Yu-Gi-Oh! The Eternal Duelist Soul

"The next level of Yu-Gi-Oh trading cards is here!"

Yu-gi-what?? Until this game came out I didn't really know much about yu-gi-oh, but now im an addict! This game is strangely addicting, and I just cannot stop playing it. Even with a few negative features, it is still the best!

Story N/A:
Every game is made like a sandwich. First the bread, which is the beginning of the story, then the meat, which is the action and gameplay, then the bread again which is the end of the story. Who needs the bread! Bring on the meat! Thats exactly what Yu-Gi-Oh does! They don't bother you with a long intro and outro, instead the bring on the action right from the beginning! You don't even name yourself! Just start dueling! Get stronger, duel harder opponents! You will probably never get tired of beating your opponents as with every opponent you beat, you win a booster pack, which you can use to soup up your deck. There is no perfect deck, which makes you keep playing to atleast achieve a semi-perfect deck, which can take a LONG time! The goal of this game is to become better then everyone, and no matter how hard you try, there will be flaws in your deck and someone *cough* me *cough* will be better than you so you can keep trying. Ya so now back to my point, who needs a story :P

Gameplay 9/10 :
This is just like real life yu-gi-oh duels, cept that I can't look over at your cards because you're shorter then me or I can't ''accidentally'' draw an extra card, everything is correct and accurate, so there can be NO mistakes. ALl you do in this game is duel, nothing more, nothing less. Not much to say here.

Graphics 10/10 :
ALl i can say here is WOW! For a card game, the graphics are excellent! Amazing! Very very vivid colours, a lot of detail, not great but fair animations. I just can't say anymore. You have to be able to experience it to see what I mean.

Control 10/10 :
Ahh yes, the two button commands! I don't think it can get any easier! NOt much to say here either.

Difficulty: 10/10 :
This game starts out pretty easy, but soon after you win around 25 duels, it gets pretty hard! I've won around 200 duels about now and I am slowly losing it! It's getting REALLY hard and I just keep going back to the easy people and start destroying them so I can get good cards to make my deck better and win against some of the more challenging opponents. It is probably the same for everyone, you start out with the weak and win cards, you get to the strong and go back to the weak to show off your skills and get better cards! So ya what I'm trying to say is that most people looking for a challenge can really find one in this game. More than enough to keep you going for a while...a veyr long while...

Overall 10/10:
Could be better, but if it was to be ANY better, it would probably be out for the Gamecube. This game has probably taken the gameboy advance's capacity to the MAX. The next level of Yu-Gi-Oh trading cards is here!

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 11/12/02, Updated 11/12/02