3D models of so many cards. Including cards that only ever showed their face.
So that was your first and only time ever seeing the full body of certain monsters like The Snake Hair, who's card only showed her face, but the model showed her entire snake-like body.

[DarthPyrusTheVirus]

For some reason, they shifted entirely to simple duel simulators and dropped the open-world story-driven stuff. Maybe that's what fans really wanted at the time (maybe they still do?), or maybe Konami found it cheaper and more financially consistent to go this route. Personally, I enjoy the older games that aren't strict duel simulators a lot more than Duel Links and Master Duel. I liked running around Battle City or Duel Academy and going through an actual plot.

[DigitalxGamer]

As someone who doesn't like where the game is now, I, to this day, still go back and play these older Yugioh games. Whether it's a duel simulator with an adventure mode like the Yugioh Championship Series or an off-the-wall, completely bonkers but completely unique take on Yugioh like Duelists of the Roses, I absolutely love so many of these old games. This was the era where Yugioh was at its peak, and the quality of these games really shows that. From the GBA era all the way up through the DS. Hell, I played the hell out of World Duel Carnival, which was a ZEXAL game on the 3DS. It was just a duel simulator with a very limited story kind of deal, but it was still fun to have a videogame and play against AI opponents.

Some of them are pretty hit or miss, ESPECIALLY duel simulator games. Some of those older ones got extremely repetitive, like 2006.

Some of my favorite old Yugioh games were the ones where you got to relive the anime moments but as an OC with a deck all your own that you get to build from the ground up. Games like Stairway to the Destined Duel, GX: Spirit Caller and the 5D's games (ESPECIALLY Reverse of Arcadia, that game was amazing!). But there were original games I loved as well, like Duelists of the Roses. The weird, original game I probably fell in love with the most was Capsule Monster Coliseum, which I can only assume was based on the Capumon concept from the original Yugioh manga. The anime even adapted a TV special based on this concept too, so that was pretty fun! I really had a blast with these games, and I sorely miss the days when Yugioh videogames actually had effort put into them.

The games we have are fine and serviceable. But they're very...vanilla and boring. Duel Links was fun for a little while, when it was just an homage to older Yugioh, but then they started updating it with all the new mechanics again and I personally fell off of it. But I do appreciate the flavor in that game, at least. I really do hope this VR game you mentioned takes off. Even if it's just a duel simulator, being able to play with holographic monsters has been a legit dream of mine since I was a kid!

Make more games about the MONSTERS, not card game sims! There's a lot of potential in the Yugioh/Duel Monsters concept that is just being ignored these days. Games that can't really effectively be released physically like Dungeon Dice Monsters work amazingly well in a digital, videogame format. Do more stuff like that! Make original games with the gold mine of monster designs you already have!

[theHeavyMetalHermit]

Man I miss the old Tag Force games. Still replay them from time to time, but the AI is super janky. But it's just fun playing with the world of GX or 5Ds. Walking around Duel Academy, buying sandwiches, interacting with NPCs, following storylines. Having no way to buy cards with real money and instead having to unlock them gradually and upgrade your deck every step of the way. From time to time, I check to see if any of the Tag Force Games got added to Play Station Premium. It's the one thing that would get me to upgrade my subscription to that tier.

[IggiPlayz]

Yu-Gi-Oh : Yugi The Destiny was my first look at Yu-Gi-Oh as a child

[mikehawk]

I'm suprised that Capsule Monster Coliseum wasn't mentioned. It was essentially Final Fantasy Tactics but for YuGiOh and it was great

[aquelgamermexicano]

While i personally feel The Tag Force series was THE PEAK of what YGO games could bring to the table and how all they needed was to keep growing that format in terms of cards and animations (easier said than done, i know), i feel the ones that try to be more than JUST THE CARD GAME end up lasting the most.

Tag Force for what is worth lasted 6 games and 2 generations of YGO by adding a more anime-esque feel to the duels with the characters and animations. But ultimately, people remember the character interactions in those games, much like how Forbidden Memories was more like a Season Zero version of the card game, which i feel should have been attempted more for the sake of exploring the foundation of that version of the card game. And Falsebound Kingdom, while REALLY SLOW, the idea of an RTS YGO game is fundamentally solid.

And i remember those 3 concepts and come to mind when thinking of "YGO Video Games" way more than Duel Links, master Duel or Legacy of Duelist, which are JUST the card games, and hell, i have no doubt Duel Links has been kept alive due to the anime fan service.

[xxbeastmode-shiv]

Duelist of the roses is the best yu gi oh video game and sadly probably would not work with newer summoning mechanics, but would be cool to see a gx version

[eugeneable]

Honestly, the Yu-Gi-Oh game that I would dream of to be THE Yu-Gi-Oh game for us is an open-world Yu-Gi-Oh game where you can create your own character and you can play through the entire stories of each Yu-Gi-Oh arc and story from the perspective of your own character.

Do stuff as talk with the main cast, duel against iconic goes, build relationships with characters such as Yugi, Jaden, Yusei, etc. and form a whole story that changes depending on your actions and such.

You can say something akin to like it Yu-Gi-Oh did the route of Dragon Ball Xenoverse with your CaC entering into the main story and changing it and such.

I know this would never happen, but imagine if it did? It would be one of the best Yu-Gi-Oh games ever.

[Danlight]

I would pay a good amount of money for a Yugioh VR game even if it was limited to premade decks or something.

[animeegotists]

For me it was Tag Force and the 5Ds WC games. I love having your own stakes in the story and characters having interactions with you. It makes the game so much more personal and fun. Not to mention I love the game original characters like Toru and Misaki from WC2011.

I hope we get more varied and fun Yugioh games some day.

[MattSmith-fidj]

I got into and learned to play Yu-Gi-Oh! because of the top-down RPG-style games. As Paul suggests, the simulators are great to an extent but lack the kitschiness and charm of the games. As someone else say, the simulators just do not simulate enough: specifically the social engagement of sitting across the table.

[xaviernaruto]

The things I really loved about the tag forces series were the story mode content, the albeit restricted yet serviceable map exploration, the ability to interact with the anime characters and the ability to BUILD ANY DECK without spending extra money.

[ShiningNoctowls]

Yugioh Capsule Monsters is one of my favorite Yugioh Video Games!

[pedrojackson]

My top 3 Yu-Gi-Oh games:
1- Forbidden Memories - PS1
2- WC 2009 Stardust Accelerator - DS
3- Spirit Caller - DS