Genre: Strategy
Developer: Konami
Publisher: Konami
Released On: April 15, 2003
# of Players: 1-2 Players
Memory: Battery Save
ERSB: Everyone
Supports: GBA Link
MSRP: $29.99
Also On: None
Website: YuGiWorldwide.com
Chezzy Card: Jinzo
The most accurate re-creation of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game ever! Implementing updated rules from the official Trading Card Game and over 1000 cards, Yu-Gi-Oh! Worldwide Edition: Stairway to the Destined Duel is a must-have for every duelist. With support for English, French, Spanish, German, Japanese and Italian, duelists are no longer bound by the limitations of language. Win the championship and become the best duelist in the world! Challenge opponents from the TV series. Explore Battle City in the ultimate Yu-Gi-Oh! tournament. Collect cards from over 20 kinds of booster packs or import cards. 3 exclusive game cards included.
The game plays almost the same as the first in this version of Yu-Gi-Oh. Being very similar to previous Yu-Gi-Oh games. A few persistent problems that still have not been fixed are that if your opponent pulls a card out of his deck, you are shown an image of the card, but are not allowed to inspect the description on the card. For those of us new to the game, who hasn’t associated each image with a set of perhaps complicated rules, this can lead to confusion.
"The most accurate re-creation of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game ever!"
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Add to this that such things as playing cards, declaring battle, resolving battle, etc. are all much faster, it can be frustrating. Still, all of the new cards means more deck choices for the compelling card game. The new Battle City mode is so far more interesting than selecting an opponent on a screen, but other than presentation, it is effectively the same. I always thought that with interesting characters developed in an anime and manga series, there might be some smack-talk during matches or at least some color commentary. Unfortunately, you don’t. Either way this game is a must for Yu-Gi freaks. Konami takes the wonderful Eternal Duelist Soul up a notch. In Eternal Duelist you dueled in the town of Domino for plain fun. Here, it’s Battle City. Duel new characters like Yugi’s Grandpa, Bandit Keith, an improved Tea, and a new rare hunter:. Odion. Plus, Stairway to the Destined Duel has zones. You can move from zone to zone, challenging duelists and finding an occasional random tournament here and there.
One other cool feature of the game is the ability to link up two Game Boy Advance consoles and duel or trade cards with another gamer. This feature is simple to use and utilizes the same screen and system familiar from the one player story mode. The feature also results in the ability to pass much-needed cards onto a friend, allowing Yu-Gi-Oh to become a social experience, combined with the one player game. The system also increases the life span of the game, as a quick duel of average length, around ten minutes, is perfect for filling those small gaps between other activities. Extended periods of this game result in extreme frustration and in boredom, as it contains nothing more than the dueling.
Graphically this game is nothing special, and may even be considered unattractive by many gamers. The difference with this and other titles is that it does not require graphical achievement and perfect pixel animation, as these are not included in the game or would not improve the experience any further. The sound is once again adequate for its needs. Ranging from the up-tempo beats while facing a normal contestant to the more serious melodies when facing a championship, the music contained within the game is clearly thought out and placed correspondingly to the situation. Sound effects are very similar, ranging from the sound of the cards flipping around to the high-pitched tone as the monsters are summoned.
Conclusion
The game is pretty damn good, maybe even great! But only to Yu-Gi-Oh players will enjoy it. Example if I said “you can’t normal summon the Dark Sage. You need the power of the Time Wizard and the Dark Magician as a tribute to special summon the Dark Sage out of you hand or deck”. If your confused right about now you need not play this game. This game was made to cater to Yu-Gi-Oh TCG players. And even the TCG players should pass since playing the game with you real cards is much better. Either way Worldwide Edition is a nice treat for Yugi fanatics.
Good Monster Cards
+ St. Joan
+ Griggle
+ Celtic Guardian
+ Swordhunter
+ Blue-Eyes Ultimate DragonGood Magic Cards
+ Chain Energy
+ Card Destruction
+ Change of Heart
+ Monster Reborn
+ Malevolent Nuzzler
Good Trap Cards
+ Mirror Force
+ Fairy’s Hand Mirror
+ Trap Hole
+ Magic Jammer
+ Spellbinding Circle
