Yu-Gi-Oh! World News Archive

December 2010

Duelist Pack: Yusei 3 Available January 25
Posted Wednesday, 12/29/2010 by PPNSteve

GET READY TO REV IT UP IN THE NEW YEAR AS KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT LAUNCHES Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's TRADING CARD GAME Duelist Pack: Yusei 3 ON January 25th, 2011

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - December 28, 2011 - The gift-giving isn't over yet as Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (Konami) unwraps one more present to kick-off 2011 in style! Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME players get an opportunity to add more of Yusei's favorite cards to their Decks, including cards from the newest season of the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's television series, as Konami releases Duelist Pack: Yusei 3. This 30-card Duelist Pack set includes eight new, never-before-seen cards, including four new monsters, two new Spell Cards, and two new Traps. That's more new cards than any other Duelist Pack, ever! Duelist Pack: Yusei 3 will be available at hobby and retail locations nationwide January 25th, 2011.



Duelist Pack: Yusei 3 is a great way for new players, casual fans, and experienced players alike to get their hands on some of Yusei's favorite cards and complete their Decks. Duelists will be able to create duplicates of their powerful Synchro Monsters with the new Battle Waltz card, shut down their opponent's strategy with Justice Bringer, or use their opponent's monsters to perform their own Synchro Summons with Synchro Material!

Duelist Pack: Yusei 3 - 30-card set includes:
17 Common Cards (4:1)
Seven Rare Cards (1:1)
Four Super Rare Cards (1:5)
Two Ultra Rare Cards (1:15)
Each pack comes with five of these Game Cards, plus one Strategy Tip Card

Each Saturday morning in the United States, Duelists can catch one classic TV episode, along with two additional TV episodes from the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's animated series, on TheCW4Kids block. For more information on Konami, the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME or the Duelist Pack: Yusei 3 product, please visit www.yugioh-card.com or call 310-220-8630.

About The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG
The Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME is the #1 trading card game in the world with over 22 billion cards sold. It is a game of strategy, where players create individual Decks of cards collected from Structure Decks and Booster Packs. Two players engage in a Duel while using cards that represent powerful monsters, magical Spells and surprising Traps. Duelists with well-constructed Decks, dominating monsters, solid strategy and good fortune are the victors in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG. Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. is the exclusive licensee and rights holder to the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG in North America and Latin America.

About KONAMI
KONAMI is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties and traditional trading card games. KONAMI's software titles include the popular franchises Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, DanceDanceRevolution and Castlevania, among other top sellers. KONAMI is also the manufacturer of the wildly popular Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, which has sold more than 22 billion cards worldwide. The latest information about KONAMI can be found on the Web at www.konami.com. KONAMI CORPORATION is a publicly traded company based in Tokyo, Japan with subsidiary offices, Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. in the United States and Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH in Frankfurt, Germany. KONAMI CORPORATION is traded in the United States on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol KNM. Details of the products published by KONAMI can be found at www.konami.com.

KONAMI is a registered trademark of KONAMI CORPORATION.

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Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Weekend-long Events Extravaganza Announced
Posted Wednesday, 12/15/2010 by PPNSteve

KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT TO HOLD Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) EXTRAVAGANZA IN LOS ANGELES JANUARY 22-23, 2011

Weekend Event will be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center

El Segundo, CA - December 15, 2010 - Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (Konami) is opening the doors of the Los Angeles Convention Center to the Dueling community for a Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) weekend-long Events Extravaganza that is open to the public, beginning January 22, with registration starting promptly at 9 a.m.

With Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG activities for every skill level, players can spend their entire weekend Dueling in hopes of winning cool Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG prizes. Konami's popular Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG weekend activities include Tin Challenges, ATTACK OF THE GIANT CARD!!, Win-A-Mat, Pegasus Challenge, Dragon Duel, Go for the Gold, and an event for the video　game crowd – the World Championship 2010 Nintendo DS Tournament, utilizing Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2010 Reverse of Arcadia. In addition, Konami will be awarding an event exclusive Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Extravaganza Game Mat as a door prize throughout the weekend.

Other Duelists who are more advanced will look to outlast and outplay their peers in the Regional Qualifiers and earn an invitation to their respective 2011 World Championship Qualifier events, to be held next year.

A complete list of entry fees, time of events and their corresponding prizes will be available at www.yugioh-card.com/en/events closer to the event.

Event Address:
Los Angeles Convention Center
Room 403 A-B
1201 South Figueroa St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Duelists unable to participate in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Events Extravaganza event can catch up on a variety of blog coverage and photo galleries of the event provided by Konami staff at www.yugioh-card.com/en/events.

Each Saturday morning in the United States Duelists can catch one classic episode, along with two additional episodes from the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s animated series, on TheCW4Kids block. For more information on Konami or the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, please visit www.yugioh-card.com or call 310-220-8630.

About The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG
The Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME is the #1 trading card game in the world with over 22 billion cards sold. It is a game of strategy, where players create individual Decks of cards collected from Structure Decks and Booster Packs. Two players engage in a Duel while using cards that represent powerful monsters, magical Spells and surprising Traps. Duelists with well-constructed Decks, dominating monsters, solid strategy and good fortune are the victors in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG. Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. is the exclusive licensee and rights holder to the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG in North America and Latin America.

About KONAMI
KONAMI is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties and traditional trading card games. KONAMI's software titles include the popular franchises Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, DanceDanceRevolution and Castlevania, among other top sellers. KONAMI is also the manufacturer of the wildly popular Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, which has sold more than 22 billion cards worldwide. The latest information about KONAMI can be found on the Web at www.konami.com. KONAMI CORPORATION is a publicly traded company based in Tokyo, Japan with subsidiary offices, Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. in the United States and Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH in Frankfurt, Germany. KONAMI CORPORATION is traded in the United States on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol KNM. Details of the products published by KONAMI can be found at www.konami.com.

KONAMI is a registered trademark of KONAMI CORPORATION

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Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Duel Transer Now Available
Posted Tuesday, 12/7/2010 by PPNSteve

Konami Announces Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Duel Transer Now Available in Retail Stores Nationwide.. Renowned trading card game, comes to Wii with all new characters original storyline and robust online dueling.

El Segundo, CA - December 7, 2010 - Today, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. announced the latest video game entry in the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Duel Transer for Wii™ is available at retail stores nationwide. Born from the storylines of the fan favorite Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's animated series on Cartoon Network, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Duel Transer will continue to give players an immersive Yu-Gi-Oh! experience by bringing the familiar competitive nature of free dueling and enriched storylines along with leveraging the technology of the respective console.

Mysterious characters from the Duelist Corp have descended on the island of Ragnarok and are looking to battle in the competition held by one of the games original characters. This time, players do battle in the Duel of Legend Cup alongside franchise favorites Yusei Fudo and Jack Altus with more than 4,500 cards including Star Strike Blast. Build your deck and duel against your favorite characters from the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's universe, including 20 new characters to interact with, throughout Story Mode and Free Duel. Players will compete through 13 duelist stages, each with a completely original honeycomb mapping system allowing for both linear and non-linear game play.

As with all games in the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise, dueling is the heart of the game and this game spares no expense in bringing duelists together all across the world by allowing for heads-up dueling via Wii's Wi-Fi connection. In addition to online play, up to two players can duel locally as well.

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Duel Transer is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB for Wii, and is available at retail stores nationwide today for $39.99. Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Duel Transer also comes packaged with the three exclusive trading cards: Closed Forest, Fighter Ape and Roaring Earth.

About Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties. Konami's titles include the popular franchises Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, DanceDanceRevolution and Castlevania, among other top sellers. The latest information about Konami can be found on the Web at www.konami.com. KONAMI CORPORATION is a publicly traded company based in Tokyo, Japan with subsidiary offices, Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. in the United States and Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH in Frankfurt, Germany. KONAMI CORPORATION is traded in the United States on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol KNM. Details of the products published by Konami can be found at http://www.konami.com.

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