Summary
Ahead of the title’s February 2025 release, Konami has revealed the full list of games players will find inYu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection. Featuring a number of classic titles, including several never released in the West,Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collectionwill include a total of 14 games when it launches next year.
In February 2024, Konami announced theYu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collectionas part of the planned festivities to celebrate the 25th anniversary of theYu-Gi-Ohfranchise. All games in the upcoming compilation title were initially released between 1998 and 2004 for the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, orGame Boy Advance, with one title hitting shelves before the physical card game was even released in Japan. Over the past year, more and more titles have been confirmed for the collection, with the complete list now being confirmed by Konami ahead of the game’s February 2025 launch.
TheJapanese Nintendo eShop pageforYu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collectionhas been posted by Konami, finally revealing the entire list of titles fans can expect to find in the upcoming game. Releasing for PC and Nintendo Switch, the collection will be around 4.5 GB, with the English physical Switch version including one of two highly sought-after Quarter Century Secret Rare “Harpie’s Feather Duster” cards. Several quality-of-life features will also be included, from a save/load feature to online battle support inYu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelist, with additional titles set to add online battle support at a later date. Players can also customize button layouts and other settings for each title.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection Full Game List
While certain games in the collection, such asReshef of Destruction, aren’t recalled too fondly by fans of the franchise,The Eternal Duelist Soulremains a wildlypopularYu-Gi-Ohgameto this day, referred to by many as one of the best titles in the series. Five of the listed games have never been ported outside of Japan, including the aforementionedYu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelists, which was released in December 2000 in three versions: Yugi Deck, Kaiba Deck, and Jonouchi Deck. While many fans are eager to play these Japan-exclusive titles for the first time, others are hoping to see Konami release a PlayStation collection in the future, as titles likeForbidden Memoriesfor the PlayStation andThe Duelists of the Rosesfor the PlayStation 2 remain beloved to this day.
Konami has celebrated the 25th anniversary of the franchise in other ways as well, withexclusiveYu-Gi-Ohtrading card game releasesand the free-to-play titleYu-Gi-Oh Master Dueloffering players free login bonuses and exclusive cards in late 2023.Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collectionwill be released worldwide for Switch and PC on July 29, 2025.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection brings together some of the best Yu-Gi-Oh! games of yesteryear, including Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelists and Duel Monsters 6: Expert 2.
