World Duel Carnival

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World Duel Carnival

Logo of WDC

Kanji

ワールド・デュエル・カーニバル

Rōmaji

Wārudo Dyueru Kānibaru

Japanese translated

World Duel Carnival

English

World Duel Carnival

Alternate names

WDC[1]

Anime storyline

Series

Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL

Original run

10 October 2011 – ???

Episodes

02626 – ???

The World Duel Carnival is a Duel tournament currently taking place in Heartland.

Purpose

The World Duel Carnival is really a plan designed by Mr. Heartland and Dr. Faker to find Numbers holders so that Kite Tenjo can hunt them more efficiently. If the latter wins the tournament, they will gather most of the "Number" cards.[2]

Others besides Dr. Faker and Mr. Heartland who know or at least suspect the real purpose of this tournament such as Tron and Astral are also using it to collect "Numbers".

Organization

Monitoring

Droite and Gauche are acting as referees of the tournament[3] and punish Duelists who cheated.[4] However, their true task is the search of "Number" cards.[4]

They are also involved in investigated incidents during the tournament and may decide whether something is allowed, as was the case with Housaku Yasai's Vegetable Death Matches.[3]

If they discover someone cheated, they have authority to decide what kind of punishment the person will get, even if such punishment would be a physical one. For example, Gauche forced a boy into a Duel and ordered him to disappear from Heartland City. Next time, he made Flip eat all his "Heart Piece" candies and bound him with a rope. Gauche threatened he would confiscate his deck, while Flip would be disqualified and deprived from all future participation in the tournament for the rest of his life. Additionally, he claimed he would make sure Flip never Dueled again by beating him out of Heartland City.[4]

Special rules

Having their own special rules in a Duel is not allowed. However, such rules can be approved by the referee, as was the case with Housaku Yasai's Vegetable Death Matches.[3]

Flow of the tournament

Preliminaries

The preliminaries happen for three days in Heartland City, and each Duelist must accept all challenges. The tournament has an ante rule of betting their Heart Pieces and if all pieces are lost, the participant will be automatically disqualified. In order to enter the finals, the Duelist must gather five correct Heart Pieces to make a perfect heart.[5]

The tournament begun with more than ten thousand participants. Only twenty-four Duelists were able to complete their Heart Pieces. III was a finalist but couldn't participate in the finals due to him being severely injured after losing to Yuma, therefore only twenty-three Duelist advanced to the finals.

Finals

First Stage

The first stage of the finals is called the Park Section which occurs all throughout Heartland. The Duelists use the Duel Coaster system which works similiar to a Battle Royal Duel. The Duelists ride the Duel Coaster and Duel if another Duelist is on the same lane. Multiple Duelists can Duel against the same opponent and several parts of the lanes have Spell/Trap Cards set which activate when the Duelist crosses over them.[6]

Those who remain from the twenty-three finalists will pass to the next course of the Duel Coaster which is the underground section.

Second Stage

The second stage consists of one-on-one battles, which happen in special fields: magma, space, jungle, and canyon. There seem to be beneficial uses with these fields as some Duelists, such as Droite and IV, state that they can put their opponents at disadvantages with these locations.[7]

Second stage finalists.

Finalists in each field
Magma - Shark VS IV
Space - Kite Tenjo VS V
Jungle - Tron VS Droite
Canyon - Gauche VS Yuma Tsukumo

Dueling Tree

Quarter finals Semi finals Final
                   
Episode 54        
  Tron  WIN
Episode Unknown
 Droite  LOSE  
 Tron  ?
Episodes 55-56
       ?  
 V  ?
 
 Kite Tenjo  ?  
     
Episodes 57-58    
       
 Reginald Kastle  ?
Episode Unknown
 IV  ?  
   ?
Episode 59
       ?  
 Yuma Tsukumo  ?
 Gauche  ?  
 

Prize

The winner will get a lifetime free passport to Heartland and the title of Duel Champion. Additionally, Mr. Heartland will fulfill one wish from the winner, if possible within his power.[5]

Participants

Over ten thousand Duelists participated in the tournament.[6] Of them, twenty-three qualified for the finals.[8] Fifteen were eliminated from the finals via the Duel Coaster.[6][9][7] Eight Duelists have made their way to the second stage, and thus far one has been eliminated.

Anna Kozuki was not a finalist as she didn't have a complete heart, but she forcibly took the place of another finalist.[9]

Known Finalists

Duelists in italics have been eliminated.

Eliminated Participants

Unofficial Participants

This Duelist Dueled someone who was participating in the WDC. His opponent was under the impression that he was involved in the tournament until after the Duel, when he revealed he possessed no Heart Pieces.

Gallery

  • Several unnamed participants.

  • The trophy.

  • The four Duel Fields.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episode 01515: "Training Days, Part 1"
  2. ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episode 01414: "The Number Hunter, Part 2"
  3. ↑ a b c Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episode 03030: "No Tomato"
  4. ↑ a b c Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episode 03737: "Double Jeopardy: Part 1"
  5. ↑ a b Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episode 02626: "Let the Duels Begin!"
  6. ↑ a b c Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episode 05151: "Roller Duel"
  7. ↑ a b Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episode 05353: "Test Your Luck!"
  8. ↑ Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episode 05050: "Party Panic"
  9. ↑ a b Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episode 05252: "Roller Coaster Rampage!"
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