Yu-Gi-Oh! Battle Zone is a Yu-Gi-Oh!-themed game for the PlayStation 2.
Features[]
The game is like Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3, it includes lots of duelists to duel with but rather than fight you duel. There are lots of Gameplay Modes like Random Duel Mode, Tour Mode, Championship Mode and Story Mode. It follows the duels of Yugi, Joey and Kaiba in the Duelist Kingdom, Battle City, Virtual World, Alcatraz Tower, Waking the Dragons and Grand Championship seasons. You can play with the best Yugioh TCG Series 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 (Yugioh, GX and 5Ds)and also with anime cards and exclusive cards from Premium Packs and others. It includes over 20 packs to collect.
Characters[]
The main characters included are Yugi Moto,Joey Wheeler,Seto Kaiba,Maximillion Pegasus,Bakura,Weevil Underwood,Mako Tsunami,Mai Valentine,Rex Raptor,Mokuba Kaiba,Panik,Bonz,Bandit Keith,Paradox Brothers,Tea Gardner,Duke Devlin,Yami Marik,The Big Five,Random Rare Hunters,Noah Kaiba,Gozaburo Kaiba,Dartz,Rafael,Valon,Alister,Zigfried von Schroeder,Rebecca Hawkins,Serenity Wheeler,Ishizu Ishtar,Odion Ishtar,Leon von Schroeder,Random Grand Championship Contestants,Shadi,Solomon Moto and Tristan Taylor. All of them are unlockable characters you can unlock by duelling and defeating them in Story Mode. Once unlocked you can play with them in Random Duel Mode, some characters have 1 or 2 Deck Recipes and some others also have 4 or 5 Deck Recipes which can also be unlocked by beating them as many times as possible in a row. Also once unlocked you can play with that characters in Random Duel Mode, Tour Mode, Championship Mode and Story Mode and once you finish the game with any one of them(in Tour Mode) they have different endings, so it is truly a challenge. You can also unlock Jaden Yuki and Yusei Fudo, that explains why they are on the game's cover. You can also create your duelist and its deck recipe by selecting at least 40 cards from the random cards you are given to choose, which are basic cards.
Plot[]
The game's main duels can be played in Story Mode which is divided into 7 different arcs or seasons.These ones include over 20 different missions to accomplish each if you play these missions in Hard Difficulty or with the required duelist you can unlock tons of stuff.
Duelist Kingdom[]
"Yugi and Joey go on a quest to Duelist Kingdom to save Yugi's Grandpa: Solomon Moto and to get money for Serenity's eye surgery,but to accomplish their goals they'll have to defeat tons of duelists along their roads on the island to win 10 star chips each as they begin with 2 star chips each,enter the castle,then duel each other and finally beat the creator of Duel Monsters:Maximillion Pegasus. Will they be able to do so?"
| Mission # | Mission Name | Description | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White Stroke | Defeat Kaiba in Duel with Yugi | Kaiba unlocked |
| 2 | Eyematch of Destiny | Defeat Pegasus in Duel with Yugi | Pegasus Deck Recipe 1 unlocked |
| 3 | Swarm of Insects | Defeat Weevil in Duel with Yugi | Weevil unlocked, 2 star chips |
| 4 | Harpie Thorn | Defeat Mai in Duel with Joey | Mai unlocked, 1 star chip |
| 5 | Sea Attack |
Defeat Mako in Duel with Yug |
Mako unlocked, 2 star chips |
| 6 | Stolen Blue-Eyes Victory | Defeat Mokuba in Duel with Yugi | Mokuba unlocked |
| 7 | Dread Kaiba | Ghost Kaiba in Duel with Yugi | Kaiba Deck Recipe 1 unlocked |
| 8 | Red-Eyes Reward | Defeat Rex in Duel with Joey | Rex unlocked, 2 star chips |
| 9 | Spirit Inside | Defeat Bakura in Duel with Yugi | Bakura unlocked |
| 10 | Hidden in the Darkness | Panik in Duel with Yugi | Panik unlocked, 7 star chips |
| 11 | Clash Bash | Defeat Kaiba in Duel with Joey | "White Master" booster pack unlocked |
| 12 | Zombie Trap | Defeat Bonz in Duel with Joey | Bonz unlocked, 2 star chips |
| 13 | Double Trouble Tag Duel |
Defeat Para and Dox in Duel with Yugi and Joey |
Para and Dox unlocked, 3 star chips each Yugi and Joey |
| 14 | Face Off | Kaiba in Duel with Yugi | 500 DP |
| 15 | Proof of Powerlessness |
Defeat Mai in Duel with Tea |
500 DP |
| 16 | Resistance |
Defeat Pegasus in Duel with Kaiba |
1000 DP |
| 17 | Black Luster |
Defeat Mai in Duel with Yugi |
"Thunder Charge" pack unlocked |
| 18 | Mechanization |
Defeat Bandit Keith with Joey |
"Reaction Accursed" pack unlocked |
| 19 | Friend Clash | Defeat Joey in Duel with Yugi (or Vice Versa) | 1000 DP |
| 20 | Ultimate Collision | Defeat Pegasus in Duel with Yugi | Pegasus unlocked |
Battle City[]
"After the defeat of Pegasus,3 mysterious monsters have appeared on the Duel Monsters game:the 3 legendary Egyptian Gods.The leader of the Rare Hunters and possessor of the Rod of Millennium: Marik, is looking for them to take over the world to a new age of Egyptian Dominion and also collect the 7 Millennium Items to become the new pharaoh.However,Yugi realises this and he and Joey will have to beat all Rare Hunters they find on their ways as Kaiba organises a new tournament: Battle City.All 3 duelists will have to collect the 6 locating cards to have a chance to enter the Battle City tournament and save the world from Marik's evil plans before its too late"
Missions
1-Challenge from the Past
Defeat Bandit Keith with Yugi
Reward:Bandit Keith unlocked
2-Step Out
Defeat Johnny Steps in duel with Yugi
Reward:Lightning Nightmare booster unlocked
3-Red-Eyes Stalked
Defeat 1 of the Random Rare Hunters with Joey
Reward:Random Rare Hunters unlocked
4-Reversal Destruction
Defeat 1 of the Random Rare Hunters with Yugi
Reward:Random Rare Hunters Deck Recipe 1;2 locating cards
5-Spinning Luck
Defeat Espa Roba with Joey
Reward:Jinzo,2 locating cards
6-Spellcaster Duel
Defeat Arcana with Yugi
Reward:Dark Magician(alternate arcana version),2 locating cards
7-Parasite Strike
Defeat Weevil with Joey
Reward:Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth,2 locating cards
8-Mime Control
Defeat Mime with Yugi
Reward:Slifer the Sky Dragon,2 locating cards
9-Legendary Fisherman
Defeat Mako with Joey
Reward:The Legendary Fisherman,2 locating cards
10-Curse of Masquerade
Defeat Lumis and Umbra with Yugi and Kaiba
Reward:1000 DP
11-Under Mind Control
Defeat Joey with Yugi
Reward:Joey unlocked
12-Underworld Asault
Defeat Bonz with Bakura
Reward:1000 DP
13-Faker Duelist
Defeat Magnum with Mai
Reward:Harpie Lady Sisters
14-Death Calling
Defeat Bakura with Yugi
Reward:Bakura Deck Recipe 1
15-Betrayal
Defeat Odion with Joey
Reward:Odion unlocked
16-Mind Game
Defeat Marik with Mai
Reward:Marik unlocked
17-Destiny Duel
Defeat Ishizu with Kaiba
Reward:Ishizu unlocked
18-Shadow Showdown
Defeat Marik with Bakura(or backwards)
Reward:1000 DP
Virtual World[]
"One night before the finals of Battle City,the KC Ship sunken into a mysterious and exotic land where a guy known as Noah creates his virtual world.But Yugi, Joey and, Kaiba,all of them don't realise they're unwelcome guests at his island.Noah will send them all to a new yet exotic world where they are misplaced in space,all duelists and their friends Mokuba, Tristan, Serenity, Duke, and Tea will have to duel to escape the virtual world before the Big 5 takes their bodies and run away into the real planet provoking nothing but chaos.¡Its up to Yugi,Joey and Kaiba to defeat Noah and the Big Five before their world is digitalized!"
Missions
1-Isolated in Cyber Space
Defeat Gansley with Yugi
Reward:Deep Sea Warrior
2-Freeze Duel
Defeat Crump with Tea
Reward:Nightmare Penguin
3-Courtroom Chaos
Defeat Johnson with Joey
Reward:Judge Man
4-Mechanical Mayhem
Defeat Nezbit with Tristan,Duke or Serenity
Reward:Robotic Knight
5-Outer-Space Cannon
Defeat Lector with Kaiba
Reward:The Big Five Deck Recipe 1 unlocked
6-Merger of the Big Five
Defeat the Big Five with Yugi and Joey
Reward:Five-Headed Dragon
7-Invincible Arc
Defeat Noah with Kaiba
Reward:Shinato,King of a Higher Plane
8-Final Threat:L.P. 10000 VS L.P. 100!
Defeat Noah with Yugi
Reward:Noah unlocked
9-Escape
Defeat Gozaburo with Kaiba
Reward:Exodia Necross and Contract with Exodia
Alcatraz Tower[]
"Finally,the 3 duelists managed to escape from Noah's Virtual World,after he helped them and sacrificed himself to save them all,Yugi,Kaiba,Joey and Marik are preparing their decks for the final duels as Yugi and Joey wants to save the world,Kaiba and Marik wants to get all Egyptian Gods to be the champion duelist of the world and be the new pharaoh,respectively.However Joey will fail in a legendary Death Duel in front of Marik's mysterious and most powerful of all Egyptian gods,the 3rd Egyptian god:Ra,Kaiba will fall in a epic clash against Yugi leaving just him to face Marik once and for all and save the world before terror begins"
Missions
1-Selection Duel
Defeat Marik,Joey,Yugi or Kaiba(you can choose anyone of them)
Reward:Revolution Blast pack unlocked
2-Lightning Suffer
Defeat Marik with Joey
Reward:The Winged Dragon of Ra
3-Clash in the Coliseum:Yugi VS Kaiba
Defeat Kaiba with Yugi
Reward:Obelisk the Tormentor
4-Path to Bronze
Defeat Kaiba with Joey
Reward:Kaiba Deck Recipe 2 unlocked
5-Final Face-Off
Defeat Marik with Yugi
Reward:Millenium Rod and Final Doom booster pack unlocked
Waking the Dragons[]
"Yugi, Joey, and Kaiba go outside Domino City to school,when suddenly they find flying monsters in the city.Yugi finds Joey and the others in his way and they all are worried about what do this means. Then Yugi's Millennium Puzzle begins to glow so he and his friends go to the Domino Museum, Yugi puts in front of the Egyptian Hieroglyphs the 3 Egyptian God Cards,but he feels a negative presence coming from the Hieroglyphs,this one being Dartz. What they dont know is that a group of Motorcycle Duelists looking for the Egyptian Gods cards are coming to Domino City launching their assault to combat in fierce duels with the power of the Seal of Orichalcos,where the loser loses his soul.Will Yugi,Joey and Kaiba survive this looming threat?"
Missions
1-A New Evil
Defeat Grerimo in Duel with Yugi
Reward:The Seal of Orichalcos
2-Toon World Nightmare
Defeat Alister with Kaiba
Reward:Kaiba Deck Recipe 3 unlocked
3-Unexpected Falling
Defeat Mai with Joey
Reward:Joey Deck Recipe 1
4-Challenge of Destiny
Defeat Rafael with Yugi
Reward:Rafael unlocked
5-Wrong Track
Defeat Weevil and Rex with Yugi and Joey
Reward:Joey Deck Recipe 2 unlocked
6-Self-Destruction
Defeat Yugi with Yugi
Reward:Yugi unlocked
7-Deck of Armor
Defeat Valon with Rebecca or Duke
Reward:Valon unlocked
8-Flight of Fear
Defeat Alister with Kaiba
Reward:Alister unlocked
9-Bitter Victory
Defeat Mai with Joey
Reward:Joey Deck Recipe 3 unlocked
10-Invincible Guardian
Defeat Rafael with Yugi
Reward:1000 DP
11-Final Battlefield
Defeat Dartz with Yugi or Kaiba
Reward:Dartz unlocked === Grand Championship===
"After beating Dartz,Yugi and Joey are going to take a vacation,until they find out about a new tournament sponsored by Kaiba where the best duelists of all the world will be in,so they enter the tournament.What nobody knows is that the final duel of the tournament will be corrupted by the entry of a mysterious German duelist known as Zigfried,where Yugi will have to fight for his life and for the future of Kaiba Corp.Will he win the final duel of this tournament?
Missions
1-Unwanted Guest
Defeat Duel Machine with Yugi
Reward:Yugi Deck Recipe 1 unlocked
2-Unmasking the Master
Defeat Mask the Rock with Joey
Reward:Solomon Moto unlocked
3-Fist Battle
Defeat Vivian with Rebecca
Reward:Rebecca unlocked
4-Down in Flames
Defeat Zigfried with Joey
Reward:Zigfried unlocked
5-Small Town
Defeat Leon with Rebecca
Reward:Leon unlocked
6-Kaiba's Intrusion!
Defeat Zigfried with Kaiba
Reward:Kaiba Deck Recipe 4 unlocked
7-Golden Stronghold Chaos
Defeat Leon with Yugi
Reward:1000 DP
All-Out Battles[]
"Here there are some examples of "easy duels" between Yugi,Joey and Kaiba against powerful enemies like Anubis and minor duels of training for them before they became the Legendary duelists they are now"
Missions
1-Basic Training
Defeat Solomon with Joey
Reward:Yugi Deck Recipe 2 unlocked
2-Insect Smash
Defeat Weevil with Rex
Reward:1000 DP
3-Feather Stupor
Defeat Random Duelist with Mai
Reward:1000 DP
4-Wrath of Rebecca
Defeat Rebecca with Yugi
Reward:Yugi Deck Recipe 3 unlocked
5-Legendary Heroes
Defeat The Big Five with Yugi,Joey or Kaiba
Reward:Yugi Deck Recipe 4 unlocked
6-Fierce Assault
Defeat Duke with Joey
Reward:10000 DP
7-Psychic Terror
Defeat Espa Roba with Rex
Reward:Espa Roba Deck Recipe unlocked
8-Taken Soul
Defeat Dartz with Weevil and Rex
Reward:Orichalcos Deiteros
9-Reliving the Past
Defeat Orichalcos Soldier with Yugi
Reward:1000 DP
10-Erradicating Ride
Defeat Zigfried with Weevil and Rex
Reward:10000 DP
11-Dont Follow the Rules
Defeat Vivian with Yugi
Reward:1000 DP
12-Countdown to Destruction
Defeat Bakura with Yugi
Reward:10000 DP
13-Cost Down
Defeat Pegasus with Kaiba
Reward:1000 DP
14-Pyramid of Light
Defeat Kaiba with Yugi
Reward:1000 DP
15-Anubis Extermination
Defeat Anubis with Yugi
Reward:Overdoom Road pack unlocked
16-Final Duel
Defeat Yugi with Yugi(using Deck Recipe 1 or 2)
Reward:everything unlocked
Promotional cards[]
Battle Zone wont include promotional cards