GX was NOT Supposed to be FUSION Focused - Yu-Gi-Oh Did You Know (#7)

Hikokubo's request may have changed the pattern for Yugioh shows forever
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[@TheJaredPunch]

Ritual: Am I a joke to you?

[@brunosanto3488]

Konami: Yes

[@janithernest3929]

Oh yeah u weren’t even meta until arc v

[@randomguy6230]

Ritual crying in the corner

[@xaviaxs]

tbh is more like each series focus on specific extra deck summoning...while ritual still on main deck

[@cyberssasin1575]

@@xaviaxs pendulums lol

[@KeyThrast]

Can you imagine if he felt that way about Rituals instead

[@_uncredited_]

Would’ve been heaven

[@giannispapakrivopoulos5455]

I mean they were quite similar in the first place. They both went -inf

[@Dori_Dorifto]

"how about tribute summons"

[@Druguzu]

Would be interesting, but then we would have "probably" never gotten all these other interesting extra deck variants

[@alteraxia1646]

@@thechannel1098 I'm not sure if you noticed but this short has nothing to do with religion

[@andresarancio6696]

So this man is to blame for Konami discovering the power of the Extra Deck

[@TheGreatSalsaMan]

Thats what I gathered from this, f**k that guy!

[@four-en-tee]

The road to hell is paved with good intentions

[@DeltaDubs89]

Because of him we got the eventual overcomplicated link crap.

[@TheDayd111returns]

@@DeltaDubs89 GX was a double edge sword. It introduced cooler ways to fusion summon. But it was also the downfall of Yugioh. The game got worst from there.

[@faustverian6947]

​@@TheDayd111returnsI'd say synchro is still fine, but some ppl draw the line on fusion. Xyz and so on tho, now that's crap

[@rigrace]

I actually like that every series focuses on another mechanic, especially how 5Ds really made the summoning mechanic part of the actual story rather than just the focus of the duels.

[@rockysalvatore435]

Yeah but 5D's is the best

[@antoniogrady5954]

@@rockysalvatore435 na

[@rockysalvatore435]

@@antoniogrady5954 uh huh

[@alanchamberlain9902]

Too many mechanics ruined Yugioh

[@Dave.Mustaine.Is.Genius]

​@@rockysalvatore435 nah

[@varkolak7779]

Fusion monsters are my favorite mechanic in Yu-Gi-Oh! They introduced HEROs, Ancient Gear and Cyber Dragons to the metagame.

[@TeamStudNation1280]

And Ojamas, Cyber Angel, Vechroid, Crystal Beast, etc.

[@smb-c3po]

I'd only use the HEROs ones if I had any room in my Traptrix deck for them.

[@miroerebu]

😍

[@ProrogonLordoftheJags]

Don't forget that Branded, a fusion based deck, is so good it is still played in competitive settings today :)

[@NamelessCopper]

*cries in ritual summoning*

[@nicholasfarrell5981]

Indeed.

[@yaboiiunclephil1552]

Ritual summoning is mad lame tbh you have to waste a slot in the main deck for the ritual monster, even if you get the ritual spell you cant play it without the monster and vice versa. If you could put them in the extra deck maybe they wouldnt be doodoo

[@mojavefry2617]

Or rather, there should be a way to call the Ritual Monster from the deck when you activate the Ritual Spell. You could have whole Ritual archetypes that do away with the Extra Deck and work against Extra Deck mechanics.

[@Super-qr7wm]

​@@mojavefry2617some meta ritual decks did dogmatika did I believe not sure but one deck type made it impossible to special summon from the extra deck

[@RichiSpilleso]

@@yaboiiunclephil1552 mad lame, its very unique but uneffected... the cards look cool tho!

[@DarkestKnight502]

R.I.P Takahashi

[@CamKoudo]

That man deserves a medal for making fusions so important! Also this "did you know" series, has been really teaching sp many new things about yugioh :O

[@thechannel1098]

Romans 10:9 because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved….7

[@Dave.Mustaine.Is.Genius]

​@@thechannel1098 lslam is truth, never Christianity

[@arnowisp6244]

​@@thechannel1098 Amen

[@dusk6159]

Also made GX great by uniting Jaden and its character and thematic monsters with the damn cool Fusion classic mechanic

[@yaboiiunclephil1552]

@@thechannel1098Shut the f*ck up

[@mechajay3358]

Gotta give props where it's due. He took an underused concept like Fusion and expanded upon it.

[@darkangelplays3330]

Who lives who dies who tells your story? Rest in peace mr.takahashi you made my childhood worth it

[@noone8785]

This man unwittingly set forth the sequence of events that gave us synchro monsters. Otherwise known as the best addition to Yugioh to this day.

[@TheRasp10]

wow, I learned one new fact today still fusion monsters were still used alot

[@Nandinandito]

Fusions are used more now than they were during the GX era lol

[@christopherb501]

And not just Fusions either, but many variations, like the XYZ Contact Fusion, the convergences within Bastian's Chemical and Magnet Warrior decks, the trope namer of Contact Fusion with Neos, etc.

[@mysteriousf7940]

Fusion are literally everywhere now. So much people are sick of it

[@zetahoven4556]

Yup: Destroy Phoenix Enforcer, Red Eyes Dark Dragoon, ABC Buster Dragon, El Shaddol Winda, Invoked Mecaba are some to named a few

[@crimsonraiza3633]

@@zetahoven4556 Not to mention the meta deck Despia/Branded. Their ENTIRE extra deck is all fusions. Lol This guy probably hasn't played in years.

[@linkkicksu]

So this guy is the reason we have extra deck power creep every generation

[@FGOboi]

Ritual Summon Ritual Summon everywhere

[@marlom7882]

If only…

[@Ramsey276one]

Yu-Gi-Oh ROW XD

[@michaeldaniels642]

And thus began the pattern of every subsequent series being a giant ad for whatever the new summon mechanic was

[@MrListless]

Other yugioh series : we focus on this cool ONE summoning mechanic! Arc-V: hold my extra deck.

[@furymonger5395]

Vrains: Hold my ignis

[@Cody_L._Brock]

Rituals: still crying in the corner since GX

[@Diamondr11Blue]

Zexal had fusion and ritual

[@SHOCKSRAYQUAZA]

Zexal: hold my xyz cards for a second

[@reimu-ic6lz]

ZeXal being the only show where the protag didnt fusion summon be like

[@srdjanradovic75]

Imagine having gx focusing on rituals

[@I.G.S.A.N.A.G.M]

It honestly would've been out of place as it wouldn't fit the shows tone. Ritual summoning is more for a darker show.

[@alexcallender]

​@@I.G.S.A.N.A.G.MKind of a silly thing to say considering the show would have been entirely different if it was built around a different mechanic.

[@TrueReverse74]

​@@I.G.S.A.N.A.G.M *Laughs in Libromancer*

[@GenX6887]

Rituals fit in better with the original Yugioh.

[@ThePuff18]

Probably either Ritual (less likely) or more Tribute/normal summons. Would have been lame, but seeing as Duel Academy was made by Kaiba, it would actually make sense.

[@CommunistFBI]

Fusion summoning was so popular that hydrogen atoms started using it

[@smb-c3po]

I don't even use Ritual or Pendulum cards anyway, the Yu-Gi-Oh TCG was very limited 20 years ago on what cards we had available at the time and I would've had to rely on a Yugi Starter Deck with some of the Harpy Lady cards for better support.

[@caswellweird]

It was quite the double edged sword of a decision. On the one hand, it paved the way for writing decisions I don’t think we would have received without a mechanic focus. But on the other hand, GX created a pretty bad formula reliance for the franchise that whittled away at both the games balance and writing creativity. Fusion as a metaphor for Alchemy and as a representation of bonds. Synchros and the concept of progression. Xyzs and the concept of “ranking-up” into a better/stronger person. Pendulu- **WHEEZE**

[@IWriteTooMuchForBleachIGuess]

Pendulum: Swinging Back and Forth in quality.

[@bryanstombaugh2000]

Pendulum can represent a few things, actually: 1) On the spectrum of light and dark, everything and everyone is constantly swinging between the two, which is why there are two pendulum zones. 2) The arc of light that was drawn in the sky by the Pendulum brought different people together by connecting them, reflected in Yuya's ideal to make everyone throughout the four dimensions smile. 3) The pendulum is also said to bring back certain memories, which probably explains all the callbacks to the eras before ARC-V.

[@caswellweird]

@@IWriteTooMuchForBleachIGuess You are my favorite person today

[@IWriteTooMuchForBleachIGuess]

@@caswellweird The plot twist is Arc-V is among my favorites but thanks.

[@sekaihunter9378]

And Link: The concept of linking strangers and create a network that connect all people together (But in reality the mechanic was so generic and widely accessible that it forced Konami to restrict them to specific archetypes not to make another Knightmare and Firewall 2.0)

[@730Flare]

That does sort of explain why Fusions especially in Season 4 felt slapped on rather than be the focus from the start. Namely Edo's Destiny HEROes and Chrono's Ancient Gears - those two decks didn't use Fusions until their user's final duels and the Fusions themselves feel like they were just bonuses. Asuka also shifted to using primarily Rituals with the Cyber Angels, and Johan's Crystal Beasts only got their Fusion support AFTER GX ended. You also have people like Saiou, O'Brien and Amon who never Fusion Summoned at all.

[@hiromitailor8075]

I am gald I am familiar enough with GX that I know all of the Japanese namws in your comment.

[@blastthechaos6083]

The MC used them a lot and I think that make up for it, since Fusion is a big part of his character

[@heroeus8173]

I liked the concept of fusions especially with jaden And it was a great choice Jaden's elemental heroes being colourful but not overboard with poly they merge to create bigger monsters And each time he creates a new monster you look at the design like wow

[@dbzfreak60]

It's true. Ya learn something new everyday

[@LegitRUM]

I'm so glad that GX was fusion oriented! My favourite summoning mechanic is fusion and since GX was supposed to serve as a sequel to DM, it just felt right that fusion and ritual summoning was expanded on more in GX

[@Za_Lup]

I did not know this! Super interesting stuff. Crazy to imagine GX any other way to be honest.

[@chubkuriboh]

I was not aware of this but love it

[@masterminer2338]

RIP the GOAT Kazuki Takahashi

[@zeospark9715]

That is true the only characters that made sort of frequent use of fusion summoning prior to Jaden was Yugi and Kaiba (Kaiba mainly for Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon). As the series go on, they use stronger, at times easier to bring out monsters to make up for it (like Yugi got a lot more support cards for Dark Magician and had the magnet cards while Kaiba used union monsters and had tons more op Spell and Trap cards lol)

[@sutoriimmortal2177]

Maybe we would've gotten something closer to the gx manga? I have no idea. Before the whole mechanics as a focus theme was a theme Yugioh had a focus on the occult for its themes. Maybe with its connection to things like space and beings like Yubel later on it could've followed suit with the darker themes of its predecessor, but have a greater "eldritch entity" influence?

[@NobleWinters15]

May takahashi rest in peace

[@emilyrmoreno1813]

I didn't know that,and very interesting

[@snowboundwhale6860]

Imagine if we'd gotten focus on main deck subtypes like toon, union, gemini, and spirit. Just how different would the game look now?

[@nunyabiznes33]

Man, I wish they could improve those mechanics. I don't even play physical cards (just DL, yeah I'm a noob) but they should have streamlined it and just add the subtype effect in the rules to declutter the cards. Most already have a consistent subtype mechanic already (except Toons, that one is a mess). That would have made it easier to just buff or nerf them as necessary by updating the master rule.

[@dudono1744]

toon is basically an archetype tho

[@MinasTsambanis]

I would like to see more focus on Rituals. Vrains tried to bring them back on the surface and I appreciate it. But, yes, I do think that Fusion was overused quite a bit. There was used in every single series at least once (Zexal).

[@christopherb501]

Not overused as much as in Sevens, once it got introduced. ...I miss Maximums...

[@rockysalvatore435]

@@christopherb501 what's maximums

[@christopherb501]

@@rockysalvatore435 ...you didn't watch much of Sevens, did you...

[@rockysalvatore435]

@@christopherb501 nope

[@TimothyGod]

Well I don't understand why you're confused that it's overused. It was the earliest extra deck mechanic it just makes sense that it's used a lot because it's there. If it were synchro first it would probably be a lot more synchro being overused you get what I mean

[@BjezbedanFolder]

Yugioh writers: Guys, Guys we ran out of colors for monsters! What do we do?! Konami: *Invents a new type of dueling ( again)

[@TheItalianoAssassino]

RIP Kazuki Takahashi ❤

[@stardust092389]

In my book I think in yugioh duel monsters used Ritual and tribute summons more often so I think Yu-Gi-Oh duel monsters is mostly ritual and tribute based

[@TheRagingTornado]

Just thought about this though, with Duel Academy using Fusions it sets up Academia’s position as the Fusion part of Arc-V.

[@AKUNJIG]

Glad they did. The Elemebral HERO Arch-Type is my favorite in Yu-Gi-Oh!. So glad that it gets some support to this day.

[@chris.awilliams7138]

This is a pretty massive thing, it woul be an odd alternate timeline where this didn't happen, and Yugioh maybe didn't start churning out lots of mechanics.

[@Rene-ij1ut]

I wonder what was Jaden's deck supposed to be then

[@brandoncastellano1858]

Air blade Turbo.

[@_3444_]

Fusing is my favorite way to summon

[@harry9828]

Lvl monsters probably, bro saved us all 😂😂

[@heavydonkeykong5190]

I wouldn't be surprised if this helped inspire later series to utilize that same marketing strategy for their new mechanics.

[@brunosanto3488]

Ironically, SEVENS and GO RUSH were not announced with new mechanics when they were introduced (Maximum came after an arc and Fusion came in Season 2 of SEVENS) We will see if they introduce a new mechanic in GO RUSH in the future (although it is strange since it does not have Maximum and Fusion)

[@christopherb501]

@@brunosanto3488 So far, anyway.

[@ArxGaming67]

Also this is always weird because the game has always had powerful Fusion Monsters you had to cheat out to use but there's never gonna be a person who's gonna Metamorphosis into a Flame Wingman

[@eddy40handzz]

Jaden fusion summoning with the Elemental Heroes is essentially what made his character iconic and unique aside from his personality. That and some really good stand out cards came from it like Cyber End Dragon, so that was probably the best choice they could've made

[@Erinyes]

Utterly decided the future of the game honestly. Would they have decided to make new mechanics if this didnt happen

[@nunyabiznes33]

Who knows, maybe they could have simply focused on subtypes (spirit, toons, unions, etc)?

[@LoneSkag]

Rarely used… Cyber stein and magical scientist: are we a joke to you?

[@empireyouth5791]

I mean he could be talking about specifically the show

[@jackbaoy1222]

Before GX series. I don't usually do fysion monsters because the fusion materials and polymerization itself were just hard to draw to your hand. Monster specializes special summons and tribute summons were my main focus in my duel play style.

[@user-iu2gm7os7d]

I need a series, maybe even a prequel not necessarily a sequel, focused ENTIRELY on ritual summoning. It always has been so interesting to me.

[@ksgamer4397]

Nice that you are making these now.

[@MrSharp14]

AS A HERO PLAYER IM SO GLAD FUSIONS WERE THE MAIN FOCUS! 😎

[@shadexvii3975]

It’s unfortunate we don’t have a ritual focused one

[@christopherb501]

I will accept a retrain of the DM anime if it Ritual-centric.

[@Gabriel45206]

So thank you Hikokubo for that! GX is amazing the way it is.

[@Nobody1mportant999]

Imagine how cool a whole series around ritual summons would be, they could easily use it to go back to their roots artstyle wise and give support to a less used mechanic

[@deckardshaw6696]

RIP Takahashi

[@Double_D__]

In fairness, Synchro Summons were a thing in the GX manga (which, true to its predecessor before it, was vastly different to the anime) if I remember right. Like I distinctly remember Chazz having Dark End Dragon and Light End Dragon in the manga which are both Synchro Monsters in the game.

[@oscarnator2324]

Forgive me if I’m wrong cause it’s been years since I read it but I’m pretty sure they were main deck monsters in the manga and then were made to be synchros just for the irl game. Also think light and darkness dragon was a fusion of the two but not sure

[@crimsondragon2711]

Weren't those regular monsters,like how Neos Wiseman is a fusion in the anime?

[@harry9828]

Light end and dark end are synchros irl, but they where normal effect monsters in the manga

[@greyworld6242]

Interesting.

[@justinlee282]

Thanks Hikokubo for that

[@Nite0fRa]

I will miss him a ton ton

[@patrickzalatoris3206]

Thing about these new mechanics, is that they evolve on the mechanic each season focuses on, gx had much more fusions, but didn't add any new things to the mechanic except focusing more on contact fusion in the later seasons, 5ds added accel synchro and double tune synchro to the synchro mechanic, zexal added rank up evolution to xyz summoning

[@patrickzalatoris3206]

Well I'm wrong on that, they did add other fusion options then just fusing cards from your hand or field, they also added different effects with different fusion cards, and also banishing cards from the grave as well to fusion summon

[@snin3202]

*Underutilzed and incredibly interesting mechanic that UNIQUE to yugioh.* Thats ritual sir.

[@ChasoGod]

It was underutilized cause in the anime many fusion monsters were regular monsters. Case in point is Flame Swordsman, Joey's favorite monster besides his Red Eyes, was a monster he could summon without fusing.

[@damienwayne9608]

I mean, this was my thoughts exactly when I saw fusions back in DM when I was streaming it, and wondered if GX would continue it. Glad I was right.

[@ninomitchell2039]

Dude genuinely revolutionized the extra deck. I remember thinking outside of the cards shown off in duelist kingdom that fusions were meh (which a lot were outside of that group). Then I saw flame wingman

[@gonhunter3994]

I had a hunch

[@ardianhesa4340]

I feel like we need an improvement on Ritual summon mechanic because even with what we have today, it’s still very inconvenient

[@spaidakula]

Rest in peace kazuki takahashi

[@AlejandroGarcia.]

I love using the elemental hero deck it's really fun and all the monsters looks super cool plus I love the gx series and the characters

[@somebodyoncetoldme8317]

We need a series focused on Gemini summoning

[@onewingedmoogle]

Funny thing is, GX wasn't really that focused on fusions. Only a few main or recurring characters regularly used them, while most villains didn't even bother with them at all. But I suppose most of the duels involved Judai and his pre-5D's era infinite fusion deck.

[@puppymaster4789]

Thanks to him we have more monster types in the extra deck

[@JD260A9]

Hikokubo was on to something there. I'm trying to recall if other card games during or prior to GX even attempted something like fusions and nothing in particular comes to mind.

[@artaleasham4105]

I loved heroes. They are my favorite archtype. I don't play the game with anyone atm but I still build my hero deck just because I love it so much. What would yugioh be for me without fusions. Idk. Fusions are my life.

[@bks_vt]

A slice of life with duels

[@member_xv2224]

I hope there will be a series that is focused on ritual summoning. That mechanic is very underutilized

[@thomaselliottjohncampbell3024]

Imagine Jaden summoning Elemental Hero ritual monsters if it wasn't fusions

[@user-fr4er8pl4z]

Learn something new everyday!

[@XxCrispyCreamxX]

What type of monster was that with the big 10 in a star , when he said about each season focusing on a specific type of summoning mechanic

[@randomguy6230]

Lol I didnt know and currently Im rewatching yugioh gx

[@Crimson_Titan]

I agree w/ this. While fusion summoning was used some in the original DM anime, it & ritual monsters didn't really get as much attention as they should have. This is why I've always thought Joey's deck, particularly during Battle City, should've been more focused on using fusion monsters after he lost Red Eyes.

[@malakai_adam]

Goat. Absolute goat

[@tking2199]

Thank you, now I know one more person to pray for in the mornings

[@saviorlemons]

It's crazy to think the opportunities GX opened with Fusion Summoning. If it wasn't the focus of the show, then who knows if Fusion would be as big as it is now.

[@angelhurtado55]

Ritual Summons: dead drowning

[@micro3090]

proof that even the people who worked on the anime loved the game itself

[@darknova7863]

Still waiting for a the ritual series

[@NightFuryLover31]

Cool! ...so when do we get Ritual show? It is still very underrated as well.

[@christopherb501]

GODS I hope Rituals show up in Go Rush or beyond. The mass-drawing of Rush Duels might be something that could push the original version of Rituals (and Equips) into something worthwhile.

[@YarnLalms711]

This is it, this is the reason every era is a new summoning mechanic

[@foxxberry2752]

I liked the idea that every series had their own unique mechanics and gimmicks. However it also suffers from the authors and anime directors to focus on making a more interesting duel script. Rather than improving the quality of the story as it also suffers from repetitive concepts, repetitive character tropes (We always have the mean/cool rival, the loser bestfriend, and the enemy somehow originates from another dimension).

[@masterofiv2882]

I wonder if there will ever be a ritual spell that summons the ritual monster by banishing one or both extra copies from the deck.

[@KimSamya]

Yu-Gi-Oh GX is the Best And Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters to Yeah Yugi Moto and Jaden Yuki they both are the Greatest characters Love the Yu-Gi-Oh Series Love Yu-Gi-Oh 💖

[@saifhussain9701]

Flamed Wingman such an og

[@adityawiryawan560]

It makes sense tho Muto Yugi era focused on normal summon & spell/trap shenanigans. While the rest of the Yugioh era focused on specific special summoning mechanic from the Extra deck.

[@themoonlitduelist7395]

Really wish dm was about rituals and a bit of fusions

[@thetitsarefree]

That’s him officer

[@matiaspereyra9392]

Maybe it could have been a season focused on releasing good cards (cyber dragons aside)

[@Magevast9]

Where. The fuck. Is. My. RITUAL SERIES!

[@GenX6887]

You could argue that GX was when Fusion Summoning should've been introduced. But simply expanding on what was already there was a smart idea, and it worked out tremendously in the end.

[@emily95824]

A ritual yugioh series would be nice

[@poorlovell16]

That's how i feel about ritual summoning tbh