If you play Duel Links, then you know that recently it was updated to include the world of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. I love this addition since it opens the doors for the addition of every other anime series. At least, all the series that have been dubbed, anyway. So far the only character I've unlocked is Jaden Yuki. I've gotten him up to level 12 and the GX world up to stage 3. As of this moment, I have not come across any new characters to unlock. That's okay, I can still contemplate which characters that I hope to see the most. For this top 5, I will leave out Chazz Princeton and Alexis Rhodes since their silhouettes were shown when the world was being accessed for the first time. This means they are practically guaranteed so I will not have those characters in my list. Let's get to it!
5. Bastion Misawa
Who better to start with than the smartest student at Duel Academy from Ra Yellow? I hope to see him in Duel Links so that I can use his Water Dragon. In fact, recent support for this card was released in the Legendary Duelists booster pack so it seems very possible.
4. Tyranno Hassleberry
It's another Ra Yellow student. He uses a dinosaur-themed deck (if you couldn't tell). His addition to Duel Links would include new dinosaur cards like Ultimate Tyranno. Maybe we could also get cards that were released in the new Dinosmasher's Fury structure deck.
3. Jesse Anderson
Introduced in season 3, Jesse is from North Academy. His deck is based on Crystal Beasts and would be amazing to see in Duel Links. I would be especially excited to see Rainbow Dragon. I have to yet to acquire this card in real life but would love to own a digital version.
2. Syrus Truesdale
How could you not want to see Jaden's best pal? He may start out as one of the worst duelists at the Academy but he improves as time goes on. I adore this character and his signature deck: the Vehicroids! Please, Konami, put this character and his cards in Duel Links! However, you can't mention Syrus without mentioning my top pick...
1. Zane Truesdale
That's right, the one character from GX that I want to see the most is Zane Truesdale. He is Syrus' older brother and the top student at Duel Academy. He is one of my favorite characters and his Cyber Dragons are amazing. However, I must clarify that I would prefer the normal Zane to the dark version that appeared after he hit a losing streak as a professional duelist. I just prefer regular Cyber cards to the Dark Cybers... however, I will take either one as long as it's Zane. Please don't limit Cyber Dragon to one, Konami, that's all I ask.
And that's it for this week. I hope you enjoyed this post and will follow me so you don't miss out on future posts. How to follow me? Hit that Follow button up on the top right. Also, leave a comment telling me who you'd like to see in Duel Links from GX. By the way, I fixed the setting so that anyone can comment now and I apologize for not fixing it sooner. I honestly thought that I had set that ages ago. Anyway, have a great weekend and as always, keep on gaming!!
Saturday, September 30, 2017
Saturday, September 23, 2017
New Ultra Sun and Moon News - a Photo Club and Mantine Surfing?!
A new trailer has come out for Ultra Sun and Moon this past week. It isn't very long but it gives some more interesting information for us to ponder as the release dates looms ever near. Let's get right into it!
First of all, it confirms that the island trials will return aka still no gyms. This saddens me since I prefer gyms to the trials. Anyway, I am curious about the trials of Sophocles and Acerola since the clips shown seem to hint towards them being slightly different from the original trials. It appears that the Fairy trial captain, Mina, from Poni Island has also finally set up her own trial. However, she still has that weird streak of paint on her face and hair... why? It would drive me nuts to have paint in my hair all the time but that's apparently doesn't bother her one bit. I guess I could tolerate the paint on her if it wasn't so oddly done... is it supposed to be tribal or is she just so into her art that she doesn't notice when she's accidentally splashed paint on herself? Either way, I don't watch the anime so I guess I will never know.
Lily and Hau will be returning as your companions yet again. Lily is in her second outfit and Hau seems a bit more serious this time around. This means it either takes place later in the storyline (like B2W2) or it could just be an alternate retelling (Platinum). Speaking of changes, there will also be over 400 Pokémon to catch in Alola. This includes 2 exclusives: Houndoom for Ultra Sun and Manectric for Ultra Moon. I'm not particularly excited for either of these so I won't take them into consideration when I pick which game I want to purchase.
That mysterious multi-colored building with stars on it is the new Photo Club. It feels like they took parts of existing optional game activities and combined them. It still looks fun and I look forward to taking photos of my starter. However, the best part of the trailer comes after the Photo Club. Mantine Surfing looks awesome! You can surf between islands and apparently can do tricks on Mantine as well. Combine that with some of the best music yet and it looks like a blast! I can't wait to try it.
The Japanese trailer shows the same thing for the most part. It does show more available Pokémon like Dedenne which I want to catch so badly. I just hope it's easy to encounter. It shows the Photo Club with the female character. It also shows what appears to be a Totem Alolan Marowak. Another interesting point is footage of Hau running up to you with his Torracat at his side. Could this confirm that Pokémon will be able to walk with you? It's hard to say...
Finally, it shows images from a Japanese promotional poster. I find it interesting that Lily is show holding a Poké Ball since she wasn't a trainer in the first games. The poster also shows what appear to be the villains or evil team but the figures are shown in shadow and it is hard to tell for certain. Still, these 2 trailers have gotten me even more curious about Ultra Sun and Moon. I just hope there will be more new Pokémon than just the Necrozma forms and Dusk form Lycanroc.
Well, that does it for this week. I hope you enjoyed reading this post as much I enjoyed writing it. If you did, follow me by clicking that Follow button so you won't miss out on future posts. Leave a comment below telling me what you thought of the trailer(s). Will you use the Photo Club? Do you think the Mantine Surfing is awesome? Let me know! Have a good weekend and as always, keep on gaming!!
First of all, it confirms that the island trials will return aka still no gyms. This saddens me since I prefer gyms to the trials. Anyway, I am curious about the trials of Sophocles and Acerola since the clips shown seem to hint towards them being slightly different from the original trials. It appears that the Fairy trial captain, Mina, from Poni Island has also finally set up her own trial. However, she still has that weird streak of paint on her face and hair... why? It would drive me nuts to have paint in my hair all the time but that's apparently doesn't bother her one bit. I guess I could tolerate the paint on her if it wasn't so oddly done... is it supposed to be tribal or is she just so into her art that she doesn't notice when she's accidentally splashed paint on herself? Either way, I don't watch the anime so I guess I will never know.
Lily and Hau will be returning as your companions yet again. Lily is in her second outfit and Hau seems a bit more serious this time around. This means it either takes place later in the storyline (like B2W2) or it could just be an alternate retelling (Platinum). Speaking of changes, there will also be over 400 Pokémon to catch in Alola. This includes 2 exclusives: Houndoom for Ultra Sun and Manectric for Ultra Moon. I'm not particularly excited for either of these so I won't take them into consideration when I pick which game I want to purchase.
That mysterious multi-colored building with stars on it is the new Photo Club. It feels like they took parts of existing optional game activities and combined them. It still looks fun and I look forward to taking photos of my starter. However, the best part of the trailer comes after the Photo Club. Mantine Surfing looks awesome! You can surf between islands and apparently can do tricks on Mantine as well. Combine that with some of the best music yet and it looks like a blast! I can't wait to try it.
The Japanese trailer shows the same thing for the most part. It does show more available Pokémon like Dedenne which I want to catch so badly. I just hope it's easy to encounter. It shows the Photo Club with the female character. It also shows what appears to be a Totem Alolan Marowak. Another interesting point is footage of Hau running up to you with his Torracat at his side. Could this confirm that Pokémon will be able to walk with you? It's hard to say...
Finally, it shows images from a Japanese promotional poster. I find it interesting that Lily is show holding a Poké Ball since she wasn't a trainer in the first games. The poster also shows what appear to be the villains or evil team but the figures are shown in shadow and it is hard to tell for certain. Still, these 2 trailers have gotten me even more curious about Ultra Sun and Moon. I just hope there will be more new Pokémon than just the Necrozma forms and Dusk form Lycanroc.
Well, that does it for this week. I hope you enjoyed reading this post as much I enjoyed writing it. If you did, follow me by clicking that Follow button so you won't miss out on future posts. Leave a comment below telling me what you thought of the trailer(s). Will you use the Photo Club? Do you think the Mantine Surfing is awesome? Let me know! Have a good weekend and as always, keep on gaming!!
Sunday, September 17, 2017
New Ultra Sun and Moon Trailers Reveal Some Tasty Tidbits
It's finally happened - 2 new trailers have arrived at the same time as the CoroCoro leaks. Since the trailers repeat what was in the leaks, I will focus on them instead. The trailers in question were released on the Nintendo and Pokémon YouTube channels. I'll do my best to break it down. We'll start with the Pokémon channel trailer.
First of all, it reminds us that Necrozma will be the focus of the story this time around. The cover legendaries for the new games will be two forms of Necrozma after it captures and fuses with either Solgaleo or Lunala. The forms are called Dusk Mane Necrozma (Solgaleo) and Dawn Wings Necrozma (Lunala). They also are shown performing what appear to be signature moves. This remind you another fusion form (Black and White Kyurem)?
Next is shows an Ash Cap Pikachu being used in battle. What is the significance of that? Well, even though there is a distribution of Ash Cap Pikachus coming soon, the cap being worn by this Pikachu is not one of the regional variants. This cap if from the new movie and maybe this means there will be separate distribution for this particular Pikachu. This is followed by footage of new surfer area and the Pikachu area as well. The interesting thing to note here is that it shows the main character interacting with one of the Pikachus. Will this pertain to the story or is this a side quest thing?
Next is the Rockruff distribution for the new games. This explains that distributed Rockruffs will have the ability Own Tempo and will know either Fire Fang (Ultra Sun) or Thunder Fang (Ultra Moon). These special Rockruffs will evolve into Dusk Lycanrocs. According to the official site, it will be between 5 pm and 6 pm when the evolution can occur. Lycanroc also gets its own exclusive Z-Move called Splintered Stormshards. This move appears to also remove field terrains which could prove useful.
Lastly we have our new Ultra Beasts which are, of course, game exclusive: UB Assembly (Ultra Moon) and UB Burst (Ultra Sun). I don't know how I feel about these designs. UB Assembly is a stone tower with four legs. UB Burst is a rainbow jester with a polka-dotted Styrofoam ball as its head. Both are equally strange (which I'm sure is the point) but also equally unappealing. This comes as no surprise since there few UBs in the original game that I liked. Still, it gives me hope that there will be new Pokémon in the new games as well.
Let's move on to the Nintendo trailer. It shows basically the same stuff with a few exceptions. For instance, it shows the cutscene where an UB comes out of an Ultra Wormhole. The thing to notice is that the main character is actually wearing an appropriate expression not the generic creepy smile. This is a good sign that they fixed the issue of the main character not showing any emotion except for a few times.
Next, they show more of the surfing area. If you pause the video at the right moment you will see a Mantine in the water. It's wearing riding gear so maybe we will get to use Dive in this game. The other option is that we will get to ride it for a contest or side quest. There is also a banner above the surf boards with Mantine on it as well. I hope we get to at least surf on a surfboard. That would be very cool. The next tidbit shows Pikachu themed clothes that the character can wear which is nothing short of adorable. I really like the cap. I wonder what other new clothes will be available?
After some more clips that have been used in the original trailer, we see where the starters actually protects us from a Yungoos. This confirms that we meet the starters in a different way than in the original games. The starters acting tough is also super cute. The next interesting part is when they discuss the rewards for purchasing the future games. If you purchase either Pokémon Gold or Silver, you will get a code for Celebi that you can use in Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun or Ultra Moon.
It's not much (which seems to be the norm for these games) but it still gives us something which is hope. While this game is looking more like a cross between B2W2 and Platinum it also seems to have a few things that will make is unique or at the very least a new gaming experience. For now, we can only watch and wait for more information to come. Well, that does it for this week's post. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed watching it and will follow me so you don't miss out on future posts. Leave a comment below telling me what you think of the new trailers and which UB you like most. Have a great weekend and as always, keep on gaming!!
First of all, it reminds us that Necrozma will be the focus of the story this time around. The cover legendaries for the new games will be two forms of Necrozma after it captures and fuses with either Solgaleo or Lunala. The forms are called Dusk Mane Necrozma (Solgaleo) and Dawn Wings Necrozma (Lunala). They also are shown performing what appear to be signature moves. This remind you another fusion form (Black and White Kyurem)?
Next is shows an Ash Cap Pikachu being used in battle. What is the significance of that? Well, even though there is a distribution of Ash Cap Pikachus coming soon, the cap being worn by this Pikachu is not one of the regional variants. This cap if from the new movie and maybe this means there will be separate distribution for this particular Pikachu. This is followed by footage of new surfer area and the Pikachu area as well. The interesting thing to note here is that it shows the main character interacting with one of the Pikachus. Will this pertain to the story or is this a side quest thing?
Next is the Rockruff distribution for the new games. This explains that distributed Rockruffs will have the ability Own Tempo and will know either Fire Fang (Ultra Sun) or Thunder Fang (Ultra Moon). These special Rockruffs will evolve into Dusk Lycanrocs. According to the official site, it will be between 5 pm and 6 pm when the evolution can occur. Lycanroc also gets its own exclusive Z-Move called Splintered Stormshards. This move appears to also remove field terrains which could prove useful.
Lastly we have our new Ultra Beasts which are, of course, game exclusive: UB Assembly (Ultra Moon) and UB Burst (Ultra Sun). I don't know how I feel about these designs. UB Assembly is a stone tower with four legs. UB Burst is a rainbow jester with a polka-dotted Styrofoam ball as its head. Both are equally strange (which I'm sure is the point) but also equally unappealing. This comes as no surprise since there few UBs in the original game that I liked. Still, it gives me hope that there will be new Pokémon in the new games as well.
Let's move on to the Nintendo trailer. It shows basically the same stuff with a few exceptions. For instance, it shows the cutscene where an UB comes out of an Ultra Wormhole. The thing to notice is that the main character is actually wearing an appropriate expression not the generic creepy smile. This is a good sign that they fixed the issue of the main character not showing any emotion except for a few times.
Next, they show more of the surfing area. If you pause the video at the right moment you will see a Mantine in the water. It's wearing riding gear so maybe we will get to use Dive in this game. The other option is that we will get to ride it for a contest or side quest. There is also a banner above the surf boards with Mantine on it as well. I hope we get to at least surf on a surfboard. That would be very cool. The next tidbit shows Pikachu themed clothes that the character can wear which is nothing short of adorable. I really like the cap. I wonder what other new clothes will be available?
After some more clips that have been used in the original trailer, we see where the starters actually protects us from a Yungoos. This confirms that we meet the starters in a different way than in the original games. The starters acting tough is also super cute. The next interesting part is when they discuss the rewards for purchasing the future games. If you purchase either Pokémon Gold or Silver, you will get a code for Celebi that you can use in Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun or Ultra Moon.
It's not much (which seems to be the norm for these games) but it still gives us something which is hope. While this game is looking more like a cross between B2W2 and Platinum it also seems to have a few things that will make is unique or at the very least a new gaming experience. For now, we can only watch and wait for more information to come. Well, that does it for this week's post. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed watching it and will follow me so you don't miss out on future posts. Leave a comment below telling me what you think of the new trailers and which UB you like most. Have a great weekend and as always, keep on gaming!!
Sunday, September 10, 2017
Let's Fix 5 Shinies - Gen 1
As any Pokémon player knows, nothing is more exciting than finding (and hopefully catching) a shiny or alternately colored Pokémon. These Pokémon are rare and that should make their designs that much more amazing compared to their regular coloring. Unfortunately, some shiny Pokémon don't live up to the hype and that's a shame. I am starting a new series of posts where I pick 5 Pokémon in each generation (1 - 7) that I feel could have better a better shiny form. As always, I just manipulated some images from Bulbapedia and all rights belong to the images' respective owners. I am merely using this to show my ideas for better shinies. Without further ado, let's jump into it!
Butterfree
Go ahead and say it - 'how predictable, it's your favorite Pokémon'! I know, but that make its horrible shiny even more disappointing. In fact, Butterfree's shiny may be one of my least favorite shinies of all time. Its body color becomes more purple and its hands, feet, and nose turn a reddish pink. Its eyes become a bright neon green. It's pretty unappealing but I understand that at the time, shinies were made by palette swapping. Still, it could have been changed like so many other shinies in Generation 6. My shiny (as shown) is a bit different. I basically lightened the body to an almost pastel cornflower blue with light green feet, hands, and nose. The eyes I made a softer lavender. I did notice as I was saving the image that I was very close to the color palette that I used for my Alolan Butterfree idea. This wasn't intentional - I just like the color combination.
Spearow
Spearow is one of the Pokémon that you don't see that often. With better options like Pidgey and Farfetch'd available, there is little reason to catch a Spearow. Its shiny doesn't add to its appeal at all. It's a light olive color with golden beak, wings, and feet. Its belly becomes a light reddish color. It's quite unappealing and again, no change was made in Generation 6. In fact, the shiny looks worse in the Generation 6 3D model. I decided that I would show this Pokémon some love with a new palette. I found this dark gray to be the most appealing since bright colors don't really seem to fit this Pokémon well at all. Not only does this look better than the original color, it also stands out really well so that you immediately know that you've found something special when you encounter it.
Farfetch'd
This is another Pokémon that you don't see often. I adore Farfetch'd and feel it deserves a better shiny. The original body was that reddish pink color with a brighter yellow for the beak and feet. Even its leek got brighter in color which makes little sense considering that body coloration doesn't affect randomly held objects. Anyway, I opted for a nice dark blue that looks more realistic (like its original coloring) and not so bright. I think it works nicely and gives it a dapper appearance.
Krabby
Krabby is another rarely-seen Pokémon. Its shiny is also underwhelming. The brownish orange body turns yellow and that's it. It's not the worst shiny, but it is definitely not the best. Generation 6 only made the yellow paler which again isn't that bad. I feel it could be improved upon greatly and I love this color idea that I came up with based on the Blue Dungeness crab. I think this color is great and really catches your eye - again letting you know when you encounter it that it is special.
Chansey
The last shiny that I will fix is Chansey. Chansey is notorious for being hard to find and even harder to catch in the original games. You would think that its shiny would be equally amazing but no...it's just a light green that makes Chansey look ill. In Generation 6, the green was darkened to make it look even more ill. Again, it's not the worst shiny but it could use improvement. I was playing around with the color and discovered this golden yolk color. I think it fits Chansey's happy personality while also giving a nod to the 'egg' influence in its design. I don't usually like yellow shinies but I do like this one a lot.
Well, that does it for this post. I hope you enjoyed this post and will follow me so you don't miss out on future posts. Leave a comment below telling me what you think of my shinies, which shinies you want think could be changed and how you would change them. Have a great weekend and stay safe during all this bad weather. Keep those impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma in your thoughts and as always, keep on gaming!!
Butterfree
Go ahead and say it - 'how predictable, it's your favorite Pokémon'! I know, but that make its horrible shiny even more disappointing. In fact, Butterfree's shiny may be one of my least favorite shinies of all time. Its body color becomes more purple and its hands, feet, and nose turn a reddish pink. Its eyes become a bright neon green. It's pretty unappealing but I understand that at the time, shinies were made by palette swapping. Still, it could have been changed like so many other shinies in Generation 6. My shiny (as shown) is a bit different. I basically lightened the body to an almost pastel cornflower blue with light green feet, hands, and nose. The eyes I made a softer lavender. I did notice as I was saving the image that I was very close to the color palette that I used for my Alolan Butterfree idea. This wasn't intentional - I just like the color combination.
Spearow
Spearow is one of the Pokémon that you don't see that often. With better options like Pidgey and Farfetch'd available, there is little reason to catch a Spearow. Its shiny doesn't add to its appeal at all. It's a light olive color with golden beak, wings, and feet. Its belly becomes a light reddish color. It's quite unappealing and again, no change was made in Generation 6. In fact, the shiny looks worse in the Generation 6 3D model. I decided that I would show this Pokémon some love with a new palette. I found this dark gray to be the most appealing since bright colors don't really seem to fit this Pokémon well at all. Not only does this look better than the original color, it also stands out really well so that you immediately know that you've found something special when you encounter it.
Farfetch'd
This is another Pokémon that you don't see often. I adore Farfetch'd and feel it deserves a better shiny. The original body was that reddish pink color with a brighter yellow for the beak and feet. Even its leek got brighter in color which makes little sense considering that body coloration doesn't affect randomly held objects. Anyway, I opted for a nice dark blue that looks more realistic (like its original coloring) and not so bright. I think it works nicely and gives it a dapper appearance.
Krabby
Chansey
The last shiny that I will fix is Chansey. Chansey is notorious for being hard to find and even harder to catch in the original games. You would think that its shiny would be equally amazing but no...it's just a light green that makes Chansey look ill. In Generation 6, the green was darkened to make it look even more ill. Again, it's not the worst shiny but it could use improvement. I was playing around with the color and discovered this golden yolk color. I think it fits Chansey's happy personality while also giving a nod to the 'egg' influence in its design. I don't usually like yellow shinies but I do like this one a lot.
Well, that does it for this post. I hope you enjoyed this post and will follow me so you don't miss out on future posts. Leave a comment below telling me what you think of my shinies, which shinies you want think could be changed and how you would change them. Have a great weekend and stay safe during all this bad weather. Keep those impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma in your thoughts and as always, keep on gaming!!
Sunday, September 3, 2017
Top 5 Best and Worst Parts of the Set Sail for the Kingdom Duel Links Event
First of all, I am very sorry for the lateness of this post. I have not been feeling well plus I was too busy to get to my computer yesterday. I still wanted to post something so here it is: my top 5 best and worst parts of the 'Set Sail for the Kingdom' event in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel links.
Best:
5) It's different than other events
Most events follow this pattern: collect event items by dueling then spend items dueling against event exclusive character to win points for prizes. This event is different. Well, you do still have to duel to collect event items or dice in this case. However, this time the items are used to traverse a game board where you can collect items, duel characters, or 'read' chapters from the Duelist Kingdom story arc. I find this change refreshing and yet familiar (Destiny Board Traveler, anyone?). There are ten rounds of this event with 5 'zones' or boards per round.
4) Card Lottery
Of all the ways to get cards, this has to be one of my favorites. You earn Millennium coins as you travel around the game board then pay them in increments of 30 in order to hopefully draw cards. You can also draw other things like coins and gems. The more coins you have, the more you can 'draw' at the time.
3) References original anime Duelist Kingdom Arc
I am a huge fan of the original dubbed anime and this is such a nostalgia rush for me. I hope they do more events like this for Battle City or Waking the Dragons.
2) Kuriboh is unlockable/winnable
I have been waiting for this card for what seems like forever. Kuriboh is one of my favorite cards and has been around in the TCG since its release in the Metal Raiders booster set. I don't know why it wasn't in Duel Links up to this point but I am glad that it is in there now. Now if only Winged Kuriboh were available...
1) You unlock Yugi
Of all of the recently unlockable characters, I think this is the one that I wanted the most. Now I have to figure out a strategy around Gandora, the Dragon of Destruction....
Worst:
5) Card Lottery
I love the Card Lottery, really, but I am finding the odds of getting the card that I want to be a bit high. Even if I draw ten at once, I still am having trouble getting cards that I want (mostly of the higher rarity). Still, it's minor so that's why its at the bottom of the list.
4) 7 dice pieces = 1 roll?!
This I do not understand. A standard die has 6 sides because it is a cube. Why does it take 7 pieces to equal a roll of a die?! I really don't understand it. It's a minor irritant, but it is irritating after all.
3) Stop space mandatory story text
Certain spaces are designated with a 'STOP' and a character that you have to beat in order to move on. However, because its part of the Duelist Kingdom story arc, they is a lot of text to read through before you get to your duel selection screen. My issue is that I will realize that I have the wrong deck selected and therefore have to back out of the event, change decks, then go back in. Upon doing so, I have to re-read through all of that text again. There is a speed-up button, but it still takes a long time. Worse still, if you lose, you have to read the text all over again before choosing to duel. If you get stuck on a duelist, this could take a considerable amount of time. I wish you could just read the text once and never again (unless in a new round).
2) Stop space defeat conditions
Here is issue #2 with the stop spaces: you can't move forward until you win. Other duelist spaces let you move on regardless of win or lose, but not stop spaces. This gets annoying especially on stop spaces at the end of the board or zone.
1) Stop space re-rolls
Here is issue #3 with the stop spaces: if you lose, you are sent back one space. This means you have to roll the die again just to hit the stop space again so you can try again to beat the duelist. It's frustrating to waste die rolls just to get to a space that you have already hit again and again.
Well, that's it for this week. I hope you enjoyed this post and will Follow me so you don't miss out on future posts. Have a great Labor Day Weekend and as always, keep on gaming!!
Best:
5) It's different than other events
Most events follow this pattern: collect event items by dueling then spend items dueling against event exclusive character to win points for prizes. This event is different. Well, you do still have to duel to collect event items or dice in this case. However, this time the items are used to traverse a game board where you can collect items, duel characters, or 'read' chapters from the Duelist Kingdom story arc. I find this change refreshing and yet familiar (Destiny Board Traveler, anyone?). There are ten rounds of this event with 5 'zones' or boards per round.
4) Card Lottery
Of all the ways to get cards, this has to be one of my favorites. You earn Millennium coins as you travel around the game board then pay them in increments of 30 in order to hopefully draw cards. You can also draw other things like coins and gems. The more coins you have, the more you can 'draw' at the time.
3) References original anime Duelist Kingdom Arc
I am a huge fan of the original dubbed anime and this is such a nostalgia rush for me. I hope they do more events like this for Battle City or Waking the Dragons.
2) Kuriboh is unlockable/winnable
I have been waiting for this card for what seems like forever. Kuriboh is one of my favorite cards and has been around in the TCG since its release in the Metal Raiders booster set. I don't know why it wasn't in Duel Links up to this point but I am glad that it is in there now. Now if only Winged Kuriboh were available...
1) You unlock Yugi
Of all of the recently unlockable characters, I think this is the one that I wanted the most. Now I have to figure out a strategy around Gandora, the Dragon of Destruction....
Worst:
5) Card Lottery
I love the Card Lottery, really, but I am finding the odds of getting the card that I want to be a bit high. Even if I draw ten at once, I still am having trouble getting cards that I want (mostly of the higher rarity). Still, it's minor so that's why its at the bottom of the list.
4) 7 dice pieces = 1 roll?!
This I do not understand. A standard die has 6 sides because it is a cube. Why does it take 7 pieces to equal a roll of a die?! I really don't understand it. It's a minor irritant, but it is irritating after all.
3) Stop space mandatory story text
Certain spaces are designated with a 'STOP' and a character that you have to beat in order to move on. However, because its part of the Duelist Kingdom story arc, they is a lot of text to read through before you get to your duel selection screen. My issue is that I will realize that I have the wrong deck selected and therefore have to back out of the event, change decks, then go back in. Upon doing so, I have to re-read through all of that text again. There is a speed-up button, but it still takes a long time. Worse still, if you lose, you have to read the text all over again before choosing to duel. If you get stuck on a duelist, this could take a considerable amount of time. I wish you could just read the text once and never again (unless in a new round).
2) Stop space defeat conditions
Here is issue #2 with the stop spaces: you can't move forward until you win. Other duelist spaces let you move on regardless of win or lose, but not stop spaces. This gets annoying especially on stop spaces at the end of the board or zone.
1) Stop space re-rolls
Here is issue #3 with the stop spaces: if you lose, you are sent back one space. This means you have to roll the die again just to hit the stop space again so you can try again to beat the duelist. It's frustrating to waste die rolls just to get to a space that you have already hit again and again.
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