After the extreme similarity of Yu-Gi-Oh!'s 2008 World Championship game to the prior year's 2007 product, IGN began to get concerned that fans of the card-battling craze weren't getting enough fresh content to justify the purchase of an "all-new" game. Those concerns, though, have been left in the dust. They are very impressed with 2009's Stardust Accelerator, as it's entirely a new creation -- still built on the solid foundation of the incredibly deep and strategic Duel Monsters card game design, but with a completely new and unique Story Mode adventure that rivals the feel of some first-party Nintendo console RPGs, like Pokemon Colosseum.
Presentation - 8.0
Graphics - 8.0
Sound - 7.0
Gameplay - 8.0
Lasting Appeal - 9.0
Overall -
