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| image name              = DDS-VideoGameEN.jpg
 
| image size              =
 
| english name            = Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories
 
| kanji name              = 遊戯王デュエルモンスターズIII {{Ruby|三聖戦神降臨|トライホーリーゴッドアドバント}}
 
| romaji name              = Yūgiō Dyueru Monsutāzu III Toraihōrīgoddo Adobanto
 
| japanese translated name = Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters III: Tri-Holy God Advent
 
| developer                = Konami
 
| publisher                = Konami
 
| platform                = Game Boy Color
 
| rating                  =
 
| genre                    = Card Battle
 
        | release date            =
 
* JP: July 13, 2000
 
* US: March 19, 2002
 
* EU: March 2003
 
}}
 
 
 
'''''Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories''''', released in Japan as '''''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters III: Tri-Holy God Advent''''' (遊戯王デュエルモンスターズIII {{Ruby|三聖戦神降臨|トライホーリーゴッドアドバント}} ''Yūgiō Dyueru Monsutāzu III Toraihōrīgoddo Adobanto''), is a [[wikipedia:Game Boy Color|Game Boy Color]] video game and the third title in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (video game series)|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters]]'' series, following ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters II: Dark duel Stories]]'' and followed by ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelist]]''. ''Dark Duel Stories'' was released in Japan on July 13, [[2000]], and it was the first ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' video game to be released outside of Japan; with a United States release date of March 19, [[2002]], it beat out ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories]]'' by two days. It was also released in Europe, in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish, in March 2003.
 
 
 
Players of the game can trade and battle with other players using a [[wikipedia:Game Link Cable|link cable]].
 
 
 
The subtitle of the game's Japanese name, ''Tri-Holy God Advent'', refers to the coming the three [[Egyptian God]]s in the next game, ''Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelist''. This is hinted after the game's ending credits, which feature the Egyptian Gods and the text "to be continued".
 
 
 
==Changes from ''Duel Monsters II''==
 
'''General'''
 
* Could not be played on an original [[wikipedia:Game Boy|Game Boy]] or on a [[wikipedia:Super Game Boy|Super Game Boy]]; attempting to do so displayed an error screen.
 
* As the first [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (video game series)|''Duel Monsters'' game]] to be licensed outside of Japan, it is also the first game that has been translated to multiple languages.
 
* Introduces "construction cards"
 
* 80 new cards, not including construction cards
 
* Cards are color-coded
 
* Cards in the chest can be ordered by number, alphabetically, by ATK, DEF, Alignment or Type. Previously they were only ordered by number.
 
* Deck Volume does not decrease when the player enters a password.
 
* The amounts of Deck Volume gained from trading, losing a communication battle and winning are communication battle are doubled.
 
* Deck Volume increases by 5 for simply playing a game in Campaign mode, rather than 2 for a loss and 3 for a win.
 
* Passwords can be used to unlock items other than cards.
 
* The [[Ante Duel|ante rule]] has been removed from communication battles.
 
* The player starts with a Deck of 40 fixed cards. Previously some of the cards were chosen at random from a pool.
 
* The Duelist Level calculation is changed from <code>((Deck Volume − 400) ÷ 7) + 15</code> to <code>((Deck Volume - 400) ÷ 3) + 15</code>, essentially meaning players need less Deck Volume to increase their Duelist Level.
 
 
 
'''Campaign'''
 
* Opponents use Decks of 40 fixed cards. Previously they had 40 randomly selected cards from a pool of 2048, which included duplicates.
 
* Ryou Bakura, Puppeteer of Doom, Bandit Keith, PaniK and Pegasus are not available as opponents.
 
* New opponents, including [[Espa Roba (Dark Duel Stories)|Espa Roba]], [[Seeker (Dark Duel Stories)|Seeker]], [[Pandora (Dark Duel Stories)|Pandora]], [[Seto (Dark Duel Stories)|Seto]], [[Heishin (Dark Duel Stories)|Heishin]] and [[Nitemare (Dark Duel Stories)|DarkNite/Nitemare]].
 
* The stages certain opponents appear in are changed.
 
* The character portraits shown in the stage images are cropped versions of the character's intro shots. In previous games, the portraits were from different images.
 
* The player to go first is chosen randomly. Previously, the human player always went first.
 
* AI opponents use cards other than just Monster Cards.
 
* The "victory bonus" mechanic has been removed.
 
 
 
'''Rules'''
 
* Only up to three copies of a card can be included in a Deck or one, in the case of [[Limited]] cards.
 
* [[Divine (Alignment)|Divine]] Alignment is introduced.
 
* [[Effect Monster]]s are introduced.
 
* [[Level]]s and [[Tribute Summon]]s are introduced.
 
** The Deck Cost of monsters requiring Tributes is reduced by 10 times the number of Tributes.
 
* [[Fusion Summon]]s can be conducted from the hand.
 
* Fusion Summoned monsters cannot attack the turn that they are Summoned.
 
* Of the three sacrifices required to use [[Ritual Card]]s, only one of them must be a specific monster, with the exception of "[[Gate Guardian Ritu]]" and "[[Ultimate Dragon (DDS)|Ultimate Dragon]]", which still require three specific monsters.
 
* Ritual Cards no longer disappear from the player's Deck after being used.
 
* When a card has its Level boosted/reduced, it gains/loses 500 [[ATK]] and [[DEF]], rather than 60% of their current ATK and DEF.
 
* Only one card can be drawn at the beginning of a turn. In the previous game, players drew until they had five cards in their hand. If the hand already contains five cards, no cards are drawn.
 
 
 
'''Cards'''
 
* A number of monsters are given effects.
 
* Some cards have different artworks.
 
* [[PaniK's monsters]] have their base stats from the manga. Previously they acquired their manga stats after being boosted by "[[Yami (DDS)|Yami]]".
 
* "[[Megamorph (DDS)|Megamorph]]" boosts by one Level, rather than two.
 
* In the Japanese version, "[[The Little Swordsm]]" had its name changed from アイルのこびとけんし ("Dwarf Swordsman of Aile") to アイルのしょうけんし ("The Little Swordsman of Aile").
 
 
 
==Cards==
 
===Regular===
 
{{Main|List of ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories'' cards}}
 
 
 
''Dark Duel Stories'' contains 800 cards, including:
 
* The 722 cards from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories]]''. The first 720 of these cards were also featured in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters II: Dark duel Stories]]''.
 
* 48 new cards from the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! (manga)|manga]], up until Duel 167: {{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|167}}
 
* 30 other new cards
 
 
 
Galleries:
 
* [[Gallery of Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories cards (North American English)|English (North America)]]
 
* [[Gallery of Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories cards (European English)|English (Europe)]]
 
* [[Gallery of Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories cards (French)|French]]
 
* [[Gallery of Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories cards (German)|German]]
 
* [[Gallery of Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories cards (Italian)|Italian]]
 
* [[Gallery of Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories cards (Spanish)|Spanish]]
 
* [[Gallery of Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters III: Tri-Holy God Advent cards|Japanese]]
 
 
 
===Constructed===
 
{{Main|List of ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories'' constructed cards}}
 
The game contains 9800 [[#Construction|construction cards]], created by mixing upper and lower parts.
 
 
 
==Game options==
 
[[File:DDS main menu.png|thumb|right|160px|The main menu]]
 
The following options are available from the main menu:
 
* '''Campaign''' (キャンペーン ''kyanpēn''): the game's story mode. Face AI opponents.
 
* '''Construction''' (コンストラクション ''Konsutorakushon''): Combine upper and lower card parts to make new cards.
 
* '''Versus''' (たいせん ''taisen''): battle other players, using the Game Link Cable
 
* '''Trade''' (トレード ''torēdo''): trade with other players via the [[wikipedia:Game Link Cable|Game Link Cable]].
 
* '''Records''' (せいせき ''seiseki''): statistics and other information about the player
 
* '''Change name''' (なまえへんこう ''namae henkō''): option to change the player's name
 
* '''Password''' (パスワード ''pasuwādo''): unlock items by entering a password
 
 
 
===Campaign===
 
Each opponent in a stage must be defeated 5 times to unlock the next stage. After this, opponents can continue to be battled for more points and card drops. After defeating [[Nitemare (Dark Duel Stories)|DarkNite]] five times, the ending credits roll. After that an additional Dark Stage appears, with [[Yami Yugi (Dark Duel Stories)|Yami Yugi]] as an opponent. The opponent for this stage can be changed with a [[#Password|password]].
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable" style="clear: right;"
 
|-
 
! scope="col" | Stage
 
! scope="col" | Image
 
! scope="col" | Opponents
 
|-
 
! scope="row" | Stage 1: Tomino Town 1
 
| [[File:DM3 ST1.png|Stage 1: Tomino Town 1]]
 
|
 
<gallery widths="160" heights="144" mode="nolines">
 
Tristan Taylor-DDS.png | [[Tristan Taylor (Dark Duel Stories)|Tristan Taylor]]
 
Joey-DDS.png          | [[Joey Wheeler (Dark Duel Stories)|Joey Wheeler]]
 
Mai-DDS.png            | [[Mai Valentine (Dark Duel Stories)|Mai Valentine]]
 
Mako-DDS.png          | [[Mako Tsunami (Dark Duel Stories)|Mako Tsunami]]
 
Yugi-DDS.png          | [[Yugi Muto (Dark Duel Stories)|Yugi Muto]]
 
</gallery>
 
|-
 
! scope="row" | Stage 2: Tomino Town 2
 
| [[File:DM3 ST2.png|Stage 2: Tomino Town 2]]
 
|
 
<gallery widths="160" heights="144" mode="nolines">
 
Esp Roba-DDS.png | [[Espa Roba (Dark Duel Stories)|Espa Roba]]
 
Rex-DDS.png      | [[Rex Raptor (Dark Duel Stories)|Rex Raptor]]
 
Weevil-DDS.png  | [[Weevil Underwood (Dark Duel Stories)|Weevil Underwood]]
 
Seeker-DDS.png  | [[Seeker (Dark Duel Stories)|Seeker]]
 
Pandora-DDS.png  | [[Pandora (Dark Duel Stories)|Pandora]]
 
Kaiba-DDS.png    | [[Seto Kaiba (Dark Duel Stories)|Seto Kaiba]]
 
</gallery>
 
|-
 
! scope="row" | Stage 3: Ancient Egypt
 
| [[File:DM3 ST3.png|Stage 3: Ancient Egypt]]
 
|
 
<gallery widths="160" heights="144" mode="nolines">
 
Paradox-DDS.png  | [[Simon Muran (Dark Duel Stories)|Simon Muran (Paradox)]]
 
P.Seto-DDS.png  | [[Seto (Dark Duel Stories)|Seto]]
 
Ishizu-DDS.png  | [[Isis Ishtar (Dark Duel Stories)|Isis Ishtar (Ishizu Ishtar)]]
 
Slysheen-DDS.png | [[Heishin (Dark Duel Stories)|Heishin (Slysheen)]]
 
</gallery>
 
|-
 
! scope="row" | Final Boss
 
| [[File:DM3 ST4.png|Final Boss]]
 
|
 
<gallery widths="160" heights="144" mode="nolines">
 
DarkNite-DDS.png | [[Nitemare (Dark Duel Stories)|DarkNite]]
 
</gallery>
 
|-
 
! scope="row" rowspan="5" | Dark Stage
 
| [[File:DM3 ST5 Yami Yugi.png|Stage 5: Yami Yugi]]
 
|
 
<gallery widths="160" heights="144" mode="nolines">
 
YamiYugi-DDS.png | [[Yami Yugi (Dark Duel Stories)|Yami Yugi]]
 
</gallery>
 
|-
 
| [[File:DM3 ST5 Marik.png|Stage 5: Marik Ishtar]]
 
|
 
<gallery widths="160" heights="144" mode="nolines">
 
Marik-DDS.png | [[Marik Ishtar (Dark Duel Stories)|Marik Ishtar]]
 
</gallery>
 
|-
 
| [[File:DM3 ST5 Yami Bakura.png|Stage 5: Yami Bakura]]
 
|
 
<gallery widths="160" heights="144" mode="nolines">
 
YaBakura-DDS.png | [[Yami Bakura (Dark Duel Stories)|Yami Bakura]]
 
</gallery>
 
|-
 
| [[File:DM3 ST5 Shadi.png|Stage 5: Shadi]]
 
|
 
<gallery widths="160" heights="144" mode="nolines">
 
Shadi-DDS.png | [[Shadi (Dark Duel Stories)|Shadi]]
 
</gallery>
 
|-
 
| [[File:DM3 ST5 Nitemare.png|Stage 5: Nitemare]]
 
|
 
<gallery widths="160" heights="144" mode="nolines">
 
Nitemare-DDS.png | [[Nitemare (Dark Duel Stories)|Nitemare]]
 
</gallery>
 
|}
 
 
 
===Construction===
 
{{Multiple image
 
| image1  = DDS construction menu.png
 
| width1  = 160
 
| caption1 = The construction menu
 
 
 
| image2  = DDS construction example.png
 
| width2  = 160
 
| caption2 = A card being constructed
 
}}
 
 
 
Each time the player wins a battle, they are awarded with a construction card part. There are 280 parts in total, divided into 140 lower parts and 140 upper parts. These are divided into two groups, with each group having 70 lower parts and 70 upper parts. A lower part and an upper part from the same group can be combined to form a construction card, resulting in 4900 possible construction cards in each group, or 9800 construction cards in total; parts cannot be combined between the groups, nor can two lower parts or two upper parts be combined with each other.
 
 
 
Constructed cards can be previewed before they are actually created, allowing the player to review their options before sacrificing parts to get the cards. Constructed cards are always [[monster]]s, and the maximum possible [[ATK]] and [[DEF]] is 2000.
 
 
 
Players can change the upper body parts from this menu by pressing the up and down buttons and change the lower body part by pressing the left and right buttons.
 
 
 
{{Multiple image
 
| image1  = SoulicerSnowCrystal-DDS-EN-VG.png<!-- this should be the Japanese image, once that gets uploaded -->
 
| width1  = 160
 
| caption1 = "SoulicerCrystal" as a constructed card in ''Dark Duel Stories''.
 
 
 
| image2  = SoulicerSnowCrystal-DM4-JP-VG.png
 
| width2  = 160
 
| caption2 = "Soulicer Crystal" as a regular card in ''Duel Monsters 4''.
 
}}
 
While the card construction mechanic itself only appeared in ''Dark Duel Stories'', <!-- at least --> seven constructed cards were featured as regular cards in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelist]]''; one of these cards was then printed in the ''[[OCG]]'', and subsequently featured in further video games.
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
 
! scope="col" | Name
 
! scope="col" | ''DM4'' card
 
! scope="col" | Notes
 
|-
 
| "[[Soulicer Snow Crystal|SoulicerCrystal]]"
 
| 884: "[[Soulicer Crystal]]"
 
|
 
|-
 
| "[[Red MainBlutches]]"
 
| 885: "[[Red Main Blutches]]"
 
|
 
|-
 
| "[[SpherusLady]]"
 
| 886: "[[Spherus Lady]]"
 
| Later printed in the ''[[OCG]]''
 
|-
 
| "[[Longnose Blue Mammoth|Long NoseMammoth]]"
 
| 887: "[[Long Nose Mammoth]]"
 
|
 
|-
 
| "[[Angler Fat Fish|AnglerFat Fish]]"
 
| 888: "[[Angler Fat Fish]]"
 
|
 
|-
 
| "[[Light Law Medium|Light LawMedium]]"
 
| 889: "[[Light Law Medium]]"
 
|
 
|-
 
| "[[RootWood]]"
 
| 890: "[[Root Wood]]"
 
|
 
|}
 
 
 
===Versus===
 
[[File:DDS versus menu.png|thumb|right|160px|The versus menu]]
 
Players can battle other players with a copy of ''Dark Duel Stories'' using the [[wikipedia:Game Link Cable|Game Link Cable]] via the versus menu. The Deck can be altered, and a Deck Capacity limit can be chosen, on this screen. Allowed limits are 500, 700, 1000, 2000 and 9999.
 
 
 
The option to take a card from the opponent's chest after winning a battle was removed in this game.
 
 
 
{{clear}}
 
 
 
===Trade===
 
{{Multiple image
 
| image1  = DM3 trade options.png
 
| width1  = 160
 
| caption1 = Prompt to select which game to connect with
 
| image2  = DDS trade menu.png
 
| width2  = 160
 
| caption2 = Trade menu
 
}}
 
In the Japanese version of the game, players can trade with ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (video game)|Duel Monsters I]]'', ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters II: Dark duel Stories|Duel Monsters II: Dark duel Stories]]'' or ''Duel Monsters III: Tri-Holy God Advent''. When trading they must specify which game they are trading with. Only cards existing in the game being connected to can be traded. In other languages, players can only trade with other copies of ''Dark Duel Stories'' (known as ''Duel Monsters III: Tri-Holy God Advent'' in Japan).
 
 
 
A trade cannot be conducted unless the player has over 50 cards that are lower in Deck Cost than their Duelist Level.
 
 
 
From the trade menu, the player has three options, "chest", "check card" and "exchange card". The player must open the "chest" menu and select which cards they wish to trade. They can review the cards they have selected in the "check card" screen. The cards are traded when each players selects "exchange card".
 
 
 
[[Communication Fusion]]s can be conducted by trading certain cards.
 
 
 
{{clear}}
 
 
 
===Records===
 
The records screen contains the player's name, communication battle statistics, Duelist Level and Deck Volume.
 
 
 
===Change name===
 
The player can change their name. Names can be eight characters long. The Japanese version of the game allows [[wikipedia:kana|kana]] characters to be used. The English version allows the 26 letters from the English alphabet in upper or lower case to be used.
 
 
 
===Password===
 
{{Multiple image
 
| image1 = DDS password intro.png
 
| width1 = 160
 
| image2 = DDS password input.png
 
| width2 = 160
 
| footer = Password menu
 
}}
 
 
 
Cards can be added to the player's chest in the password menu, by entering eight-digit [[password]]s from ''[[OCG]]''/''[[TCG]]'' cards. There are seven non-card passwords: one makes [[Solomon Muto (Dark Duel Stories)|Solomon Muto]] give an extra card after each battle, one allows the credits to be viewed, and the other five are for switching the Stage 5 opponent. There are also 106 [[Password#Unusable Dark Duel Stories passwords|unusable passwords]], which display the message "Can't record password! Try a different password." when entered.
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
|+ Non-card passwords
 
|-
 
! scope="col" | Password
 
! scope="col" | Action
 
|-
 
| 65437205
 
| Grandpa gives the player an extra card after each Duel
 
|-
 
| 70715281
 
| Change the Stage 5 opponent to [[Yami Yugi (Dark Duel Stories)|Yami Yugi]]
 
|-
 
| 07119986
 
| Change the Stage 5 opponent to [[Yami Bakura (Dark Duel Stories)|Yami Bakura]]
 
|-
 
| 43504084
 
| Change the Stage 5 opponent to [[Nitemare (Dark Duel Stories)|Nitemare]]
 
|-
 
| 70592699
 
| Change the Stage 5 opponent to [[Shadi (Dark Duel Stories)|Shadi]]
 
|-
 
| 06987398
 
| Change the Stage 5 opponent to [[Marik Ishtar (Dark Duel Stories)|Marik Ishtar]]
 
|-
 
| 42382443
 
| View the credits
 
|-
 
|}
 
 
 
==Rules==
 
The game does not use rules from the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game]]''. It uses the rules from its predecessor ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters II: Dark duel Stories]]'' and makes a number of modifications and updates.
 
 
 
===Deck construction===
 
* A player's [[Main Deck|Deck]] must contain exactly 40 cards.
 
* A Deck can have up to 3 copies of the same card or 1 copy in the case of [[#Limited cards|Limited cards]].
 
* Each card's Deck Cost must be equal to or lower than the player's Duelist Level.
 
* The sum of each card's Deck Cost must be below a certain Deck Volume.
 
** In "campaign" mode, the player has a set Deck Volume, which they can increase through different methods.
 
** In "versus" battles, players choose a Deck Volume that they must both obey (500, 700, 1000, 2000 or 9999).
 
 
 
===Stat calculations===
 
The player's initial Deck Volume is 400. It can be altered using these methods, until it reaches the maximum of 9999.
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
 
! scope="col" | Difference
 
! scope="col" | Method
 
|-
 
| +2  || [[#Trade|Trade]]
 
|-
 
| +5  || Play a game in campaign mode
 
|-
 
| +10 || Lose a [[#Versus|communication battle]]
 
|-
 
| +20 || Win a communication battle
 
|}
 
 
 
The player's Duelist Level is equal to <code>(Deck Volume &minus; 400) ÷ 3 + 15</code>, rounded down and capped at 255. New games start with a Duelist Level of 15.
 
 
 
Each card has its Deck Cost printed on it. Although, there is logic that can be used to otherwise determine a card's Deck Cost.
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
 
! scope="col" | Cards
 
! scope="col" | Deck Cost
 
|-
 
| Certain monsters that are primarily intended to be Summoned through other means;<br />[[Ritual Monster]]s, "[[Meteor B. Dragon (DM2)|Meteor B. Dragon]]" and "[[Thousand-eyes Rest]]"
 
| 255
 
|-
 
| "[[Petit Moth (DM2)|Petit Moth]]" evolutions
 
| <code>55 + stage × 2.5</code> (whether to round up or down varies)
 
|-
 
| Monsters with abilities ("[[Exodia]]" pieces and "[[Petit Moth (DM2)|Petit Moth]]"). This does not include regular [[Effect Monster]]s.
 
| <code class="nowrap">(ATK + DEF) ÷ 100 - sacrifices × 10 + 50</code>
 
|-
 
| Other monsters
 
| <code>(ATK + DEF) ÷ 100 - sacrifices × 10</code>
 
|-
 
| [[Ritual Card]]s
 
| 0
 
|-
 
| [[Field Spell Card|Field Magic Cards]]
 
| 20
 
|-
 
| +1 Level [[Equip Spell Card|Equip Magic Cards]]
 
| 150
 
|-
 
| [[Type destroyer]]s
 
| 150
 
|-
 
| Other [[Spell Card|Magic]] and [[Trap Card]]s
 
| Varies on perceived usefulness
 
|}
 
 
 
===Duels===
 
* Each player starts with 8000 [[LP]].
 
* Each player starts with five cards in their [[hand]].
 
* The player draws one card at the start of each turn, unless their hand already contains five cards.
 
 
 
'''Playing cards'''
 
* Players can [[Normal Summon]] one [[Monster Card|monster]] from their hand per turn. They may Summon a monster into one of the five available zones.
 
** [[Level]] 1 to 4 monsters can be Summoned freely.
 
** In order to Summon a Level 5 or 6 monster, they must first offer a monster that is already on the field as a [[Tribute]].
 
** In order to Summon a Level 7 or 8 monster, they must offer two monsters that are already on the field as Tributes.
 
* If a Summoned monster has an [[effect]], it can be [[activate]]d.
 
* If the player attempts to place the monster into a zone occupied by another monster, the game will attempt to [[#Fusion Summon|fuse]] the monsters.
 
** If the Fusion is valid, a new monster will be Summoned into the zone. This will not be considered the player's Normal Summon, so they can Summon another monster the same turn they conduct a Fusion Summon.
 
** If the Fusion is invalid, the second monster will replace the first.
 
* The player may fuse monsters while they are in their hand. However the Fusion Monster will remain in their hand and will require Tributes to Summon, if it is Level 5 or higher.
 
* Multiple [[Spell Card|Magic Cards]] can be activated per turn. Magic Cards are immediately activated when played and have some effect on gameplay.
 
* One [[Trap Card]] can be placed [[face-down]] on the field per turn. It will activate automatically when a certain condition, specified on the card, is met. Even if it does not activate, the Trap Card will disappear at the end of the opponent's next turn.
 
* Multiple [[Ritual Card]]s can be activated per turn. A Ritual Card sacrifices three monsters to Summon a new monster. Depending on the Ritual Card, one or three of the sacrifices must be specific monsters. If the the necessary sacrifices are not supplied, the Ritual Card has no effect.
 
 
 
'''Battling'''
 
* Each turn, a player can put each of their monsters in either [[Attack Position|Attack]] or [[Defense Position]].
 
* If a monster is put in Attack Position, it can attack monsters on the opponent's side of the field. If there are none, they may attack the opponent directly.
 
* When a monster attacks a player directly, the monster's [[ATK]] is deducted from the LP of the attacked player.
 
* When a monster attacks an Attack Position monster, the monster with lower ATK is [[destroy]]ed and the difference is deducted from the LP of the controller of the destroyed monster. If both monsters have the same ATK, they are both destroyed.
 
* When a monster attacks a Defense Position monster: If the attacking monster's ATK is higher than the defending monster's [[DEF]], the defending monster is destroyed. If the attacking monster's ATK is equal to or lower than the DEF of the defending monster, the difference is deducted from the LP of the controller of the attacking monster, and neither monster is destroyed.
 
* However, when a monster attacks a monster with an opposing [[Alignment]], the monster with the inferior Alignment is instantly destroyed and the controller of the monster with the superior Alignment will not lose LP.
 
** [[Fire (Alignment)|Fire]] beats Forest
 
** [[Forest (Alignment)|Forest]] beats Wind
 
** [[Wind (Alignment)|Wind]] beats Earth
 
** [[Earth (Alignment)|Earth]] beats Thunder
 
** [[Thunder (Alignment)|Thunder]] beats Water
 
** [[Water (Alignment)|Water]] beats Fire
 
** [[Black Magic (Alignment)|Shadow]] beats Light
 
** [[White Magic (Alignment)|Light]] beats Fiend
 
** [[Demon Magic (Alignment)|Fiend]] beats Dreams
 
** [[Illusion Magic (Alignment)|Dreams]] beats Shadow
 
** The [[Divine (Alignment)|Divine]] does not automatically beat or lose to any other Alignment
 
* Fusion Monsters cannot attack the turn that they are Fusion Summoned.
 
 
 
'''Winning'''
 
 
 
A Duel is won when any of these conditions are met:
 
* The opponent's LP are reduced to 0.
 
* The opponent cannot draw a card.
 
* The player has all five "[[Exodia]]" pieces in their hand.
 
 
 
===Limited cards===
 
The following cards are [[Limited]], meaning the player can only have a single copy of it in their Deck. This restriction does not apply to CPU opponents' Decks.
 
* 017. [[R Leg of Forbidden]]
 
* 018. [[L Leg of Forbidden]]
 
* 019. [[R Arm of Forbidden]]
 
* 020. [[L Arm of Forbidden]]
 
* 021. [[Exod. of Forbidden]]
 
* 336. [[Dark Hole (DDS)|Dark Hole]]
 
* 337. [[Raigeki (DDS)|Raigeki]]
 
* 348. [[Swords of Revealin]]
 
* 657. [[Megamorph (DDS)|Megamorph]]
 
* 781. [[Brain Control (DDS)|Brain Control]]
 
* 784. [[Change of Heart (DDS)|Change of Heart]]
 
* 789. [[Pot of Greed (DDS)|Pot of Greed]]
 
 
 
==Obtaining cards==
 
===Starter Deck===
 
The player's Starter Deck consists of the following 40 cards:<ref>http://datacrystal.romhacking.net/wiki/Yu-Gi-Oh!_Dark_Duel_Stories:ROM_map#Starter_deck</ref>
 
{{Decklist
 
|normal monsters =
 
* 009. [[Shadow Specter (DDS)|Shadow Specter]] x3
 
* 122. [[Yamatano Dragon Sc]]
 
* 137. [[Mystery Hand (DDS)|Mystery Hand]] x3
 
* 182. [[Masked Clown (DDS)|Masked Clown]]
 
* 197. [[Mech Mole Zombie (DDS)|Mech Mole Zombie]]
 
* 202. [[Air Marmot of Nefa]]
 
* 207. [[Droll Bird (DDS)|Droll Bird]]
 
* 211. [[Kaminarikozou (DDS)|Kaminarikozou]]
 
* 393. [[Zone Eater (DDS)|Zone Eater]]
 
* 399. [[Swordsman from a F]]
 
* 410. [[Mechanical Spider (DDS)|Mechanical Spider]]
 
* 420. [[Cyber-Stein (DDS)|Cyber-Stein]]
 
* 422. [[Jinzo 7 (DDS)|Jinzo #7]]
 
* 436. [[White Dolphin (DDS)|White Dolphin]]
 
* 444. [[Turu-Purun (DDS)|Turu-Purun]] x2
 
* 475. [[Sinister Serpent (DDS)|Sinister Serpent]] x3
 
* 486. [[Boo Koo (DDS)|Boo Koo]]
 
* 504. [[Fungi of the Musk (DDS)|Fungi of the Musk]]
 
* 506. [[Gale Dogra (DDS)|Gale Dogra]]
 
* 516. [[Muka Muka (DDS)|Muka Muka]]
 
* 524. [[Star Boy (DDS)|Star Boy]]
 
* 527. [[Milus Radiant (DDS)|Milus Radiant]]
 
* 548. [[Bone Mouse (DDS)|Bone Mouse]]
 
* 549. [[Frog The Jam (DDS)|Frog The Jam]]
 
* 563. [[Wretched Ghost of]] x2
 
* 579. [[Abyss Flower (DDS)|Abyss Flower]]
 
* 609. [[Bladefly (DDS)|Bladefly]]
 
* 611. [[Hiro's Shadow Scou]] x2
 
|effect monsters =
 
* 397. [[Leghul (DDS)|Leghul]] x2
 
* 402. [[Monster Eye (DDS)|Monster Eye]]
 
}}
 
 
 
===Opponent drops===
 
When an opponent is defeated in campaign mode, the player is given a card.
 
 
 
Each opponent has a different list of cards the player can get for beating them, with each card on the list having an assigned probability of randomly obtaining it.
 
 
 
===Communication Fusion===
 
Communication Fusions can be performed by [[#Trade|trading]] certain cards. Each Fusion requires #189: "[[Fusionist (DDS)|Fusionist]]" and two other Fusion Material Monsters.
 
 
 
In the Japanese version, players can connect their game with ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (video game)|Duel Monsters I]]'' or ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters II: Dark duel Stories|Duel Monsters II: Dark duel Stories]]'', or to a second copy of ''Duel Monsters III: Tri-Holy God Advent'' (''Dark Duel Stories'').
 
 
 
In other languages, players can only connect with another copy of ''Dark Duel Stories''  (''Duel Monsters III: Tri-Holy God Advent'').
 
 
 
====''Duel Monsters I'' to ''Duel Monsters III''====
 
By sending cards from ''Duel Monsters I'' to ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters III'', the following Communication Fusions are possible.
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
 
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Result
 
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Material 1
 
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Material 2
 
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Material 3
 
|-
 
| 776 || [[Bite Shoes (DDS)|Bite Shoes]]
 
| rowspan="2" | 189
 
| rowspan="3" | [[Fusionist (DDS)|Fusionist]]
 
| 184 || [[Genin (DDS)|Genin]]
 
| 188 || [[Synchar (DDS)|Synchar]]
 
|-
 
| 778 || [[Ooashi (DDS)|Ooashi]]
 
| 049 || [[Big Insect (DDS)|Big Insect]]
 
| 240 || [[The Drdek (DDS)|The Drdek]]
 
|}
 
 
 
====''Duel Monsters II'' to ''Duel Monsters III''====
 
By sending cards from ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters II'' to ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters III'', the following Communication Fusions are possible.
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
 
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Result
 
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Material 1
 
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Material 2
 
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Material 3
 
|-
 
| 773 || [[Sword Hunter (DDS)|Sword Hunter]]
 
| rowspan="3" | 189
 
| rowspan="3" | [[Fusionist (DDS)|Fusionist]]
 
| 399 || [[Swordsman from a F]]
 
| 415 || [[Mechanicalchacer (DDS)|Mechanicalchacer]]
 
|-
 
| 774 || [[Drill Bug (DDS)|Drill Bug]]
 
| 375 || [[Dungeon Worm (DDS)|Dungeon Worm]]
 
| 545 || [[Skelgon (DDS)|Skelgon]]
 
|-
 
| 775 || [[Deepsea Warrior (DDS)|Deepsea Warrior]]
 
| 437 || [[Deepsea Shark (DDS)|Deepsea Shark]]
 
| 469 || [[Armed Ninja (DDS)|Armed Ninja]]
 
|}
 
 
 
====''Duel Monsters III'' to ''Duel Monsters III''====
 
By sending cards from ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters III'' to ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters III'', the following Communication Fusions are possible.
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
 
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Result
 
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Material 1
 
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Material 2
 
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Material 3
 
|-
 
| 777 || [[Spikebot (DDS)|Spikebot]]
 
| rowspan="3" | 189
 
| rowspan="3" | [[Fusionist (DDS)|Fusionist]]
 
| 490 || [[Needle Ball (DDS)|Needle Ball]]
 
| 735 || [[Steel OgreGrotto 2|Steel OgreGrotto#2]]
 
|-
 
| 779 || [[Satellite Cannon (DDS)|Satellite Cannon]]
 
| 512 || [[Cannon Soldier (DDS)|Cannon Soldier]]
 
| 724 || [[Space Megatron (DDS)|Space Megatron]]
 
|-
 
| 780 || [[Mutant Crab (DDS)|Mutant Crab]]
 
| 451 || [[Kanikabuto (DDS)|Kanikabuto]]
 
| 763 || [[Parasite Paracide (DDS)|Parasite Paracide]]
 
|}
 
 
 
 
 
===Trading===
 
From the trade menu, the player can trade cards with other copies of ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories'', using the [[wikipedia:Game Link Cable|Game Link Cable]]. In the Japanese version of the game, trades can also be conducted with ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (video game)|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters]]'' and ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters II: Dark duel Stories]]''.
 
 
 
===Passwords===
 
From the password menu, the player can obtain cards by entering eight-digit [[password]]s from ''[[OCG]]''/''[[TCG]]'' cards.
 
 
 
===Cards from Grandpa===
 
By entering <code>65437205</code> into the password menu, [[Solomon Muto (Dark Duel Stories)|Solomon Mutou]] will appear after each Duel to award the player a card.
 
 
 
==Temporarily obtaining cards==
 
===Fusion Summon===
 
Since "[[Polymerization]]" is not included in this game, Fusions occur differently; selecting one card and placing it on top of another compatible card could result in a fusion for an entirely different monster.
 
 
 
These Fusions are Alignment-based and are reflected as such in the combination they create. For instance, fusing #211 "[[Kaminarikozou (DDS)|Kaminarikozou]]" with #122 "[[Yamatano Dragon Sc]]" would result in #425 "[[Thunder Dragon (DDS)|Thunder Dragon]]". Similarly, combining it with any number of Aqua monsters would normally result in #460 "[[Bolt Escargot (DDS)|Bolt Escargot]]". Also, combining #016 "[[Time Wizard (DDS)|Time Wizard]]" with #004 "[[Baby Dragon (DDS)|Baby Dragon]]" would result in #069 "[[Thousand Dragon (DDS)|Thousand Dragon]]".
 
 
 
===Ritual Summon===
 
 
 
===Evolution===
 
{{pound}}278 "[[Petit Moth (DDS)|Petit Moth]]" and its stages evolve into other cards after being on the field for one turn, in the order shown below.
 
 
 
{{pound}}278 "Petit Moth" → #056 "[[Larvae Moth (DDS)|Larvae Moth]]" → #072 "[[Cocoon of Evolutio]]" → #057 "[[Great Moth (DDS)|Great Moth]]" → #067 "[[Perfectly Ultimate (DDS)|Perfectly Ultimate]]"
 
 
 
===Card effects===
 
Some cards have effects that allow the player to Summon cards, which are not necessarily in their Deck.
 
 
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
 
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Effect
 
! scope="col" colspan="2" | Summoned card
 
|-
 
| 016 || [[Time Wizard (DDS)|Time Wizard]]
 
| 069 || [[Thousand Dragon (DDS)|Thousand Dragon]]
 
|-
 
| 117 || [[Spirit of the Book]]
 
| 486 || [[Boo Koo (DDS)|Boo Koo]]
 
|-
 
| 140 || [[Toad Master (DDS)|Toad Master]]
 
| 549 || [[Frog The Jam (DDS)|Frog The Jam]]
 
|}
 
 
 
==Revisional differences==
 
A number of text changes were made to the English version of the game when it was released in Europe, including:
 
* The characters "P.Seto", "Paradox", "Slysheen" and "Ishizu" were renamed to "Seto", "S. Muran", "Heishin" and "Isis".
 
* The card "[[Kuwagata α (DDS)|Kuwagata =]]" was renamed to "Kuwagata α".
 
* "[[Alignment]]" (Al) and "[[Type|Class]]" (Cl) were renamed to "Attribute" (Ab) and "Type" (Tp).
 
* The Types "[[Spellcaster|Magician]]" and "[[Sea Serpent|Sea Dragon]]" (SeaDragn) were renamed to "Spellcaster" (Spellcst) and "Sea Serpent" (SeaSrpnt)
 
* The Alignments "[[Water (Alignment)|Aqua]]", "[[Fire (Alignment)|Pyro]]" and "[[Divine (Alignment)|Devine]]" were renamed to "Water", "Fire" and "Divine".
 
 
 
==Trailer==
 
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==Promotional cards==
 
{{main|''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters III: Tri-Holy God Advent'' promotional cards|''Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories'' promotional cards}}
 
 
 
==Game guides==
 
{{Main|''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters III: Tri-Holy God Advent Game Guide 1''|''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters III: Tri-Holy God Advent Game Guide 2''}}
 
{{See also|''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters III: Tri-Holy God Advent Game Guide 1'' promotional card|''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters III: Tri-Holy God Advent Game Guide 2'' promotional card}}
 
 
 
==Covers==
 
<gallery>
 
DDS-VideoGameEN.jpg | North American English cover
 
DDS-VideoGameFR.jpg | French cover
 
G3-VideoGameJP.jpg  | Japanese cover
 
</gallery>
 
 
 
==Trivia==
 
* [[Marik Ishtar|Marik]]'s appearance on the cover of this game is taken from the title page of {{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh!|160|ref}}.
 
 
 
==References==
 
<references />
 
 
 
==External links==
 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110829061744/http://www.konami.jp/gs/game/yugioh_dds/index.html Official English website] (archive)
 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071204111354/http://www.konami.jp/gs/game/yugioh_dm3/ Official Japanese website] (archive)
 
* [http://www.mobygames.com/game/yu-gi-oh-dark-duel-stories ''Moby Games'' page]
 
* [http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/gbcolor/data/528161.html ''Gamefaqs'' page]
 
* [http://tcrf.net/Yu-Gi-Oh!:_Dark_Duel_Stories ''The Cutting Room Floor'' page]
 
* [http://datacrystal.romhacking.net/wiki/Yu-Gi-Oh!_Dark_Duel_Stories Data Crystal page]
 
* [http://www.spriters-resource.com/game_boy_gbc/ygodds/ The Spriters Resource page]
 
* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VOEzBhbgGgsSYZsCfjPOQ_RojgrtDvVd_p3LN2DCfE0/ Cards data and drops spreadsheet]
 
 
 
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