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| image name = DuelTower-tarotAlcatraz island.jpg

| romaji = Arukatorazu | english = Duel TowerAlcatraz | alternate = AlcatrazDuel Tower

| anime manga =* [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist]]* | anime = [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (second series anime)]]

The '''Duel TowerAlcatraz''' , or Duel Tower in the English anime, was a structure built the name of an island, used by [[Seto KaibaKaibaCorp]], that was used initially as a military base and later became host to stage the finals and semi-finals of a massive Duel Tower. The location is named after the real world island, [[Battle Citywikipedia:Alcatraz Island|Alcatraz]] tournament, which was formerly used for military activity and later a maximum security prison, which has since been closed.

===Military center===The tower itself is built on a small island. While [[Gozaburo Kaiba]] was in change charge of [[KaibaCorp]], the island was used for KaibaCorp's military base and known as '''Alcatraz'''.  After [[Seto Kaiba]] came into power, he tore down Alcatraz the military base and constructed the Duel Tower on its ruins to emphasis the company's shift from military to gaming. ===Battle City===[[File:DuelTower-tarot.jpg|thumb|left|The Duel Tower.]]

After The inside of the tower was used to stage a battle royale to determine the match-ups for the Battle City semi-finals. Each finalist stood in an elevator like platform in a corner of the room. As their Life Points lowered, Seto they were lifted higher up. The first two to the top would face each other in the first semi-final round and [[Mokuba Kaiba]] had the building self-destruct to get rid of their memories of living with Gozaburoremaining two would face each other in the second.

==Part in the Battle City finals==The inside of the tower was sued to stage a battle royale to determine the match-ups for the semi-finals. Each finalist stood in an elevator like platform in a corner of the room. As their With Kaiba set on facing [[Yugi Muto]], [[Joey Wheeler]] set on facing [[Marik Ishtar]] and Yugi supporting Joey's choice, Marik and Joey's Life Points loweredhit 0 first, they were lifted higher pairing them up. The first two to for the top, would face each other first semi-final and the remaining two would face each other in leaving Yugi and Kaiba for the second.

With Seto Kaiba set on facing [[Yugi Muto]], [[Joey Wheeler]] set on facing [[marik IshtarFile:Alcatraz Burns.jpg|thumb|right|The destruction of the Duel Tower.]] and Yugi supporting Joey's choice, Marik and Joey's Life Points hit 0 first, pairing them up for the first semi-final and leaving Yugi and Kaiba for the second.

{{After the Battle City finals, Seto and [[Mokuba Kaiba]] had the building self-}}destruct to get rid of their memories of living with Gozaburo.

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