Duel Terminal



Duel Terminals are a relatively new idea, and were designed by Konami to assist in introducing the then-new Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's anime, to new and existing players.

Overview
The Duel Terminal itself looks like a traditional Arcade machine, and has a variety of game modes, using cards from the Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game. Players can either use a Deck chosen by the system, or the Duelist can use his/her own cards, provided they have ＤＵＥＬ ＴＥＲＭＩＮＡＬ where the Edition should be. These cards are recognised by the built-in card scanner, allowing the player to "use" the card in the game. "Duel Terminal Edition" cards are only available from "Duel Terminals". The game itself is priced at 100 Yen per play in Japan.

Game Modes
The Duel Terminal allows you to choose between several modes of play:


 * "Action Duel"
 * "Speed Duel"
 * "Tutorial"
 * "Card Only Get"

Releases
There have been two Duel Terminals released in Japan so far.


 * Duel Terminal - Synchro Awakening!!
 * Duel Terminal - Invasion of Worms!!

A third "Duel Terminal - Justice Strikes Back!!", is due for release shortly. Of the above, only "Duel Terminal - Synchro Awakening!!" has technically been shown in the United States, but did not have any of the new cards introduced on that card set, with Konami only allowing the already-present cards in the TCG to be printed thus far.

There were working Duel Terminals at the Comic Con in August, giving out English Language Duel Terminal cards, at the official Konami Booth.

Duel Terminal Edition cards have also been released in Limited Edition Pack 13 and in the Duel Terminal Acceleration Guide.

Impact
The Duel Terminals have introduced the "Ice Boundary", "Mist Valley", "X-Saber", "Ally of Justice", "Worm", and "Frembell" Archetypes to the OCG, many of which have been used by various OCG Duelists.