Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dawn of Destiny

by Konami

Product Features

• You'll be dropped right into the heart of the action - create a deck and use your strategic skills to win every duel
• Simple deck building interface lets you pick from thousands of cards, to create up to 3 decks
• Amazing 3D recreations of the monsters in your deck come to life and battle it out, as you watch & plan the next move
• Challenge anyone from the familiar cast of characters, or play against a friend in new Link Duel Mode
• BONUS - Comes with official limited edition cards - Widespread Ruin, Dark Sage and the Egyptian God Monster card, The Winged Dragon of Ra!

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000VJF4G
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches ; 4.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: March 23, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,732 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Yu-Gi-Oh! Dawn of Destiny brings the official rules & gaming style of the Yu-Gi-Oh! card game to your Xbox, in a fantastic new 3D format! Recreate the excitement of the hit TV series as you start dueling like never before!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dawn of Destiny, June 21, 2004

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David A. Tiangco (A little bit to the right.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dawn of Destiny (Video Game)

Good game overall. Many characters from the show to duel against. Many different cards to win along the way. You can customize up to 3 decks and save your progress within 5 memory locations. Triple duels are fun; you play consecutively against a set of 3 characters to unlock the next set of 3 characters (with increasing difficulty of course). Eventually you'll run out of characters, which means you'll have to whip up on people you've already played against to increase your card collection.

Library mode allows for some great 3D views of the monsters. I guess most of the memory went to this end since graphics for the actual game seem fairly low-rez; it is difficult to read the text on the cards. The battle clips are short, and perhaps that's a good thing so as to keep the flow of the game going. The characters don't actually talk like in the PC games (Yugi The Destiny and Kaiba The Revenge), but the text of what they say matches their individual personalities.

My biggest gripe, some of the characters seem free to bend certain rules. For example, multiple copies of Pot of Greed, Graceful Charity, and Exodia pieces in a deck, or how about the ability to flip summon Man-Eater Bug and then shift it to defense position within the same turn without the aid of other card effects! For sure this game could be improved upon, but keep an open mind and it's tons of fun and a good way to practice your dueling skills.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Yu-gi-dud?, April 30, 2004

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Clef Dweller "jedi_aprentice_2000" (Missouri) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dawn of Destiny (Video Game)

Yu-gi-oh: Dawn of Destiny finally came out for x-box. For me, it was a long wait for something I could sink my teeth into, being an avid Duel Monster Card Game collector and player. I did not expect another smash hit like Halo, but I was hoping for something a little more in depth. I was disappointed at first when I received the game, but that view later changed. I tried to view the game in two ways. 1) as a gamer and 2) as a Yu-gi Fan.

1) As a gamer, this game is definitely poor. There is nothing appeasing or positive about this game coming from a typical gamer. Someone who is not remotely interested in Yu-gi-oh would most likely find this game boring. There is no definite plot you follow (or at least I haven't found yet), although you do pick up some hints and pieces of a very very very subtle plot. Graphics are low quality and most likely could have been duplicated on an N-64. The buttons are limited and at first very repetitive. I found myself getting very annoyed and just start hitting a button to get out of a window and found I had accidentally skipped over my attack phase or set a card face down and not face up. This is a game I would strongly recommend renting before buying for an avid gamer who doesn't know too much about Duel Monsters.

2) For the Yu-gi-oh fan who's looking to play some dueling, this game is it. It takes a little bit, but the rules are in accordance with the actual duel game.
The perks as a fan: 1) Official game playing, for those who know and want to play the game. 2) Opponents can be a little stupid at times, but then can present a real challenge as time goes on. 3) Actually able to use trap and magic cards. 4) Ability to link to other counsels and duel against friends. 5) Collect cards and find your favorite cards then put them in your deck. 6) Great collector cards inside.
The downsides: 1) could have done more with graphics and actual game play. (i.e.: When summoning a monster, the monster appears on the field and not just when it is attacking or being attacked.) 2) Messages your opponents say become very repetitive very quickly. 3) Could have done a lot more with putting x-box live on it and actually taking the game to the next level. 4) Winning cards isn't hard, but winning the cards you want is extremely irritating and difficult. 5) Despite going by the rules, the game itself seems to become repetitive. Opponents seem to have many of the same cards as you play as well as say the same thing over and over. 6) It's a pain in the butt that you can't discard cards on the field yet the computer can. A glitch I'm sure the company forgot, but an annoying one nonetheless.

I'm sure many players will find other perks as well as other downsides. If you are a fan and there's no one to ever duel with, this is your game. This game is not the worst game out there, but like I said, I strongly recommend renting the game or borrowing it from someone before deciding to buy it; even IF you are a fan.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, Fun, AMAZING!, March 30, 2004

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Jon Gonzales (Camp Hill, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dawn of Destiny (Video Game)

This game is great because of the 3D dueling and you also get the WINGED DRAGON OF RA! That caps off anything.