Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links is an upcoming iOS and Android game to be released in Summer 2016. It was first announced at Jump Festa 2016. Its name is likely taken from the Duel Links system featured in "TRANSCEND GAME".
On January 6, 2016, it was officially announced that the game will be released globally, along with the news that Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Generation and Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist will both receive further updates in winter 2016.[2]
On March 18, 2016, the Japanese site was updated with more information about its gameplay, characters, and online content, as well as the first YouTube trailer for the game. Pre-registration for the game is currently open in Japan, with rewards available for accounts pre-registered before the game launch. The rewards are accumulative based on the total number of existing pre-registered accounts when the game launches: 50 gems (10,000), "Dark Magician" card protectors (30,000), an additional 50 gems (50,000), a Yugi Muto-themed Duel Field (100,000), and an additional 50 gems (150,000). Additional rewards were added on March 29, 2016, after the number of pre-registered accounts exceeded 200,000: "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" card protectors (200,000), an additional 100 gems (250,000), and a Seto Kaiba-themed Duel Field (300,000).[3].
On April 19, 2016, the official site announced that in order to further improve the game quality, the game would go into a closed beta testing phase in June. Beta testers are picked randomly among the players who pre-registered the game before April 30, 2016. As a result, the public release date of the game will be postponed to a later date rather than April 2016 as initially planned. Players also receive more rewards at the start of the game which details will be disclosed in further announcements.[3]
Pre-registration emails and surveys were sent out on June 13, 2016 for people in the United States and United Kingdom. On June 23, 2016, the sign-up period was extended.[1] Closed beta emails were released in late July with promises of fine-tuning the game for another 1 to 2 months before the beta would open.
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Gameplay
Duel World
Duel World (デュエルワールド) is the hub area where an character can be selected and challenge either a Standard Duelist (スタンダードデュエリスト) or Legend Duelist (レジェンドデュエリスト) to obtain cards and increases the character's Level. It is possible to increase the state by doing missions, and by doing so, a new Legend Duelist or new features will appear.
Online Versus
It is a feature that allows real time plays with other Duelists or friends around the world in Duel Links. Furthermore, there are practice play, a Deck from a Duelist that was played against and replay from the other Duelists can be watched.
Characters
Yami Yugi (闇遊戯 Yami Yugi) - ace card "Dark Magician".
Seto Kaiba (海馬 瀬人 Kaiba Seto) - ace card "Blue-Eyes White Dragon".
Joey Wheeler (城之内 克也 Jounouchi Katsuya) - ace card "Red-Eyes B. Dragon".
Mai Valentine (孔雀 舞 Kujaku Mai) - ace card "Harpie Lady Sisters".
Téa Gardner
Weevil Underwood
Mako Tsunami
Bandit Keith
Rex Raptor
External links
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links Official Website
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links Official Website (Japanese)
Official Yu-Gi-Oh! Youtube Channel: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links Promotion Trailer (Japanese)
Official Yu-Gi-Oh! Youtube Channel: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links Gameplay Video (Japanese)
Official Gameplay Video of Joey vs Mai (Japanese)