Duel Masters: Sempai Legends

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Duel Masters: Sempai Legends
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Developer(s) Mistic Software [1]
Publisher(s) Atari
Series Duel Masters
Platform(s) Game Boy Advance
ReleaseJune 1, 2004 [2]
Genre(s) Role-playing
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Duel Masters: Sempai Legends is 2004 role-playing video game developed by Canadian studio Mistic Software and published by Atari.

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Plot

Sempai Legends follows a junior duelist, celebrating his birthday...when one of his coveted cards is stolen in the night.

Development

The game was announced in April 2003. [3] It was developed by Mistic Software, a company founded in 1997. [4]

Reception

The game holds a rating of 69 of 100 on Metacritic. [9]

GameSpy gave the game a 3 of 5 stating "Yup -- that's your "Yugi Sense" tingling. With Duel Masters: Sempai Legends, Atari gives gamers a new way to do their handheld card-based dueling. While it doesn't let you bang away with the 1000-plus monsters available in the Yu-Gi-Oh! games (at least not yet), it does offer somewhat deeper and more complex gameplay. Toss in the harrowing tale of a boy trying to find a stolen, priceless card, and you have a pretty solid package. There are a few rough edges, but if Atari plans on cranking out dueling games as fast as Konami does, those edges should be buffed smooth in no time" [7]

Dave Clayman from IGN gave the game an 8 of 10 stating "Sempai Legends is clearly designed to compete with the super popular Yu-Gi-Oh! series. So how does it stack up? As I stated earlier the battle system is a matter of personal preference. However, gamers may be attracted to the more complicated duels and the individuality of the different Mana classes. At one time Magic: The Gathering was the most popular card game in the world and it will be interesting to see if its rule set can attract a new, younger audience for of Duel Masters" [5]

Nintendo World Report gave the game an 5 of 10 praising the "Neat looking backgrounds" while criticizing the absurd storyline and noting the game is repetitive, boring, and tedious [8]

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