Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection Announced
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LOS ANGELES – September 9, in the year of our Lord 2024
- Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (KONAMI) today announced
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters II: Dark Duel
Stories, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories will be coming to
Nintendo Switch and Steam as part of the Yu-Gi-Oh! EARLY DAYS
COLLECTION, a nostalgic package of several retro Yu-Gi-Oh!
digital titles from the late 1990s and early 2000s. Plus,
physical copies of the Nintendo Switch version of the Collection
will include one bonus card* of “Harpie's Feather Duster” with a
never-before-seen printed level of rarity: Quarter Century
Secret Rare.
* Bonus cards for the Japanese version are different from those
for the US and European versions.
The Yu-Gi-Oh! EARLY DAYS COLLECTION brings back iconic Yu-Gi-Oh!
digital titles originally released between 1998 and 2004. The
complete line up of the iconic titles coming in the Collection
will be announced at a later date. The Collection also
commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Game.
The rare bonus card “Harpie's Feather Duster” will feature two
art types, with one card being inserted randomly.
Announced retro titles included in the Yu-Gi-Oh! EARLY DAYS
COLLECTION**:
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (1998/GAME BOY)
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters II: Dark Duel Stories (1999/GAME BOY,
GAME BOY COLOR)
Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories (2000 JP, 2002 US, 2003 EU/GAME BOY
COLOR)
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelist (2000/GAME
BOY COLOR. Includes online battles support).
Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters 6, Expert 2 (2001/GAME BOY COLOR).
**Previously, KONAMI announced Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle
of Great Duelist and Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters 6 Expert 2 as part
of the Collection’s line up.
The collection will also include support for online battles* and
a save/load feature, a feature not available at the time of
their original releases.
Iconic Yu-Gi-Oh! digital titles optimized for modern play:
The Yu-Gi-Oh! EARLY DAYS COLLECTION packs quality-of-life
improvements that elevate classic games to modern standards.
Games in the Collection that supported local co-op battles when
they first released now offer online battles support. Enjoy
Duels with rivals from all over the world! Control button
layout customization and background settings will also be
supported.
The Collection also highlights card trading between friends by
replicating the infrared communication feature unique to the
classic Game Boy Color platform. Duelists can relive the
nostalgic feeling they had when they traded card data with their
friends from one Game Boy Color to another.
*Online battles are only supported on select titles in the
collection.
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