Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
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Developer(s) Konami
Publisher(s)
  • Konami Digital Entertainment  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Composer(s) Yasunori Nishiki
Series Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game
Engine Unity
Platform(s)
ReleaseWindows, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
  • WW: January 19, 2022
Android, iOS
  • WW: January 27, 2022
Genre(s) Digital collectible card game
Strategy game
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is a free-to-play digital collectible card game based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game , developed and published by Konami for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Android, and iOS. [1]

Contents

It was initially released January 19, 2022 for consoles and PC to positive reviews and rapidly climbed to the top of the Steam charts. [2] [3] On February 6, Konami announced the game had been downloaded over 10 million times. [4] The game would later on be released in a few regions to iOS and Android January 26, 2022, with many more regional launches on February 2, 2022. [5]

Development

Development of the title began in 2019 as a follow on from Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links, released in 2017. Konami wanted to develop a new game that would appeal to more experienced players, as opposed to Duel Links which was for more casual players. [6] During the development of the game, the idea arose of implementing a game mode that could be played alone, participating in duels against the AI. This eventually led to the implementation of Solo Mode in Master Duel. [6] The game's music was mainly composed by Yasunori Nishiki. [7]

Gameplay

Both players are using cards effects to stop each other actions. Yugioh Master Duel Screenshot.jpg
Both players are using cards effects to stop each other actions.

The gameplay is a simulated version of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game. However, the game has a different Forbidden and Limited List and card release schedule [8] than the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG. This creates a different library of cards available to build a deck from.

You can play either single-player, known in game as Solo Mode, where you proceed through a story of the cards involved playing against a computer opponent. In Multiplayer there exists a casual, unranked matchmaking system and a competitive, ranked system allowing you to compete with other players' strategies. [9]

Reception

Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel received "generally favorable" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic. [10] [11] [12]

Within a week, Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel reached 262,333 concurrent players on Steam. [2]

On PlayStation Partner Awards 2022 Japan Asia, Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel and 4 other video games received Partner Awards for being the highest grossing video games worldwide. [18]

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