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{{VGInfoboxInfobox video game | image name = DDS-VideoGameENVideoGame-NA.jpg | image size ja_name = {{Ruby|遊|ユウ}}{{Ruby|戯|ギ}}{{Ruby| english name = Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories 王| kanji name = 遊戯王デュエルモンスターズＩＩＩ　オウ}}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 base_romaji_name = Yūgiō Dyueru Monsutāzu San: San Seisen-Shin Kōrin| ja_base_trans_name = Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters III Toraihōrīgoddo : Tri-Holy War God Advent| romaji_name = Yūgiō Dyueru Monsutāzu San: Torai Hōrī Goddo Adobanto | japanese translated name ja_trans_name = Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters III: Tri-Holy God Advent | developer fr_name = Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel des Ténèbres| de_name = Yu-Gi-Oh! Das Dunkle Duell| it_name = KonamiYu-Gi-Oh! Racconti Oscuri | publisher es_name = KonamiYu-Gi-Oh! Duelo en las Tinieblas  | platform = Game Boy Color | rating languages = * Japanese* English* French* German* Italian* Spanish| genre developer = Card Battle[[Konami]] | release date publisher = Konami* {{flag|Japan}} ja_release_date = July 13, 2000* {{flag|United States}} na_release_date = March 19, 2002| eu_release_date = March 2003 | series = Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (video game series)| prev = Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters II: Dark duel Stories| next = Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelist | guide_book_1 = Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters III: Tri-Holy God Advent Game Guide 1| guide_book_2 = Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters III: Tri-Holy God Advent Game Guide 2

'''''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 Torai Hōrī Goddo 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 gamesGreat Duelist]]''. It ''Dark Duel Stories'' was released in Japan on July 13, [[2000]], in the United States on March 19, 2002, and in Europe (in English, French, German, Italian, and it Spanish) in March 2003. It was the first ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' video game to be released outside of Japan, being released the day before ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories]]''.<!--it is probably worth confirming the release date of both this game and that game with a contemporanous sources, as this kind of discrepency is indicative of an error--> Prior to the game's official English release, 250 copies of ''Dark Duel Stories'' were distributed to United States release date viewers of ''Kids' WB!'' as part of March 19, the "[[2002Duelin' Monsters Giveaway]]", which was held from November 12 and 17, 2001.

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 of 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".

'''===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.

* Deck Capacity Volume does not decrease when the player enters a password.* The amounts of Deck Volume gained from trading, losing a communication battle and winning a 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.

'''===Campaign'''===

'''===Rules'''===

** 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.

* Of the three sacrifices required to use [[Ritual Card]]s , only one of them must be a specific monster, with the exception of #667: "[[Gate Guardian Ritu]]" and #675: "[[Ultimate Dragon (DDS)|Ultimate Dragon]]", which still require three specific monsters.* Ritual Cards no longer disappear from the player's Deck after being used.

'''===Cards'''===

* [[PaniK's monsters]] have their base stats from the manga. Previously they acquired their manga stats after being boosted by #335: "[[Yami (DDS)|Yami]]".* 657: "[[Megamorph (DDS)|Megamorph]]" boosts by one Level, rather than two.* In the Japanese version, #262: "[[The Little Swordsm (DDS)|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").* The text for "[[Nightmare Scorpion (DDS)|Nightmare Scorpion]]" is changed to say it has four tails. Previous games had mistakenly said it had three.

* 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]]''.

===ConstructionConstructed===

The game contains 9800 [[#Construction 2|construction cards]], created by mixing upper and lower parts. ===Video game-only===<!-- at least -->42 non-constructed cards introduced in ''Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories'' were video game-only at the time of the game's release. * The "manga previously" column indicates whether or not the card had previously appeared in the manga.* The "''OCG'' same day" column indicates if the card was released in the ''[[OCG]]'' the same day as the game's release.* The "''OCG'' eventually" column indicates if the card was released in the ''OCG'' at some point after the game's release. {| class="wikitable sortable"|-! scope="col" | {{hover|#|Number}}! scope="col" | Card! scope="col" | Manga previously! scope="col" | ''OCG'' same day! scope="col" | ''OCG'' eventually|-| 724| "[[Space Megatron (DDS)|Space Megatron]]"| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|-|-| 726| "[[Ryu-ran (DDS)|Ryu-ran]]"| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|-| 727| "[[Manga Ryu-ran (DDS)|Manga Ryu-ran]]"| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|-| 728| "[[Toon Mermaid (DDS)|Toon Mermaid]]"| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|-| 729| "[[Toon Summoned Skul]]"| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|-| 732| "[[Jigen Bakudan (DDS)|Jigen Bakudan]]"| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|-| 733| "[[Thousand-eyes Idol (DDS)|Thousand-eyes Idol]]"| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 734| "[[Thousand-eyes Rest]]"| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 735| "[[Steel OgreGrotto 2|Steel OgreGrotto#2]]"| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 737| "[[Hyozanryu (DDS)|Hyozanryu]]"| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|-| 738| "[[Alpha The Magnet W]]"| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|-| 739| "[[Legion the Fiend J]]"| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 740| "[[Invitation to a Da]]"| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 744| "[[Hannibal Necromanc]]"| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 745| "[[Panther Warrior (DDS)|Panther Warrior]]"| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|-| 746| "[[Three-headed Geedo (DDS)|Three-headed Geedo]]"| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 748| "[[Stone Statue of th]]"| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 749| "[[Berfomet (DDS)|Berfomet]]"| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 750| "[[Chimera the Flying]]"| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 751| "[[Gear Golem the Mov]]"| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 752| "[[Jinzo (DDS)|Jinzo]]"| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 753| "[[Swordsman of Lands]]"| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 754| "[[Cyber Raider (DDS)|Cyber Raider]]"| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 755| "[[The Fiend Megacybe]]"| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 756| "[[Reflect Bounder (DDS)|Reflect Bounder]]"| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 757| "[[Beta The Magnet Wa]]"| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|-| 758| "[[Big Shield Gardna (DDS)|Big Shield Gardna]]"| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 759| "[[Doll of Demise (DDS)|Doll of Demise]]"| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|-| 760| "[[D. Magician Girl (DDS)|D. Magician Girl]]"| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 762| "[[Insect Queen (DDS)|Insect Queen]]"| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|-| 763| "[[Parasite Paracide (DDS)|Parasite Paracide]]"| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 764| "[[Skull-mark LadyBug]]"| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 765| "[[Tiny Guardian (DDS)|Tiny Guardian]]"| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 766| "[[Pinch Hopper (DDS)|Pinch Hopper]]"| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 767| "[[Blue-eyes Toon Dra]]"| {{yes}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|-| 773| "[[Sword Hunter (DDS)|Sword Hunter]]"| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 774| "[[Drill Bug (DDS)|Drill Bug]]"| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 775| "[[Deepsea Warrior (DDS)|Deepsea Warrior]]"| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 776| "[[Bite Shoes (DDS)|Bite Shoes]]"| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 777| "[[Spikebot (DDS)|Spikebot]]"| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 778| "[[Ooashi (DDS)|Ooashi]]"| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|-| 779| "[[Satellite Cannon (DDS)|Satellite Cannon]]"| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 780| "[[Mutant Crab (DDS)|Mutant Crab]]"| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|-| 781| "[[Brain Control (DDS)|Brain Control]]"| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 785| "[[Multiply (DDS)|Multiply]]"| {{yes}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 791| "[[Gate Sword (DDS)|Gate Sword]]"| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|-| 792| "[[Steel Fan Fighter (DDS)|Steel Fan Fighter]]"| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|-| 793| "[[Leopard Girl (DDS)|Leopard Girl]]"| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{no}}|-| 794| "[[The Last Warrior f]]"| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 795| "[[Dunames Dark Witch (DDS)|Dunames Dark Witch]]"| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|-| 796| "[[Garnecia Elefantis (DDS)|Garnecia Elefantis]]"| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 797| "[[Total Defense Shog]]"| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 798| "[[Beast of Talwar (DDS)|Beast of Talwar]]"| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|-| 799| "[[Cyber-tech Alligat]]"| {{no}}| {{yes}}| {{yes}}|-| 800| "[[Talons of Shurilan]]"| {{no}}| {{no}}| {{yes}}|}

Players must beat each player Each opponent in a stage must be defeated 5 times, in order to get to unlock the next stage. Once the player beats a character 5 timesAfter this,they opponents can continue to Duel them be battled for more pointsand card drops. After defeating [[Nitemare (Dark Duel Stories)|DarkNite]] five times, the player is given the password for the ending credits and an additional Dark Stage appears, with [[Yami Yugi (Dark Duel Stories)|Yami Yugi]] as an opponent. The opponent for that stage can be changed with a [[#Password|password]].

{| class="wikitable" style="clear: right;"

! colspanscope="2row" | 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>

# <gallery widths="160" heights="144" mode="nolines">Esp Roba-DDS.png | [[Tristan Taylor Espa Roba (Dark Duel Stories)|Tristan TaylorEspa Roba]]# Rex-DDS.png | [[Joey Wheeler Rex Raptor (Dark Duel Stories)|Joey WheelerRex Raptor]]# Weevil-DDS.png | [[Mai Valentine Weevil Underwood (Dark Duel Stories)|Mai ValentineWeevil Underwood]]# Seeker-DDS.png | [[Mako Tsunami Seeker (Dark Duel Stories)|Mako TsunamiSeeker]]# Pandora-DDS.png | [[Yugi Muto Pandora (Dark Duel Stories)|Yugi MutoPandora]]Kaiba-DDS.png | [[File:DM3 ST1.pngSeto Kaiba (Dark Duel Stories)|Stage 1Seto Kaiba]]</gallery>

! colspanscope="2row" | Stage 2 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- Tomino Town 2DDS.png | [[Heishin (Dark Duel Stories)|Heishin (Slysheen)]]</gallery>

* [[Espa Roba (Dark Duel Stories)|Espa Roba]]<gallery widths="160" heights="144" mode="nolines">* [[Rex Raptor (Dark Duel Stories)DarkNite-DDS.png |Rex Raptor]]* [[Weevil Underwood Nitemare (Dark Duel Stories)|Weevil UnderwoodDarkNite]]* [[Seeker (Dark Duel Stories)|Seeker]]* [[Pandora (Dark Duel Stories)|Pandora]]* [[Seto Kaiba (Dark Duel Stories)|Seto Kaiba]]| [[File:DM3 ST2.png|Stage 2]]</gallery>

! colspanscope="2row" rowspan="5" | Dark Stage 3 | [[File:DM3 ST5 Yami Yugi.png|Dark Stage: Yami Yugi]]|<gallery widths="160" heights="144" mode="nolines">YamiYugi- Ancient EgyptDDS.png | [[Yami Yugi (Dark Duel Stories)|Yami Yugi]]</gallery>

* [[Simon Muran (Dark Duel Stories)|Simon Muran (Paradox)]]<gallery widths="160" heights="144" mode="nolines">* [[Seto (Dark Duel Stories)Marik-DDS.png |Seto]]* [[Isis Marik Ishtar (Dark Duel Stories)|Isis (Ishizu)Marik Ishtar]]* [[Heishin (Dark Duel Stories)|Heishin (Slysheen)]]| [[File:DM3 ST3.png|Stage 3]]</gallery>

! colspan| [[File:DM3 ST5 Yami Bakura.png|Dark Stage: Yami Bakura]]|<gallery widths="160" heights="144" mode="2nolines" >YaBakura-DDS.png | Stage 4 - DarkNite[[Yami Bakura (Dark Duel Stories)|Yami Bakura]]</gallery>

* <gallery widths="160" heights="144" mode="nolines">Shadi-DDS.png | [[Nitemare Shadi (Dark Duel Stories)|DarkNite]]| [[File:DM3 ST4.png|Stage 4Shadi]]|-! colspan="2" | Stage 5</gallery>

* [[Yami Yugi (Dark Duel Stories)|Yami Yugi]]<gallery widths="160" heights="144" mode="nolines">* [[Marik Ishtar (Dark Duel Stories)|Marik Ishtar]] (password required)* [[Yami Bakura (Dark Duel Stories)|Yami Bakura]] (password required)* [[Shadi (Dark Duel Stories)Nitemare-DDS.png |Shadi]] (password required)* [[Nitemare (Dark Duel Stories)|Nitemare]] (password required)|</gallery>

| caption2 = A constructed card being constructed. The artwork is grayed out, and the stats are not displayed, because the player does not have sufficient Deck Volume to use it.

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, with the following properties:* One of the 20 [[Type]]s* One of the 8 non-[[Divine (Alignment)|Divine]] [[Alignment]]s* A [[Level]] between 3 and the maximum possible 5* [[ATK]] and [[DEF]] is as multiples of 100 in the range of 300 to 2000.* A [[Deck Cost]] between 20 and 40

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 rigth right buttons. {{Multiple image| image1 = SoulicerCrystal-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''.

A small number of constructed cards were featured | image2 = SoulicerCrystal-DM4-JP-VG.png| width2 = 160| caption2 = "Soulicer Crystal" as proper cards a regular card in later games''Duel Monsters 4''. Although }} While the card construction mechanic itself only appeared in ''Dark Duel Stories'', seven constructed cards were featured as regular cards in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelist]]''; two of these cards were later printed in the ''[[OCG]]''. In addition, two other constructed cards have since been printed in the ''OCG''. {| class="wikitable sortable"|-! scope="col" | Constructed card! scope="col" | ''DM4'' card! scope="col" | ''OCG'' card|-| 2/2: "[[CornfieldKoator]]"| —| "[[Cornfield Coatl]]"|-| 16/16: "[[RootWood]]"| #890: "[[Root Wood]]"| —|-| 18/18: "[[SpherusLady]]"| #886: "[[Spherus Lady]]"| "[[Spherous Lady]]"|-| 39/39: "[[Red MainBlutches]]"| #885: "[[Red Main Blutches]]"| —|-| 43/43: "[[AnglerFat Fish]]"| #888: "[[Angler Fat Fish]]"| —|-| 47/47: "[[SoulicerCrystal]]"| #884: "[[Soulicer Crystal]]"| —|-| 69/69: "[[Light LawMedium]]"| #889: "[[Light Law Medium (DM4)|Light Law Medium]]"| "[[Light Law Medium]]"|-| 86/86: "[[Long NoseMammoth]]"| #887: "[[Long Nose Mammoth]]"| —|-| 130/130: "[[MirrorSwordsman]]"| —| "[[Mirror Swordknight]]"|-|}

Players can battle other players with a copy of ''Dark Duel Monsters IIStories'' 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.

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 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.

Additional cards Cards can be added to the player's chest in the Password Modepassword menu, by entering eight-digit [[passcodepassword]]s from ''[[OCG]]''/''[[TCG]]'' cards. There are also 106 [[Passcode#Unusable Dark Duel Stories passcodes|unusable passcodes]], which display the message "Can't record password! Try a different password." when entered. Lastly, there are seven non-card passcodespasswords: 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 Dark 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.

| Change the Dark Stage 5 opponent to [[Yami Yugi (Dark Duel Stories)|Yami Yugi]]

| Change the Dark Stage 5 opponent to [[Yami Bakura (Dark Duel Stories)|Yami Bakura]]

| Change the Dark Stage 5 opponent to [[Nitemare (Dark Duel Stories)|Nitemare]]

| Change the Dark Stage 5 opponent to [[Shadi (Dark Duel Stories)|Shadi]]

| Change the Dark Stage 5 opponent to [[Marik Ishtar (Dark Duel Stories)|Marik Ishtar]]

Dark Duel Stories The game does not totally conform to the use rules of from the ''[[OCG|Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game]]''. This includes many cards having different It uses the rules from its predecessor ''[[Card Effect|effectsYu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters II: Dark duel Stories]], or having their effects removed altogether, including, but not limited to, [[Jirai Gumo]]; this means that some Monster cards with effects in the OCG may not have any effects at all in this game, whether positive or negative. Rather than having flip effects or passive effects like many cards in the OCG, most cards seem to only be able to activate their effects on the first turn they are played. Many cards seen only in this game (the 'Creatable' cards) also have Type and/or Attribute that do not match their appearance at all. While this can also be seen in the official card game, this happens much more often in this gamemakes a number of modifications and updates.

During gameplay there is more than one way to win. ===Deck construction===* A player may win by decreasing the opponent's life points to zero, forcing your opponent to run out of [[Main Deck|Deck]] must contain exactly 40 cards (.* A Deck can have them unable up to draw a 3 copies of the same card at or 1 copy in the start of their turn), or by having all five pieces case of [[Exodia the Forbidden One#Limited cards|ExodiaLimited cards]] in your hand.* 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).

In order to duel, a ===Stat calculations===The player's initial Deck must contain 40 cards and Volume is 400. It can be under their current Duelist Level. If the Deck is over/under 40 cards or over the Deck limit costaltered using these methods, the player will not be able to duel until it reaches the error is fixedmaximum of 9999.

* You may only have up to 5 [[Monster Card|monsters]] on the field.* You may have up to five cards in your hand (Note: If you have five cards in hand at the start of your turn, you will not be able to draw a new card)* Each [[Monster Card]] may attack any opposition monster card on the field* Once the field is empty, you may attack the opposing duelistThe player's Life Points* Each duelist starts with 8000 Life Points ([[Life Points]])* In order to summon a 5-6 star Card, you must [[Tribute]] one monster that Duelist Level is already on the field* In order equal to summon a 7-8 star Card, you must [[Tribute]] two monsters that are already on the field* You may only summon one monster per turn.* You may also set one [[Trap Card]] on the field <code>(Note: If the Trap is not used during the opponent's turnDeck Volume &minus; 400) ÷ 3 + 15</code>, it is removed rounded down and capped at the 255. New games start with a Duelist Level of your turn)15.

In the gameEach card has its Deck Cost printed on it. Although, players may notice there is logic that can be used to otherwise determine a few different types of battle between monster cardscard's Deck Cost.

The most basic way to defeat an opposing monster is to have a monster with higher attack {| class="wikitable"|-! scope="col" | CardsExample: Player A's card ! scope= 1000 "col" | Deck Cost|-| [[ATKDivine (Alignment)|Divine]], Player B's card = 1200 ATK. Player A's card is destroyed and loses 200 Life Points (monsters| 255|-| #278: "[[Life PointsPetit Moth (DDS)|Petit Moth]]" evolutions| <code>55 + stage × 2.5</code> (whether to round up or down varies)|-However, in Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories monsters can be destroyed because they have an inferior Alignment | Monsters with abilities ("[[Exodia]]" pieces and #278: "[[Petit Moth (which substitutes Attribute in this gameDDS)|Petit Moth]]"). In this format, the difference between Attack or Defense points This does not matter and the card with the inferior alignment is instantly destroyedinclude regular [[Effect Monster]]s. The exception to this rule is when the monster with the superior alignment also has higher attack points | <code class="nowrap">(when attackingATK + DEF) or defense points ÷ 100 - sacrifices × 10 + 50</code>|-| Other monsters| <code>(when being attacked in defense positionATK + DEF), in which case battle damage is calculated normally. However, when a defense position is attacked by a monster with an inferior alignment, the monster with the inferior alignment is destroyed.÷ 100 - sacrifices × 10</code>|-| [[Ritual Card]]s| 0|-| [[Field Spell Card|Field Magic Cards]]'''Alignment List''':| 20|-| [[File:Attributes Fight.pngEquip Spell Card|Equip Magic Cards]] that boost monsters of a certain criteria by 1 Level|thumb150|200px-|Alignment strengths and weaknesses.[[Type destroyer]]s| 150|-| Other [[Fire (Alignment)Spell Card|FireMagic]] ''beats'' and [[Forest (Alignment)|ForestTrap Card]]s| Varies on perceived usefulness|}

===Duels===* Each player starts with 8000 [[Forest (Alignment)|ForestLP]] ''beats'' .* Each player starts with five cards in their [[Wind (Alignment)|Windhand]].* 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 [[Wind (Alignment)Monster Card|Windmonster]] 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'beats'' s next turn.* Multiple [[Earth (Alignment)|EarthRitual 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** [[Dark (Alignment)|Shadow]] beats Light** [[Light (Alignment)|Light]] beats Fiend** [[Fiend (Alignment)|Fiend]] beats Dreams** [[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.

[[Thunder (Alignment)|Thunder]] ''beats'Winning''' [[Water (Alignment)|Aqua]]

[[Water (Alignment)|Aqua]] ''beats'' [[Fire (Alignment)|Fire]] alsoA Duel is won when any of these conditions are met: [[Black Magic (Alignment)|Shadow]] * The opponent''beats'' [[White Magic (Alignment)|Light]]s LP are reduced to 0. [[White Magic (Alignment)|Light]] ''beats'' [[Demon Magic (Alignment)|Fiend]] [[Demon Magic (Alignment)|Fiend]] ''beats'' [[Illusion Magic (Alignment)|Dreams]] [[Illusion Magic (Alignment)|Dreams]] ''beats'' [[Black Magic (Alignment)|Shadow]] No other type of card or alignment has an advantage over * The opponent cannot draw a card that .* The player has a all five "[[Divine (Alignment)|DivineExodia]] (misspelled in-game as Devine) type and alignment. In addition, cards that fall into one alignment list do not have an advantage over cards " pieces in the othertheir hand.

Like many video games, ''Dark Duel Stories'' has a Forbidden and Limited card list; the The following cards are all [[Limited]], meaning the player can only have a single copy of the card it in their Deck:. This restriction does not apply to CPU opponents' Decks.* #017. : "[[Right R Leg of the Forbidden One]]"* #018. : "[[Left L Leg of the Forbidden One]]"* #019. : "[[Right R Arm of the Forbidden One]]"* #020. : "[[Left L Arm of the Forbidden One]]"* #021. : "[[Exodia the Exod. of Forbidden One]]"* #336. : "[[Dark Hole (DDS)|Dark Hole]]"* #337. : "[[Raigeki (DDS)|Raigeki]]"* #348. : "[[Swords of Revealing LightRevealin]]"* #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]]"

The player's Starter Deck consists of the following 40 cards:<ref>httphttps://datacrystal.romhackingtcrf.net/wiki/Yu-Gi-Oh!_Dark_Duel_Stories:ROM_map#Starter_deck</ref>

* #009. : "[[Shadow Specter (DDS)|Shadow Specter]] " x3* #122. : "[[Yamatano Dragon ScrollSc]]"* #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 NefariousnessNefa]]"* #207. : "[[Droll Bird (DDS)|Droll Bird]]"* #211. : "[[Kaminarikozou (DDS)|Kaminarikozou]]"* #393. : "[[Zone Eater (DDS)|Zone Eater]]"* #399. : "[[Swordsman from a Foreign LandF]]"* #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 the Attic]] " x2* #579. : "[[Abyss Flower (DDS)|Abyss Flower]]"* #609. : "[[Bladefly (DDS)|Bladefly]]"* #611. : "[[Hiro's Shadow ScoutScou]] " x2

* #397. : "[[Leghul (DDS)|Leghul]] " x2* #402. : "[[Monster Eye (DDS)|Monster Eye]]"

Communication Fusions can be performed by [[#Trade|trading]] certain cards. Each Fusion requires #189: "[[Fusionist (DDS)|Fusionist]]" and two other Fusion Material Monsters.

====''Duel Monsters I'' to ''Duel Monsters III''====

| 776 || "[[Bite Shoes (DDS)|Bite Shoes]]"

| rowspan="32" | "[[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''====

| 773 || "[[Sword Hunter (DDS)|Sword Hunter]]"

| rowspan="3" | "[[Fusionist (DDS)|Fusionist]]"| 399 || "[[Swordsman from a F (DDS)|Swordsman from a F]]"| 415 || "[[Mechanicalchacer (DDS)|Mechanicalchacer]]"

| 774 || "[[Drill Bug (DDS)|Drill Bug]]"| 375 || "[[Dungeon Worm (DDS)|Dungeon Worm]]"| 545 || "[[Skelegon Skelgon (DDS)|SkelegonSkelgon]]"

| 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''====

| 777 || "[[Spikebot (DDS)|Spikebot]]"

| rowspan="3" | "[[Fusionist (DDS)|Fusionist]]"| 490 || "[[Needle Ball (DDS)|Needle Ball]]"| 735 || "[[Steel OgreGrotto 2 (DDS)|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]]"

===Fusion Summon===Since [[Polymerization]] is not included in Cards obtained this game, Fusions occur differently; selecting one card and placing it on top of another compatible card could result way last only during the Duel in a fusion for an entirely different monsterwhich they are formed.

These Fusions are Alignment-based and are reflected as such in the combination they create. For instance, fusing ===Fusion===The [[Thunder KidExtra Deck]] with does not exist in this game. Instead, [[Yamatano Dragon ScrollFusion Summon]] would result s are performed during Duels by placing one card on top of another. A card may be placed on top of a card on the field or another card in the hand. If the Fusion is valid, a new card will be formed. If the fusion is invalid, the second card replaces the first. If a Fusion is performed by placing a card on top of a card on the field, the Fusion Monster will be [[Thunder Dragonface-up]]. SimilarlyIf the Fusion Monster has an effect, combining it with any number of Aqua monsters would normally result in will not be able to use it, because only [[Bolt Escargotface-down]]cards may active their effects. Also, combining This makes the effect of #734: "[[Time WizardThousand-eyes Rest]] with " unusable, unless the player is able to acquire a permanent copy of #731: "[[Baby DragonRelinquished (DDS)|Relinquished]] would result in [[" or "Thousand Dragon]]-eyes Rest", which they can Summon from the hand.

* The card #480: "[[Kuwagata α (DDS)|Kuwagata =]]" was renamed to "Kuwagata α".

===Japanese===[[File:2000OfficialPrizeDocument.jpg|thumb|200px|"[[Dark Magician Girl]]" tournament card and certificate]] ====Game===={{main|''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters III: Tri-Holy God Advent'' pre-order promotional card|''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters III: Tri-Holy God Advent'' promotional cards}} * G3-01 "[[Dunames Dark Witch]]" was mailed to people who reserved a copy of the game.* G3-09 "[[Insect Queen]]" was an early benefits card.* Copies of the game included three randomly selected cards from G3-02 "[[Sinister Serpent]]", G3-03 "[[Widespread Ruin]]", G3-04 "[[Goblin Fan]]", G3-05 "[[Garma Sword Oath]]", G3-06 "[[Garma Sword]]", G3-07 "[[Alpha The Magnet Warrior]]", G3-08 "[[Beta The Magnet Warrior]]" and G3-10 "[[Cyber-Tech Alligator]]". ====Tournament===={{main|''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters III: Tri-Holy God Advent'' Official Tournament Street Duel Legend of Power prize card}} Copies of G3-11 "[[Dark Magician Girl]]" were distributed at the [[Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters III: Tri-Holy God Advent Official Tournament Street Duel Legend of Power|Official Tournament Street Duel Legend of Power]]. Approximately 300 [[Secret Rare]] and 2400 [[Rare]] copies were given as prizes and a further 100 Secret Rare and 400 Rare copies were given as raffle prizes. ====Guide books===={{main|''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters III: Tri-Holy God AdventGame Guide 1'' promotional card|''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters III: Tri-Holy God Advent Game Guide 2'' promotional card}} The cardsG3-B1 "[[Panther Warrior]]" and G3-B2 "[[Time Machine]]" were included with the first and second guidebook, respectively. ===North American==={{main|''Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories'' promotional cards}} Two different sets of three [[Prismatic Secret Rare]] cards were released with copies of the North American English version of the game. The first set contained DDS-001 "[[Blue-Eyes White Dragon]]", DDS-002 "[[Dark Magician]]" and DDS-003 "[[Exodia the Forbidden One]]". The second contained DDS-004 "[[Seiyaryu]]", DDS-005 "[[Acid Trap Hole]]" and DDS-006 "[[Salamandra]]".

{{Main|''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 3III: Tri-Holy God Advent Game Guide 1''|''Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 3III: 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}}

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* [[Marik Ishtar|Marik]]'s appearance on the cover of this game is taken from the title page of {{chapter|Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist|101160|ref}}.* The back cover for the game box changed based on the included promo cards in the US version.** The box that came with the first 3 promos displays a mock-up of an English "Exodia the Forbidden One" card using the uncensored artwork (the included card used the censored artwork).

* [httphttps://datacrystal.romhackingtcrf.net/wiki/Yu-Gi-Oh!_Dark_Duel_Stories Data Crystal page]