Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection

"If you want to complete 16 legendary installmentsof the Yugi saga, this is your opportunity to review its history and learn why it became a mass success. Also, if Konami sees interest in sales, they may now want to move …"

"Despite a few challenges with translating retro games to a modern audience, the Early Days Collection is a must-have for anyone who wants to revisit the earliest entries in the Yu-Gi-Oh! video game series or experience them for the first …"

"It’s a good collection, but it could be even better. It could be great."

"Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection is the definitive compilation of classic handheld titles from its reign over card games. These are simple, unbalanced games, but charming and highly addictive. It doesn&s;t seek to reinvent itself or compete within the genre, but …"

"Konami brings back some of the oldest Yu-Gi-Oh! games, and does so by adding some much appreciated QoL features and focusing on creating a sort of digital museum, but the positives end here: this collection does not add anything of …"

"Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection is a solid collection of games that will appeal to long-time fans of the iconic franchise. Though this will hardly bring in new fans, half the titles in the collection offer incredibly engaging and varied gameplay …"

"Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collections was a good attempt at preserving the past, but even with 14 games it’s filled with fluff and very little substance."

"The card games in Duel Monsters aren&s;t differentiated by many factors, but alternatives like dice and capsules are perfect for a change of pace. Titles with RPG touches also have their appeal. Improvements like the ability to activate a sort …"

"At the end of the day, Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection is a love letter to the franchise’s past, but not a carefully crafted one. It feels like a rushed compilation rather than a polished, definitive collection, and while the nostalgia …"

"There isn&s;t a lot of heart in the cards with the Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection."

"Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection is for a very specific type of Yu-Gi-Oh! player who favors battles against the CPU instead of real people. That player also knows all of the rules of the game, wants a fixed set of cards, …"

"The Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection is one of the most impressive sets of value and nostalgia with a handful of excellent games. Admittedly, many of the games are filler, but there are around 5 or 6 games like The Sacred …"

"Thankfully, the games do the talking here, and I find some of these games are absolutely worth everyone’s time. If you happen to click with one of the GBA simulators and want more of that action? Well, there’s only around …"

"Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection is a really cool package that continues Konami&s;s good work in distributing its classics to a new generation. The collection allows new fans to learn a little about the history of the franchise and see firsthand …"

"The "Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection", on the other hand, includes many games that hardly anyone knows. This makes it a real gem in any video game collection - especially if you buy the game as a physical version."

"Collector difficult to recommend to all gamers. Excellent for nostalgics, less so for those approaching Yu-Gi-Oh for the first time"

"Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection is a historical recollection to the franchise&s;s legacy in the Game Boy systems (original, Color and Advance). The game&s;s quality can vary wildly and the first ones in the pack are very different from what the …"

"The Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection stays true to its sources and brings a little piece of history into the modern age. Unfortunately, dull mechanics and often unwieldy UI plague many of the games in the collection just as they did …"

"At the end of the day, Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection is a love letter to classic Yu-Gi-Oh!fans. It offers an incredible amount of content, preserves some of the most beloved (and rare) games in the franchise, and introduces just enough …"

"For older fans wanting a hit of nostalgia, plenty of these games don’t hold up to revisits almost 25 years later. With none of the usual gubbins we’ve come to expect from retro anthologies, all you’re getting out of Early …"

"Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection pulls together 14 classic games, offering a nostalgic dive into the series’ early days. The duel simulators still hold up, but some mechanics feel outdated, and a lack of tutorials makes certain games frustrating. The spin-offs …"

"The Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection is an incredibly robust collection that is sure to please long-time fans, but may be a bit too archaic for some newcomers."

"Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection is a collection of games that appeals to a very specific niche of millennials longing for the good old days, but I can’t deny, I am that target audience, and I have been playing it non-stop …"

"I summon Pot of Mid to draw 14 mediocre games from Konami’s Yu-Gi-Oh! library! Sure, it’s fun to revisit some of these classic titles, even if some of them don’t quite live up to the hype. Maybe next time Konami …"

"Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection may just do the "homework," but it does it well. If you want to duel like they used to, you&s;ve come to the right place"

"Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection is a solid homage to the initial years of the franchise, bringing a good mix of classic titles and some not so well known works. Though the absence of iconic games and multiplayer mode in almost …"

"Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection is a throwback to the simpler days of duelling, and despite a few duds is still just a blast for card game fans."

"Despite some difficulties due to a stability that is not the best, we are satisfied with a collection that mixes nostalgia and a series of games that made history, along with a few more underwhelming titles that can still give …"

"At the end of the day, if you are looking to play the Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection to just relive or experience some of the beloved early games then it is worth picking up. If you are looking to battle …"

"Sure, you’d have a rush of nostalgic delight loading up the GBA game that you spent months playing back in the day, but it would only take one or two matches to realise that nostalgia has a habit of warping …"

"The Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection serves as a captivating window into the franchise’s fledgling steps in the video game realm, pulling together 14 titles that stretch across several handheld generations."

"Poor choice of included games, an almost disrespectful lack of multiplayer, and no effort put into modernizing mechanics doesn’t exactly make for an enjoyable, user-friendly experience. Despite all of this, I’ve still had fun with it. It’s not great, but …"

"Bringing back classic handheld entries into one convenient bundle, the Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection enhances each game with new modification options, fresh translations for many, and online play for one title in particular. Some of the selection feels like more …"

"The Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection is an excellent grouping of Yu-Gi-Oh! games that fans of the series should check out. The care and attention put into this by Digital Eclipse is palpable, making this a masterstroke collection of Yu-Gi-Oh!’s early …"

"It could&s;ve been fun to explore this with a friend, but as only one game would support online play I&s;d find it hard to recommend to even the most dedicated of Yu-Gi-Oh! players. But lowering your expectations and going in …"