Initial Impressions: Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Duel Academy

Dillie-O

Dillie-O

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Greets all,

I'm not one to do too many reviews of games out there, but I am a proud owner of a GBA and have been itching to get ahold of another good Yugi game for a while.

I made the mistake a while ago of trading in my copy of World Championship 2004 for the latest edition that came out after it (ick, I can't even remember the name). I found the gameplay on it EXTREMELY awful because they added some flavor into the game where a light monster automatically beats a dark monster. I had a Red Eyes Black Dragon trampled by a Magician of Faith and promptly turned in the game.

Alas, I finally arrived at getting GX Duel Academy this weekend and was EXTREMELY impressed with my first few hours on the game. For starters, the gameplay is pretty close to the general mechanics of the game.

I know there will always be glitches, but the fact that it prompts you to activate spell/trap/effects in between each phase, and when battle damage is done, and when equips have become equipped to a monster help newer players get a feel of the different phases and what is available to do.

The game is following the GX theme quite well, as you have a "calendar" in which are exams dates when new packs arrive at the shop, and other things. I haven't made it to an exam yet, but they look intriguing.

Additionally, you can get more packs through the use of Duel Points. You are given a good chunk of Duel Points at the beginning of the game in which you can buy a bunch of packs out the door.

One little secret, or not so secret now, is the Password Machine when you go to the shop. If you happen to pull out your favorite Yugi card, you'll notice there is a number on the bottom left hand corner of the card. Enter that number into the machine and see what turns up. My Wall of Illusion came up quite nicely, though I had to pay 1000 DP in order to add it to my deck, which is a bit pricey. Not all of the cards I tried are in the system, but they may be in there under different terms.

All in all I give this game an 8/10. Some people may not like the "limited" nature of doing nothing but dueling, but I love it since I don't get out much to tourneys outside of judging and it gives me some standard "Borg AIs" to test out new decks against. I just have to get all the cards now. 8^D
 
100,000 i belive was the cost for BLS-E when i tried to get it.

I said forget that and just bought out effect, traps, ritual, and fusion packs. I only need so many cards to make a good deck out of it. lol

Its fun as heck i love this game i got it about 1 month ago and was like "OOO THIS IS SO MUCH FUN!"

Im a Calm Duelist / Ra Yellow :D Ive taken 2 exams the first one got me to Ra Yellow the Second one just let me stay in yellow and gave me the title of calm Duelist since i loved doing the OTK puzzles that are in the game. :D Im almost done with all the puzzles some are very challanging while others are like, very easy.
 
I've taken 1 exam now, I was number 1 at it, but I couldn't be transferred because I didn't have enough duels yet XD

Ah well, it's a fun game, but the puzzles are way too easy.

The duels are fun, though, especially against Yuki Judai.
 
krazykidpsx said:
100,000 i belive was the cost for BLS-E when i tried to get it.
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It was only 20,000 when I tried to use the password.

Anyway, I love it!! It's actually the first one I have played! All the others I just bought for the Promo's, and either traded them in at Gamestop, or they are just sitting in the Original Box still in the Plastic they shipped in.

I like the Timed Duels the best, although some of them are extremely simple, like the one with Maji-Gire Panda, Giant Rat, and Hyena.

All in all, if it werent for the horrible lighting (not to mention my son did a number on the display!!!), I would probably play all night on it. I just wish I could get a hold of Snatch Steal faster than its taking me to get it without cheating or passwords.
 
My wife got 2 of them within the first few times of her buying packs! I couldn't believe it. Fortunatley she traded one to me for a Scapegoat 8^D You notice how EVERYBODY except yourself has a Pot of Greed to start?! What gives? 8^D
 
And here I thought it was going to be as bad as The Sacred Cards :D I dusted off the ol' Gameboy (which has been totally superceeded by PSP), and popped in the cart based on your recommendation here.

Not bad! I thought I aced the first "exam", but alas I was told to win 10 duels before trying again :D Ra Yellow here I come!

Sean, I need to talk to you about something ... this game has sparked some ideas in my head here!
 
Well considering its VDay, let's try to hook up tomorrow night in our ususal "Geekish Cave" to talk turkey, er digits, er something like that 8^D
 
masterwoo0 said:
It was only 20,000 when I tried to use the password.

Anyway, I love it!! It's actually the first one I have played! All the others I just bought for the Promo's, and either traded them in at Gamestop, or they are just sitting in the Original Box still in the Plastic they shipped in.

I like the Timed Duels the best, although some of them are extremely simple, like the one with Maji-Gire Panda, Giant Rat, and Hyena.

All in all, if it werent for the horrible lighting (not to mention my son did a number on the display!!!), I would probably play all night on it. I just wish I could get a hold of Snatch Steal faster than its taking me to get it without cheating or passwords.
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Your probably right... :D I just didnt have the money.

and snatch was easy to get, Just get the Equips pack. thats what i did.

specialty packs are the best. I got both Premature and snatch. :)
 
krazykidpsx said:
Your probably right... :D I just didnt have the money.

and snatch was easy to get, Just get the Equips pack. thats what i did.

specialty packs are the best. I got both Premature and snatch. :)
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I finally got Premature Burial yesterday, but I have become quite fond of Autonomous Action Unit as of late (having Tribe-Infecting Virus comes in handy for this as well), and even though it is 1500 cost, it has more than paid for itself in "cost vs benefit", as most of the time, my opponent(s) likes to play Card Destruction or Graceful Charity quite a bit, tossing a few high level cards in the process.
 
Yeah, I'm now doing bad. My lastest test has put me into hte "dropout duelist" category 8^D I was having too much fun with my god hand in the practical duel that I smashed the guy in 3 turns, not really activating too many spell cards, which was the objective.

It gives me something to look forward too. I love the quizzes. While they may seem easy for us seasoned duelists, my wife is actually learning a lot and getting her skills up a notch by going through these. Plus its fun to have a 10800 ATK monster with trample on occasion 8^D
 
the only thing i hated about this game is that the Smashing Ground glitch[see my review of wc2005] is back and so i had to take my smashings out. but i'm in obelisk blue[i did the dorm switch with chazz event] also dillie-o theres an event where you can get alot of money and get your rank up if your a drop out boy just talk to the gym teacher.
 
Dillie-O said:
Yeah, I'm now doing bad. My lastest test has put me into hte "dropout duelist" category 8^D I was having too much fun with my god hand in the practical duel that I smashed the guy in 3 turns, not really activating too many spell cards, which was the objective.
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When I got to that part, all I did was add Spell Cards to my Deck like Dian Keto the Cure Master, Black Pendant, Fissure, Giant Trunade, etc... I had like a 78 card deck!!

I made it to the choice of Dorm's, but I did a Jaden and stayed with Silfer Red.

"Average Duelist" sounds kind of stupid for a title, but, it's better than "Drop Out"!!! lmao
 
masterwoo0 said:
FINALLY!!! I got Snatch Steal AND Widespread Ruin!!!

Now I just need to get Dark Hole!!
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Snatch Steal has an ugly glitch in this game (maybe it's the same with other equips).

If a monster equipped with snatch (after it is resolved) is placed face-down, snatch STILL equips it.

But snatch has another glitch: If there are 2 Snatch Steals on the same monster (1 of you, 1 of your opponent) and you play Giant Trunade, then the monster goes to the player who played the first Snatch Steal. ^_^
 
i've completed all the timed duels (good bit of mental stimulation, but nothing too major), have over 100 wins, and i just completed the special summons exam (loaded up a deck with self searchers, Giant Rats, tomatos, Cyber Jar and Morphing Jar)

my rank is superior duelist, but so far i haven't encountered the event which triggers the zane duel....i've done some of the other triggers, like versing pharoah the cat and the shadow duelist.

it's the best yu-gi-oh game on gba so far, but im looking forward to the wc2006 game, which is slated for april release (promos are sweet, and i'm buying 2 copies of the game just to get the promos for my collection). wc2006 is supposed to have a whole new gameplay engine, for smarter AI and more realistic game play....can't wait
 
I love the game. The Timed Duels are so much fun and can help most duelists ALOT. The duels are awesome, though im a bit dissapointed that they still didnt add cards from sets like DCR, as i wanted to make my Zombie and Dark Scorpion deck.
Though my Terrorking Virus deck works wonders there. YAY!

Keep it up Konami.

ShooKs
 
Shookymaster said:
I love the game. The Timed Duels are so much fun and can help most duelists ALOT. The duels are awesome, though im a bit dissapointed that they still didnt add cards from sets like DCR, as i wanted to make my Zombie and Dark Scorpion deck.
Though my Terrorking Virus deck works wonders there. YAY!

Keep it up Konami.

ShooKs
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You must be missing something because I have Sakuretsu Armor and Mefist the Infernal General from DCR.
 
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