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* 29 cards have been removed.* "[[Toon World (SDD)|Toon World]]" is changed to have its [[Card Errata:Toon World|newer]] ''[[OCG]]'' effect. However when the game is played in Japanese, it has the text for the old effect. Other languages have the correct text.* Card names are visible on the cards themselves in the card-details view.* It does not cost Duel Points to enter a [[password]].

* Passwords now work for cards which were affected by the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 6: Expert 2#Glitches|password glitch]] (with the exception of "[[Lord of D. (DM6)|Lord of D.]]", which was not included in this game).* Trading is only possible with other copies of ''Worldwide Edition: Stairway to the gameDestined Duel''.

* Cards [[#Trivia|usually]] use their international artworks.** The Japanese names for the "[[Spirit Message]]" cards are changed to suit their international artworks . i.e. changed to spell "FINAL", instead of certain "DEATH".* The number of losses necessary to unlock [[Kaiba Mokuba (Stairway to the Destined Duel)|Kaiba Mokuba]] is reduced from ten to five. ===Cards removed===The following cards are edited, present in ''Duel Monsters 6'', were removed in ''Stairway to the Destined Duel''. <div class="columns" style="-webkit-column-width: 18em; -moz-column-width: 18em; column-width: 18em; -webkit-column-count: 4; -moz-column-count: 4; column-count: 4;">* "[[Bait Doll (DM6)|Bait Doll]]"* "[[Masked Beast Des Gardius (DM6)|Masked Beast Des Gardius]]"* "[[Soul Exchange (DM6)|Soul Exchange]]"* "[[Dreamsprite (DM6)|Dreamsprite]]"* "[[Kinetic Soldier (DM6)|Kinetic Soldier]]"* "[[Electromagnetic Bagworm (DM6)|Electromagnetic Bagworm]]"* "[[Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight (DM6)|Swift Gaia the Fierce Knight]]"* "[[Shift (DM6)|Shift]]"* "[[Ring of Magnetism (DM6)|Ring of Magnetism]]"* "[[Scapegoat (DM6)|Scapegoat]]"* "[[Blast Sphere (DM6)|Blast Sphere]]"* "[[Fairy's Hand Mirror (DM6)|Fairy's Hand Mirror]]"* "[[Time Machine (DM6)|Time Machine]]"* "[[The Flute of Summoning Dragon (DM6)|The Flute of Summoning Dragon]]"* "[[Fake Trap (DM6)|Fake Trap]]"* "[[Obnoxious Celtic Guard (DM6)|Obnoxious Celtic Guard]]"* "[[Magic Drain (DM6)|Magic Drain]]"* "[[Ancient Lamp (DM6)|Ancient Lamp]]"* "[[Last Will (DM6)|Last Will]]"* "[[The Mask of Remnants (DM6)|The Mask of Remnants]]"* "[[Fairy King Truesdale (DM6)|Fairy King Truesdale]]"* "[[Rigras Leever (DM6)|Rigras Leever]]"* "[[Lord of D. (DM6)|Lord of D.]]"* "[[The Monarchy (DM6)|The Monarchy]]"* "[[Set Sail for the Kingdom (DM6)|Set Sail for censorship purposesthe Kingdom]]"* "[[Glory of the King's Hand (DM6)|Glory of the King's Hand]]"* "[[Obelisk the Tormentor (DM6)|Obelisk the Tormentor]]"* "[[Slifer the Sky Dragon (DM6)|Slifer the Sky Dragon]]"* "[[The Winged Dragon of Ra (DM6)|The Winged Dragon of Ra]]"</div> The removal of "[[Scapegoat (DM6)|Scapegoat]]" makes the "[[Sheep Token (SDD)|Sheep Token]]" inaccessible through normal means. However, it can still be viewed via a [[glitch card]].

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| [[Kaiba Seto Kaiba (Stairway to the Destined Duel)|Kaiba Seto Kaiba]]

| [[Bakura Ryou Bakura (Stairway to the Destined Duel)|Bakura Ryou Bakura]]

| [[Kaiba Mokuba Kaiba (Stairway to the Destined Duel)|Kaiba Mokuba Kaiba]]| colspan="3" | Losing ten five Duels

| colspan="3" | Obtaining a copy of "[[Toon World (SM6DDSDD)|Toon World]]"

[[File:Duel Tournament-SDD.png|thumb|right|240px|[[Roland (Stairway to the Destined Duel)|Roland]], announcing a tournament]]* '''Duel Tournament''': Held every Saturday. At the beginning of the game, it takes place in the subway zone. Its location changes each week, following a clockwise spiral pattern around the map. The player faces an opponent in a [[Match]] and is awarded [[Duel Tournament special winner pack (SDD)|a special pack]] for winning.* '''KC Cup''': Starts on a Friday every 24 weeks. The location of the tournament is random, but will always take place in the same area of a neighboring one for the duration of the game. The tournament consists of three Matches spread over three days. On winning the third Match, the player is awarded [[KC Cup special winner pack (SDD)|a special pack]].* '''Challenge Cup''': Starts on a Friday every 13 weeks. The location of the tournament is random, but will always take place in the same area of a neighboring one for the duration of the game. The tournament consists of three Matches spread over three days. On winning the third Match, the player is awarded [[Challenge Cup special winner pack (SDD)|a special pack]].

** [[Kaiba Seto Kaiba (Stairway to the Destined Duel)|Kaiba Seto Kaiba]] and [[Kaiba Mokuba Kaiba (Stairway to the Destined Duel)|Kaiba Mokuba Kaiba]]

* '''Ghoul encounters''': Rare Hunters will randomly interrupt the player when they try to talk to a passenger or challenge an opponent. The player must then Duel the Ghoul instead. Ghouls which can be faced this way include [[Rare Hunter (Stairway to the Destined Duel)|Rare Hunter]], [[Arkana (Stairway to the Destined Duel)|Arkana]], [[Strings (Stairway to the Destined Duel)|Strings]], [[Umbra & Lumis (Stairway to the Destined Duel)|Umbra & Lumis]] and [[Odion (Stairway to the Destined Duel)|Odion]]. The player is awarded a ''[[Rare Selection Purple Millennium Puzzle pack (SDD)|Rare SelectionPurple Millennium Puzzle]]'' pack after defeating a Ghoul. If they lose, the Ghoul takes a rare card from them. After defeating each Ghoul this way, the Phantom Pyramid event is unlocked.* '''Phantom Pyramid''': The player takes part in this event immediately after defeating each of the Ghouls. They are taken to [[Marik Ishtar (Stairway to the Destined Duel)|Marik Ishtar]]'s lair, where they must Duel, [[Tea Gardner (Stairway to the Destined Duel)|Mind-Controlled Tea]], two random Ghouls, [[Joey Wheeler (Stairway to the Destined Duel)|Mind-Controlled Joey]] and [[Yami Marik (Stairway to the Destined Duel)|Yami Marik]]. Winning all five unlocks the Ghouls and Marik as regular opponents, the Limitation Tournaments and the achievement icons in the sub-menu screen. Losing causes the player to need to start again by defeating each Ghoul once each.* '''Limitation Tournament''': Available after completing the Phantom Pyramid. The player's Deck must meet a certain condition to be allowed to participate. Each tournament is a single Duel against an unseen opponent. By winning each tournament, the player unlocks the next one.*# Upon beating each tournament, you are awarded one of every card which you do not already own that conforms to the limitation requirement of that tournament. For instance, if you beat the first Limitation, and you haven't obtained a [[Monster CardVorse Raider (SDD)|MonstersVorse Raider]] can only be , you now have one in your trunk, as well as one of every other previously-unowned [[BeastWarrior]] or and [[Beast-Warrior]]-[[Type]].*# [[Monster Card|Monsters]] can only be Warrior or Beast-Warrior-Type

{{Main|Initial Deck (''SDD'')}} At the start of the game, the player is given a an Initial Deck from choice of three a Black Deck, Red Deck or Green Deck. There are two different Decksfor each color. The player is randomly given one of the two. Each Initial Deck has 36 cards in common and 5 variant cards. The variant cards are Monster Cards in the Black Deck, Trap Cards in the Red Deck, and Magic Cards in the Green Deck.

| Obtaining a copy of "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon (DM6SDD)|Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]"

| Obtaining a copy of "[[Exodia the Forbidden One (DM6SDD)|Exodia the Forbidden One]]"

| [[B. Skull Dragon pack(SDD)|B. Skull Dragon]]

| Obtaining a copy of "[[Red-Eyes B. Dragon (DM6SDD)|Red-Eyes B. Dragon]]"

| [[Barrel Dragon pack(SDD)|Barrel Dragon]]

| Obtaining a copy of "[[Barrel Dragon (DM6SDD)|Barrel Dragon]]"

| [[The Masked Beast pack(SDD)|The Masked Beast]]

| [[Destiny Board pack|Destiny Board]]

| [[Red Millennium Puzzle pack(SDD)|Red Millennium Puzzle]]

| [[Purple Millennium Puzzle pack(SDD)|Purple Millennium Puzzle]]

| [[Duelist Weekly special pack 1(A)|''Duelist Weekly'' special pack 1(A)]]| [[Weekly Jump special pack 1 Duelist (DM6A)|''Weekly JumpDuelist'' special pack 1(A)]]

| [[Duelist Weekly special pack 2(B)|''Duelist Weekly'' special pack 2(B)]]| [[Weekly Jump special pack 2 Duelist (DM6B)|''Weekly JumpDuelist'' special pack 2(B)]]

| [[Challenge Cup special winner pack (SDD)|Challenge Cup special winner pack]]| [[Challenge Cup special winner pack (DM6)|Challenge Cup special winner pack]]

| [[KC Cup special winner pack (SDD)|KC Cup special winner pack]]| [[KC Cup special winner pack (DM6)|KC Cup special winner pack]]

| [[Duel Tournament special winner pack (SDD)|Duel Tournament special winner pack]]| [[Duel Tournament special winner pack (DM6)|Duel Tournament special winner pack]]

| [[Yellow Eye of Wdjat pack (SDD)|Yellow Eye of Wdjat pack]]| ''[[Ultimate Random Pack]]''| Prize for winning the Limitation Tournaments. This is also available as a regular Booster Pack.|-| [[Purple Millennium Puzzle pack (SDD)|Purple Millennium Puzzle pack]]

==Language-select screenGlitches==The language-select screen can be accessed by pressing {{key press* If "[[Mystic Box (SDD)|select}} from the map screen. From here, the player can change the game's language Mystic Box]]" is used to Japanese, English, German, French, Italian or Spanish. * Japanese is represented return control of a monster taken by the flag "[[Change of Japan* English is represented by the United States flag in the North American version Heart (SDD)|Change of the game and the United Kingdom flag in the Japanese and European versions Heart]]", control of the game.* German monster is represented by switched again at the flag end of Germany.* French is represented by the flag of France.* Italian is represented by turn, rather than having it remain with the flag of Italyoriginal controller.* Spanish is represented by the flag of Spain. ==Sub-menu screen==The sub-menu screen gives the If a player the following options:* '''Deck & Trunk''': View cards has a Field Spell in their possession play, and edit the contents of their Deck.* '''Misc''': Trade with other games or enter passwords.* '''Link Duel''': Duel with other copies of player activates another Field Spell, then the game* '''Option''': Toggle first player activates a card to negate it (such as "[[StatusMagic Jammer (SDD)|Limitation StatusMagic Jammer]] "on" or "off[[Solemn Judgment (SDD)|Solemn Judgment]]". Only available after ), then both Field Spells will be destroyed, and their effects will no longer be active, but the player has won all of background image will remain the Limitation Tournaments. After completing same as the Phantom Pyramid, a list of icons representing achievements appear across the topfirst Field Spell. ===Deck & Trunk===The player can view their * There are many cards and edit their Deck from the Deck & Trunk menu. The menu has three different screens, which can cannot be toggled between using the {{key pressactivated or otherwise do not work, such as "[[Graverobber's Retribution (SDD)|L}} Graverobber's Retribution]]" and {{key press"[[Crush Card (SDD)|R}} keysCrush Card]]".* '''Trunk''': All cards in [[Bandit Keith (Stairway to the player's possession, not currently in the Deck or Side Deck.* '''Main Deck''': 40 to 60 Destined Duel)|Bandit Keith]] has two unplayable cards used in Duels; both Level 1 monsters with 0 ATK and DEF and no illustration.* '''Side Deck''': 0 They are supposed to 15 cards, which can be used to modify the Deck between "[[DuelKinetic Soldier (DM6)|Kinetic Soldier]]s", during a card only present in ''[[MatchYu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 6: Expert 2]]es''. They disappear from his hand after being drawn.  Each ** Sometimes the screen shows a list of cards with four visible at a time. The up and down arrows can be used will randomly go to move through the cards one at a time or screen where Keith declares the left and right arrows to move four Duel a time[[DRAW]]. ** When highlighted, a card's illustrationhe activates "[[Gamble (SDD)|Gamble]]", kana name, stats and the number of copies of calls it in wrong, when the Trunkgame tries to go to his turn, Deck and Side Deck are displayed. When selectedit skips it, which ends the player can view its details or move Duel, resulting in a copy to the Trunk, Deck or Side Deck. Cards can be filtered and re-ordered on each screenDRAW. * The options to filter by are; all cards, [[Normal MonsterPurple Millennium Puzzle pack (SDD)|Purple Millennium Puzzle pack]]s, [[Effect MonsterChallenge Cup winner pack (SDD)|Challenge Cup winner pack]]s, and [[Fusion MonsterRed Millennium Puzzle pack (SDD)|Red Millennium Puzzle pack]]s, can contain a [[Spell Card|Magic Cardsglitch card]], [[Trap Card]]which gets morphed into a regular card, meaning the pack can theoretically give any card, including Tokens or a special glitch card, which creates a harmless graphical glitch. Tokens and the special glitch card do not get added to the player's and trunk if they are obtained.** The [[Ritual MonsterYellow Eye of Wdjat pack (SDD)|Yellow Eye of Wdjat pack]]shas a chance of causing the special glitch card, but not a Token or normal glitch card.* Magic and Trap Cards can only be sorted by name. The options to sort monsters After the announcements proclaiming that the Rare Hunters are; name (which on the loose, there is also numeric order), a chance that [[ATKMarik Ishtar (Stairway to the Destined Duel)|Marik Ishtar]]will show up as a tournament opponent, even if he has not been faced in the normal storyline.* The Challenge Cup will not take place if [[DEFEspa Roba (Stairway to the Destined Duel)|Espa Roba]], is Dueled the day before it is scheduled.* The AI using "[[LevelGraceful Dice (SDD)|Graceful Dice]] and " or "[[TypeSkull Dice (SDD)|Skull Dice]]. In " can cause the event game of a tie, e.g. two cards having freeze at the same Level, when order by Level, they are ordered per end of the previously applied filterdie-roll cut scene. Statistics showing the total number of cards in each of the filter categories This can be viewed for each screenbypassed by holding {{Key press|A}} to skip the scene. ===Misc===Misc has two suboptions; "Trade" * Opening and "Password". "Trade" allows players to connect closing the language-select menu after the to a second copy announcement of ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Worldwide Edition: Stairway to the Destined Duel'' , using Target Week opponents will cause the Game Link Cable scene to transfer cards between copies. After connecting two copies of the game repeat and entering the trade menu, each player selects a card from their trunk and confirms that they wish to trade it. Each card is then sent to the opposite player's gamebe given new targets. "Password* If " allows players to enter the 8-digit [[PasswordThe Immortal of Thunder (SDD)|The Immortal of Thunder]]s from ''" is Summoned [[Yuface-Gi-Oh! Official Card Gamedown]]'' cards to acquire copies by the effect of "[[Spear Cretin (SDD)|Spear Cretin]]", then attacked and destroyed, the card in controller will get 3000 Life Points and the gameopponent will lose 5000 Life Points. ===Cable Duel===Players can connect two ("Spear Cretin" just creates copies of cards from the gameGraveyards that, once destroyed, using end up in the Game Link Cable, to Duel against each otherwrong Graveyard.) ===Option===If * The effect of "[[Witch of the player has completed Black Forest (SDD)|Witch of the Limitation Tournaments, this menu can be Black Forest]]" is activated twice when used to turn off Fusion Summon "[[StatusMusician King (SDD)|Limitation StatusesMusician King]]", effectively allowing with "[[Polymerization (SDD)|Polymerization]]" and a [[Fusion Substitute]].* When "Witch of the player to include three copies Black Forest" or "[[Sangan (SDD)|Sangan]]" are destroyed via the effect of any playable another card in such as "[[Premature Burial (SDD)|Premature Burial]]" or "[[Call Of The Haunted (SDD)|Call Of The Haunted]]", their Deckeffects will usually activate twice. ===Achievement icons===After completing * If "Change of Heart" is used twice in one turn, on adjacent monsters, the Phantom Pyramidfirst card will return normally, a list of icons representing achievements appear across but when the second returns it overlaps the top. The icons are initially green first and turn yellow after they have been awardeddisappears from the Duel. From left * Normally "[[Hourglass of Courage (SDD)|Hourglass of Courage]]" has to be face-up on the field for 3 full turns for its double ATK/DEF effect to rightwork, but if "Call Of The Haunted" is used to revive it during the achievements are:* Have at least ten wins against each opponent.* Open at least one every Booster Pack.* Reach 50's turn,000 Duel Points* Win its effect is applied on the Duel Tournament at least once in all fourteen areas on player's next turn, even though this is only the mapsecond turn.* Win If a player has a "[[Forbidden One]]" piece on the Challenge Cup* Win field and the others in their hand, the KC CupDuel prematurely ends with a DRAW declaration.* Initiate each The text for "[[Makiu (SDD)|Makiu]]" mentions "[[Left Arm of the character interruption sequences.* Have at least one Forbidden One (SDD)|Left Arm of every card.* Win all the Limitation TournamentsForbidden One]]", instead of "[[Summoned Skull (SDD)|Summoned Skull]]".* Complete If "[[Zombyra the Phantom Pyramid event. ==Miscellaneous information/Glitches==In Dark (SDD)|Zombyra the Deck & Trunk main menu, there Dark]]" is a bar for achievements such as beating certain Cupsreplaced with another monster, or getting a certain number of cards unlockede. There is no award for unlocking everything on this golden barg. Another gem on by the effect of "[[Cyber Jar (SDD)|Cyber Jar]]" or "[[Ultimate Offering (SDD)|Ultimate Offering]]", the bar is unlocked after defeating an opponent 80 timesnew monster will retain ATK reductions "Zombyra" had from its effect. The weekly duelist prize magazines * A monster taken by "Change of Heart" will not be able to attack if "[[Total Defense Shogun (SDD)|Total Defense Shogun]]" attacks before it that the player receives almost always only rewards them with Normal Monsters with ATK between 500 and 1000. Although extremely rare, a pack may contain a Blue Eyes White Dragon cardBattle Phase. After dueling an opponent 99 times, the counter resets to 00 and then back * Cards such as "[[Torrential Tribute (SDD)|Torrential Tribute]]" cannot be activated in response to 01. No record is kept on the total amount Summoning of duels with that opponent. The artworks for a "[[Dark Magician GirlSlime Token (SDD)|Slime Token]]", by the effect of "[[Harpie LadyJam Breeding Machine (SDD)|Jam Breeding Machine]]". Occasionally, Torrential Tribute also fails to activate against ordinary monsters, such as Pegasus' Summoned Skull.* "[[Sorcerer of the DoomedThe Legendary Fisherman (SDD)|The Legendary Fisherman]]", can be attacked while "[[Turtle RaccoonUmi (SDD)|Umi]]" is active.* Kaiba Seto can attack while he has played "[[Nightmare's Steelcage (partiallySDD), |Nightmare's Steelcage]]"* "[[Ring of DestructionExodia]]"wins can occur without the player having all five pieces in their hand, if they are part of the Deck.* If the effect of "[[Spear CretinCopycat (SDD)|Copycat]]" and is used twice, e.g. by flipping it face-down with "[[Zombyra the DarkMagical Hats (SDD)|Magical Hats]]" are uncensoredbetween activations, even in its ATK becomes the sum of the international releasetwo copied ATK values. If you use * The opponent can still Set Spell and Trap cards after "[[Change of HeartCold Wave (SDD)|Cold Wave]]" to take control has been activated.* The default target of a monster, and then "[[Mystic BoxMystical Space Typhoon (SDD)|Mystical Space Typhoon]]" to give back control is always itself.* When you activate "[[Dark Spirit of that monster, the monster will return to your field at Silent (SDD)|Dark Spirit of the end phase Silent]]", instead of remaining in your opponent's control. If a player has a Field Spell in playattacking monster destroying another of their monsters, and it attacks the other player activates another Field Spellmonster, then but neither are destroyed and you take damage equal to the first player activates a card to negate it such as targeted monster's ATK.* If "[[Magic JammerDimensional Warrior (SDD)|Dimensional Warrior]]" or attacks "Cyber Jar", the Monster cards that are summoned in the same Monster zones as where Dimensional Warrior and Cyber Jar used to be will be removed from play with Dimensional Warrior's effect.** If "Dimensional Warrior" attacks "[[Solemn JudgmentMorphing Jar 2 (SDD)|Morphing Jar #2]]"), then both Field Spells in addition to the previous glitch, an additional copy of "Dimensional Warrior" will be destroyedadded to the deck, and their effects an additional one will no longer be activeremoved from play.* If the CPU opponent inflicts damage to your Life Points with "[[Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer (SDD)|Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer]]", but the background image you will remain have the same as the first Field Spelloption of removing cards from your Graveyard. There are many cards which simply do not work* The CPU cannot activate "Crush Card", "[[Nobleman of Crossout (SDD)|Nobleman of Crossout]]", and some which even can't be activated. "[[Graverobber's RetributionNobleman of Extermination (SDD)|Nobleman of Extermination]]" and , "[[Crush CardSnatch Steal (SDD)|Snatch Steal]]" are examples of each, respectivelyor "Solemn Judgment", despite several CPU decks containing these cards.

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* [[Yami Yugi (Stairway to the Destined Duel)|Yami Yugi]]'s appearance on the box cover is taken from the title page for {{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|186|ref}}.* Despite typically using international card illustrations, "[[Dark Magician Girl (SDD)|Dark Magician Girl]]", "[[Harpie Lady (SDD)|Harpie Lady]]", "[[Sorcerer of the Doomed (SDD)|Sorcerer of the Doomed]]", "[[Bell of Destruction (SDD)|Bell of Destruction]]", "[[Spear Cretin (SDD)|Spear Cretin]]" and "[[Zombyra the Dark (SDD)|Zombyra the Dark]]" use their unedited Japanese illustrations. "[[Turtle Raccoon (SDD)|Turtle Raccoon]]" is only partially edited.* Only the last two digits of win, loss and copies of a card counters are visible on screen. e.g. 100 will display as "00", which is distinct from 0, which displays as "0".

==See alsoExternal links==* [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Worldwide Editionhttps: Stairway to the Destined Duel Glitches]//retroachievements.org/game/2412 Retro Achievements page]* [[https://datacrystal.tcrf.net/wiki/Yu-Gi-Oh! Worldwide Edition_Worldwide_Edition: Stairway to the Destined Duel Game Guide]_Stairway_to_the_Destined_Duel Data Crystal page]