Yu-Gi-Oh! Ultimate Masters: World Championship Tournament 2006

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Ultimate Masters: World Championship Tournament 2006
Developer(s)	Konami Computer Entertainment Japan
Publisher(s)	Konami Computer Entertainment
Release date(s)	February 23, 2006 (JP) March 14, 2006 (NA) March 31, 2006 (EU)
Genre(s)	card battle
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone (E)
Platform(s)	Game Boy Advance

Yu-Gi-Oh! Ultimate Masters: World Championship Tournament 2006, known as Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters Expert 2006 in Japan, and Yu-Gi-Oh World Championship Tournament 2006 in Europe is a video game based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise. The gameplay involves the player collecting cards in-game and using them to battle the computer players.

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This game basically contains every Yu-Gi-Oh card made at the time of its release. Unlike previous games, the cards collected from packs have direct correlation to those released for the CCG. Players purchase packs from the original Legend of Blue-Eyes White Dragon all the way up through the recent Shadow of Infinity series. There are also specialized packs focusing on themes (machines, spellcasters, warriors, etc.) and even by card type (all effect monsters, all normal monsters, all spells, all traps). Additional packs are unlocked as you progress in the game.

Also different from the previous videogames, this one does not pit you against characters from the cartoons (and their known decks). Instead, you duel against the various 'monsters' and decks built around them (Kuriboh, Dark Magician, Cyber-Dragon, etc.). The monster duelists are organized into five different tiers with each tier getting unlocked as the game progresses.

Besides the free dueling, there are also Challenges. These consist of Duel Puzzles (winning a duel given certain cards on the board and in hand), Themed Duels (full duels based on a certain theme for building your deck), and Survival Duels (see how many duels you can win in a row with your Life points carrying over from duel to duel). As you complete certain percentages of challenges, more packs and Free Duel duelists are unlocked.

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