Another Yu-Gi-Oh! -Hit For handheld

"Yu-Gi-Oh World Championship 2008" is the latest hit of the Yu-Gi-Oh -Videospielreihe for your handheld!; Successor WCT07. Connoisseurs of the card game can be found quickly in the game quickly and even for newcomers is a comprehensive tutorial in WC mode available. The game is divided in 2 modes: Duel World and World Championship. The DW is a feature that shows up first in the YGO series for the handheld. One has different puzzles to solve with the help of card games (called duels) and meets various DuelMonsters (duel spirits). There are a total of 5 worlds and 1 bonus world. Each world has a particular "topic", eg World 2 (sunlight) is a desert ... If you defeat an enemy 5 times, you get new duelists in WC mode as an opponent. If you in an area (a world) has defeated all too often, appear so-called Stone Seal challenges, duels with certain conditions, where you summon a specific monster card and must gewinnnen. From the monsters in the DW sometimes you also get cards that are usually so powerful that they are prohibited by the banding List (list of banned and limited card) (but they can be used later in the game when you have collected enough cards ). It's always fun to duel in the DW. For the first time, you can also called day duels contest in which 2-on-2 is played. Such duels make insanely fun because you can try out new creations again and lack of AI tag partner can be quite exciting and exhausting. Both in the DW as well as in WC mode, the tag duels are available (in the toilet you have to unlock them only with the help of DW). We come to the WC mode: You look for duelists or spirits (which can be downloaded with the right internet connection) (later also tag teams) as an opponent, and is about to start with the duel. Fast and uncomplicated. Later obtained yet the tournament mode, in which 8 players (or tag teams) compete in 3 rounds against each other. With the help of Ante duel points you earned in duels, you can Booster Packs (new card) buy and improve its collection and its deck. By handled various "tasks" in the game is obtained DuelDisks and outfits .... You can start the game with and conditioned later determine the look of his character, which you can determine the hair color for the first time. One can change his own dueling quotes and choose from a list of ready-made (very "modest" translated) sayings. There is a deck mode where you build and modify his or her deck, recipes from other decks and the banding List (Banned List) may change. In addition, a statistic is included in all records are recorded. What I like most in the game still to online mode (via Wi-Fi Connection), where you can duel against players from all over the world and gives a rating. According to this rating, there is a ranking for their own country and for the whole world. You can download every day a new card and regularly use other features that play against friends (using Micro possible) and even tag duels contest (where it takes a long time before you find opponents). But beware, in the online mode, there are as yet sufficiently Cheater (Spielmogler)! However, get this, if you turn off before the end of the duel, the DS-System, minuses. But in the ranking you constantly find people who have high values ​​(in the game you have a game profile to attack, defense, game skill -> Skill, luck and soul -> hit points). Or too high a rating

Conclusion:

Gameplay: 5/5
The game is always fun and once you've started will not stop you.

Story: 4/5
For a trading card game the DW mode is well done, but it's even more when compared with playing the same set (Nightmare Troubadour, GX: Spirit Caller).

Graphics: 4/5
Some cards have a summoning animation. Overall the game is graphically slightly better than the successor, but animations (holograms) are usually too pixelated and the duel arenas always the same (very little choice).

Sound: 3/5
Overall, according to the model of the predecessor, but too little variety. At some point it becomes boring.

Gameplay / long-term motivation: 5/5
With a necessary game of 200 hours of play, when you can still unlock a duelists to play long. However, you will eventually get nothing new or it takes a long time, which can be frustrating at times. Until the very end, you can collect the card collection, you get a lot of booster (40) and they are spread all over the game. However, you can have the "story" ended after only 20-30 hours. Through online mode you can often play against human players, as well as through wireless data transfer -> always new motivation to become one of the best players (ranking). In addition, you can try different cover types.

Replay:
Probably you will play the game only once, otherwise you all again "playing together" new needs and this can be very tedious, because it takes a long time.

Integration of the online mode via Wi-Fi Connection: 4/5
The WiFi implementation is much more better than its predecessors. Even against cheaters will proceed. But there are little things that you can improve.

Total: 5/5
The game earned the highest rating because it has many new features and game modes. A successful successor. For Yu-Gi-Oh! -Freaks And fans with NDS is a MUST !! For those who do not know the trading card game, a good start.

Rating: Very good.

I highly recommend the game and I wish a lot of fun.
MfG Burney