Heart Piece

A Heart Piece (ハートピース, Hātopīsu?) is the proof of participation for the World Duel Carnival. Each Duelist receives one Heart Piece and a heart-shaped framework to hold them.

In order to complete a full heart and advance in the finals, the Duelist has to collect four more pieces. However, if all pieces are lost, the participant will be automatically disqualified. The number of Heart Pieces can be viewed on the player's Life Points, abbreviated as "HP". Not every piece fits into the frame, as Yuma's new piece won from Shobee didn't fit. Multiple types of Heart Pieces exist and the different types have to be collected to form the perfect heart. Duelists decide how many pieces they bet in a Duel themselves.

Contestant Numbers
NOTE: The quantities of Heart Pieces shown below is based on how many the character has been shown to obtain as well as only showcasing how many Heart Pieces the character owns which fits their specific Heart Piece Case.


 * III - [5/5]
 * IV - [5/5]
 * Bronk Stone - [2/5]
 * Caswell - [1/5]
 * Cathy - [1/5]
 * Flip - [4/5]
 * Housaku Yasai - [4/5]
 * Kaito Tenjo - [3/5]
 * Kazuma Motosu - [1/5]
 * Kakeru Kunitachi - [0/5]
 * Misato Hayashi - [1/5]
 * Ryoga Kamishiro - [3/5]
 * Shobee Yuatsu - [0/5]
 * Spencer - [1/5]
 * Syuta Hayami - [3/5]
 * Tetsu Tamatsu - [2/5]
 * Yuma Tsukumo - [4/5]

Trivia

 * The fact that Heart Pieces are needed to form a whole Heart is similar to how you can increase your total health in The Legend of Zelda games. In them, finding certain number of Heart Pieces (four in every game that has them except Twilight Princess with finding five), they "form" one Heart Container and thus another unit of health.


 * This is similar to the Star Chips in the Duelist Kingdom tournament, and the Locator Cards in the Battle City tournament.