While the franchise is very well known for its card games, the franchise also ventured through tabletop territory. One of them is D.D.M. or Dungeon Dice Monsters.
The game itself, in my opinion, is a nice alternative of the card game format. However, the game itself is extremely complicated; especially for beginners. Me, on the other hand, has somehow managed to embrace the game after careful planning and learning the game's tedious rule set.
Unfortunately, I did not actually played the physical version of the game but rather the GBA version, which is actually nice since it is not a messy way to play it. Not to mention that the game itself is pretty much obscure to a lot of people and die-hard fans of Duel Monsters are the only ones who can fully appreciate the game, if not understand it's rules.
Enough with the introductions and its time for the Reader's Review of Yu-Gi-Oh! Dungeon Dice Monsters!
Title: Yu-Gi-Oh! Dungeon Dice Monsters
Date Released: February 12, 2003
Company: Konami
Genre: Card/Board Battler
Platform: Game Boy Advance
ESRB Rating: E
Brief Background: This game was actually based on a short arc regarding Duke Devlin (Ryuji Otogi in the Japanese version) introducing a new game called Dungeon Dice Monsters, a heavily modified version of Duel Monsters that uses dice to summon monsters and perform actions. Prior to the beginning of the Duelist Kingdom arc, Maximillion Pegasus made a deal with Duke for the game to be released worldwide. After an impressive victory against the creator of Dungeon Dice Monsters, Pegasus became pleased with the game itself and promised for such an exposure. Unfortunately, Pegasus was defeated by Yugi Muto and Duke blames the latter for DDM's failure to go global and tells Yugi that he will defeat a cheater such as himself. Joey Wheeler challenged Duke, only to be humiliated by the latter in the last minute by defeating the former in a single turn. After seeing his friend being mocked by forcing Joey to wear a dog costume, Yugi, under the guise of his dark counterpart Yami, challenged Duke against the latter's very own game. Despite having a bad start due to the lack of understanding to the rules of the game, Yami proved his superior gaming smarts, quickly learned the rules, and turned the tables in his favor; ultimately defeating Duke in the end.
A physical version of the game was released in 2002 and published by Mattel. Unfortunately, the game itself was a failure and certain monsters in the board game were incorporated to the card games instead, such as Strike Ninja.
What do you do here?
There's no plot in this game, but rather you participate in a number of tournaments. All of which packs a decent challenge provided that you are unfamiliar to the game. It gets difficult as you proceed so be sure to get your best dice as early as possible... if you can manage to nab them that is.
What makes this game interesting?
It is basically a different way to play Duel Monsters. You roll dice, summon monsters, attack, defend; everything about the card game is still here except the aforementioned dice rolling. Every dice have these unique symbols called "Crests" which you can use to perform numerous actions such as moving, attacking, and defending.
The game is really straightforward and nothing really to keep your head scratching once you get the hang of its mechanics.
What are the flaws that I found in this game?
While there are a ton of tournament types and opponents to deal against, there really isn't anything to do much but throw die, summon, attack, defend, use special items if necessary, rinse and repeat.
Also, since that the card game s more popular than this Duel Monster "variant", I don't see the point on delving on this game much... unless if you are an avid collector of Yu-Gi-Oh! games for the GBA.
While I had some enjoyment back then, it gradually loses momentum as it wears on.
Do you think this game will age really well?
No. Just like the physical board game, it won't be.
Do you recommend this game?
Well, if you are a fan of the Duel Monsters series, then please, knock yourself out. However, if you are new to the Yu-Gi-Oh! series, I suggest that you stick to the card games instead and don't go into this game expecting to be a great experience. It is not.
Overall Rating: 5.2/10
Despite the enjoyment I had with this game, it then eventually died out after beating Yami for like, 90 times! Dungeon Dice Monsters is overall mediocre and not really deserve the Yu-Gi-Oh! license. However, being a very obscure title, this is worth collecting... if you are an avid Yu-Gi-Oh! fan that is.
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