When I write about card games, there’s often at least one commenter talking about how much they would love more Yu-Gi-Oh! games on iOS. Well, wish granted. Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links for iOS and Android will be coming to Japan in late April and then should release globally before the end of the year. While there was a brief announcement a few months ago that the game was in development, it wasn’t until yesterday that we got the first trailer and with it more details about the game. The video previews the Duel World single-player mode, the Online Matching mode, and the characters. In Duel World mode, players choose their characters and duel against standard and legendary duelists. As you complete missions, you raise your characters’ levels and obtain cards, and as you advance through the stages, you unlock new legendary duelists and new functions.
In Online Matching mode, you can battle against friends and duelists in real-time duels, and you can also practice with the decks of duelists you’ve competed against in the past, which, I have to say, is a very smart idea. When it comes to characters, Duel Links features Yami Yugi, Seto Kaiba, Katsuya Jounouchi (Joey Wheeler), and Mai Kujaku (Mai Valentine). As you complete missions, you have access to more characters. Pretty standard stuff. The game will of course be F2P with IAPs, but I don’t know exactly how the monetization will work. The game should release in the US at some point this year, so keep an eye out.
[via Anime News Network]
