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Hey everyone, Its Crater2001 and I am back with another installment of Classic Wednesdays.
In this week’s episode, I am going to be reviewing Yu-Gi-Oh: The Eternal Duelist Soul,
which was release on the Gameboy advance on July 5, 2001 in Japan, and October 15, 2002
in North America. Gameplay is similar to standard dueling rules,
so if you ever dueled in real life, this game should be very easy to understand. There is
some minor changes. For example, the side decks in this game allow less than 15 cards.
There are 819 different cards in total, so you should be able to pick the cards that
you like. Just like in every Yu-Gi-Oh game, you are not playing as a character from the
show. Instead, you are a random duelist who is trying to make a name for himself. I never
really had a problem with this format as I enjoyed dueling the characters from the show
to show off my skills. Anyway, Opponents in this game are arranged in tiers. A tier may
consist of 4 or 5 duelists. In order to advance, all duelists on a tier must be beaten a certain
amount of times before the next tier can be unlocked. An example would be like this: In
order for to get to tier 2, you have to Defeat all Tier 1 duelists 2 times. There is also
an in-game calendar. On certain days of the week, random events may occur, like receiving
a pack of cards or being challenged to a Match by an opponent. This game also marks the first
time that Polymerization is a real card in the game. Also, this is the first time that
the Egyptian God Cards are in the game. This is my only problem with this game. You can’t
use them. They are just there to be there. Otherwise, the gameplay is fine and I really
enjoyed playing it when I was a kid. The duelists that are in the game are from
the first three seasons of the show, so expect to see your favorites like Yugi, Kaiba, and
Joey. Mostly all of the characters in this game have decks that are base off the ones
that they use in the show. I also like how they made Tristan the weakest duelist on the
game, so if you lose against him, then you should not even be playing. This game follows
the real OCG booster packs; remember I said OCG, not TCG. They follow it with some slight
variations and different covers. I love the password system in this game because you did
not have to pay any dp to get the cards that you want. This game also supports 2 players
versus play, provided each player has his/her own Game Boy Advance and their own copy of
Eternal Duelist Soul. Also, one Game Link Cable is required to connect the systems.
Overall, I have to give the game a 9/10. There was really nothing wrong with this game. The
gameplay is just like the real life game so it was fun playing it. The only thing that
I would of like is that we would have been able to use the Egyptian God Cards. Otherwise,
I had so much fun playing this game and I spent hour upon hours on this when I was a
kid. Thank you for watching and until next time, this is Crater2001, signing off.