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Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses is a video game developed by Konami based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga and anime series. Its main characters, Yugi Mutou and Seto Kaiba, play opposing teams known as the…

6 September 2001

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses is a card & board game developed by Konami, released 6 September 2001 on PlayStation 2.

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What Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses is

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses is a card & board game game developed by Konami and released in 2001. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game is loosely based on the Wars of the Roses, a series of conflicts fought between the House of Lancaster and House of York for control of England in the 15th century. Yugi Mutou takes on the role of Henry Tudor, the head of the House of Tudor, while Seto Kaiba plays Christian Rosenkreuz, the leader of the Yorkist clan force. Other characters from the series take on the roles and names of those involved in the conflict. The player controls the "Rose Duelist," who is summoned from an unknown time period to 1485 by a Lancastrian druid to help them defeat the Yorkists and reclaim the throne. Both sides have eight "rose cards" with sorcerous abilities. The Lancastrians want the Yorkists'…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are fantasy and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Yu-Gi-Oh! series

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses is the 14th of 91 entries we hold in the Yu-Gi-Oh! series. The next entry was Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards in 2002.

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What it launched against

Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses launched on 6 September 2001, within three weeks of Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 2 (2001), Ico and Advance Wars.

Released around the same time: Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 2 (2001), Ico, Advance Wars.

Official trailer

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When did Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses come out?
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses was released on 6 September 2001 for PlayStation 2.

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