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「遊戯王デュエルモンスターズGX TAGFORCE」
Duel Monsters GX Tag Force 3
Release: Autmn/Fall 2008
Price: unknown
System: Playstation Portable (PSP)
Genre: Card Battle
Promo cards included: unknown yet

- Use of Official OCG Master Rules
- Features characters like Haou Judai, Yubel, Mr. T (Trueman), Johan, etc...
- Seasonal events and the mail system make a return from the original Tag Force.
- The cards in the game go up to The Duelist Genesis, and may include any new Starter and Structure Decks that have been released up until June 2008 (SD15?).

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「遊戯王デュエルモンスターズ WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2008」
Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monster World Championship 2008



Release: 29th November 2007
Price: 5229 Yen

- Duel and Story mode
- First appearance of Tag Duels on DS


「ディープ・ダイバー」
WC08-JP001 Deep Diver [Ultra Rare]
WATER/Aqua - Effect/3/1000/1100
When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, at the end of the Battle Phase, select 1 Monster Card from your Deck and place it on top of your Deck.


「強者の苦痛」
WC08-JP002 Burden of the Mighty [Ultra Rare]
Continuous Magic Card
Each face-up monster your opponent controls loses ATK equal to its Level x 100.


「次元幽閉」
WC08-JP003 Dimensional Imprisonment [Ultra Rare]
Normal Trap Card
Activate only when your opponent's monster attacks. Remove from play the attacking monster.

//Credit for the Translation of the effects to Hell Kaiser Danieru

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「遊戯王デュエルモンスターズGX TAGFORCE EVOLUTION」
Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX Tag Force Evolution
Release: Winter 2007
Price: Unknown


- Port of Tag Force (PSP)
- Additional Elements unknown yet
- Linkage to Tag Force 2 (PSP) with USB possible

Attachment Card:


「堕天使 ナース－レフィキュル」
GX05-JP001 Fallen Angel Nurse - Reficul [Ultra Rare]
DARK/Angel - Effect/4/1400/600
While this card is face-up on the field, any effect of increasing your opponent's Life Points is changed to inflict the same amount of points as damage to your opponent's Life Points.


「ダーク・キュア」
GX05-JP002 Dark Cure [Ultra Rare]
Continuous Trap Card
When your opponent Normal Summon, Flip Summon or Special Summon a monster, your opponent gains Life Points equal to half of that monster's original ATK.



「サディスティック・ポーション」
GX05-JP003 Sadistic Potion [Ultra Rare]
Continuous Trap Card
After activation, this card is treated as an Equip Card and is equipped to 1 monster you control. If this card's controller inflicts Effect Damage to his opponent, the equipped monster gains 1000 ATK until the End Phase of that turn.

Release: 27th September 2007
Price: 5229 Yen

Cards up to Tactical Evolution !!! (and supposely Amon's Cloudians from Gladiator's Assault)

Promo cards included:


「マッド・リローダー」
GX04-JP001 Mad Reloader [Ultra Rare]
DARK/Demon - Effect/1/0/0
When this card is destroyed in battle and sent to the graveyard, send 2 cards from your hand to the graveyard, then draw 2 cards from your deck.


「魔宮の賄賂」
GX04-JP002 Demon Temple's Bribe [Ultra Rare]
Counter Trap
Negate the activation of a Magic or Trap card of your opponent and destroy it. Then your opponent draws 1 card from his deck.


「カオス・バースト」
GX04-JP003 Chaos Burst [Ultra Rare]
Normal Trap
This card can be activated when your opponent's monster declares an attack. Tribute 1 monster on your side of the field, destroy that monster. After that, deal 1000 points damage to your opponent's Lifepoints.

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New systems (Minigame + 2on2 Tag Duel?)

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Confirmed Anime-Original cards:
- Power Wall (Hell Kaiser Ryo)
- Arcana Force XXI - THE WORLD (Saiou Takuma)
- Arcana Force IV - THE EMPEROR (Saiou Takuma)
- Toy Soldier (Napoleon)
- Cenozoic Fossil Knight Skullpawn (Jim Crocodile Cook)
- Fossil Fusion (Jim Crocodile Cook)

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Click here to watch the Tag Force 2 commercial

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「遊戯王デュエルモンスターズGX CARD ALMANAC」
Release: 9th August 2007
Price: 2625 Yen (inlcuding Tax)
for Nintendo DS


- Digital imagebook/ card library
- Lifepoint calculator

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「ブリザード・ドラゴン」
YDB1-JP001 Blizzard Dragon [Ultra Rare]
WATER/Dragon - Effect/4/1800/1000
Once per turn, you can select 1 monster that your opponent controls. Until your opponent's next End Phase, the selected monster cannot attack or change its battle position.


「メタル・シューター」
YDB1-JP002 Metal Shooter [Ultra Rare]
LIGHT/Machine - Effect/5/800/800
When this card is Normal Summoned, place 2 counters on it. This card gains 800 ATK for each counter placed on it by this effect. If this card would be destroyed by a card effect, remove 1 counter from it, and it is not destroyed.


「デス・モスキート」
YDB1-JP003 Death Mosquito [Ultra Rare]
DARK/Insect - Effect/3/500/500
When this card is Normal Summoned or Special Summoned, place 2 counters on it. This card gains 500 ATK for each counter placed on it by this effect. If this card would be destroyed by battle, remove 1 counter from it, and it is not destroyed.


//credit for the translation of the card effects goes to Danieru Lynx/Hell Kaiser Danieru/Imperatore Lynx, amongst other aliases, =D

「遊戯王デュエルモンスターズ WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2007」


Release: 15th of March 2007
Price: 5229 Yen (including tax)
Promo Cards:


「マジック・ストライカー」
WC07-JP001 Magic Striker
EARTH/Warrior – Effect/3/600/200
This card can be Special Summoned by removing 1 Magic Card from your Graveyard. This card can attack the opponent directly. Battle Damage to this card’s controller from a battle involving this card becomes 0.


「ボマー・ドラゴン」
WC07-JP002 Bomber Dragon
EARTH/Dragon – Effect/3/1000/0
When this card is destroyed by Battle and sent to the Graveyard, destroy the monster that destroyed this card. When this card attacks, Battle Damage to both players becomes 0.


「D-HERO ディスクガイ」
WC07-JP003 D-Hero Disc Guy
DARK/Warrior - Effect/1/300/300
When this card is successfully Special Summoned from your Graveyard, draw 2 cards from your deck.



- Includes more than 1600 cards(including up-to-date cards like [Supreme General - Shien] or [Hell Dragon])
- Graphics similiar to Spirit Summoner
- Voice Chat

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Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX _ Spirit Summoner
Japanese Release Date: 11/30/2006
Price: 5229 Yen

- about 1400 cards (up to Cyberdark Impact)
- successor of Nightmare Troubadour, based on the same concept



Included Promo cards:



「ブレイン・クラッシャー」
GX03-JP001 Brain Crusher [Ultra Rare]
Dark/Insect/7/2400/1500
When this card destroys and sends an opponent's monster to the Graveyard as a result of battle, you can Special Summon the destroyed monster from the Graveyard (on your side of the field) during this turn's End Phase. This effect can only be used once per turn.


「ハンター・アウル」
GX03-JP002 Hunter Owl [Ultra Rare]
Wind/Winged-Beast/4/1000/900
Increase this cards attack strength by 500 for each card with the same attribute as this card. If there are another monster on the field with this cards attribute, this card cannot be choosen as attack target.


「マスクド・チョッパー」
GX03-JP003 Masked Chopper [Ultra Rare]
Earth/Fiend/1/100/100
If this card destroyed an opponent’s monster as result of Battle, inflict 2000 points of damage to your opponent’s Lifepoints.

The upcoming PSP game will include cards up to Power of the Duelist, the menitioned card in the blocks are the followed:

E-Hero Neos
N-Spacian Black Panther
D-Hero Double Guy
D-Hero Dash Guy
Alien Warrior
E-Hero Aqua Neos
Future Fusion
Brainwashing Ray of Light


More info on the game

Promo cards:




「幻獣クロスウィング」
GX02-JP001 Phantom Beast Cross Wing [Ultra Rare]
Light/Beast-Warrior/4/1300/1300
If this card is in the graveyard, increase the attack strength of monsters with [Phantom Beast]on the field in its name by 300 points


「幻獣ワイルドホーン」
GX02-JP002 Phantom Beast Wild Horn [Ultra Rare]
Earth/Beast-Warrior/4/1700/0
If ths card attacks a monster in defense position, if the attack strength exceeds the defense strenght of that monster, inflict the difference as battle damage to your opponent’s lifepoints


「幻獣サンダーペガス」
GX02-JP003 Phantom Beast Thunder Pegas [Ultra Rare]
Light/Beast-Warrior/4/700/2000
You can activate this effect, if an opponent’s monster declares an attack. By removing this card existing in your graveyard from the game, the battle damage 1 monster on your side of the field with [Phantom Beast] in its name would receive is reduced to 0. At this time, that monster is not destroyed by battle.


/EDIT:

First English screenshots of the game:

Releasing date : 14.09.2006
Price : 5229 Yen
Promo cards :



「幻獣クロスウィング」
GX02-JP001 Phantom Beast Cross Wing [Ultra Rare]
Light/Beast-Warrior/4/1300/1300
If this card is in the graveyard, increase the attack strength of monsters with [Phantom Beast]on the field in its name by 300 points


「幻獣ワイルドホーン」
GX02-JP002 Phantom Beast Wild Horn [Ultra Rare]
Earth/Beast-Warrior/4/1700/0
If ths card attacks a monster in defense position, if the attack strength exceeds the defense strenght of that monster, inflict the difference as battle damage to your opponent’s lifepoints


「幻獣サンダーペガス」
GX02-JP003 Phantom Beast Thunder Pegas [Ultra Rare]
Light/Beast-Warrior/4/700/2000
You can activate this effect, if an opponent’s monster declares an attack. By removing this card existing in your graveyard from the game, the battle damage 1 monster on your side of the field with [Phantom Beast] in its name would receive is reduced to 0. At this time, that monster is not destroyed by battle.


Magazine Scans:








Thx to Gondora/janime for some of the scans.

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English screenshots

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TV-Caps

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Included cards confirmed through scans:

- E-Hero Featherman
- E-Hero Burst Lady
- E-Hero Sparkman
- E-Hero Clayman
- E-Hero Bubbleman
- E-Hero Flamewingman
- E-Hero Wildheart
- E-Hero Steam Healer
- E-Hero Shining Flare wingman
- E-Hero Necro Darkman
- Polymerization
- Burst Return
- Skyscraper
- Hero Halo
- Transcendent Wings
- Winged Kuriboh
- Winged Kuriboh LV10
- Pot of Greed
- Ojama Yellow / Green / Black
- Ojama King
- Ojama Delta Hurricane
- Ojamagic
- Armed Dragon LV3 /LV 5 /LV 7 /LV 10
- Antique Gear Golem
- Cyber Dragon
- Cyber Twin Dragon
- Power Bond
- Cyber Tutu
- Cyber Gymnatics
- Magic Cylinder
- Premature Burial
- Heavy Storm
- Breaker the Magical Warrior
- Swords of Reveiling Light
- Clocktower of Seclusion
- D-Hero Dread Guy
- D-Hero Diamond Guy
- D-Hero Die Hard Guy
- E-Hero Phoenix Guy
- Destiny Signal
- E-Hero Necroid Shaman
- E Hero Wildwingman
- E-Hero Sailorman
- Steam Gyroid

- Cyber Phoenix
- E-Hero Neos
- N-Spacian Black Panther
- D-Hero Double Guy
- D-Hero Dash Guy
- Alien Warrior
- E-Hero Aqua Neos
- Future Fusion
- Brainwashing Ray of Light

Official Konami Website

The promo that comes with the Game Guide of WC2006 is:

E06-JPB01 Helios Tris Megistus
Light/Pyro/8/?/?
This card can only be special summoned by offering 1 [Helios Duo Megistus] from your side of the field. The attack and defense of this card are equal to the number of monsters removed from the game * 300. When this card is destroyed as a result of battle and sent to the graveyard, special summon it back to the field during end phase of that turn with attack and defense increased by 500. If there is a monster on your opponent’s side of the field after this card has attacked, you can attack once more in a row.

Scan posted by Mr. XYZ on the bbs:


Cards that are in the game:

2000 cards up to the set Shadow of Infinity:

Confirmed cards:

Luster Dragon
Blue Eyes White Dragon
Parrot Dragon
Mage Power
Man Eater
Gemini Elf
Swords of Revealing Light
Summoned Skull
Black Pendant
Magic Jammer
Infinite Dismissal
Red Eyes Black Dragon
Dark Magician

Structure Decks cards and promos
V-to-Z monsters and fusions
Dark World monsters
Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV4-LV6-LV8
Elemental Charmers (Fire, Earth, Wind, Water)
Battery men
G.Kozaki
Levia Dragon – Deadalus
Ultimate Insect LV1-LV3-LV-5-LV7
Mystic Swordsman LV2-LV4-LV6
Armed Dragon LV3-LV5-LV7
Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragon (Blue Eyes Shining Dragon?)
Yellow Spring Frog
Ojamas (Yellow, Black, Green)
Lightning Vortex
Scapegoat
Mobile Fortress Stronghold
Big Shield Guardner
Bonding H2.0/Water Dragon
Legendary Demons (Hamon, Uria, Ravel)
Cyber Dragon
Cyber Twin Dragon
Cyber End Dragon

That were all cards I could decipher so far