Konami Digital Entertainment Launches First Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Title for the Nintendo 3DS
El Segundo, CA (September 25, 2014) – Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (KONAMI) and Nintendo team up to bring one of the most popular Yu-Gi-Oh! universes to Nintendo 3DS game players with the release of Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal World Duel Carnival, available today on the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS. The new title will be available for $19.99 in the U.S. Additionally, Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal World Duel Carnival will be released in Canada, Mexico and Brazil.
KONAMI brings well-known characters Yuma, Kite, Shark and Tori to life from the popular TV series in Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal World Duel Carnival. The game takes place in the World Duel Carnival where you and 11 playable characters, each with a unique storyline, are vying to compete in the tournament! Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal World Duel Carnival also allows the player to develop their character's Deck from the more than 5,700 cards in the game. Similarly, a total of 40 characters from the TV show are featured, who players will meet as they prepare for the tournament. Newcomers to the series will be able to hone their skills courtesy of the game's tutorial elements, making Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal World Duel Carnival the perfect entry point for newcomers to the world of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG.
Game features include:
- The very first Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal video game and the first Yu-Gi-Oh! video game available for the Nintendo 3DS!
- Relive the exciting World Duel Carnival episodes from the Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal animated series with twelve playable characters, each with a unique storyline that can be experienced through Story Mode!
- Battle with 40 colorful Duelists, a vast variety of characters to test your Dueling skills against!
- Customize your Deck with more than 5,700 cards from the official Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME!
- In-game animated cinematics, and exciting Monster summon effects bring Duels to life like never before!
- Explore all the options in Free Duel Mode and customize card sleeves, game mats, and even Deck Lists to Duel for hours!
Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal World Duel Carnival is rated E10+ (Fantasy Violence, Mild Blood, Suggestive Themes) by the ESRB. For more information on Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal World Duel Carnival please visit www.yugiohcard.com/en/products/world_duel_carnival.html.
Duelists can watch all-new Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal episodes every Tuesday as well as all of classic Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, and Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's on www.yugioh.com in the United States. In addition, Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal airs twice on Sundays on Nicktoons. In Canada, Duelists can watch episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal every Friday and Saturday on Teletoon! For more information on KONAMI or the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, please visit www.yugioh-card.com or call 310-220-8630 to speak directly with a Yu-Gi-Oh! customer support team member.
About KONAMI
KONAMI is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties and traditional trading card games. KONAMI's software titles include the popular franchises Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, DanceDanceRevolution and Castlevania, among other top sellers. KONAMI is also the manufacturer of the wildly popular Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, which has sold more than 25 billion cards worldwide. The latest information about KONAMI can be found on the Web at www.konami.com. KONAMI CORPORATION is a publicly traded company based in Tokyo, Japan with subsidiaries, Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. in the United States and Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. in Windsor, the United Kingdom. KONAMI CORPORATION is traded in the United States on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol KNM. Details of the products published by KONAMI can be found at www.konami.com.
