An upgrade and downgrade from the previous GBA game (EDS). Some features were added (such as having multiple deck slots) while other features were taken away (the card password unlock). The way you unlock duelist is interesting, like owning specific cards but not playing them or building a specific deck type.

It's cool that you can now see the "stats" of all the duelist and there are a few more you can duel. The downside to these stats is the luck stat (or cheat stat) making it so the AI knows your face down cards, draws the perfect card at the right time or calls every coin flip perfectly. It was honestly a very annoying thing to deal with. Oh there's also the fact that you have to play with the ban and restricted rules but your opponents get 3 of everything. Luckily the AI sometimes does dumb things like sacrificing a high ATK monster for a weaker one. Also the duels are still very slow but there is a hidden feature where holding the left bumper when selecting a duelist will make the phases go 2x faster.

Overall the game is fine but is held back by a lack of a few features and the heavy amount of cheating the AI does.