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A '''Shadow Game''' (''Yami no Gemu'', literally '''Game of Darkness''' or '''Dark Game''') is a contest in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' series generally between two people that involves a harsh [[Penalty Game]] for the loser.
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[[File:Mai and Yami Marik Shadow Game.png|thumb|right|Black fog surrounding a Shadow Game of ''[[Duel Monsters]]'']]
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A '''Shadow Game''' (闇のゲーム ''Yami no Gēmu'', literally '''Game of Darkness''' or '''Dark Game''') is a contest in the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime)|''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' anime]], series generally between two people that involves a [[Penalty Game]] for the loser. It is based on the [[Shadow Game (manga)|Shadow Game]] concept from the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga)|manga]].
  
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Shadow Games are predominately mentioned in the original ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]''. [[Shadow Duel]]s, which are basically Shadow Games of ''[[Duel Monsters]]'' are also played in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]''.
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Shadow Games are usually played via Games of ''[[Duel Monsters]]'' with one player using the power of a [[Millennium Item]] to change the nature of the game; A thick black fog typically surrounds the game, lifelike versions of [[Monster Card]]s appear when they are played, even without the use of [[Solid Vision]], players may suffer in different ways during the game or by means of a Penalty Game should they lose. (In the English dub, the Duel is said to take place in the Shadow Realm when the fog appears.)
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The term "[[Shadow Duel]]" is also used to describe a Shadow Games of ''Duel Monsters''. This term is also used in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'', ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'', and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL]]'', where Shadow Duels are not explicitly stated to be Shadow Games.
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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Egyptians first allowed the Shadow Games. Using various means of sorcery, they send themselves into an alternate dimension where their duel would not be interrupted, and where cheating is strictly forbidden, punishable by death. In the Shadow Games, the sorcerers' skills would be tested by seeing how powerful of monsters they can summon, and how powerful a spell they can cast to power up their monsters.{{citation needed}}
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In ancient Egypt Shadow Games were magical ceremonies that determined the fate of citizens and Kings. When [[Yugi Muto]] solved the [[Millennium Puzzle (manga)|Millennium Puzzle]] in the twentieth century, he became heir to the Shadow Games and the guardian of justice.<ref name="ep 1">{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|1|ref}}</ref><ref name="mov">''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light]]''</ref>
  
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The power of the monsters could best be harnessed by the [[Millennium Item]]s. Created for the purpose of defending Egypt, they were put into the possession of the Pharaoh and his six priests. However, Dark Bakura wished to steal the Items all for himself, and tried to take the Items, both in Ancient Egypt and in the modern world. To do so, Bakura must play Shadow Games.{{citation needed}}
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[[Yami Bakura]] turned a game of ''Duel Monsters'' that [[Yugi Muto]], [[Joey Wheeler]], [[Téa Gardner]], and [[Tristan Taylor]] were about to play against [[Bakura Ryou]] into a Shadow Game. Each of the aforementioned characters had their soul sealed in their favorite card. [[Yami Yugi]] then took control of Yugi's body and played the Shadow Game with Yami Bakura to save his friends. When a person's favorite card was played, that person would be Summoned, dressed as the card and could act on their own violation rather than obey the commands of the person who played the card. If they were destroyed, they would go the Graveyard, where they would be pursued by the [[Reaper of the Cards (character)|Reaper of the Cards]]. While most characters chose a Monster Card, Bakura Ryou choose the [[Magic Card]], "[[Change of Heart (anime)|Change of Heart]]". After it was used, his soul continued to embody the card targeted by the Magic Card. Yami Bakura lost the Duel when Yami Yugi swapped the places of the two Bakura's souls and destroyed the card Yami Bakura dwelled in.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|12|ref}}</ref><ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh!|13|ref}}</ref>
  
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In the modern world, the possessor of a Millennium Item can challenge another person to a Shadow Game.
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==In other media==
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==Games==
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Shadow Mode Level 3.png                   | [[Shadow Game (manga)]]
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Duel Monsters Game of Darkness - Toei.png | [[Game of Darkness (Toei)]]
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{| class="wikitable"
 
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| [[Yugi and Ushio's Shadow Game]] (manga)
 
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| [[Dark Yugi (manga)|Dark Yugi]] and [[Tetsu Trudge|Ushio]] picked bank notes off their own hand by stabbing the money with a knife.<br />Ushio got greedy and tried to attack Yugi and take all the money for himself. However he suffered the Illusion of Avarice [[Penalty Game]] for cheating.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|1|ref}}</ref>
 
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| [[File:YGO-001 Shadow Game.jpg|150px]]
 
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| [[Yugi and Ushio's Shadow Game]] (anime)
 
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| [[Dark Yugi (first series anime)|Dark Yugi]] and Ushio hung at opposite ends of a rope strung around a pole at the top of a dome. A deck of [[wikipedia:playing card|playing cards]] was spread in a straight line between them. They took turns, turning over cards and climbing up a number of steps matching the number of the card they turned over, while their opponent climbed down the same number of steps. Dark Yugi won, but Ushio furiously climbed up to the top to steal the prize. For cheating, he suffered a Penalty Game where he believed he was being eaten by monsters.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! (first series)|1|ref}}</ref>
 
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| [[File:First Shadow Game.jpg|150px]]
 
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| [[Yugi and the ZTV director's Shadow Game]]
 
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| Dark Yugi and [[Director Lucius|the ZTV director]] played a simple die roll game. Whoever rolled lowest won. If it was a draw the director won. Dark Yugi rolled a 6. The director threw the die at Yugi on his turn, but Dark Yugi blocked it by holding up the Millennium Puzzle. This caused to die to break and land on a 1 and a 6, totaling 7. Dark Yugi inflicted the Mosaic Illusion Penalty Game on he director for losing.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|2|ref}}</ref>
 
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| [[File:YGO-002 Die game.png|150px]]
 
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| [[Yugi and Sozoji's Shadow Game]]
 
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| Dark Yugi and [[Sozoji]] sat at opposite ends of a table with [[Sound Pierrot]] dolls in front of them. The dolls dance upon hearing noise. The first one to make their doll dance lost. Sozoji thought he was going to win, as he noticed the jack from Dark Yugi's headphones ready to fall. However he got anxious, causing his heart to beat, while he was holding his microphone next to it. The sound of his heart was amplified on a speaker beside Sozoji, causing his doll to dance. Dark Yugi inflicted the Beat Festival Penalty Game on Sozoji for losing.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|3|ref}}</ref>
 
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| [[File:YGO-003 Shadow Game.jpg|150px]]
 
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| [[Yugi and Jiro's Shadow Game]]
 
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| Dark Yugi and [[Jackpot|Jiro the Jorogumo]] (unnamed in the manga) were each allowed to only use one of their ten fingers. The player to die loses. Jiro choose his right index finger, so he could shoot Dark Yugi with his gun. Dark Yugi choose his left thumb and lit a cigarette lighter with. He was allowed to light the cigarette in Jiro's hand before being shot. But after doing so, he placed in the lighter on Jiro's left arm, which was pouring vodka. If Jiro pulled the trigger, the lighter would fall into the overflowing vodka, setting him on fire. In the manga, his cigarette fell into the vodka, incinerating him. In the anime, he removed the lighter using his other fingers, but for cheating suffered a Penalty Game, where he thought he was on fire.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|4|ref}}</ref><ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! (first series)|2|ref}}</ref>
 
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| [[File:Toei002.jpg|150px]]
 
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| [[Yugi and Kokurano's Shadow Game]] (manga)
 
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| A bottle of chloroform was placed on a number of sheets on the center of a table. Players took turns pulling sheets out from under the bottle, trying not to break the bottle. One one of his turns Dark Yugi managed to cause the the bottle to stop partly over the edge of the table. He said if [[Kokurano]] really was psychic, he should be able to make the bottle levitate. Kokurano tried this, but only imagined the bottle floating. He pulled a sheet causing the bottle to smash and got knocked out by the chloroform.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|5|ref}}</ref>
 
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| [[File:YGO-005 Shadow Game.jpg|150px]]
 
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| [[Yugi and Kokurano's Shadow Game]] (anime)
 
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| Bottles of chloroform were strung from the ceiling, with the opposite ends of their ropes connected to a clock, which would cut a rope every minute. It was unknown which bottle was connected to which string and players had to take turns guessing which bottle would fall next and catch it. Kokurano tried to cheat by tripping Dark Yugi, but Dark Yugi threw the Millennium Puzzle at the rope, wedging it into something and stopping the bottle hitting the ground. Kokurano incorrectly guessed which bottle would fall next, causing one to smash and the chloroform to knock him unconscious.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! (first series)|1|ref}}</ref>
 
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| [[File:FSx013 Yugi VS Kokurano.png|150px]]
 
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| [[Griddle Ice Hockey]]
 
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| Griddle Ice Hockey was an air hockey-like Shadow Game, Dark Yugi played against [[Goro Inogashira]]. A giant heated grill and spatulas were used as the field and bats. A test tube of explosive chemicals embedded in a block of ice was used as a puck. Players used their bats to hit the chemicals towards their opponent. If the chemicals touched the hot grille, a player could be injured by the explosion. Goro initially had the upperhand as he dealt powerful blows, but Dark Yugi managed to crack the ice, such that it broke next time Goro hit it, causing the chemicals to explode in front of him.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|6|ref}}</ref>
 
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| [[File:YGO-006 Shadow Game.jpg|150px]]
 
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| [[Ms. Chono's Shadow Game]]
 
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| [[Ms. Chono]] put together [[Hiroto Honda (manga)|Hiroto Honda]]'s [[love jigsaw puzzle]] for [[Miho Nosaka]] in front of the class and threatened to expel the sender. Dark Yugi used the Millennium Puzzle to change the nature of the jigsaw puzzle to a Shadow Game. As Ms. Chono solved the jigsaw, she hurt herself as much as she hurt others. This caused the make-up on her face to peel away like pieces of a jigsaw and revealed her ugly face.<ref>{{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|7|ref}}</ref>
 
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| [[File:YGO-007 Chono works on the puzzle.jpg|150px]]
 
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| [[Yugi and Ms. Chono's Shadow Game]]
 
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| This was played in the first series anime instead of the previous game. Dark Yugi and Ms. Chono raced to complete broken mirrors like jigsaws, while blindfolded. Ms. Chono cheated by removing her blindfold while Dark Yugi couldn't see her. Although she finished her puzzle first, she suffered a Penalty Game for cheating. Her makeup peeled away like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Although she fixed this with more makeup, the makeup would crack every time she tried to impose strict rules.<ref>{{episode|Yu-Gi-Oh! (first series)|10|ref}}</ref>
 
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| [[File:FSx010 Yugi VS Chono.png|150px]]
 
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==Non-canon appearances==
 
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In ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories]]'' [[Nitemare]] created the Shadow Games.
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 23:05, 26 May 2024

Black fog surrounding a Shadow Game of Duel Monsters

A Shadow Game (闇のゲーム Yami no Gēmu, literally Game of Darkness or Dark Game) is a contest in the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, series generally between two people that involves a Penalty Game for the loser. It is based on the Shadow Game concept from the manga.

Shadow Games are usually played via Games of Duel Monsters with one player using the power of a Millennium Item to change the nature of the game; A thick black fog typically surrounds the game, lifelike versions of Monster Cards appear when they are played, even without the use of Solid Vision, players may suffer in different ways during the game or by means of a Penalty Game should they lose. (In the English dub, the Duel is said to take place in the Shadow Realm when the fog appears.)

The term "Shadow Duel" is also used to describe a Shadow Games of Duel Monsters. This term is also used in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, and Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL, where Shadow Duels are not explicitly stated to be Shadow Games.

HistoryEdit

In ancient Egypt Shadow Games were magical ceremonies that determined the fate of citizens and Kings. When Yugi Muto solved the Millennium Puzzle in the twentieth century, he became heir to the Shadow Games and the guardian of justice.[1][2]

Yami Bakura turned a game of Duel Monsters that Yugi Muto, Joey Wheeler, Téa Gardner, and Tristan Taylor were about to play against Bakura Ryou into a Shadow Game. Each of the aforementioned characters had their soul sealed in their favorite card. Yami Yugi then took control of Yugi's body and played the Shadow Game with Yami Bakura to save his friends. When a person's favorite card was played, that person would be Summoned, dressed as the card and could act on their own violation rather than obey the commands of the person who played the card. If they were destroyed, they would go the Graveyard, where they would be pursued by the Reaper of the Cards. While most characters chose a Monster Card, Bakura Ryou choose the Magic Card, "Change of Heart". After it was used, his soul continued to embody the card targeted by the Magic Card. Yami Bakura lost the Duel when Yami Yugi swapped the places of the two Bakura's souls and destroyed the card Yami Bakura dwelled in.[3][4]

In other mediaEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! episode 0011: "The Heart of the Cards"
  2. ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light
  3. ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! episode 01212: "Trial by Red Eyes"
  4. ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! episode 01313: "Evil Spirit of the Ring"
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