Konami has revealed they will be releasing Yu-Gi-Oh! EARLY DAYS COLLECTION on Nintendo Switch and Steam on 27th February 2025. This collection is a must for fans of the long running card battler game and will feature several retro Yu-Gi-Oh! digital titles from the late 1990s and early 2000s. There will also be a physical edition released that will include one of two Quarter Century Secret Rare “Harpie’s Feather Duster” cards.
The Yu-Gi-Oh! EARLY DAYS COLLECTION includes several games from the franchise’s history to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Card Game. The games included in the collection date from the time when the Nintendo Game Boy, Game Boy Colour and Game Boy Advance were the greatest thing since sliced bread.
The titles revealed so far are:
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (1998/GAME BOY)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters II: Dark Duel Stories (1999/GAME BOY, GAME BOY COLOUR)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories (2000 JP, 2002 US, 2003 EU/GAME BOY COLOUR)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelist (2000/GAME BOY COLOUR).
- Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters 6, Expert 2 (2001/GAME BOY ADVANCE)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! The Eternal Duelist Soul (2001 JP, 2002 US, 2003 EU/GAME BOY ADVANCE)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards (2002 JP, 2003 US, 2004 EU/GAME BOY ADVANCE)
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction (2003 JP, 2004 US and EU/GAME BOY ADVANCE)
These games have been optimised for the Switch and Steam and will include a number of new features, such as a save/load feature and support for online battles in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelist. There will also be the addition of controls customisation and background settings.
Look out for more news on Yu-Gi-Oh! EARLY DAYS COLLECTION coming in the future.
