Duelist Kingdom is Way Better Than You Remember

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[PricefieldPunk]

As a little kid I remember having no idea who would win between Yugi vs Joey. I even thought Bandit Keith would beat Joey cause Yugi facing Joey was a good guy vs good guy fight and id never seen that happen in a show. It never even occurred to me that Yugi could just give Joey the prize money.

[IceshadeComets]

Duelist Kingdom is one of those arcs that has its faults, but its such a strong arc for being the first major story arc of duel monsters. You can really tell the staying power it has even to this day, as many people who have watched yugioh watched Duelist Kingdom as their first experience with it. And it's honestly good to introduce the characters and monsters that many people still remember to this day. Other than that, welcome back Enigma!

[Luuute]

The voice casting was so good. As you mention Kaiba already but the Pharoahs voice is iconic

[rface]

Pegasus being the CEO of a company who promotes cute bubbly characters and merchandising but uses a deck of demonic soul-sucking monsters is almost a bit too on the nose commentary of entertainment company CEOs like... Jump, maybe?

[jamesherbert]

"Must. Risk. Life. For. Cards." -Joey Wheeler

[alcatrazvongola]

"SAY GOODBYE TO is such an iconic moment in the franchise.

[simplyskrypt]

4:00
I think another way yugioh did a great job avoiding the trap of "oh we know the mc is gonna win when the stakes are high" is by having multiple characters fighting for important causes. Not only does yugi have to fight for his grandpa, but joey has to fight for his sister's eyesight, and kaiba has to fight for his brother. All the main characters are set from the beginning with a will to win motivated by what they could lose, and it makes you tense because youre asking yourself "but they can't all win, what will happen?"

[gameboy]

something i wish was touched on more was how scared yugi got of the pharaoh since it didnt care about kaiba killing himself as much and initially declared the winning attack. a combination of tea and little yugi to forcefully take control back of his own body to recall the attack to not kill kaiba. it took several episodes and half a duel of yugi holding the pharaoh back against mai to regain his trust.

[animegx]

I also liked the 4kids changed for that rematch with Yugi and Kaiba. In the original, Kaiba threated to jump, but in the dub, he said that the shockwaves from the duel disks would likely push him off, which would've meant Yugi himself would've made him fall. I think its one of the few times the censorship backfired.

[GanonGhidorah]

Considering that I rewatched Yugioh a few months ago...Yeah, I actually remember just how good Duelist Kingdom was. Heck, it actually felt like a real tournament instead of moving from one scripted event to the next like Battle City was.

[SenescenceAspect]

Hey there. stumbled on your content great video. One thing you forgot to mention. While Pegasus did indeed wanted Kaiba Corp his ultimate motive was to revive his dead wife. And to do that he needed to gather all the Millennium Items.. hence why he wanted Yugi so bad.

[rightwingsafetysquad]

Every time I see something Yu-Gi-Oh I'm reminded to be the American the Japanese think we are. RIP Bandit Toby Keith.

[LunarWingCloud]

4Kids dub of the original series is surprisingly really good stuff, I still go back to it from time to time, definitely agree that Eric Stuart really knocked it out of the park as Kaiba

[thatman]

Dang, the (Not) Freaky Fish Guy didn't get a mention.

[Menoman]

Honey put down the chicken Enigma uploaded

[Driscoll]

Gotta believe in "the heart of the cards"

[servantkanon]

The constant switching from JP names to EN names keeps throwing me into loops lol. I know at the beginning you stated we'd be focusing on the JP anime, but then I'm hearing the names "Joey" and "Tristan" within close proximity to the names "Haaga" and "Anzu"

[SSBBPOKEFAN]

Regarding the rules and all the nonsense that ensued, i think TGS Anime put is best; Duelist Kingdom rules are part Yugioh, part DnD. Every card can do something, so long as some logical through-line can be made.

[FinalSeraphLeo]

3:42
Ah Japan and their cursed video tapes

[randomedgygamer]

Got hooked immediately as a kid because I love my grandpa. It was way too relatable and I’m hooked ever since. Gx and 5ds arr my favourite though