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Ladies and Gentlemen! Let's begin!
I'll leave the name entry up for vote, so it's worth noting that entry can support 8 characters.
Here we are in our...house.
Yep. That is a room, alright.
Yugi and Joey enter our room in an obtrusive fashion. We're one of the "nerd herd", as Kaiba likes to say.
Oh, shoot, that was today? I thought it was the bi-annual Dungeon Dice Monsters tournament.
YUGI: Good morning, Amew. Have you made your deck?
JOEY: Hey, my new deck is something special.
JOEY: It took me all night, but it's the best ever.
JOEY: Amew, did you put together a good deck?
Well, I mean, Kaiba wouldn't of let me in if I didn't! It has one whole Pot of Greed!
JOEY: Hey, way to go.
JOEY: But, I'm not about to lose today.
JOEY: We've all been waiting for this tournament.
YUGI: It would be great if we could all get to the finals.
JOEY: Yeah, you bet.
JOEY: Okay, let's get going. Don't want to be late.
And they leave as quickly as they arrived.
You'll notice our room sporting various objects. Like...a bed. Of note is the computer.
This is THE only save point in the game.
Exiting our house, we are dropped right in the middle of the square.
Joey shows off his incredible powers of being able to see off-screen, because all the ones on this screen are generics.
YUGI: Wow, this is exciting.
Attention, Duelists!
SETO: Let me explain the Tournament's rules.
SETO: The Tournament takes place throughout Domino City.
SETO: Wherever duelists meet in the city...
SETO: That shall be where the duels take place.
SETO: Duelists may play using only their own decks.
As opposed to other people's decks?
SETO: The loser must turn over one rare card to the victor.
SETO: Eight winning duelists will enter the final round.
SETO: The final stage is hidden somewhere in town.
SETO: Each of you duelists has received a locator card.
SETO: You must defeat others and get their locator cards.
SETO: When you have gathered six locator cards...
SETO: You will have the map to the final duel stage.
Kaiba doesn't tell anyone how to use them to make this map, though.
SETO: You may duel with those puzzle cards at stake.
SETO: In other words, only those who win duels...
SETO: And obtain the six locator cards will earn the right to get up on stage
for the finals.
Each duelist supposedly has one, under their deck slot. Though taking them from a bunch of random duelists would be too easy, though.
SETO: The Tournament commences at nine a.m. sharp.
SETO: Now fellow duelists...
SETO: Scatter throughout Battle City!
We won't be doing much scattering until your guards move out of the way!
[Kaiba exits]
JOEY: Yeah, you bet. Even us, we're rivals from now on.
JOEY: Try to hang in to the end, Yugi and Amew.
Self-doubt? That's how you have your deck slide away from you!
YUGI: I'll do my best, too.
JOEY: Don't get caught careless.
YUGI: Joey, I think you should be careful yourself.
JOEY: Haha, don't worry about me.
[Dialouge merges here]
YUGI: Once, you've collected all the cards, let's meet up.
YUGI: We should get together at my Grandpa's toy shop.
JOEY: Yeah, okay, we'll do that.
JOEY: Alright, I'm off.
JOEY: Both of you, don't lose until the finals.
JOEY: See you!
[Joey exits]
And we are now given control. And are immediately met with someone walking up to us, so I might was well TALK.
DUELIST: Just so they can get some rare cards.
DUELIST: That kind of tenacity- it's too much for me.
Well, that's understandable. It IS just a card game, after all. Whatcha thinkin', Yuug?
Ok. Well, I'm going to check the front of my house, because why not?
Ahhh! Help, I'm stuck!
And outside our house is...Tristan, for some reason. He just kinda hangs out there for a majority of the game.
TRISTAN:If you want to duel someone, press the R Button.
TRISTAN:That's how you challenge someone to a duel.
Okay Tristan, let's duel!
Ha-bu-wha-
You have no reason to! You're not even participating in the tournament!
You can talk to this dog. You cannot duel it.
DUELIST:People say that a group of card robbers came, too.
DUELIST: I think they call themselves the Ghouls. You'd better be on the lookout for them.
Nah, that sounds like just some bad rumors. I mean, who ever does bad things with this card game?
"And them?" I'm pretty sure you just dueled Yugi.
MAKO: But not this time. I'm taking the prize money and buying a boat.
MAKO: I won't let anyone get in my way!
There was prize money for this tournament?
Anyway, I'm going to get in your way. Let's DUEL!
MAKO: We'll meet again somewhere in Battle City, bro.
[Mako exits]
And then we hear a small chime. This indicates that we did something to advance the plot. So we now begin our quest to fruitlessly challenge everyone to a duel.
(Well, it's six specific people)
WEEVIL GOON 1:We're the Insect Army! We're going to dominate this Tournament.
Oy. That's all he needed. Lackeys.
WEEVIL GOON 2:Mr. Underwood's going to win this Tournament. And, he's going to become
the true champion. You're just bait for our insect decks.
Uh-huh.
"Chumming"?
WEEVIL: You tell Yugi this: I'm going to beat you but good this time. Hyohyohyohyo.
How does that laugh sound out loud?
WEEVIL:The Tournament hasn't even started. We'll feast you the next time we meet. Hyohyohyohyo.
[Weevil & co. exit]
Let's drop by Yugi's house, because why not?
(This card shop will never be open)
SOLOMON:Oh, there is something I should tell you. Challenge the other duelists by pressing the R Button. That's very important. Don't forget it.
Well, I mean, people might have missed Tristan saying this. Let's duel, old man!
Darn. He'd probably use some half-baked Exodia deck anyway.
He...sure has games here. Like, uh, ring toss.
This is the only line Tea says at the moment.
(In the lower part of the square...)
BONZ: I'll show them... I'll keep winning and humiliate everyone... My ghost deck will spell doom to their hopes...
...Ghost? Don't you mean zombie? Also, what is Bonz doing here? He was never a part of Battle City.
Okay, you don't have to act the part of your archetype.
BONZ: I'll be waiting for you somewhere dark... Until then...
[Bonz exits]
But you can't see your cards if it's dark!
Tell that to the writers!
(In the lower-right corner of the square...)
REX:But I'm making my stand right here. My loud and proud dinosaur deck isn't for hiding. Sneaking
around isn't right for it at all.
I mean, I guess? At least you'll last longer than Weevil at Duelist Kingdom.
REX: But I don't duel anyone who's too uncool. It'd be a waste of time.
[Rex exits]
I'll get back to you after sitting in a freezer.
KC GUARD: No entry permitted! Get lost!
Well, that's understandable, I guess.
(Back at Yugi...)
YUGI:I should be going, too. Go for it, Amew.
[Yugi exits]
No, but you're going to tell me anyway.
DUELIST: It's because I looked up to Mai Valentine. It's a dream come true to compete against her.
Well, there's worse duelists to look up to, I suppose.
Uh...yeah.
MAI:I'm going to prove I'm the best duelist here. I'm going to take this Tournament, just watch.
MAI:And I'm taking down Wheeler and Yugi. Fufufufu...
Alright. As long as you don't try and pretend you're psychic again.
MAI: I'll take you on if the opportunity arises. See you.
[Mai exits]
Well, that's all the people with portraits around here. Now to just exit this screen, and our next scene will play.
Well, I want to find a duel before I split this part.
TRISTAN:As a member of the booster club, I'm expecting big things from you, Amew.
...Booster club?
...an odd battle cry.
Even though Tristan is not a Battle City participant, he still wants an ante card anyway. One-star antes never produce any good cards.
Welcome to the duel field. Press L to see all the specific ATK and DEF of all cards. Press R to see...your opponent's field and hand. Not the most useful functions.
Yep. That sure is five cards.
Oh, Sinister Serpent. It is absolute trash in this game because it doesn't have its effect. You set battle position after you place the card on the field.
And hit B to bring up this menu to end your turn, or delete cards from your hand so you can draw next turn.
Oh, yeah, forgot to mention that your hand is capped at FIVE, and you DO NOT DRAW if you are at the max. Which makes draw cards not very useful, at least in the early stages
where you will usually play one card per turn.
I'm going to assume the audience has played the illustrious game of Duel Monsters before, so I'm only going to go over controls, and departures from the actual rules.
Tristan runs a lot of weak monsters. I mean WEAK. Like, he barely breaks 700 ATK.
The AI in this game has an unhealthy compulsion to attack any face-down Defense.
(The "R" stands for "Reverse".)
Here's an example of a mechanic not particularly liked by people, the element system. If two monsters do battle, and one has an element advantage, the one at a disadvantage,
they are instantly destroyed, regardless of ATK value. Which means a Dark Magician could beat a Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Make of that what you will.
You have to sacrifice units manually, and you can then select tribute monsters to come on the field.
(A couple turns later)
Monster effects are activated manually, and only when they are face-down.
Ooh, my ritual card! I'll talk about that when it's relevant.
Non-key duelists increase your Deck Cost by 5.
Money!
As per the rules, we bet a card, so we get a card.
This one....is too good for us to see. Cards that exceed your Duelist Level cannot be put in your deck, or even see their description.
TRISTAN: I'm looking forward to a rematch with you.
And I'm going to call it there.
NEXT TIME: Card games in inappropriate places, or a deadly trap?