It's Time To Duel with Yu-Gi-Oh! at San Diego Comic-Con!

IT’S TIME TO DUEL AT SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON!

KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT SHOWCASES ITS

Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME AND MUCH MORE

Company’s Con Offerings Include Personalized

Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME Token Card, an Exclusive Game Mat and

Organized Play Room

 

El Segundo, Calif. (July 16, 2018) – Comic-Con International: San Diego attendees will want to make booth #3713 their first stop to see what’s new from Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (KONAMI) during the world-renowned five-day show July 18^th to July 22^nd. Year after year KONAMI is right in the thick of things, offering pop culture fans the latest and greatest from the world’s best-selling Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) as well as other new booth features and fun activities.

 

Always a fan favorite, KONAMI will once again have the green screen photo booth. A Comic-Con must-have, fans can create their own exclusive one-of-a-kind Yu-Gi-Oh! Token Card. They can choose from 7 different card backgrounds, with Dueling legends Yugi, Jaden, Yusei, Yuma, Yuya, and Playmaker or the 2018 Comic-Con International: San Diego logo – suitable for use during Duels!

 

Looking for a Con exclusive and the latest Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG products? Head over to the booth’s retail counter early in the show to get KONAMI’s Comic-Con International Exclusive Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG game mat before it sells out! Available for just $30, this collectible game mat features awesome imagery of Jaden Yusei along with Elemental HERO Nebula Neos!

Exclusive Game Mat for 2018 Comic-Con International: San Diego

 

There will be plenty of products for sale too. Fans wanting to add to their card portfolio can purchase new and popular Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG products every day of the show while supplies last, including the recently released Battles of Legend: Relentless Revenge, Flames of Destruction Special Edition, Dark Saviors, and Starter Deck: Codebreaker, releasing July 19!

 

With over 70 million downloads to date, the gaming app Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links continues to be enjoyed by fans worldwide on iOS and Android devices, as well as PC Steam, and San Diego Comic-Con attendees can experience this exciting game. Choose from a selection of pre-generated Characters, including a new, unreleased character, to Duel with their signature Decks, and battle your way to Dueling victory! For attendees that have Duel Links installed on their phones, they will be given a special Duel Links-branded lanyard, while supplies last!

 

Attendees wanting to learn the game can take a seat at a game table to get a Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG demonstration from the experts! Those completing a demo will receive a show exclusive coupon good for one (1) free booster pack with the purchase of any sealed Starter Deck! (Redeemable only at KONAMI’s booth during Comic-Con.) Players wanting to tweak their Deck-building strategies can get helpful hints from KONAMI’s many Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG experts on-hand throughout the show. Plus, players feeling lucky and confident in their Dueling skills can spin the wheel to Duel the Master as he sits on his royal throne, for a chance to take home some other prizes!

 

Duelists looking for more opportunities to show off their Dueling techniques can visit the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Organized Play Room #16B on the Mezzanine level where KONAMI will host a variety of Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG events from Thursday through Sunday including Win-A-Mats, 2019 Regional Qualifiers, ATTACK OF THE GIANT CARD!!, Duel Links tournaments and more!  Dragon Duel Tournaments, for children born 2006 or later, will take place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday only. And best of all – these tournaments are free to Comic-Con attendees, so make sure to bring your pre-constructed Deck! 

 

Comic-Con International: San Diego hours:

Wednesday, July 18: 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. (Preview Night; some booth activities not available)

Thursday, July 19: 9:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Friday, July 20: 9:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, July 21: 9:30 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, July 22: 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

 

Duelists can now watch episodes of the exciting new Yu-Gi-Oh! animated series, Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS, available subtitled on Crunchyroll. The series will be simulcast with a new episode available one hour after it is broadcast in Japan, at 6:25AM EST (Simulcast currently available in the US and Latin America). Watch here: http://www.crunchyroll.com/yu-gi-oh-vrains!

 

Additionally, Duelists can watch a new episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V every Saturday on Nicktoons - check local listings for times. In addition, all-new Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episodes every Tuesday as well as all of classic Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, and Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s can be seen on www.yugioh.com in the United States. In Canada, Duelists can watch episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V every Friday and Saturday on Teletoon! For more information on KONAMI or the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, please visit www.yugioh-card.com or call 310-220-8630 to speak directly with a Yu-Gi-Oh! customer support team member.

About The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG

The Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME is the #1 trading card game in the world with over 25 billion cards sold. It is a game of strategy, where players create individual Decks of cards collected from Structure Decks and Booster Packs. Two players engage in a Duel while using cards that represent powerful monsters, magical Spells and surprising Traps. Duelists with well-constructed Decks, dominating monsters, solid strategy and good fortune are the victors in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG. Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. is the exclusive licensee and rights holder to the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG in North America and Latin America.

About KONAMI

KONAMI is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties and traditional trading card games. KONAMI's software titles include the popular franchises Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, DanceDanceRevolution and Castlevania, among other top sellers. KONAMI is also the manufacturer of the wildly popular Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, which has sold more than 25 billion cards worldwide. The latest information about KONAMI can be found on the Web at www.konami.com. KONAMI HOLDINGS CORPORATION is a publicly traded company based in Tokyo, Japan with subsidiaries, Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. in the United States and Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. in Windsor, the United Kingdom. Details of the products published by KONAMI can be found at www.konami.com.