Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel is a free-to-play digital collectible card game based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, developed and published by Konami for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Android, and iOS.[1]
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Developer(s) | Konami |
Publisher(s) | Konami |
Composer(s) | Yasunori Nishiki |
Series | Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game |
Engine | Unity |
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Release | Windows, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
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Genre(s) | Digital collectible card game Strategy game |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
It was released January 19, 2022 to positive reviews and rapidly climbed to the top of the Steam charts.[2][3] On February 6, Konami announced the game had been downloaded over 10 million times.[4]
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The game is a direct translation of the Yu-Gi-Oh! card game, maintaining all newer mechanics introduced up to 2021. The game follows the Asian OCG banlist, with some slight modifications due to not every card being available at launch.
Like the real life card game, Master Duel also follows the gachapon format of gaining new cards in set packs, which can be purchased via task rewarded gems and legacy tickets or though topped up gems that share the same pool as free gems.
Unlike the real game, cards can be dismantled into craft points categorized by the card's technical rarity (Normal, Rare, Super Rare & Ultra Rare) and the amount imbursed determined by visual rarity (Basic [x10], Glossy [x15] & Royal Finish [x30]) which can then be used to craft cards (and by extension, decks) a duelist actually prefers, costing 30 craft points per card.[5] Crafting archetypical cards of an SR or UR rarity can unlock temporary booster packs of that archetype for the player to spend gems on.[6]
Deck building is also streamlined, with a searchable glossary of pre-made community decks available, although traditional "hand picked" deck building is also available as an option. Opponent's decks may also be saved as one's own after dueling in competitive modes, though missing cards will make the deck an unplayable reference guide until the player owns the missing cards, either through crafting, rewards, card packs or an alternate promotional means.
Development of the title began in 2019 as a follow on from Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links, released in 2017. Konami wanted to develop a new game that would appeal to more experienced players, as opposed to Duel Links which was for more casual players.[7] During the development of the game, the idea arose of implementing a game mode that could be played alone, participating in duels against the AI. This eventually led to the implementation of Solo Mode in Master Duel.[7] The game's music was mainly composed by Yasunori Nishiki.[8]
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Metacritic | PC: 80/100[9] PS5: 80/100[10] NS: 78/100[11] |
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Jeuxvideo.com | 16/20[12] |
MeriStation | 8/10[13] |
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PC Gamer (US) | 80/100[15] |
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel received "generally favorable" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic.[9][10][11]
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