Adapted from the very popular Japanese franchise, this new video game opus released without much marketing fanfare at the end of January has carved out a place for itself among collectible card games. Critics analyze the success of Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel.
Summoning monsters, setting traps, encountering formidable (though historically dubious) Egyptian gods: this is what a card player does every day. Yu-Gi-Oh! An inexhaustible franchise, available from a manga to numerous animated series and video games, it is also very popular for its physical card game, even having a very official competitive circuit. “Does the nostalgia of the 1990s-early 2000s grip you? Do not look any further”, s’amuse Polygon. Indeed, a new title has just been released from Japanese Konami studios on January 18 (first on PC then now on consoles and mobiles): Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel. “This game breathes new life – with 10,000 different cards and colorful animations – into the competitive card game of two decades ago,” welcomes the specialized site.
The origin story saw a child, Yugi, inhabited by the spirit of an ancient pharaoh, fighting the forces of evil alongside his friends. The originality of the manga as of the anime resided in the form that this confrontation takes: card duels. This is the experience that the different adaptations aim to reproduce. With the latest, it’s not so much about embodying Yugi or another character as it is about putting yourself in the shoes of a duelist to beat others, using a pack of 40 to 60 strategically composed cards, and making the most of the
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Hugo Florent