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Duel Masters

Based on the Duel Masters Trading Card game in Japan, Duel Masters: Sempai Legends puts you in the role of a kohai (junior duelist). Your grandfather, a great Sempai (senior duelist), gives you a valuable Duel…

75 18 December 2003

Duel Masters is a card & board game developed by Takara, released 18 December 2003 on Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2.

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What Duel Masters is

Duel Masters is a card & board game game developed by Takara and released in 2003. It is available on Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Based on the Duel Masters Trading Card game in Japan, Duel Masters: Sempai Legends puts you in the role of a kohai (junior duelist). Your grandfather, a great Sempai (senior duelist), gives you a valuable Duel Masters card, which is soon stolen by a mysterious man. Now it is up to you to travel to nearby towns and villages in hopes of regaining the stolen property. Along the way, you'll face many opponents in Duel Masters tournaments with the hope of one day becoming a professional Duelist.
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How it plays

Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Duel Masters series

Duel Masters is the second of 6 entries we hold in the Duel Masters series. The next entry was Duel Masters: Netto! Battle Arena in 2003.

See all 6 Duel Masters games in release order →

How it was received

Duel Masters holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 52% of the 303 rated card & board game games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 6 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Duel Masters launched on 18 December 2003, within three weeks of Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly, Deus Ex 2: Invisible War, SpellForce: The Order of Dawn and Deus Ex: Invisible War. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly, Deus Ex 2: Invisible War, SpellForce: The Order of Dawn, Deus Ex: Invisible War.

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When did Duel Masters come out?
Duel Masters was released on 18 December 2003 for Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2.

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