Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction/Chapter 2: World Tour

Chapter 2: World Tour
With 2 Millennium Items in their possession, Yugi, Jounouchi and the player prepare to head to Europe. Usually, this would be a daunting task, but thanks to the incredible power of 'Konami', Europe can be reached by walking one screen to the left. On the World Map, select the wondrous new location on the left of the screen - Italy.

..Now, I've never been to Italy, but I always expected it to comprise of a little more than a dank basement, and 2 old people.. However, head down the stairs, to find Bonez. Accept his duel, and witness another wonder of Duel Monsters 8 - sampled speech. Dispatch of Bonez quickly, and get ready for a series of cool cameos..

If you have the heart to make Rare Hunter, Strings, Pandora and Bandit Keith leave the screen, advance through the conversation (SLOWLY - you need to appreciate the cool new character art), and speak to Bonez again. Follow him to the right, and then into the chamber, for a surprise encounter with... Ominous Person In Black.

Beat him, for the Millennium Ring, and a brief encounter with Bakura, then go all the way back to Domino Plaza, for an entirely enjoyable, and not at all repetitive conversation, with Ishizu, to open up what I can only assume is China.

Talk to the monk, head right, talk to the monk there, and then go back to the first screen, to challenge the monk to a duel. Surprise! It's not really a generic Chinese monk - it's actually Para. I dealt with him in short order, and received.. Labyrinth Wall! Co-incidence?.. Who knows - I'm not duelling him again, to find out :{

At this point, it all gets a bit silly, as.. Dox (?) back-flips across the screen, and Seto and Mokuba randomly show up, in time for a convenient "TAG DUEL", which is in fact a completely regular duel, in every respect. The prize for your efforts is the Gate Guardian (I thought these rewards were meant to be at least somewhat random?), and a cut-scene which explains the 'tag' element (Seto calling a Blue-Eyes White Dragon to completely destroy the other twin). The twins both run away, and Seto leaves, allowing you to walk 2 screen to the right, for a SHOCKING encounter with Ominous Guy In Black.

Beat him, for the Millennium Eye, and another encounter with Pegasus. After that, leave China, and.. You know what? I'm going to let you guess what to do next - I think your ready for it.

Suffer Isis (and an appearance by Seto), for a nice cameo from Tristian, and Serenity (!), before heading to the Kaiba Corp building (bottom-right of Domino Plaza), for an even nicer cut-scene, recapping the events of the Noa's Arc anime series. Challenge (and beat) Jinzo, and the Big Five will turn into the great big, Five-Headed Dragon Thingy, from the Kaiba Virtual World episodes of the anime series. This leads to some Seto Kaiba Cosplay Action (c)2003 Kaiba Corp. After the stage show, talk to Ishizu, to open up a new location : Canada

Like Europe (and Asia), Canada is reached by walking one screen to the left, and selecting it from the world map, For some reason, it's represented by a rock, with a tent next to it ^^;

Once you get to Canada, there's no time to hang aboot, so furry (sorry about this ^^;) into the cave, for a meeting with Rex Raptor. The inevitable duel follows (on a new, rock-themed duelling board, complete with speech samples)

Deal with Rex, and walk right, and.. Oh my god! It's the Ominous Person In Black! Whatever if he doing here? Duel him for your usual reward (a nice cameo ^_^) from none other than Marik!

Leave the cave, and... Yeah, that's Canada - hope you enjoyed it, because it's time to talk to Ishizu again >_<

After the tedium, Ishizu opens the Galapagos - a group of remote islands, located one screen to the left of Ishizu. When you get there, talk to Mako, choose the top option (for some reason), head left, and straight past Weevil (WHAT!?!? No mandatory duel?), into the temple.

..Hankies at the ready..

Cue the suitably mysterious music, as Yami steals the Millennium Scales before your very eyes, and tries to make his escape. Yugi and Jounouchi corner him, forcing him to unveil that he's actually.. Er.. That guy in Duelist Kingdom, who disguised himself as the 'zombie' Seto Kaiba.. Anyway - it's not actually Yami, it is in fact.. Another duel!

Dispatch of the shape-shifter, for the Millennium Scales, and a visit from Shadi. Leave, Ishizu talk, and head to Kaiba Corp. Talk to Set, and head back towards Ishizu.