Konami announces Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s World Championship 2010: Reverse of Arcadia for Nintendo DS

Follow-Up to the Smash Hit Brings All-New Gameplay Elements Including 3,200 Playable Cards, Duelist Calculator, Worldwide Leaderboards and Wi-Fi Rankings

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. – December 16, 2009 – Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. today announced
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s World Championship 2010: Reverse of Arcadia for Nintendo DS™. Torn from the immensely popular Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s animated series in TheCW4Kids block on The CW Television Network and on Cartoon Network. Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s World Championship 2010: Reverse of Arcadia marries intricate storylines and new gameplay features making for the most robust Yu-Gi-Oh! experience to ever hit the Nintendo DS!

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s World Championship 2010: Reverse of Arcadia’s story mode proceeds with a parallel story arch from the animated series involving the reprise of the Dark Signers and their quest for supremacy over New Domino City. After being banned to the Underworld, these Earthbound Immortals will stop at nothing to overthrow the rule of New Domino City and destroy Satellite. To defeat them, players will enlist the help of some of their favorite characters from the Yu-Gi-Oh! universe! Compete in story mode or free duel mode against Jack, Yusei or any of the 20 new characters to take on the Dark Signers in an epic battle to settle the score between light and dark!

The latest iteration of Yu-Gi-Oh! for the Nintendo DS expands on gameplay features to make this the biggest Yu-Gi-Oh! game with the most robust feature set EVER! Players now have 3,200 cards, including cards from the Absolute Powerforce series, to compete against friends or players worldwide via Wi-Fi connection. New features allow players to battle for the ultimate bragging rights by viewing leaderboards including their last 20 battles or using the new Wi-Fi ranking system to track win percentages against other duelists worldwide by elevating and decreasing their ranking based on the strength of opponents. With 3,200 cards, players can utilize the new Duelist Calculator to help quickly and accurately calculate attack and defense points while battling opponents! In addition, the Turbo Dueling, race mechanics have been enhanced to include obstacles, puzzles, hidden pathways and increased collection points. Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s World Championship 2010: Reverse of Arcadia includes three exclusive trading cards in package.

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s World Championship 2010: Reverse of Arcadia is scheduled to be released in the spring of 2010 on Nintendo DS. For more information and screenshots, please visit: www.konami.com/yugioh

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