Topic: Konami's 2004 Yu-Gi-Oh! Line-up

[Bloodworth]

More card-battling coming to GBA.

Source: Konami Press Release

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KONAMI ANNOUNCES YU-GI-OH!TM VIDEOGAME LINE-UP FOR SPRING 2004

REDWOOD CITY, CALIF. - January 9, 2004 - Konami Digital Entertainment - America, a subsidiary of Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today announced three new games to be released in the blockbuster Yu-Gi-Oh! series. Further expanding the rich Yu-Gi-Oh! world, Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship Tournament 2004 will be available for the Game Boy® Advance, Yu-Gi-Oh! Xbox (working title) for the XboxTM video game system from Microsoft, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Power of Chaos: Kaiba the Revenge for PC CD-ROM, in spring 2004. Each game stars the ever-popular Yugi and his loyal card-battling friends and ships with three exclusive limited edition game cards.

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship Tournament 2004 is the highly anticipated sequel to last year's World Tournament game and is the official videogame of the 2004 Yu-Gi-Oh! card battling tournament running throughout the Summer of 2004. Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship Tournament 2004 for Nintendo Game Boy Advance is a heart-pounding card battling game that engages players in head-to-head multiplayer combat. Utilizing the most updated rules from the top-selling Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, players can now construct up to three separate decks to implement different dueling strategies during play. The World Championship Tournament 2004 game also features over 1,100 unique cards with over 100 cards that are new to the series, as well as over 25 characters from the hit TV show and comic book. Players will now be able to bring their real-life card battling strategies to the world of the videogames where they can compete for the title of Master Duelist. Details about the 2004 world tournament will follow in the coming months. Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship Tournament 2004 is scheduled for release on February 10th 2004.

The exciting Yu-Gi-Oh! Xbox (working title) game marks the debut of the top selling franchise on the Xbox video game system from Microsoft. Now, Xbox players can enjoy the unique interactive Yu-Gi-Oh! experience in the only game that brings the rules and gameplay of the popular trading card game to a 3D world. A card battling game at its heart, Yu-Gi-Oh! Xbox thrusts players into the heat of the action where they must duel against challenging foes and powerful monsters. Featuring beautifully rendered 3D graphics, the game brings the monsters from the hit franchise to life before players' eyes. Also available in the Xbox game are over 1,000 Yu-Gi-Oh! cards, including exclusive cards that have never appeared in any other Yu-Gi-Oh! video game.

The third game revealed today is the follow-up to Yu-Gi-Oh! Power of Chaos: Yugi The Destiny and is the next game in the growing Power of Chaos series for PC CD-ROM. Featuring more advanced strategies and hundreds of additional cards, Power of Chaos: Kaiba the Revenge works in conjunction with Power of Chaos: Yugi The Destiny or as a stand-alone game. In Kaiba the Revenge, players will collect over 300 additional cards, build up their collection and create more strategic combos and chains. With an ultra-cool new dueling field, a sleek mechanical interface in the image of Kaiba Corporation and the original card game artwork, Power of Chaos: Kaiba the Revenge is a must-have for all Yu-Gi-Oh! fans! Yu-Gi-Oh! Power of Chaos: Kaiba the Revenge is scheduled for release in March 2004.

[ruby_onix]

I was just commenting to someone the other day about Konami not making, or having made, anything noteworthy for the GameCube, except for the Twin Snakes, which they're not even making.

I mentioned this after seeing a report of Konami saying they hope to be able to support the PocketStation2 (PSP) with launch titles, because systems like the PS2, GBA, and the GameCube have "too many games" available for them... and then Konami went on to announce about a dozen more PS2-exclusive games.

He mentioned "Well, at least they did give us a Yu-Gi-Oh game, and didn't "disclude" us with a multiplatform Ninja Turtles game."

And now they're giving a Yu-Gi-Oh to the XBox.

Konami is seriously the single worst third party out there in terms of GameCube support. What is their freaking problem?

PS: The only way The Twin Snakes is going to even come close to making up for the cold shoulder we've gotten from Konami is if it includes English port-translations of the MSX versions of Metal Gear 1&2 as bonus unlockables. One single enhanced remake just isn't going to be enough to win me over anymore. Sure, I'm looking forward to the game, and Hideo Kojima wins points with me by actually being involved in the game, but the rest of Konami in general doesn't.

Konami = Suxxorzi!