Do You Remember Duel Masters?

[@GameHogGames]

I've been planning this video for months, and I put a lot of work into writing it, sourcing footage and making this the best i could! I'm so excited to do more episodes of this series, and hope you guys remember Duel Masters as fondly as I do!! :) LEAVE A COMMENT IF YOU PLAYED DUEL MASTERS!!

[@Lunacorva]

The most annoying thing for me as a kid was I was always behind the trend with things like Beyblade and Yu-Gi-Oh! I'd get into them right around the time people stopped caring. So I decided to start on Duel Masters early. And... no-one else ever played it. Still no regrets though. The anime is a personal favourite and even with the parody, I actually think it's few serious elements were handled surprisingly well.

[@GameHogGames]

Exactly the same as me dude! A shame none of our friends loved it as much as we did!

[@Lunacorva]

@@GameHogGames Well, if you ever want to give me a game on tradecardsonline.net, I'd be happy to play. Made a bunch if decks including character replica decks from the anime.

[@BramLastname]

@@GameHogGames I got in late for Duel Masters, But as someone who has studied Game Balancing, Duel Masters has a few mechanics That are so different from MTG, That I'd argue Duel Masters is the better one. The similarities are likely intentional tho, As MTG and Duel Masters are from the same company. Duel Masters having more flexibility For both players and game designers. Tho in the 3 last international releases (DM10, 11 and 12) The game really suffered because of a few unfair cards that should've stayed in the anime, A banlist was necessary, but likely wouldn't've saved it.

[@GameHogGames]

@@BramLastname Your knowledge on this is very interesting!! Its fascinating to hear it mechanically compared to MTG, even though most people just consider them copies of each other. I've been playing the mobile game Duel Masters Plays and have notice that later cards definitely seem more broken and sway the balance of a match somewhat. I prefer the first 2 releases, myself!!

[@adamwebb2232]

Great to see someone showing enthusiasm for Duel Masters. Still enjoy the anime and tcg to this day. I was always the odd bod in school for liking more niche franchises like this, Medabots etc so this video series is right up my street.

[@GameHogGames]

Adam, you and i are soul mates for these kinds of shows. I hope you enjoy the rest of the series, and i hope one day we can have a jolly old game of Duel Masters against each other! :D

[@linkjoker1245]

Gather all the remaining duel masters fans and followers we must revive this card game it gave us the best time of our childhood time to repay the debt

[@Lunacorva]

Discord server?

[@AleksVin]

I still play and collect the cardgame. I even recently managed to convice a few friends to start playing it aswell. It is my favourite trading card game.

[@GameHogGames]

I wish i could convince my friends to do the same thing, Aleks!! I hope you guys enjoy your duels! :D thanks for watching and commenting - i hope you enjoy the rest of the series!

[@jhonnydiamond]

Where do you buy the cards ? Ebay ?

[@KARADTZ]

My friend bought Baloom for 25 bucks and he literally became unstoppable. Even guys from different cities couldn't beat him. This was 2007, the best time of my childhood...

[@GameHogGames]

You win best comment for how poetic that was

[@Utternegatively]

Everyone wanted duel masters back, and they somehow decided to do it but with different name and worse. Just how hard is it to just bring back duel masters that people wanted

[@kiyamatatsuya5198]

OCTGN actually has a Duel Masters pack and there's a Discord server where a few people still play with each other.

[@GameHogGames]

Kiyama Tatsuya I'll have to check that out some time!!

[@Lunacorva]

My friend had probably the perfect description for how brilliant this anime's satire was: "I've never seen a show simultaneously put in so much effort and yet completely give up."

[@thomashare6733]

Duel Masters failed here, for the simple reason....they didn't get to Cross Gears, and I mean that. When Cross Gears where introduced it is what started the game on slight increase from the depth it hit with the early stuff. Cross Gears started and began to change the game form a Magic the Gathering clone to something special, it took the idea and pushed to where Magic didn't go and is still doing so(where currently in series where we have Creature cards that also work as magic cards at the same time). Seriously if you think the TCG was fun the OCG got freaking insane, and I love it. I wish it would've come back with the recent reboot last year, because it really would've been cool.

[@GGGmod1]

Ive hard some rumors that in the US Duel masters actually affected the sales of MTG and its a conspiracy for why it ended production. If you think about it it does make sense since they can take full profit on MTG but duel masters was made in japan so they cant go nuts on it and take all the money too. Internet conspiracies are entertaining

[@CRTurtle]

It is finally here and you did not disappoint Ed with this great walk down nostalgia lane! I still own all of my Duel Master cards if you ever fancy a game ;) but 100% the anime was really enjoyable and I only played the PS2 game but I have to admit I really had a blast playing all of the campaigns. RIP Duel Masters ❤️

[@wilddorkachu446]

Very clever use of a classic Earth, Wind & Fire song! I was never a fan of this game, but I remember hearing about it at the time. Unfortunately, I was already in my mid-20's at the time and beyond its target market.

[@LargeLadCharles]

Love the enthusiasm and effort put into the video, tonnes of fun to watch

[@GameHogGames]

Thanks so much Charles! I'm so proud of this video and how it turned out - it's literally exactly how i imagined it!! I hope you enjoy the rest of the series! :D

[@TheJade72]

I'm so happy to find other person who is as huge fan of DM anime and card game as I am. Thanks for that video! ❤

[@GameHogGames]

Mateusz Kuźnik it's great to find another fan!! I'm so glad you enjoyed the video :)

[@CaptainMarvel4Ever]

Everyone else was wrong. Realistically, MTG, Yu-Gi-Oh, and Pokemon are all fundamentally bad games that use other card effects to fix the poor ruling and design elements. Duel Masters has excellent tempo fast enough to get things moving while still having a good back and forth. The ability to turn any card into a resource fixes the massive bricking problem the big 3 all have. Shields giving you cards when your opponent has the advantage is an excellent comeback mechanic. There's a reason this is the top game in Japan. Shame the western reboot was so bad. Though hey, if Battle Spirits and WiXoss can make it over here, maybe Duel Masters can come back.

[@alexgee6393]

love the video ed. awesome content. the effort put into it was worth it . :)

[@GameHogGames]

Thanks so much Alex - i appreciate that so much x

[@IslaMcTear]

Loved loved this!

[@IslaMcTear]

I feel like I damn well learnt lots with this vid!

[@GameHogGames]

thank you so much, Isla! You were such a huge inspiration for this video, so your comment means the world to me ❤

[@novablaze6867]

i use to watch this show and play the gba game and you just named like almost every show i use watch it make me feel so old lol

[@GameHogGames]

Then you'll LOVE the rest of this Do You Remember series! I'll make you feel suuuuper old ;)

[@novablaze6867]

yh i remember them and i so cant wait to watch your vids on them and i think i know of others you didnt say as well like Sailor Moon/tenchi muyo/outlaw star wow now i know im old lol

[@hamza_dot_com]

I still have a zillion cards of duel masters cards because of the show i love them as a kid. Love the early 2000s era.

[@thekg6811]

You know what I do remember. It was a rare podcast called hog cast that seems to have ceased producing shows.

[@GameHogGames]

It will return, good sir! I've been super busy which is why content has been seen very seldom, but i intend to do more. Fear not!!

[@alexandruciocirlau2428]

Me and my boys still play it , quite a lot , in fact we just ordered ourselves some more multicolored cards 😂

[@AceTheChapin]

I do have vague memories of this series, but I never payed it much attention. I was more a Pokemon TCG and Yu-Gi-Oh collector, and Bakugan for a bit. Very cool and interesting video about this though. Definitely remember how everyone had to have a spiky haired protagonist though, haha.

[@ionescualexandru3733]

I still occasionally play this with my friends. EarthP0w3r and his friends came up with some nice decks during past years. Anyway nice video man, thanks for making it

[@ainz_117]

When I was young I loved this I would play this with my friends

[@jadenkudo3008]

Duel Masters was very popular where lived, in that part of the city the local cable tv only had Cartoon Network, so we didn't really heard about and watched Yugioh and Pokemon. There was Duel Masters everywhere at school, playground etc. It was still popular without new cards, Bakugan was which end it's run, it was just as or more popular than Duel Masters, but it went donwhill with the second series and after two years it disappeared. So it so strange to heard it was unpopular in other countries.

[@JANA_WINCHESTER]

I have nothing to say about this because it's flawless. You did great research, referenced things where needed and threw in your jokes at the right time. Not to mention the silky smooth voice we all learned to love. I had no interest whatsoever in Duel Masters, but I love the format you are developing here :) Good job Ser Templer

[@welshfurrygaming69]

yep I remember all them, I got the base set cards from france in english and french from shops and mcdonald promos plus I got a german booster pack for shadowclash of blinding light, also I have some decent light civilisation cards from single cards, I recently got sieg balicula the intense & Aeris, flight elemental to make a powerful light civilisation deck, but its weak to cards that remove blockers or that cards that cannot be blocked

[@udayanbaidya4284]

Awesome video, i remember playing this game back in the day. I'm from India and at one time it was really popular. I remember a guy wanting to trade his entire deck for my billion degree dragon 😂

[@KaiCyreus]

..I swear I had some of those Digimon cards.. My friend had Duel Masters on the GBA、I had borrowed it for a few days and had totally overwritten his save data.. whoops. I never realised how similar to Magic it was LOL

[@GameHogGames]

It's SO similar isn't it?! I think in Japan it was originally an anime adaptation of Magic the Gathering before it became its own thing!! Weird, huh?!

[@KaiCyreus]

@@GameHogGames That would totally make sense、it's uncanny

[@KEVPRO90]

Thanks for making this

[@TheEdgar1271]

Omg I love this intro!

[@captaincasterroth9193]

Great Video and glad to see one, Hope to see more soon >^_^

[@GameHogGames]

Atilfünami Casterroth thank you so much Casterroth!! Plenty more on the way :D

[@jagel123]

I remember! Never played the game though. Watched the series, but I can't remember anything that happened in it. 😂 Do you remember Medabots?

[@GameHogGames]

Do You Remember Medabots is on the list, potentially featuring a certain softly-spoken Scottish anime-inspired KZbinr... ;)

[@JustYousif]

I came here from today's comic con!

[@linkjoker1245]

How can we forget😭

[@choultizecttempest5729]

They are making a new series soon. about. Shobu. Brother. name Katta Kirifuda

[@MyAlessandro1995]

Tempest ZX Kirifuda that’s old, now the main character is Joe Kirifuda, Katta’s son

[@Hazardyt]

I still play

[@xerasferalos9784]

It's back baby. On android in Japan

[@dheerajkumar-iv4bz]

When you get a dream of duel masters

[@Mproductionstudios]

Man I loved that game and I really want to play the irl tcg but there is literally no one to play with and no online games so that sucks

[@gammagantle]

Good video!

[@GameHogGames]

Gantle_ thank you Gantle! I'm glad you liked it :)

[@metroghost8428]

There is one key to easily love this tcg ....you have NOT to know mtg...

[@cappedminer369]

Is it bad that my introduction to duel masters was the ps2 version ? I feel pretty bad tbh….

[@Ahturos]

I think I might have been the biggest fan in Sweden for Duelmasters becuse except for me and two friends I only meet 3 peple who even remotely was intrested to play it insted of Yugioh or Magic. I watched the anime and thought it was fun and a good parody, now the english one dile that up a notch but the original is pretty self aware and cracy but it does have some heavy moments. And fun thing if you look at Duelmasters which I can appreciate in hindsight, Shobu loses a lot in the anime, not only boss characters. I mean like he loses a lot of his duels and is shown to be alright. I hate when the main character get super depressed when they lose. Anyway I am recently got intrested and back into Duelmasters thanks to this mobile game which is only available in Japan, Duelmasters Plays. Sounds wierd but imagine to challenge you over skype with video camera I really just want to play this game with someone like after 12 years.

[@Twilord_]

"Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Magic The Gathering - heck even Digimon!" *Checks video date* *Checks current date* *Checks date you're referencing* *Checks current date* Is this a stable or unstable time-loop?

[@GameHogGames]

Hahaha it's weird to think that line hasn't aged well now!!

[@Twilord_]

​@@GameHogGames Yeah! I must admit the Digimon TCG is a lot of fun from what little of it I've gotten to play, so I'm really hoping this version can has a healthier life ahead of it. (I own a starter-deck.) That said Digimon is DEFINITELY dedicated to this being some kind of time loop. Its taking a great concept Bandai already had (Tamagotchi back then, Chrono-Clash now) and refining it into something really cool with its own identity... and awkwardly setting itself up for comparison with Pokémon on an oddly specific superficial basis (the 'mon' suffix back then, debuting with the colours Red, Blue, and Yellow now) when the two take similar concepts in fundamentally opposite directions in a lot of their core elements. (For example, the backbench is one Digimon, and all but one Pokémon. Pokémon has automated Mulligans and Digimon has none.)

[@AJensvoll]

Where did you rewatch the series? :)

[@Ash-yk5tc]

Whoa whoa whoa! has NO ONE mentioned the Giant ass mustache that father or grandfather has?! Like seriously!? You can hide the whole YuGiOh franchise, and every single time Dan Green says "I belive in my friends and my cards" or "you wont get away with this!" in there, jesus!

[@Fishmeaker]

Thank you for that great Video! I also remember Duel Masters really well and loved the game back than (it was always better as YuGiOh or Pokemon). You should know, that the similarities of Duel Masters and Magic are significant, because Wizards of the Coast is the company of both games. Magic is now bigger than ever in the west in the east also. So if you loved the game of Duel Masters back then, try out Magic, it is still a great game! ;-)

[@WolfZet]

anyone know where to watch and download duel masters anime? please leave link

[@Charlestouchdown]

Japanese Magic is more appealing than Western magic. I get nostalgic for the cards and wanna buy some but I know I'll do nothing with them. A shame the portable games don't even compare to the Yu-Gi-Oh games on GBA.

[@iswoo4705]

Please do more DM videos

[@LukeandJamesPlay]

Dude.

[@GameHogGames]

Bruh.

[@Zanji1234]

you know that Duel Masters was actually (in the first few volumes) a manga about Magic the Gatherin... after that i evolved into duel masters... so it wasn't a "card game based on a manga" also the Anime in Japan has the same premise stoywise but the syncro for the west did input the 4th wall breaks and ingame jokes. Regarding Kaijudo: well the game was only available in US, it came during at time where many players already had their game and the series was actually nothing about the card game so i think this could be a reason for it. Also why not simply go on a duelmasters wiki. print the cards you want and play for fun???

[@godbroly69]

Hi guys

[@GameHogGames]

Hey!

[@SubToRhys]

Hello

[@SubToRhys]

Subbed

[@SubToRhys]

P.S nice editing and commentary. You deserve more subs.

[@casbert3000]

i still own a Deck

[@doubleshockentertainmet1847]

i thought you were little kuribo XD

[@Duskstone89]

So Duel Masters was very much a good game. It plays like Magic the Gathering, but is a lot more streamlined, with an aesthetics change to resemble Yu-Gi-Oh more than Magic. This appeals a lot to the Japanese audience, who weren't as hot on Magic's Tolkien-esque high fantasy, hence why it could gain a foothold there. Over here, though, Duel Masters was kind of fighting a battle on two fronts, competing with Magic for its mechanics and with Yu-Gi-Oh for its demographic - both of which it lost because, well, Magic already had a decade of cards and rules and an established playerbase who didn't want this "Kid's Version" of Magic, while Yu-Gi-Oh already had the kids in its grasp. Then Kaijudo came along and lost to its own marketing. The cartoon was bad, and had nothing to do with the card game, so it didn't even really work as advertisement. It also decided to just, not try to cash in on the nostalgia value that the Duel Masters brand has? Which _could_ maybe have to do with copyright or licensing, but I doubt it. If they had just brought back Duel Masters and/or made it compatible with the old game, I think it would've been received much much better. In the end, the English release of Duel Masters is a great game. Again, it's effectively Magic: The Gathering, but with updated mechanics that require less math, less dice and tokens and junk to keep track of; The whole game tracks itself in a sort of Perfect Enlightened TCG State. It's great and deserved better, but in a sense, it's also nice to have these 900-something cards that were released exist in their own bubble, at no risk to fall victim to power or complexity creep. Just remember to ban Bombazar, Dragon of Destiny if you ever try to play the game for real lol

[@nitrox5915]

I still play it online, ahahaha.

[@GameHogGames]

Pranjal Bisht awesome dude! Where do you play it??

[@nitrox5915]

Oh, on OCTGN.

[@alfonsopayan09]

Get emulator And Duel masters shadow of code Ps check Japanese side of the game It’s fire 🔥

[@trixvinctus2603]

If u have the money, i have a few cards to sell ;)

[@GameHogGames]

Keep talking... you have my attention ;)

[@trixvinctus2603]

@@GameHogGames i collected the cards ,and started to sell a few monts ago(some money issues) and i still have alot of the cards(like the base set is complete)

[@aniketyelwande6106]

Srsly I think some gay yu gay oh people brought duel masters down

[@bigguns2224]

What i hated about kijudow was poor quality in both TV graphics story and the card game i didnt like how they took some of the cards from the duel masters card game and changed there mana cost and ther original effects from duel masters and what duel masters had that kijudow was lacking was shield trigger and evolution creatures kijudow is slow and boring compared to duel masters

[@elin111]

Most people assumed it was either a Yugioh ripoff or a MTG ripoff..

[@MyAlessandro1995]

The satire thing in the anime is an only occidental thing(the american dub),the original anime was different

[@GameHogGames]

It's not accidental at all - it's very very deliberate. I mention that in the video. I said how the Japanese one is different but does have some elements of comedy in it. The US one makes deliberate visual changes to make ridiculous gags, so it's very much an intentional thing and isn't accidental. Thanks for watching and commenting! ♥️

[@MyAlessandro1995]

Game Hog i said occidental, like it was only for us guys from Europe or America for example, i know they do it to make something different from Yu gi oh anime(and also that had some terrible variations in dubbing,damned 4kidz) but the original series was way better for me,now i’m try to watch also the Duel masters movies(yep in japan they also makes the movies)

[@gtafan110010]

jesus man. sometimes you sound so much like Caddicarus from years ago

[@Ridley1313]

your video lacked proper research. the card game wasnt released as a response to the manga and animes success, it was an attempt by wizards of the coast to create a card game for the east as magic the gathering wasnt as popular there. its failure came about because it shared development with magic the gathering due to both being wizards properties. because magic was the bigger franchise globally, it was able to leech ideas off of duel masters. some notable ideas leeched in this way lead to some of magics most noteworthy releases including the much beloved innistrad.

[@clydenavs8498]

Nah it’s all about effort and advertise. Why people love pokemon card game because of the anime why they love yugioh card game because of the anime people love Duel masters but the anime is the worst story. It is like the harry potter book is so good but when they make a movie people were drunk while making the script and animation

[@yami_michael]

The civilizations are Light, Water, Darkness (not Dark), Fire, and most importantly, Nature (not Earth).

[@GameHogGames]

Michael Murphy darn, almost had it!

[@nasetheboss]

Duel masters slapped. And btw google says 90% liked the new anime and only 66% liked the old anime lol