A Shadow Game (闇のゲーム Yami no Gēmu, literally Game of Darkness or Dark Game) is a competitive activity in the manga that typically involves a Penalty Game for the loser. This is the original incarnation of Shadow Game concept.
A Shadow Game typically relies on a Millennium Item or other magical object to create the nature of the game or its Penalty Game. Seto Kaiba used Solid Vision to replicate the illusions of lifelike monsters created by the Millennium Puzzle for Shadow Games. Some games that were not invoked by any supernatural item were still described as Shadow Games.
HistoryEdit
In ancient Egypt Shadow Games were magical ceremonies that determined the fate of citizens and Kings. It was written in the Book of the Dead that whoever solves the Millennium Puzzle inherits the Shadow Games, becomes the guardian of right, and passes judgment on evil.[1]
A British team of archaeologists found the Millennium Puzzle in the Valley of the Kings, but suffered mysterious deaths, with the last one uttering "the Shadow Games" in his dying breath.[1]
Yugi Mutou solved the Millennium Puzzle, causing Dark Yugi,[1] the soul of the Pharaoh, Atem, stripped of his memories to emerge,[2] with the ability to take control of Yugi's body for what Yugi would see as moments of memory loss. Dark Yugi played various Shadow Games as means of dealing justice to people who wronged Yugi and his friends.[1]
ListEdit
 | This listing is currently incomplete. |
| Image | Game | Players | Invoking item | Penalty Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Weighing of the Heart (game) | Tragoedia VS High Priests[3] | Millennium Scales | |
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Money and Knife | Dark Yugi VS Ushio[1] | Millennium Puzzle | Greed, Illusion of Avarice |
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Dice game | Dark Yugi VS ZTV director | Millennium Puzzle | Mosaic Illusion |
|
Silence game | Dark Yugi VS Sozoji[4] | Millennium Puzzle | Beat Festival |
|
One finger BATTLE! | Dark Yugi VS escaped prisoner[5] | Fire~!!! | |
|
Paper Crash! | Dark Yugi VS Kokurano[6] | Peaceful Rest of the Timid | |
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Griddle Ice Hockey | Dark Yugi VS Goro Inogashira[7] | Exploding Death by Ice | |
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Dark Puzzle | Ms. Chono[8] | Millennium Puzzle | Face Puzzle |
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Coin in sneaker | Dark Yugi VS Junky Scorpion owner[9] | Poison Revolt | |
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Duel Monsters (game) | Dark Yugi VS Seto Kaiba[10][11] | Millennium Puzzle | Experience of Death |
|
Landmine Search Network | Dark Yugi VS Hirutani's gang[12] | "Landmine" Prey | |
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Question of Truth | Shadi VS Curator Kanekura[13] | Millennium Scales | Ammit Nesting in "Soul Room" |
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Labyrinth Treasure Hunt | Dark Yugi VS Shadi[14] | Millennium Puzzle | |
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Trial of the Mind | Shadi VS Dark Yugi[15] | Millennium Key | |
|
Hell Quiz | |||
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Concentration or Death | |||
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Game of Death | |||
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Maze of Fire | Dark Yugi VS Delinquents[16] | Maze of Flames | |
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Capsule Monster Chess (game) | Dark Yugi VS Mokuba Kaiba[17] | Millennium Puzzle | Capsule Hell |
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Duel Monsters (game) | Seto Kaiba VS Sugoroku Mutou[18] | Experience of Death | |
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Capsule Monster Chess (game) | Dark Yugi VS Mokuba Kaiba[19][20] | Experience of Death | |
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Duel Monsters (game) | Dark Yugi VS Seto Kaiba[21][22][23][24] | Millennium Puzzle | Mind Crush |
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Red Paint Lottery | Dark Yugi VS ZTV technician[25] | Millennium Puzzle | Mind on Air |
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Monster Fighter (game) | Dark Yugi VS Koji Nagumo[26][27] | Millennium Puzzle | Face Collapse |
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Dragon Cards (game) | Imori VS Yugi Mutou[28] | Dragon Cards | Xing Zhen Xu |
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Dragon Cards (Dark Yugi VS Imori) | Dark Yugi VS Imori[29] | Dragon Cards | Xing Zhen Xu |
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Game | Dark Bakura VS Mr. Karita[30] | Millennium Ring | Mind Doll |
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Monster World (game) | Dark Bakura VS Dark Yugi, Katsuya Jonouchi, Anzu Mazaki, and Hiroto Honda | Millennium Ring | |
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Duel Monsters (game) | Dark Yugi VS Maximillion J. Pegasus | Millennium Eye | SOUL TV |
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Duel Monsters (game) | Dark Yugi VS Ventriloquist of the Dead | Millennium Puzzle | Puppet Illusion |
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Duel Monsters (game) | Dark Yugi VS Player Killer of Darkness | Millennium Puzzle | Darkness of Naraku |
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Duel Monsters (game) | Seto Kaiba VS Maximillion J. Pegasus[31] | Millennium Eye | Mind Card |
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Shadow RPG | Dark Yugi VS Dark Bakura | Millennium Puzzle |
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ a b c d e Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 1: "The Puzzle of the Gods"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 150 (Duelist Duel 91): "The Gathering"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! GX chapter 31: "Darkness on the Move!!"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 3: "Hard Beat!"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 4: "Jail Break!"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 5: "The False Prophet"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 6: "Into the Fire"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 7: "The Face of Truth"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 8: "The Poison Man"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 9: "The Cards with Teeth (Part 1)"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 10: "The Cards with Teeth (Part 2)"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 12: "The Wild Gang (Part 2)"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 13: "The Man from Egypt (Part 1)"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 14: "The Man from Egypt (Part 2)"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 15: "The Other Criminal" — Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 20: "Game Over"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 22: "American Hero (Part 1)"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 24: "Capsule Monster Chess"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 27: "Project Start!"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 34: "Arena #2"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 35: "Board Game Deathmatch"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 36: "Battle Beyond Hope"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 37: "To the Death!!"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 38: "The Terror of Blue-Eyes!!"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 39: "Endgame!!"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 42: "Get the Million!!"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 43: "Monster Fight!! (Part 1)"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 44: "Monster Fight!! (Part 2)"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 46: "The Evil Dragon Cards (Part 1)"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 47: "The Evil Dragon Cards (Part 2)"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 50: "Millennium Enemy 1: The Mysterious Transfer Student"
- ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel 111 (Duelist Duel 52): "The Promise"