YU-GI-OH! Grasp Duel was the shock success of final 12 months, because the free-to-play card sport discovered its means into gamers’ hearts.
Within the 12 months since its launch, it has seen greater than 50million downloads, which has launched Yu-Gi-Oh! straight into the mainstream.
GLHF spoke to the producer of Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel, Kenichi Kataoka, to debate simply what’s subsequent for the sport.
For all the upcoming perception into Grasp Duel you possibly can learn our full Q&A beneath.
GLHF:Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel was extremely well-received at launch and many individuals have downloaded and performed the sport. Was this anticipated?
Kenichi Kataoka: We had been positively assured within the sport’s high quality and that it will be effectively obtained.
The variety of downloads has exceeded our expectations.
We’ve seen the sport be launched to new audiences by so many individuals, particularly influencers by way of social media, and it appears even individuals who had been initially not accustomed to Yu-Gi-Oh! have been enjoying and having fun with the sport.
GLHF: Workforce Battle was lately added to Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel, is there a cause Workforce Battle was added? Are there some other sport modes you propose so as to add sooner or later?
KK: Lets say that Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel and the Yu-Gi-Oh! Buying and selling Card Recreation (TCG), the bodily card sport, are differentiated as a result of customers can play Duels with others from everywhere in the world anytime, wherever, however we wish to differentiate them much more.
One of many parts we now have added is ‘Workforce Battle’. We're contemplating having ‘Workforce Battle’ occasions sooner or later.
GLHF: How tough is it to stability a sport like Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel, with greater than 10k playing cards?
KK: I can guarantee you that it's terribly tough.
Simply so as to add one new card requires checking its equilibrium with the present 10k plus playing cards, which is an incredible problem for planners and programmers each time, and the problem of doing these checks solely grows each single time.
GLHF: Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel’s card choice remains to be behind the present Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG’s aggressive ruleset. Is there an intention to have them be on the identical card choice and ruleset finally?
KK: The connection between Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG and Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG is a bit sophisticated, not behind.
For instance, the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG has a unique ruleset than the Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG.
The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG and Yu-Gi-Oh! OCG are bodily card video games, however Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel, an internet sport, permits gamers to play in opposition to Duelists from everywhere in the world at any time.
So, the ruleset and playing cards’ laws should be designed completely for Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel to keep up equity.
GLHF: Has Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel’s success been impacted by the event of different Yu-Gi-Oh! video games?
KK: In fact, however I'd say that Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel has itself been influenced by different Yu-Gi-Oh! video games, particularly Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Hyperlinks.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel was born from the expertise of growing and operating Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Hyperlinks.
GLHF: What can we anticipate to see in the way forward for Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel?
KK: The blueprint for Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel is ‘On-line Yu-Gi-Oh! for each gamers and spectators’, nevertheless it’s nonetheless not even shut to completely realizing that idea.
Specifically, there may be extra to be achieved when it comes to entertaining the spectators.
Even individuals who don’t know something about soccer can perceive that one thing nice has occurred when a aim is scored, however in card video games, it's obscure who's forward generally.
I consider that if individuals take pleasure in watching the Duels, the quantity of people that wish to play Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel will improve, and I additionally consider Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG will get extra followers too.
GLHF: Do you have got a message for Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel gamers for the one-year anniversary?
KK: Because of all of your help, Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel has reached 50 million downloads in lower than a 12 months since its launch.
I consider that is because of the Duelists who love Yu-Gi-Oh!. Thanks very a lot. However we aren't happy but.
We nonetheless have ambitions to extend the variety of Duelists everywhere in the world.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Grasp Duel will proceed to be the very best sport it may be to entertain Duelists worldwide, and we'll proceed to provide and handle it, so please keep tuned!
Written by Dave Aubrey and Georgina Younger on behalf of GLHF.
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