Yu-Gi-Oh Early Days Collection is back on sale for its Prime Day price at Amazon. While supplies last, Nintendo Switch users can pick up the 14-game retro compilation for only $20. Amazon’s promotion is in response to Target’s $20 deal, which sold out already. If Amazon’s deal is gone when you read this, Walmart has the collection for $24.32.
The Early Days Collection launched on February 27 exclusively for Nintendo Switch and PC. It comes with 14 Game Boy, GBC, and GBA games that originally released from 1998 to 2003. The Switch-exclusive physical edition also comes with a Secret Rare Yu-Gi-Oh trading card; you’ll get one of two Quarter Century Secret Rare Harpie’s Feather Duster cards.
$20 (was $50)
Here’s the full list of games, all of which originally released on Game Boy (GB), Game Boy Color (GBC), or Game Boy Advance (GBA). Five of the 14 games in the Early Days Collection were previously only available in Japan.
- Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters (1998, GB) – New
- Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters 2: Dark Duel Stories (1999, GBC) – New
- Yu-Gi-Oh Monster Capsule GB (2000, GBC) – New
- Yu-Gi-Oh Dark Duel Stories (2000, GBC)
- Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelists (2000, GBC) – New
- Yu-Gi-Oh Dungeon Dice Monsters (2001, GBA)
- Yu-Gi-Oh The Eternal Duelist Soul (2001, GBA)
- Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters 6: Expert 2 (2001, GBA) – New
- Yu-Gi-Oh The Sacred Cards (2002, GBA)
- Yu-Gi-Oh Reshef of Destruction (2003, GBA)
- Yu-Gi Oh Worldwide Edition: Stairway to the Destined Duel (2003, GBA)
Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters was the franchise’s first big hit and the only entry to release on original Game Boy. The series really hit its stride on Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance in the early 2000s. Remarkably, all 14 games were released within a five-year window from 1998 to 2003.
Even more remarkably, that’s not even all of the Yu-Gi-Oh games that released during that time. The Early Days Collection contains the first 14 Yu-Gi-Oh handheld games, but Konami also developed several console for PlayStation, GameCube, and PlayStation 2 in the late ’90s and early 2000s.
If you’re looking forward to the Early Days Collection, you can bide the time with a couple of recent Yu-Gi-Oh anime Blu-ray releases. The original Yu-Gi-Oh movie received a steelbook edition last September, and Amazon has it marked down to only $15.38 (was $30). In December, Yu-Gi-Oh Bonds Beyond Time also received the steelbook treatment. This one is slightly more expensive at $19.49 (was $30).
Yu-Gi-Oh: Trading Card Game 25th Anniversary & Retro Collections
There are also several retro-themed trading card sets available to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the franchise at Amazon and Best Buy.
Yu-Gi-Oh Manga 3-in-1 Collections
For anyone interested in checking out the franchise’s source material, massive manga compilations by late series creator Kazuki Takahashi are available through Amazon and Walmart. Each of these budget-friendly paperbacks contain three volumes and clock in at around 600 pages each. We’ve listed the first five books at each retailer.
