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SCMP Reporter

THE ETERNAL DUELIST SOUL

WHAT GAME BOY SAYS: Yu-Gi-Ho! Eternal Duelist Soul is a different experience than the previously released games; Yu-Gi-Ho! Dark Duel Stories in that it completely simulates the trading card game, Duel Monsters. The functions from the official rules, such as 'chain combos'' and 'flips'' are accurately recreated to enhance the gaming experience.

Name:

Kev

Age: 15

Console:

Game Boy Advance SP

Gameplay: Billed as 'the most accurate rendition yet' of the official trading-of-magic-cards game, Yu-Gi-Ho! is all about winning cards through 'duels' with characters from the TV series and trading valuable ones with your mates.

Graphics: Not bad - though I did expect a lot more animation. I like the Magic Cards best because the characters are really well illustrated.

Overall: If you, like me, are not a Yu-Gi-Ho fan, this is an extremely complicated game to grasp. There is so much going on other than the duels - you can even use passwords from your cards in real life and use them in the game. But once I got the main principles and rules of the game, it was good fun. Just read every single detail on your card!

Name:

Tommy

Age: 13

Console:

Game Boy Advance

Gameplay: My friends from the US are totally crazy about the TV Yu-Gi-Ho series and they could not wait to get their hands on this game. The duels are really fun because there is just so much you can do: summon monsters, kill your opponents with different magical powers and you never know what cards your opponent has up his/her sleeves.

Graphics: The moving background while battling can be a little distracting. I'm a little disappointed with the lack of animation.

Overall: I love this game because there is a huge amount of strategy- thinking involved, like how to maximise each card to defeat my opponents. But whether you win or not also depends on luck too as you never know what cards your opponent holds in a duel. The biggest thrill comes with the cards I get to win, like Judge Man and Barrel Dragon.



YU-GI-HO!