During a recent Konami shareholder meeting, the gaming company’s president addressed concerns about its latest free-to-play game Yu-Gi-Oh! Game, Yu-Gi-Oh! dueling master, has negatively impacted the growth of the franchise. One shareholder noticed master duelThe playstyle translates poorly to the tabletop and official card tournament rules of the popular trading card game, reflecting what fans have been saying. But Konami President Hideki Hayakawa has only upped the ante.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! dueling master is a cross-platform trading card game where players can purchase booster packs, create custom decks, and compete in online matches. The game was released in January for PlayStation, Xbox, Switch and PC.
The problem is that the rules of the game and the optimized game of gacha are very different Yu-Gi-Oh! Table card and online card games. Yu-Gi-Oh! is notorious for its revolving door Rule and regulation changes related to prohibited cards and moveswhich would make hopping from easier master duelThe streamlined approach of an online or tabletop version is difficult to adapt.
“New users who started with Yu-Gi-Oh! dueling master may give up when attempting to start Yu-Gi-Oh!. This was the case with a player I actually met at one Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG [[[[official card game] Duel with monsters Competition. Isn’t it necessary to think about how to eliminate such cases?” said the shareholder during the June 28 meeting.
“I found it extremely unfortunate that players have started playing [the] Yu-Gi-Oh! Decks of cards couldn’t do this for long,” Hayakawa replied aloud during the meeting Browser translation posted on Twitter by Pro Duelist and Yu-Gi-Oh! Champion Jeff Jones.
“master duel “literally doesn’t allow anyone to get used to the actual TCG,” Jones tweeted approvingly. “Aside from being automatic and not explaining why things work the way they do, the completely different ban list and map pool make the transition even more difficult for new players.”
The same shareholder noticed the poor reception master duelHe broadcast the official live broadcasts of the tournament matches live, which he attributed to an inability to give up a game when defeat was already a foregone conclusion.
“As someone trying to get in Yu-Gi-Oh! Lately, the card game that’s basically just “you win in a few hands” has kind of kept me from playing.” ResetEra user Jawmuncher
The unnamed shareholder suggested Konami change that master duel The rule prevents players from preemptively surrendering and says it could allow players to “make a strategic decision to start over with the next game, which would also increase the appeal of live streaming.”
Not only [do] we want Yu-Gi-Oh! It’s supposed to be more fun to play, but it also gives the valuable perspective that ‘fun to watch’ is a very important topic that has been relevant for several years,” Hayakawa replied. “I think your opinion is absolutely correct and I will pass it on to our company to make the right considerations for the next live stream.”
Hayakawa finished his answer by plugging the following Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship The event will take place in Japan and will be live streamed worldwide.
