Meet your opponent. Take your cards out of your pocket, slam them on the table and DUEL!
Yu-Gi-Oh! is a trading card game, commonly known as a TCG. In this game, you collect cards. When you win a duel, you get DP (Duel Points) You then spend the DP on card packs. There is also a password Machine but you cannot use it unless you have either 1 of the card you are trying to get or have already unlocked 80% of the card pack it is in. You can also change your hairstyle and clothes and duel disks to make your own unique avatar. This avatar will be used on wi-fi and single duels.
In the main menu, there are 8 options. Free duel, Challenge, Duelist Menu, Card shop, Tutorial, Communications menu, Friend menu and Options.
Free duel
In free duel, you are presented with monsters. The monsters have made decks to go with them. Their star card is usually the monster you are playing against. When you have defeated the level 1 monsters, all 6 of them, 5 times each, you are presented with the level 2. defeat them each 5 times and so on until you reach level 4. You have to do all theme duels (missing out 12 of them) to unlock levels 5 and 6. You can also download ghosts of players from Nintendo wi-fi connection.
Challenge
You have Limited Duel, Theme Duel, Duel Puzzle and Survival Duel here. In Limited duel, you have 6 levels to go up against. You have to adjust your deck to meet certian restrictions. An example of a limited duel is: Spells Forbidden. This means you can only have traps and monsters in your deck. When you have fufilled this, you must also beat the oppnent with your deck. In theme duel, things get harder. There are tricky things like "win 5 coin tosses in a row". You have to do the same as in Limited Duel here. Winning all 6 levels of Theme duel allow you to unlock levels 5 and 6 of the CPU duelists found in the Free Duel. In duel Puzzle, you are presented with a puzzle wherein you must win in one turn. Straightforward here. Survival duel pits you against 3, 6 and infinite duelists, one after the other. Winning lots of duels here will present you with more clothes and things for your avatar. Say hello to some nice card packs too!
Duelist Menu
You can select your star card here. Simply touch the card and select ON where it shows a star and a card above the card. Recepie Viewer, card list and the Banned card lists are shown here. Straightforward.
Shop
The easiest thing in the game. Selecting "Get cards" takes you to the card pack selection screen. Think about what deck you want and collect the cards in the pack that most go with it. Selecting "Password" Takes you to the Password Machine. This is where you can enter a code that is shown on the bottom-left corner of a real-life card into the game. "Change image" Allows you to change your hairstyle or the colour of your hair for a few 500 DP.
Communications Menu
This is where you connect to wi-fi, edit the wi-fi options or duel against a friend.
Friend Menu
Register a friend code here and check your own. Check your friends here as well.
Tutorial
New to the game? No worries! There is a handy tutorial showing tips on most cards and EVERY rule in the rulebook! There are also practise duels here.
Options
Change your clothes, check your status (how well you defend etc in terms of a spider diagram) Edit the text said by you in-game and check your dueling record (highest monster attack, etc)
Overall, It's a pretty good game if a bit hard at times. Don't worry! You'll make it trough soon! Now get out there and become the World Champion!!!