Duel Masters: Sempai Legends
Developer(s)Mistic Software[1]
Publisher(s)Atari
SeriesDuel Masters
Platform(s)Game Boy Advance
ReleaseJune 1, 2004[2]
Genre(s)Role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Duel Masters: Sempai Legends is 2004 role-playing video game developed by Canadian studio Mistic Software and published by Atari.

Plot

Sempai Legends follows a junior duelist, celebrating his birthday...when one of his coveted cards is stolen in the night.

Development

The game was announced in April 2003.[3] It was developed by Mistic Software a company founded in 1997.[4]

Reception

The game holds a rating of 69 of 100 on Metacritic.[9]

GameSpy gave the game a 3 of 5 stating "Yup -- that's your "Yugi Sense" tingling. With Duel Masters: Sempai Legends, Atari gives gamers a new way to do their handheld card-based dueling. While it doesn't let you bang away with the 1000-plus monsters available in the Yu-Gi-Oh! games (at least not yet), it does offer somewhat deeper and more complex gameplay. Toss in the harrowing tale of a boy trying to find a stolen, priceless card, and you have a pretty solid package. There are a few rough edges, but if Atari plans on cranking out dueling games as fast as Konami does, those edges should be buffed smooth in no time"[7]

Dave Clayman from IGN gave the game an 8 of 10 stating "Sempai Legends is clearly designed to compete with the super popular Yu-Gi-Oh! series. So how does it stack up? As I stated earlier the battle system is a matter of personal preference. However, gamers may be attracted to the more complicated duels and the individuality of the different Mana classes. At one time Magic: The Gathering was the most popular card game in the world and it will be interesting to see if its rule set can attract a new, younger audience for of Duel Masters"[5]

Nintendo World Report gave the game an 5 of 10 praising the "Neat looking backgrounds" while criticizing the absurd storyline and noting the game is repetitive, boring, and tedious[8]

References

  1. ↑ Harris, Craig (April 14, 2004). "Duel Masters: Sempi Legends". IGN. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Atari is back in action". The Boston Globe. May 2, 2004. p. 228. Retrieved September 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Atari Announces Duel Masters: Sempai Legends For GBA". infogrames.fr (in French). April 30, 2004. Archived from the original on October 15, 2005. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Mistic Software History". misticsoftware.com. Archived from the original on August 21, 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  5. 1 2 Clayman, Dave (August 27, 2004). "Duel Masters: Sempai Legends". IGN. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  6. ↑ Wiz, Tha (June 24, 2004). "Duel Masters Sempai Legends". gamezone.com. Archived from the original on July 10, 2004. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  7. 1 2 Steinberg, Steve (July 9, 2004). "Duel Masters: Sempai Legends". GameSpy. Archived from the original on August 10, 2004. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  8. 1 2 Shirley, Jeff (July 8, 2004). "Duel Masters: Sempai Legends". nintendoworldreport.com. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Duel Masters: Sempai Legends". Metacritic. Retrieved September 6, 2021.
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