I Tried Solving a 20-YEAR-OLD Yu-Gi-Oh Mystery
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- Опубликовано: 7 июн 2024
- In the year 2001, Konami released what is without a doubt the strangest Yugioh game they have ever made that has held a secret none of us would have ever imagined…
And here I thought the Yugioh we all loved was already strange enough!
Let me tell you all about the PS2 game, Duelists of the Roses, and it's 20+ year secrets!
Would love to hear what you think about this new kind of video for the channel as I would love to make more like this!
Thanks again to / @ms.sweethart , beach rat, and / @forgottenepics for all the support on this huge video!!!!
Thumbnail ~ Lycel: / lycelart
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:42 Duel Start
1:24 Historical Roles
3:21 Memories
5:29 Passwords
8:24 The List
10:36 GMS
11:35 Post 2017
12:36 The Mystery 4
15:59 The Search
20:03 The Jump
23:10 Duel End
Additional thanks and credits…
Andre and their jump retrospective: / @andre_h
The Legend, GMS: / @genericmadscientist94
Clovis (a critical member of the Roses community): / @clovissenpaidotr
Yugioh OCG Pack Commercials: / @lethallemonlaser
Yugioh game commercials: / @dnka6868
Incredible Jump footage from the 80s: / @kinekovideo
Lots of great vhs assets: / @audioman5000
All music can be found in the new Video Music playlist…
Specific Music Credits…
Doraoni for their incredible dkc 90’s songs: / @doraoni
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True Duelists subscribe, like, and comment! ;)
But for real thank you all so much for watching! This was without a doubt the most work I have ever put into a video so far, but I truly loved it and the result and I certainly hope you do as well. :)
You sure know how to keep it fresh
If you need a lead on another mystery, I've got one related to Baldi's Basics. I don't think many even know about it, and even if it was solved idk if I'd even be able to find the results of said solving.
It's related to the interview LSMark's podcast had with Mystman (Baldi's Basics dev), and I think I have an idea on where to start/look for said secret message in Baldi's Basics Classic Remastered. Hoping it can finally be solved, but if possible I'd like to help with it. Idk if I'm even right but worth shit maybe? Eh.
This was a really cool video tho! As a fellow Duelist I really find it interesting how this whole password debacle happened
I admire your dedication!!! I hope your manga buyouts were all worth it hahahaha!
Beat me on Masters and I will do so. Its the way of the true duelist
Okay this is an extremely long-shot, but back when I was a kid I owned a magazine, a brazilian magazine that covered a lot of both Yu-gi-oh! games (Memories and Roses) and the physical card game, it had lengthy pages detailing fusion recipes as well as passwords. I do not remember how many or which passwords were there, and it's back in my hometown if I still own it, so I wouldn't get a chance to look at it till at least a couple months from now - if you wanna look it up, it seems to be "Playstation Almanaque Especial #4 Yu-Gi-Oh!".
I can't find any scans of it online and even the places that have it for sale are out of stock, so if there's no lead on that end, I'll be sure to look for it sometime in December or January when I go back to my hometown.
Imagine being the time traveler who helped people obtain good cards by posting the codes on an internet forum and discovering this video.
I still have the game I hardly play it ...time to get back to it
Maybe he came from an apocalyptic future that is in ruin because the 5 missing cards of Duelist of the Roses, so he sent stone tablets in the past, with the passwords engraved on, hopung someone would found them...
Or maybe he's a kid who got flunged in the past by accelerating beyond light speed during his final duel with his fated rival, and ended up in a world before Duelist og the Roses existes, so he decided to work at Konami so he could re-create the game, and then hide the passwords he discovered through this video across the forums
El Psy Congroo
@@garulia17El psy congree!
Historically inaccurate Bandit Keith Bandana broke me.
So glad I kept that part in XD
What if they used the Union Jack Bandana to hint that this was the real Keith who's soul was pulled back in time following his death in Battle City and he already had a Union Jack bandana on hand and used that.
Now all we need is Biblically accurate Bandit Keith.
Thine duel monsters cards deserve NOT a seating position in my deck. Tis but a cheap coaster for my glass of wine. IN GREAT BRITAIN!
Kaiba not believing in magic was pretty much a dub only thing, in the original version of the anime he was skeptical of magic but accepts it as real when it happens in front of him. Meanwhile in the manga he's a believer starting in his first appearance, since the whole reason he made the holograms was to copy Yami Yugi's ability to manifest monsters in the real world.
which is infinitely more based
he believes in what's happening, he just doesn't care
He also know that there 2 yugi especially before duelist kingdom and during yugi vs Joey in battle city he know yugi can't win without his puzzle when he give it to Joey
This game was my introduction to Yugioh as a game. I was so god damn confused having only seen the anime before. My sister was really into English history and whenever she tried to explain the events of the game it just confused me even further.
That is incredible that your sister had context for this game. I honestly bet you could claim to be the only person who ended up in such a scenario with this game. XD
Thanks for watching! :)
I loved the storyline as a kid, since I was a history buff and the Wars of the Roses was one of the first things I delved deep into. But I admit that the game didn't explain all the mechanics well enough for me to complete it, and from what I hear the mixed reception was due to it being marketed as for kids but the cryptic and complex mechanics was clearly meant for older players.
What if the strikethroughs in the Japanese guidebook are actually a line for someone to write down the passwords to those cards? Perhaps some passwords were given out at events in Japan (at a convenience store event, yugioh event, bookstore event, etc) similar to how pokemon games had pokemon distribution events in stores. Maybe some very used copies of that guidebook have passwords written in those spaces!
This was exactly what I came to the comments to say! That's definitely a line to write the password on, and the passwords were likely revealed in any combination of ways: tournaments, store exclusives, certain booster set extras, gacha machines, television airings, the other issues of jump that no one has looked through, or other places I haven't even thought of! The real move would be to dig through Japanese forums or find someone from Japan who was super into Yugioh at the time the game launched. It's likely that the 4 codes were released in Japan through one of those methods, with intention of releasing the rest of the codes over time, but they canceled the promotion early, or hadn't yet decided what to do with the rest, locking the codes in gamefile purgatory until they got dug up almost 2 decades later
I remember using the code system for this game for one thing in particular: To get the Aqua Dragon, if I'm remembering the name right. It had an effect that would change the battlefield to Umi/ocean every time it would move, resulting in it having a massively beefy attack power to rival even Seto and Yugi's boss monsters, and would be able to remove the enemy's field advantage in the process. Pegasus went from agonizing to a joke.
I used to love the crush cards for the effect there.
They were immune to the effect, so if you boosted their stats above 1,500 then nothing could defeat them as destroying them triggered the terrain change that'd destroy the enemy too. The only thing that worked to slow the deck down was spellbinding circle since it disabled cards rather than destroying them, but that was rare.
Also if the giant germ was your deck leader it boosted other giant germs power meaning even an enemy capable of stalling had their own moves turned against them as you deal a passive 300 damage per turn.
*Whenever it battled
And yeeeeah, the Aqua Dragon deck is fun to pilot.
My go to card in this game was Pumpking the King of Ghost. Gives all Zombie monsters +100atk/def each turn. Which sounds meh, but it actually hilariously good, because he targets himself too. Which means within a handful of turns he becomes way stronger than anything the enemy can possibly produce.
It was broken, sometimes, but so much fun if you could utilize it properly
Yeah Aqua dragon looks cool and does prove to be a boss monster, too bad the OCG/TCG version is just a 1750 beat stick fusion that'll still be taken out by a Lajin or Gemini Elf. Hell even flame swordsman could take it out.
Card could of had text that read "lower the ATK and DEF of all FIRE attribute monsters by 300" and it could of been somewhat useful but is still a minus 3 for something with a bare bone passive effect. I think it would of worked better as a non fusion
I would totally love more investigative content like this
Thank you for the feedback and watching!!! :D
Seconded! This was awesome:)
Yugioh video games really are insane
Clearly, that dude who posted the 4 extra codes was a time traveller!
Anyway, loved the video. I really like these kind of deep dives in video games. Hopefully it gets recommended to lots of people.
LOL that killed me XD
So glad you still enjoyed Gordon! Thanks as always! :)
remember when kaiba create a time machine "only" to duel with pharaoh? he mostly lose again and rage quit smashing the time machine and ended up here
Or mandela effect...😅
fire video - i own those american jump issues haha
My jaw dropped when I saw your comment, thanks a ton. This was a huge passion project so the support here really helps my confidence with it.
If you see anything in those Jump issues we missed, just let me know! ;)
Most random crossover 😂 hi jarvis
Seeing youtubers you're subscribed to commenting on random videos is like seeing your teacher in the grocery store.
The four cards with the unknown origin are, as you said, incredibly specific. After watching your video, I can only assume they were leaked online by an employee. Sad that we will likely never know. This was a great video, keep up the good work!
Right? Those 4 are so far from random, that's one of the biggest reasons this became so interesting to me!
It's so funny you mention leaking them as my friend who dug into this with me that I mention at the end also like that idea. XD
It's certainly a possibility! And if we ever do get an answer or more info, I would love to update everyone. :)
Thanks so much for the support!!!
Maybe one madman is responsible for the whole redo of the password system, and knew full well that quietly releasing 4 of the codes he put in would bring us here
@@semaJChhave you attempted messaging/emailing any devs? There may be a Konami employee who would love to talk about their cryptic card password system.
@@semaJChthe cards aren't exactly random, those 4 cards are some of the most iconic spells and trap cards of the OCG, TCG and anime. So if someone had to leak passwords it had to belong to iconic cards to gather some attention. I don't know how good those cards are in the game, but I think those cards might be very good.
I appreciate that despite not getting the answer, you shared the journey. I think the process can be interesting and it can be helpful if someone does want to make their own attempt.
This may be a long shot, but is there any chance that the codes were distributed in promotional material at a convention in Japan, perhaps an IRL Yu-Gi-Oh tournament? In that case the material might be really ephemeral and people might not have been aware of it or preserved it.
I like this idea as something I didn't specifically explore since there honestly isn't an excessive amount of information pertaining to those kinds of details.
For example, the history of the physical game is pretty well preserved, but it honestly seems like the details beyond that for many aspects of the series are far less than what we might expect (which could include little details like what you are saying)!
I ultimately think it could still be in a jump issue since the precedent was there. Maybe we will find out as more discussion is had! :)
@@semaJCh I remember playing this as a kid and having several of the codes to use when playing the game, they definitely came from scholastic book fair cheat code books. It may have simply been the 30~ you mentioned, but I really feel like I had unlocked more than 2 from endings. Like i remember it being with choosing different starting decks gave different codes, but I must be misremembering bc I know you said that person delved into the code and that isn't the case.
No way you've only been posting for 4 months. The quality of this is amazing. You're going to blow up in a good way bro. Big ups to ya.
Thanks so much, really appreciate the support! Hope you enjoyed. :)
I like that even though dual monsters became the main part of Yu-Gi-Oh they still explore other creative game ideas through the video games
Not so much anymore sadly, but even so they still try to change things up even if a bit such as the OCG Stories manga
@@Blue_XIII Yu-Gi-Oh! Cross Duel Was a decent game (but was programmed not very well).
What goes together better than the early internet age and deep, dark, nearly inconsequential but oh so juicy rabbit holes (where you normally find slang that wouldn't be popular for another 10 years)
God I love this game. It's so baffling in its concept but so addicting in its execution. Absolutely captivating topic and video, love the depth you went into on your search
Thanks so much Law, stoked you enjoyed! I love your channel (have been watching since your first duel links history video) and was pleasantly shocked to see your game related video the same day! :D
Woah, didn’t expect yugioh to pop up from your channel!
Enjoyed this a ton, here’s to hoping this sparks more discussion about it since it seems super interesting. If more developments about this investigation happen, I’d love to hear more about it!
So glad to know, thank you! :D
And that's a great point I didn't mention! There always could be more and if this helps get us anymore, I will certainly need to do an update. ;)
A while ago I very faintly remembered playing a game where yugi called himself henry tudor, I thought I was losing it. It sounds like you were going to get a new code every time you beat the game, but there was some kind of corporate screw up and they scrapped the system after implementing two codes.
Duelist of the Roses is such a fun game. I really with it could have sold better, a sequel with more refined presentation and additional content would have been an absolute blast.
Investigative journalism at its finest. You're a champion.
Thanks so much, the support will help me continue the role! ;)
Damn! When I saw the title I thought someone was finally going to unearth the unending mystery of how pot of greed works, maybe some mysterious are just never meant to be understood.
I used that CCC guide back in the day while it was fresh and the game was new. Glorious times. I also happened to buy myself a used copy and a a PS2 slim about 3 months before the big GMS reveal. I remember digging up old guides and password lists and having a blast getting the rust off in the slot machine to unlock all the good stuff, then one day GMS was like "here's a list for every card, you're welcome." So lucky and it totally reignited my love for this game.
Awesome video! Gave me so much nostalgia for hunting down passwords and hints on the early internet back in middle school.
This was such a wild ride!!! You absolutely freaking crushed this video! I still think a disgruntled developer posted those 4 codes because they were their favorite cards 😂 The bit about Crab Turtle had me dying. This video needs to be seen by everyone ❤
PLEASE!!!!!! Thank you for all your amazing help beachrat
@@semaJCh🦀🦀🦀
Dude you have my vote to voice Mr Crocker as L in the full length fan movie of Deathly Godparents.
That was the vibe lol.
"Light is not an average kid
Excels in every class ....."
FAIRY GODPARENTS
SHINIGAMI
CRAB TURTLES
Throw in the Question from JLU.
Dude you get it. This is absolutely brilliant for October. Don't be afraid to branch out because if you can precision strike spooky for October you can do a different vibe with the same skill in Summer! 😃
YU-GI-OH!! So stoked to see you covering yugioh content. I've had a bit of a yugioh renaissance over the past few months so this was really exciting to see. Great video, as always.
That's amazing, glad you enjoyed!!! :D
As a welsh person words cannot express how surprised I was to see a character from our mythology suddenly be a yugioh final boss, especially in a game all about england lol! Wonder why they made that choice?
That's a great point! Just as details surrounding the codes aren't well known, I don't think we would easily be able to find out why they made decisions such as that without talking to some of the team. If we ever could though, asking about Manawyddan would certainly be on my list of questions!
Hope I did the name decently enough in the video. XD
Thanks for watching!
@@semaJCh Trust me, even us Welshmen have trouble with some of the mythology names, I actually couldn't remember how to spell it in my reply haha!
This guy basically has zero in common with the actual story tho so I don't think it matters. It's kinda hilarious to see the name of a welsh hero randomly attached to a jafar looking evil god. It's like "muahaha! I have come to... save your town from a curse turning people into mice? Comfort your grieving wives? Go on to sire a lineage of further folk heroes who save all of Britain?"
The amount of research you did in this is crazy! You definitely did more than due diligence in covering all the topic had to cover.
Really appreciate this and glad it shows through! I legit had to stop myself from continuing as I wanted these answers!!! Thanks a bunch for watching. :)
Wow! This video was a pure joy to watch and listen to. I was engaged with you slowly trying to piece together the game's hidden secrets. Duelist of The Roses was a huge part of my childhood and even in the last 10-15 years, I keep learning new stuff about the game, like it being a sequel to Forbidden Memories. It feels like both games were like an early draft of how the Yugioh Manga/Anime would play out before plans changed.
I do not doubt that if the Japanese sales for DOTR were not so low, a 3rd game to complete the series would have happened to tie everything up (I do wonder if this 3rd game was what would end up becoming Flasebound Kingdom.?) Even today, people are still learning hidden secrets about both Forbidden Memories and Duelist Of The Roses and I'm sure there are more hidden secrets to both games that might be forever lost through early scarp coding or lost media.
Ah man, this is so nice to see. I watched the show for a year or two as a kid, played the card game for a bit too before moving on. But I just turned thirty this year, and I still find myself cracking open FM and DotR every year or two for a bit of fantastic nostalgia. I even learned the speedrun strats for FM, and I'm not a speedrunner. FK on the Gamecube wasn't terrible, either. Not quite equally weird, but close.
I absolutely loved this game. I ran a Pumpking King of Ghosts deck around triggering stat buffed zombies
My first vid was the ice type one, but your blurb at the end of that vid brought me here. So, I’m just here to say this hooked me. Thank you friend
Thanks so much for checking the out the roses video! This was a huge passion project and this support will help me be able to make more like it! 😊
Your story about the journey to uncovering the secret behind the hidden passwords was captivating! Very cool albeit niche video topic. Would definitely watch more videos like this in the future.
Thanks for the kind words and support! I loved making this and am working on more like it as we speak!
I have a personal theory; I think that there's a huge overlap between yugioh fans and Pokemon fans. This creator is a great example of love for both franchises. Great video as always!
Totally agree! My biggest inspirations and fave youtubers are certainly pokemon creators!
Thanks for the kind words, really glad you enjoyed! :)
Both series did start around the same time, and as a kid I loved that their animes aired right next to each other and collected both of their card games. Not sure if these parallels appear in newer fans, since Pokemon has continued to grow bigger and Yugioh's declining popularity is becoming a meme online.
I just stumbled upon your channel, and while the challenge videos you've done are very entertaining and I'm looking forward to seeing more of those, this was a very interesting journey to look through as well even though there wasn't really an "answer" and most of my prior knowledge of Duelists of the Roses was only in passing. I hope you can find more topics like this that interest you that you can turn into videos! Looking forward to anything else you might post in the future.
Hey pal, I don't know anything at all about Yu-Gi-Oh! as a card game, barely as an anime or manga series, and little to nothing else as a franchise in general. But you know what I really like? Deep dive content from passionate fans. You did great; had me engrossed from minute one. I really appreciate the amount of effort you put into this.
Thanks so much for the kind words! The support on this video helps a ton too as I am hoping to make more; currently in the process of that plan too! 😊
That research was such a rollercoaster of emotions, and some fun editing too. Great video!
Thank you so much! Stoked you enjoyed! :)
Fuck the original story. We need more from the series like that. A Part 3, 4 und so on...
I did not expect a yugioh video, but I'm so glad I watched it. It was such a journey going through the story and everything related to the codes. It's making me want to revisit the yugioh anime to relieve those amazing years of its popularity.
Thank you so much for giving it a chance, it's great to hear you enjoyed!!! :D
Detective work like this is incredible & deserves to be continued. My only Yugioh game that I really loved was the dungeon dice one but now I feel quite educated
I wasn’t expecting yugioh on this channel but I’m glad to see it! I love deep dives on relatively obscure things like this, I hope you’re able to do more soon!
Thanks for all the great feedback, glad you enjoyed! I loved making this so it helps a ton to have your support! :)
loved this game as a kid and amazing to see it delved into to such lengths 😍 thanks for the video and keep up the great work semaJ 😚
Thanks for all your support with this one Epics, that and your translations were huge helps!
Another great video James! Making me invested into an 22yr old game that I knew nothing about. Absolutely great research into showing just how deep you can/need go until you find an satisfying answer
While the setting and execution were really weird it's also kind of interesting to see this "isekai" kinda setting before the egypt arc and the capsule monster arc aired
Also great selection of music! This may sound dumb but I always get way more hyped and invested once Fang of Critias and The Supreme King OST start playing.
Now only one mystery prevails. How does Pot of Greed work? hehe.
Thank you Sev!!!! I was really excited to finally finish a yugioh project! ;)
I am glad this kind of video was able to interest you still, that's great to know. :)
This was an awesome look into one of my favourite games. Thanks for all the hard work ❤️
Who needs strong monsters when you can just fight bakura for plants and the ghost kid for zombies. Unlimited pumpkin kings.
I don't know the last time I had so much fun watching a RUclips video. Such a great journey and I didn't expect to be that excited to watch a Duelist of the Roses video. This Game is my childhood, but I never thought more about it. This kinda made my day haha
Really great job on that video!
Such an awesome comment, thank you so much! Really glad you enjoyed! :)
This is still my favorite Yu-Gi-Oh game, honestly. I spent a ridiculous amount of time deck crafting for each encounter. When I found the passwords on a random cheat code site, I used all of them lol
Your content is amazing, I hope you blow up.
This video was fascinating, I absolutely miss the early 2000's, being a kid and reading game magazines, finding things about my favorite games, or just discovering it by myself, or between friends. Insted of quickly googling everything.
those were truly the great old days.
That means a ton, thank you so much!
That is totally the vibe I had for this video and a big goal of mine when working on projects (especially those that can fit that style like this one).
Glad you enjoyed and I think you will like some of the other videos I am working up in this genre for sure! :D
@@semaJCh Fantastic! You have done a great job, i shall keep those notification with the ring on!
I love this ARG. I love the idea of enhancing your game experience by consuming outside media.
Means a bunch, thank you! I loved working on this type of thing and hope to make more!
This was...honestly an insane roller coaster that I wasn't expecting from my "recommended" feed here. Now I am burdened with the question of where did those codes came from! I feel like I've opened Pandora's box.
Thanks for watching! Apologies for leaving you with the burden of these codes as well ;)
Thanks for the throwback! I didnt expect to see a game from so long ago pop up on my feed.
Amazing dive, its a shame it didnt pan out.
Thanks a bunch! Glad you enjoyed! :D
This was great! Id love to see more content like this ❤
Thank you Jamie, that helps a ton!
This is by far the best DoTR vid on RUclips! I thoroughly enjoyed it, it was an great journey.
Thanks so much, that really means a ton!!!
damn this was ur best video so far imo ! i was only ever casually into yugioh growing up (i certainly never heard of duelists of the roses despite its objectively insane premise lol) but the editing style mixed w all these essentially primary sources really hit hard w nostalgia! like it still doesn't feel like the 00s were that long ago, but this really makes u realize these things really are already 2 decades old, w these codes existing on the liminal edge between childhood memories n lost media
You are going to make me cry LOL thank you! I totally feel you!
I love content that makes me nostalgic over that era especially if it can tell a good story or teach you something so that was my goal! Means a ton to hear all that and that what I was going for may have been successful. :)
This was super interesting! I got taken back to like 2003-2005 when I was playing Stairway to the Destined Duel a bunch and even the physical game for a bit. Duelist of the Roses was always a bonkers concept but this mystery is so exciting. It's a shame you never found the answer but it was still a solid video :3
So glad you enjoyed the video!!! I love looking back on that era and yugioh as well. It's awesome to hear other people reflect on these things after watching the video! :)
3:18 Pretty sure the Duel Monsters and True Duel Monsters games pulled more from the manga, where Seto wasn't as dismissive of magic. I mean in DSOD he even managed to build a Duel Disk that allowed him to pull Fate/Zero Gilgamesh (and Prisma Illya Gil-Kun) and use his a combination of a neural uplink to his Crystal Cloud Network and his massive ego to resist getting erased by the cube, just as Gilgamesh can use his own massive ego to resist having his personality and Spirit Origin corrupted and altered by the mud from the Holy Grail and Pandora's box.
One of the best videos I have ever seen on RUclips.
Would love more Videos like this one about Yugioh or other topics.
That is super kind, thanks so much! Stoked to hear how much you enjoyed, I love making this and plan to make more!😊
loved every part of it and would keep watching longform investigations like this - subbed
Thank you! The feedback and support helps a bunch! :)
2:22- Suddenly, every fanfic I've ever read is more cannon than this game. WTF?!?!!
man duelist of the roses was one of my favourite games to play growing up! Feels good to learn something new and go down a rabbit hole for the game here. Great work man!
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed!:)
This is one of the best RUclips videos i ever wached, please keep up the good work if you can.
Thanks so much! I love this one too and have more ideas like it in the future!
I loved this video! I hope you make more videos like this on Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, and whatever else you're passionate about!
Thanks so much Lunar! I would love to do more things like this especially for pokemon as well!
Everyone's support and feedback will help's make that possible for sure. :D
Now this may be a wild goose chase but I kind of remember Kids WB having a yugioh sponsored Saturday morning cartoons day. Maybe the code may be in one of those bumpers, but it may be a long shot.
Love the format and presentation of these deep dive. This was a game i spent countless hours playing when it came out and i am always filled with joy when i see videos such as this filled with such love and curiousity for this game.
Definitely subbed and would love to see someone cover sacred cards and reshef of destruction as their stories as so absurdly different from any other timeline.
Thank you for the kind words and support! Always great to hear fans of the game are enjoying the video!
As someone who loved this game growing up you did a great job! This was a Game me and my dad used to bond over and just to see there are still people talking about it/making videos about it makes me happy!
Thanks a bunch, glad you enjoyed!!!:)
Did you consider it might have been another kind of ad that told about these cards. In Japan back in the early 2000s Game Stores would get special ads that would give info not given out in other medias. The 4 Card's Codes could be in one of these ads, Then again some one might have just gotten lucky finding the codes. This is a good example as why everything should be archived.
As a British guy I love the setting. I think it is a pretty interesting period of history. I'd love to see someone do something with this setting better than this game did as they just used it as a backdrop.
Excellent investigative work! This video gave me the same vibes as Defunctland's Disney Channel Jingle investigation.
I'm so sorry that the the trial went cold. But there is always hope. Maybe your video is draw out another clue.... But great work either way!
Thanks so much for the kind words and glad you enjoyed!
Huge fan of defunctland, the jingle video is incredible! No worries, hopefully we do learn more, but I really enjoyed making this video and plan to make more like it in the future. :)
Hi! I know Japanese and started to google some stuff to help you out because I really enjoyed your video, although I have not played the YuGiOh TCG nor the videogames, hehe. I found a Chinese forum apparently copypasting information from various sources on the YuGiOh games passwords, but they left some parts in Japanese/Chinese(?) I could read. Now, this data may not match your data since the post did not have any scans from magazines that could support it, and the images from the same thread have all broken links. I found the following for Duelists of the Roses (the lists had the names of the cards in Japanese, but I will write the localized names for the sake of conciseness):
- Shonen Jump No.45, 2001 ('01 少年ジャンプ 45号): Change of Heart, Crush Card, Gravity Bind, Royal Decree
- VJump, November 2001 issue ('01 Vジャンプ 11月号): Left Arm of the Forbidden One, Tactical Warrior, Dragon Seeker, Aqua Dragon, Barrel Dragon, Blast Sphere, Fairy King Truesdale
- VJump, December 2001 issue ('01 Vジャンプ 12月特大号): Seiyaryu, Magician of Faith, Swordstalker, Swordsman from a Foreign Land, Birdface, Serpentine Princess, Robotic Knight, Ancient Tree of Enlightenment, Mimicat
- Konami's website: Greenkappa, Mystical Capture Chain, Beastking of the Swamps, Dark Hole, Harpie's Feather Duster, Elf's Light, Horn of the Unicorn
So, apparently those 4 cards come from a Shonen Jump magazine? But, besides Shonen Jump magazines, maybe you could check the VJump magazines (they are very focused on trading card games from what I have seen.) Hope it helps! I can send you the link of the Chinese forum I found as well.
Wow!! I freaking love this: people on the Internet solving crimes and mysteries. Who would have thought that the Change of Heart card code would bbe in a Shonen Jump with Hikaru no Go on the cover hahaha. Great job, @NakoruruDust! Also @semaJCh for making this video. It was really interesing.
Thanks so much for all of this awesome work Dust and really glad you enjoyed the video! I would love to update everyone on this! Having claims for 3 particular books may very well let us find evidence and further validate the forum posts.
And totally! If you could provide me the link you found these posts at either here or at the email on my channel page, that would be fantastic!
As a quick aside for you since you might be interested: I explored up through 45 and beyond to be safe, but those too were just as hard to find details on. There weren't any images for 45 hinting at roses, but it certainly could be possible and there is an available copy on ebay for us to potentially find some answers from!
Vjump was very smart as well! I totally missed that point in my search and would love to add that into the story. Sadly, they are even harder to fight scans of, but that certainly adds to the 'lost media' nature of this hunt!
Anyways, if there is enough evidence, I may just need to get us volume 45! ;)
@@semaJCh Hi! I've just sent you an email :)
I seem to remember the thing with Kaiba not believing in magic being a 4Kids dub change. Original Kaiba was just arrogant enough to believe he could overcome magic and destiny through his own brains and technology.
since you purchased the guidebook and booklet for the game which werent available online, I hope you will make scans aailable now so that future researchers can find this information, even if all the physical media gets lost
1:31 Simon Muran is played by Shimon Muran from Forbidden Memories and Game Boy to GBA games (Heishin also actually debuted in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters III: Tri-Holy God Advent, which was incorrectly localized as Dark Duel Stories, which is actually the _second_ game in the GB/C Duel Monsters series and Heishin was localized as "Slysheen" at the time for some reason) who in the manga and anime, is _clearly_ the ancient Egyptian counterpart of Yugi's grandfather, Solomon (Sugoroku in the original Japanese) Muto. I have _no_ idea why in the games he is blue. In the manga and anime Shimon's face isn't obscured and he wears a different hat too.
(Also Forbidden Memories and Duelist of the Roses are the only entries in the short-lived "True Duel Monsters" series spun off of Duel Monsters III. Also, in spite of lacking "Duel Monsters: in the Japanese name at all, Falsebound Kingdom is also clearly tied to Duel Monsters and True Duel Monsters)
Absolutely loved this video. Roses was a game I played a lot of as a teenager. Me and a friend played it constant. Tried to unlock everything. Probably even found some of the codes back then on the forums you showed. Crazy to think that as recent as 2017 there was still things being discovered.
I think you are the first to mention being around the forums during this time, that's awesome! ;D
Thanks for the support and glad you enjoyed!
I loved this video! It was so interesting and well made I wish it could get more recognition you deserve it!!
Really appreciate that, means a ton to hear! Leaving a comment will certainly help more people find it, so thank you! :D
Oh man, seeing the box art for Dark Duel Stories at 6:02 brought back so many memories. I loved that game as a kid. Wish I still had my copy, but sadly my mom sold all my old GB/GBA games to games top when I got a DS. So she sold like 50 games for $30
I had no specific interest in the past YuGiOh game other than interest in the anime and franchise itself, but I am beyond appreciative of your passion and your investigative prowess and dedication. The quality and thought you've been into editing and timelining your videos is phenomenal and I look forward to seeing your other videos as well. Keep it up!
You’re an amazing detective and storyteller both 😂
Man, I was trying to find out more info on the Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue game for the PS1. Because it has a comics section on the gallery menu, but there was not any power rangers lightspeed rescue comics in the market at the time. I found out that there were actually some comics in Germany and Netherlands, I found a single page of these comics online, manage to contact the curator of the comic book history website that was hosting the comic and... nothing.. hahah
Now I want to know why the developers did all this plus the other obscure almost hidden on purpose mechanics bc some of them really made the games almost magical...
YUGIOH LET’S GO!!!
So amazing, great surprise, keep up with the sick videos ❤
LAMBO! Thank youuuu!!!! Enjoy the music! ;)
i havent kept up with yu gi oh since the 00s, but this video was super interesting and i loved the editing.
This video was epic and it deserves so many more views. Thanks for making somethijng super interesting!
Thanks so much for the support, it certainly helps and let's me know that people are enjoying it! :)
This is really good! You should be proud, awesome vid. Ill definitely check out your other uploads
Thank youuuuu! Hope you enjoy the other stuff! This video was a new style for my channel, but the entire catalog certainly has the same 'overly specific dive into something silly with a bit of theming' XD
It's interesting to see the lengths of this deep dive into the roses lore (even if I don't really care much for the series)
If you're willing to do another deep dive like this for a game series, I'd be interested to hear you discuss how the pokemon games have gradually incorporated more of an anime influence into their world design and mechanics (an example being how the giant Dragonite from the early seasons was incorporated into the g max system of sword and shield)
Thanks for the feedback, great to know you enjoyed!
That sounds like a fun idea for sure, I can certainly see where that might go as well, thank you! :D
I loved Duelist of the Roses as a teen. Thanks for this video! This was very fun to watch.
Of course! Thanks so much for the support!
Okay that High-res version of Manawyddan in the official strategy guide was unexpectedly majestic.
Very interesting video! I've been following DotR content for ages, it's one of my favourite games ever. I honestly don't even feel like it needs a remake, just a PC port so people could play online or via remote play would be an absolute dream to me. Wishing you well and thank you for taking an interest into this game and this community :)
Thanks so much! Great to hear you enjoyed especially as part of the Roses community! Best to you as well. :)
this was a joy to watch as someone who loves yu-gi-oh!, and was shockingly delighted to hear you’re into the franchise as well. i’d love to see more content on it!! ❤❤
So glad to hear all this, thanks for watching! Fun fact that I plan to make a post on later: this video is all technically a spin off of my original yugioh challenge video idea that I am hoping to finish next year! ;)
The fact that it took years for most passwords to get discovered is both amazing and ridiculous
This is where the major idea of the video came from at first! I had never heard of this and thought others might find it interesting too! Was pleasantly surprised at the mystery being a bit deeper. :D
@@semaJCh It is VERY interesting, damn, i really wish i had those when playing this game as a kid
My friend who runs a local shop is doing videos about Shounen jump, I should ask him when he gets back
reguardless, great video
That’s awesome, would love to talk more with anyone who has these issues!:)
Thanks for the support!
With this level of investigative work and digging, I'm expecting you to be able to lead an expedition for an ancient Egyption Pharoah's Tomb.
This was beautiful. Honestly, I've never played DOTR, and I don't know much about it either. This also reminded me about a similar investigative dive into a Mcdonald game for Nintendo DS (I think). Anyways, this was super interesting and I do hope to see more.
Not only was the content incredible, but it sounds like you actually enjoyed your search! The excitement in your voice kept my attention
Thanks so much, that's some awesome feedback too! I love all the videos I have made so far, but this one was without a doubt my fave to record for! :D
being totally honest, i really love this game, and using a more optimized version of Anzu's deck to infinitely buff fairy types into 9999 atk/def is really fun for me.
my brother liked to use Kozuka's deck, focusing more on zombies and having Pumpking buff them more slowly, deppending on more trap cards to stall.
we had tons of fun as kids, playing vs each other, because we didnt ban anything, so mirror wall was basically up on both sides, with each one having a different strategy to try and win.
This is 100% the best episode of Death Note I have ever not understood any of.
I honestly do want more content like this and do love the style. I miss the 90s internet and all the Scooby-Doo Creepypasta shit.
Let's Go Lavendar Town! :D
Very awesome vid, I greatly enjoyed. Amazing work!
So glad you enjoyed, thanks a bunch!
Wow this was an awesome and amazing video! The research and the editing! Great job!
Thanks so much, means a ton! :)
The fact this game sold less than 80k copies is crazy to me because this was a game my family played a lot. Also explains why whenever I talked about this game with people, they never knew what it was. I bought a ps2 recently JUST to play this game again.
I didn't know FM had a sequel so this was interesting to watch. A Japanese/Egyptian/English war game is wild lol. I'd like to see you do more investigation videos about more Yu-Gi-Oh games.
Thanks so much for the support! This was my fave video to make so there will certainly be more to come! In fact, I have an update for this video to put out in the coming months if all goes well!;)
@@semaJCh Sweet! I'll be looking forward to it.
What an amazing journey! Great video :)
Thank you! Really appreciate the support!