I don't think people realize the generational impact he made to get them into the world of Paper Trading Card Games / Collectible Card Games like what Richard Garfield did for Magic: The Gathering 30 years ago. Like many others my first Paper Trading Card Game / Collectible Card Game was Yu-Gi-Oh! before I got into Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon TCG, Duel Masters / Kaijudo, and others like it and had it not been for Kazuki Takahashi I probably never would've met all the wonderful people and friends I've made along the way in this 20+ year journey I've been in this gaming hobby. Sure Konami and Upper Deck Entertainment may have sullied the legacy of the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise Kazuki created through power creep but it's stood the test of time long enough to where it's legacy still lives on to this day despite it's flaws as a card game.
I remember when me and my friends used to play Yu-Gi-Oh! in high school during lunch time while we also watched the Anime series on KidsWB back in the day coming home from school to catch the latest episode on TV which was during the Anime Renaissance of Dragon Ball Z and Sailor Moon when Cartoon Network's Toonami exploded in popularity at the time as well. My first defeat against Exodia was during an assembly that my school had at the time while we even tried to trade cards at school in between. I remember how convenience stores and big box retailers would sell Yu-Gi-Oh! cards and people went crazy over them even myself. I remember buying the Seto Kaiba Tin at my local Kmart before it closed down for good where I eventually collected the tins for Yugi Motou and Joey Wheeler. I also remember getting the Toon World deck by Pegasus.
Forbidden Memories on PS One was quite memorable as I also had fun dueling my cousin and my sister in the Paper TCG / CCG while I struggled to do well in tournaments at the Comic Book Shop that was once a Local Game Store (LGS). I remember how the tournament promos were such a pain to get like Needle Worm including the backlog of promo cards saved for future Yu-Gi-Oh! video games that we had to wait on to obtain. I even remember the Official Anime Soundtrack for the English Dub of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Anime that was available at McDonald's including promo cards like Millennium Shield in Happy Meals that are no longer advertised sadly. Duelist of the Roses on PS2 was fun while it lasted where as Master Duels I feel nowadays has definitely made the Yu-Gi-Oh! experience not as toxic as it is in the Paper Trading Card Game / Collectible Card Game.
My condolences go out to Mr. Takahashi and his friends and family for pioneering what is one of the greatest renaissances in gaming history.
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I don't think people realize the generational impact he made to get them into the world of Paper Trading Card Games / Collectible Card Games like what Richard Garfield did for Magic: The Gathering 30 years ago. Like many others my first Paper Trading Card Game / Collectible Card Game was Yu-Gi-Oh! before I got into Magic: The Gathering, Pokémon TCG, Duel Masters / Kaijudo, and others like it and had it not been for Kazuki Takahashi I probably never would've met all the wonderful people and friends I've made along the way in this 20+ year journey I've been in this gaming hobby. Sure Konami and Upper Deck Entertainment may have sullied the legacy of the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise Kazuki created through power creep but it's stood the test of time long enough to where it's legacy still lives on to this day despite it's flaws as a card game.
I remember when me and my friends used to play Yu-Gi-Oh! in high school during lunch time while we also watched the Anime series on KidsWB back in the day coming home from school to catch the latest episode on TV which was during the Anime Renaissance of Dragon Ball Z and Sailor Moon when Cartoon Network's Toonami exploded in popularity at the time as well. My first defeat against Exodia was during an assembly that my school had at the time while we even tried to trade cards at school in between. I remember how convenience stores and big box retailers would sell Yu-Gi-Oh! cards and people went crazy over them even myself. I remember buying the Seto Kaiba Tin at my local Kmart before it closed down for good where I eventually collected the tins for Yugi Motou and Joey Wheeler. I also remember getting the Toon World deck by Pegasus.
Forbidden Memories on PS One was quite memorable as I also had fun dueling my cousin and my sister in the Paper TCG / CCG while I struggled to do well in tournaments at the Comic Book Shop that was once a Local Game Store (LGS). I remember how the tournament promos were such a pain to get like Needle Worm including the backlog of promo cards saved for future Yu-Gi-Oh! video games that we had to wait on to obtain. I even remember the Official Anime Soundtrack for the English Dub of the Yu-Gi-Oh! Anime that was available at McDonald's including promo cards like Millennium Shield in Happy Meals that are no longer advertised sadly. Duelist of the Roses on PS2 was fun while it lasted where as Master Duels I feel nowadays has definitely made the Yu-Gi-Oh! experience not as toxic as it is in the Paper Trading Card Game / Collectible Card Game.
My condolences go out to Mr. Takahashi and his friends and family for pioneering what is one of the greatest renaissances in gaming history.
"Restriction breeds creativity." - Sheldon Menery on EDH / Commander in Magic: The Gathering
"Cancel Culture is the real reason why everyone's not allowed to have nice things anymore." - Anonymous
"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" - Mark 8:36
"Most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution." - Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
"Every life decision is always a risk / reward proposition." - Sanjay Gupta