Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour[a] (also Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Nightmare Troubadour) is a 2005 video game developed and published by Konami for the Nintendo DS. It is the first game based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game and franchise released on the system.
The bottom screen of the DS features a top-down view of the game board. Players can use the system's buttons or touchscreen to select and play cards, view card details, activate card effects, and change the phase of their turn. The top screen features a 3D "arena", where monsters are displayed as pre-renderedsprites on top of the game board, similar to the holographic projections in the anime and manga. Certain monsters feature 3D animations when summoned.[4]
The main plot borrows elements from the first three seasons of the anime and manga, with the player dueling various characters from the series as they progress through a tournament.
Multiplayer
The game allows up to two players to duel and trade cards with one another using the system's wireless LAN capabilities.[4]
Nightmare Troubadour received "mixed or average reviews" according to review aggregator site Metacritic.[5]
It was generally praised as an improvement over past releases in the series for its presentation and interface, noted for making use of the system's unique hardware. It was also lauded for introducing newcomers to the card game's rules through in-game tutorials.[6][8][9] However, critics felt that the detail of the sprite and 3D animations didn't push what the new system was capable of.[9][10][11]
The game was re-released in Japan on June 29, 2006 under Konami's "Konami The Best Edition" branding.[2]
^ ab"デュエルフィールド" [Duel Field]. Konami (in Japanese). Archived from the original on November 2, 2016. Retrieved November 12, 2024. 実際にスクリーンに触って操作できるため、モンスターの召喚などもカードに触れて決めることができる。 まるでオフィシャルカードゲーム(OCG)をプレイしているような感覚で楽しめるのだ！もちろん、友だちと無線通信対戦も可能だ！！ [Because you can actually touch and operate the screen, you can decide to summon monsters by touching the cards. It is as if you are playing an official card game (OCG)! Of course, you can also play against your friends via wireless communication!]
^ abG., Steven (October 2005). "Yu-Gi-Oh!: Nightmare Troubadour". Nintendo Power. No. 196. Retrieved November 9, 2024. Trading card games have always been awful in video games. Portable versions have crammed copious detail onto a small screen; bigger-screened console versions lose the "have deck, will travel" spirit. YGO's DS debut makes history. Dual screens let players split their focus, studying card minutiae while scrutinizing the field; touch control takes card handling and deck building out of menu drudgery and closer to the tactile ease of TCG. One flaw: Monsters spring to life from cards (a dream come true for fans), then merely sway (a letdown, given the cartoon's hyperactive clashes). In addition to a 2P wireless mode (both people need a DS card to battle and trade), the game has a robust solo mode that smartly challenges the player to rethink his approach as he battles against a diverse collection of card-slingin' strategists.
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