News from the Digital Next Stream
Rush Duel and Master Duel news are the big items.
EDIT: A bit more of info from Famitsu.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel: Saikyou Battle Royal!!
Planned for release in the Americas and Europe in Fall 2021!
The Japanese version will be available starting August 12th, 2021!
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links will be adding “Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V” world this year.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
An example of gameplay
An example of Chains
Dark Hole, I believe
“El Shaddoll Construct” being summoned
Synchro Summoning. Game is intended for 4K HD Resolution
Game is intended for release with the Playstation 4, Playstation 5, X-Box One, X-Box Series X, Steam, Nintendo Switch, App Store and Google Play Store
No date listed. Intended for global release.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Cross Duel
Premised around “Are you fighting with a Friend? Or against a Foe?
Planned for release via Apple App Store and the Google Play Store
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After the stream, Famitsu published an article going over what you could see in the video, and also provided some extra details about each game. There’s not much new information, but it solves a key question left unanswered for Master Duel regarding “how much?”. Note that Famitsu says this information only applies for the Japanese market, so these may be different for other locations:
Title: Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel: Saikyou Battle Royal!!
Maker: Konami
Genre: Card Game Battle
MSRP: 6600 yen (incl. tax) *Both the physical and digital versions are for 1-player (can be 2-players via connections)
Release date: August 12th, 2021 (tentative)
Target platforms: Nintendo Switch
CERO Rating: A (all ages)
Title: Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links
Maker: Konami
Genre: Card Game Battle
Distribution: Mobile Version: App Store/Google Play, PC Version: Yahoo! Games (Japan), Steam
Usage fees: Free to play, includes microtransactions
Title: Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
Maker: Konami
Genre: Card Game Battle
Distrubition: Mobile version: App Store/Google Play, Domestic Version: Playstation 5, Playstation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Seris S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch (all of these are digital-only), PC version: Steam
Usage fees: Free to play, includes microtransactions
Title: Yu-Gi-Oh! Cross Duel
Maker: Konami
Genre: Card Game Battle
Distribution: App Store/Google Play
Usage fees: Free to play, includes microtransactions
For Cross Duel, Famitsu says that it will be released as “global contents for Smartphones” and to wait for further details. Again, not much information, but this tells us that at least for now the game will be solely on mobile platforms, and that it may get a worldwide release, at least eventually.
Source: Famitsu.
