The whole "heart of the cards" thing in the anime disappear when you find out the pharaoh power, in the game you simply don't have the power, your foes do XD
One of the tricks I learned is 1. If at start of the duel you don't have the necessary card to fuse up and equip to become a strong card, then play FACEUP in defense mode any weak MONSTER card you don't need. Most of the time the AI opponent will summon weaker card or regular card instead of their OG gate guardian, meteor black dragons, etc. 2. You can also gamble by summoning a good but not great card in face down ATTACK position. Sometimes the AI opponent may think you are confident with your strong card and thus will also summon their card but either put their card in defense facedown or faceup attack without attacking your card. But sometimes they still attack though.
One thing that I did learn as well from others is that if you defeat a monster the AI will most times try to summon something equal to or as weaker as the destroyed monster
The guardian star system is quite easy to learn, they make each symbol based on a certain characteristic like mars represents fire so fire based monsters most of the time have it.
There are plenty of cards that have the 2% drop rate or less like Giltia the D. Knight at .2% from Jono 2nd, Toon Alligator at a .1% drop rate from Meadow Mage and Simon MBD .1% chance of dropping from Mountain Mage, Launcher Spider at a .2% chance from Neku Aqua Dragon at a .1% chance from Ocean Mage Metal Zoa at a .2% chance from Sebek - as you did mention Parrot Dragon at .1% chance from High Mage Secmeton Kaiser Dragon at .1% from Seto 2nd Sanga the Thunder at a .1% chance from Seto 3rd Electric Lizard at a .1% from Villager 2 Jirai Gumo at a .1% from High Mage Anubisius Harpie's Pet Dragon at a .1% from High Mage Atenza Rude Kaiser at a .1% from Desert Mage Ryu-kishin Powered at a .1% from Forest Mage So there are plenty with super low drop rates
If you want to be stronger early. Duel Simon to get Time Wizard, as this card + any dragon you can fuse Thousand Dragon. And to get some dragons and some thunders, the best choice is the Village 3. For example you can get dragon zombie from him + just 1 thunder you can fuse THTD right away.
I remember the CPU just seeming to have conveniently placed cards. I do remember getting a GameShark just to cheat at this game. It was simple at first, then I gave myself 3 BEUD, 3 Megamorphs, and some other stuff. I didn't lose after that but I did feel a little guilty for cheating.
The way I go about the alignment is each has an elemental or force behind it much how Dark Duel stories did it, Sun=Light Moon -Dark, Venus-Dream, Mercury-Shadow; Mars-Fire,Jupiter-Grass,Saturn-Wind,Uranus- Earth, Neptune- Water, Pluto-Electric
Crazy thing I figured this out w/o going to the wiki in which I didn't even know went into detail about it. I'd chalk it up to what vibe the monster gives off ie Dark Magician uses Black Magic that burns but he isn't a malveolent Mage hence why he has The (Shadow/Fire; Mercury/Mars)combo
I actually got crazy lucky in one play through, I got meteor black dragon after only 10 duels with the meadow mage. At the time I had no understanding of how lucky I was.
Let's just says there is a reason why everyone plays the 15 card mod rather that the original (unless you play the Tournament only). I won a Meteor at my second duel with Meadow Mage with the mod and there is people that create a 30 card mod. With the 30 card mod,the only card it can take you time win is Megamorph
Don't like that. Would be better to create a mod with more reasonable drop rates. If ur getting 30 drops a duel might as well just cheat and start the game with all the cards then.
@@sann8782very true, at 30 cards a pop you’re basically gonna have a ridiculous amount of extras. My 15 card drop still took a bit to grind with, and was more fun than the original, I mean to get the same cards I got I would’ve had to play 700+ duels 😅 or for certain opponents likely around 50-100 wins rather than 10-20. I think the main problem with your idea is simply the amount of cards wouldn’t be possible to incorporate like that without adding 5-dozens of opponents.
The first time I played this game I played it straight and got a MBD drop from Meadow Mage on my 412th duel…after that first playthrough and game clear, I only play the 15-card mod. Playing the game like originally intended is a blast but time is a resource and I’d rather use it in other ways than re-grinding for drops when you can instead do a 1-2hr run for some fun.
There’s something nobody really talks about. The summoned skull and the skull knight have a TON of equip cards that are compatible with them! Get those cards and you are likely to win FAST
I'm not that good at the game so I'm not sure, but I don't think the Meadow Mage gives Gaia the Dragon Champion, but Gaia the Fierce Knight and Curse of Dragon, which are its fusion materials. I love this game, though.
Gate Guardian in the TCG: Close to unusable (At least before the recent support) Gate Guardian in Forbidden Memories: Pick a fucking god and pray, but Ill still end you.
Any dragon or thunder type with a 1600 atk Stat can make Twin headed with just one fusion with the other type. For example, Kaminiri attack [Thunder] has 1900 atk and only needs one dragon to make Twin Headed. I know the hi atk thunders are rare, but it works
Also. There was an entire generation of us gamers without an internet connection. So i spent countless months fighting against duelist i THOUGHT would give me good cars but turns out I should've just fought low meadow bro. This game bro.
I always knew this game was bullshit, but that 20 card hand complete with mulligans is just crazy. This explains so much about my childhood memories of this game.
@@BoltSpider I don't know if you noticed but I made the video showing how the enemy's hand changes haha I'm planning on testing that 20 card hand theory (which I'm pretty sure is true, but I haven't seen any proof of the number 20 online), so if you want to know something you can ask me!
Oh for sure, only for the final 6 though, one thing I did learn recently was that if you destroy a monster they'll most likely summon something weaker that the monster that was destroyed unless that is incorrect. But I'll definitely let you know and check it out! (I did watch that video before looking at it now), it was very interesting.
First time I beat this game I did it by using only summoned skull and equip cards(basically all the cheap ones works with it), took me and my friend months, I remember we actually bough megamorphs and did the trade method where you use three memory cards so we could have three, and it was still a grind to beat the 6. Good days
I'm not sure, the game was in english but as far as I know it could just be some sort of translation from the japanese version? It defo worked, the fusion was time magician + embryonic beast@@jordanwallendorff1089
I remember getting so lucky with Jono 2 getting a meteor black dragon drop within 50 duels And unlucky with Pegasus. S or A teching via deck out almost 100 times (I know, it took a long while) and only got one bright castle and one widespread ruin But low meadow mage was my best rng, getting all the best cards from him twice each within 60-70 duels I remember my first 5 duels netted me skull knight, Dark magician and gaia
I always wonder why out of all the mages, only low meadow mage has the best chance to give all the best cards at that point of the game barring the strongest ones or unique ones (blue eyes, red eyes)
That is really a great question that I don't have the answers too. It also gives Gaia and Curse of Dragon to make Gaia the Dragon Champion so that is there too.
me remembering playing this cluster duck and always losing against either mai or rex cause i didnt know we could actually explore around in the beginning not just go along with F!#$ING SIMON.
Very informative video but I noticed it sounds like you didn’t have a script and were either going off the cuff or you had a general outline. You tend to stumble over your words a bit and I think with a script and some editing you can make some great stuff! Hope to see more soon!
Thank you so much currently planning the next video to see which I cover next. This was actually a scripted video , so it was my first time doing something this large, and I did wish I spent more time on this video as I have said a couple times before.
very informative video! i know you've gotten similar comments already, but next time in the future be sure to take your time with big projects like these: you have potential to make some really good stuff, but quality really does matter in the long run regardless, great video, keep at it!
I have a script, I have answered that a few times in the comments. It's more me being nervous doing a video like this as I rarely do scripted videos. The comments have the answers always.
The RNG with card drops is absolutely crazy to see. Consider Meteor B. Dragon drops under A or S Pow from Meadow Mage. Depending on how you end a duel, even if the "multiple endings" ends with an A or S Pow, you may drop different cards. In the winning round, depending if you use an extra fusion, it's a drop, and if you fuse twice in that same round, it will drop a whole different card; and this goes if in the same round you decide to use an equip, or two, or three, or having a bonus with the guardian stars, or deciding to battle using that animation (pressing Square) or not... It will give different cards for each condition. Edit: you may not have that MBD dropped with your A/S-Pow, but maybe YOU from an alternate timeline, deciding to do something else in the winning round, just dropped it. Cheers!
@@BoltSpider yes but still that deosnt prove that thye have 20 cards, but they can change the cards they are holding, how is the 20 cards proven? also if they could adjust everytime the game would ne unbeatable right?
Quality check. I appreciate that you put effort in to making this, but there's quite a bit of information that's incorrect. Isis can draw in to B. Skull Dragon, Meadow Mage does not drop Gaia the Dragon champion, and you can not fight all 3 villagers in the 2nd half of the game. Heishin, "High Shin", Heinz Ketchup Shin.
1. I misspoke about Gaia the Dragon Champion for Gaia the Fierce Knight 2. Villager 3 is still there you can talk to him but he doesn't duel any more 3. Sure Isis can draw into a B. Skull Dragon but that is a .49% chance of happening but IN QUOTE from the video: "can give you a run for your money, as these 3 can have powerful monsters if you aren’t ready, ranging from Black Skull Dragon from Isis" 4. Heishin, High Shin it doesn't matter as people pronounce his name differently all the time from Hei-Shin to High Shin. I see where you are coming from with all the feedback and things to point out, the video is already out and published and I don't want to spend any more time on it as in my eyes its what child me wanted. These are just small nitpicks imo. I did tons of research into the game, sure I might've gotten things wrong but, I cannot stress this enough, we are humans. We all make mistakes, nothing can ever be perfect.
@@BoltSpider so u do the regular thing to trigger Jono saying tea has been kidnapped but instead of going to the high shrine you go to the temple of glory?
@@ryanlordjanie so let's say you defeated 3 of the high mages, you go back to the duel ground and it triggers the story as it takes you to the high shrine, duel against Labrynth Mage then after you beat him, you go against Seto 2nd
I remember as a 10 or 12 year old (early to mid 2000s) grinding this game HARD after a few year hiatus (so most of my life at that point), getting as far as fighting DarkNite (so, not even Nitemare, the final boss, but the 2nd-to-final boss), losing, and then starting the battle gauntlet ALL OVER AGAIN, thus causing me to abruptly quit altogether forever. I never cheated or anything, but I DID get VERY good at fusing towards Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon and Meteor B. Dragon, which were my aces in the hole. Now that emulators exist, I'm gonna just gameshark some powerful cards into my starter deck and mow through the game for fun! 😁
I got stuck at the labyrinth mages where u had to go left or right .I was like this is impossible im suppose to get the right route in this maze and then win every duel
Skull Knight plus 4 equip spells is the only way I'm able to beat Seto 3 as well as Nightmare cause 3 Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragons is entirely bs and that's if RNG isn't on your side. I still haven't gotten megamorph cause of Rng hell and didn't know pegasus gave you it. I only learned about Medow mage by accident after winning my first skull knight off him not to mention Meteor B Dragon
It's so fucked up how much the enemies CHEAT in this game. And it costs 99,999 Star Chips to even get a Mediocre Card! lmao Wtf were the Developers thinking!? It's a fun game sometmes but they deserve to be SLAPPED
The enemies don't cheat, rather they are designed in a way that just allows them to be more consistent, but as long as you know what to do, then no opponent is impossible to beat. As for the cards costing 999999 star chips, those are the ones that were locked in the pocket station, a feature that the US PSX never got and it's really not the developers fault but rather Sony's fault.
@@pootskoot23 Skill issue dude. The opponents have brain rot for AI which you can easily exploit so it evens out what in essence is just a way to make opponents more consistent, nothing else. If I know that I just need a 3800 monster to beat Heishin 2, then would be impossible to lose against him if I make a deck that's consistent enough to get that kind of card example: a Twin Headed Thunder Dragon with two equips or one Megamorph. Mind you, the AI in this game is so dumb ... - You can leave a Widespread Ruin face up and they will still attack with their strongest card. - You have board control? Then they will never use magic cards, fuse cards or set up trap cards. - They can't read equip cards that your monster cards may have. So a Twin Headed Thunder Dragon with two Megamorphs is read as 2800 and not as 4800, which matters a lot for the AI in order to activate spell cards and other shenanigans. - They can't use different guardian signs, which means you can take that as an advantage if you know your cards well enough. Example: You have a Meteor B. Dragon? Cool, you can beat any opponent that has a non Sogen boosted Gate Guardian if you set your MBD on Sun.
@@davidchez513 sorry you typed so much. I quit reading after you said “easily exploitable AI brain rot.” Easily exploitable AI brain rot…that cheats you knuckle dragger. **skill issue** ***game with horrible RNG*** *******tells the guy next to him playing slot machines*******skill issue bro
The whole "the AI cheats" argument is really not what it is Sure, the UI doesn't display it that way, maybe because of limitations or whatever but the thing is, they are made that way to make them feel more consistent as opponents. All the opponents after Villager 3 have more than 5 hands deck btw. So from Seto 1 to everyone at World Tournament and finally everyone after returning to Egypt uses a hand that's more than just 5 cards. The numbers are different for some, of course, like High Mages + Lab Mage having 16 cards in hand or Weevil and Rex being the only with an 8 hand deck
I recently had to record some narration for a little project and I realized it's way, way harder than I thought. I think you're doing pretty well! If you haven't already maybe you could do a video about the 100% run of this game. I've done it twice but only on the 15 card mod. On the vanilla version it's an even more insane task, making this game a love-hate masterpiece.
999,999 starchips are for one reason to force you to buy the pocket station now I'm going to be sincere about this game despite this game was not good reviewed for me is the best yugioh game ever made music story characters I hope in the near future konami will remake this game as for the uploader of this video thank you for reviewing the game 😊
I really hope for a remake for this game as well, it'll bring back so many old players to the game who played it to see what changed. Plus they can finally fix the mistake they made by locking the pocket station cards for the US
@@BoltSpider I don't think if konami will fix any of their mistakes konami stands out for irreparable errors anyway we hope that a remake comes out and they will make little mistakes little mistakes are far better than to much mistakes anyway time will tell
If Jon_oh has taught me anything about this game, and he has taught me everything I know about it, it's that RNG in this game stands for Raigeki, Next Geulist.
actually there was a real card game when this game came out. the ocg started in feb 1999 and this game released in dec 1999. I mean the game uses the artworks of the real card game! not only that in the game were 3 promo cards included. how can there be cards for a game does not exist?
Yes, I do know that the game started in Feb 1999, this game came out before the rules of the actual card game were finalized. People in Japan followed the rules of the game for a time until they officially released the actual rules of the game.
That "well well well" I heard it in Uncle Ruckus voice "like great moths to a flame" lol Like this entire community of let's players make me want to make a ROM hack that makes all the cards of forbidden memories playable. It doesn't make sense to me Gameboy cards had effects but these didn't. I know I'd have to recode the whole thing from down up, but it'd be worth it as real Yugioh is ass too. But it would be cool to see low level monsters actually usable because they have game breaking effects to compete with just ridiculous high stats. Like I'm thinking Player: I got a Claw Reacher? The fuck am I supposed to do with this? (It now has an effect of if it deals battle damage, opponents cannot summon Saturn guardian stars for the remainder of the game, and if any Saturn alignment out, can summon it without using your normal summon.) Player: Oh that slightly changes things
the thing about forbidden memories is that once you grind enough equip spells and a few monsters, at least in the 1500 range, you can get a 4000+ monster with the field spell advantage and some luck, the rest is mostly, not attacking into a trap or just a very unlucky raigeki.@@BoltSpider Reshef is just a bunch of unfavorable dynamics stacked on top of each other. The deck capacity feature is horrendous so even if you somehow get good cards , you may not be able to have them in your deck, your capacity to sell or ante is limited, the cards often cost too much, life points are not only a health bar but some opponents have multiple times your 8000! and the list goes on and on.
The game was so hard and annoying the grind no good cards only one drop per win and the 999 999 for one BLue eyes or dark magician. Then u fight seto3 throws a Blue eyes ultimate and ur dead if not able to get thunder dragon double version out in first turn with few dragon treasure. WHAT heishin even has exodia in his deck wow thats crazy but I never lasted long anyway but its crazy he has that as well if he not fast enough kills u with his 3000 plus atk cards
i think Rush Duel took inspiration from Forbidden Memories ( it's just my guess ) There's a card that, i'm sure, took reference from FM, the Class Change Mirror ( Rush version of Job Change Mirror from TCG OCG ) and it has effect to SS Summoned Skull ( in FM you can fuse Job Change with Fiend to summon Summoned Skull )
I like the actual content of the video, but the stuttering made this very hard to listen to. Thankfully, it's the sort of problem that can be fixed with practice and experience.
This is getting on my nerves so let me correct you: Ishizu is the correct name. Isis is not pronounced "eye-sis", but "ee-sis", as it's an egyptian name. To write Isis in japanese you convert "si" into "shi" (Si doesn't exist in japanese) and the "s" at the end becomes "su" or "zu", as "s" doesn't exist in japanese. Why IshiZU and not IshiSU? Because the S in the end of Isis sounds like a Z more than an S proper, so it's translated to Zu. TL;DR: Ishizu is simply how you write Isis in the japanese alphabet, and is pronounced "ee-sis".
Isis was the official name in this game before Ishizu was named Ishizu since this was made in 1999 so I was going of the basis of that like a few others in their videos. Since this game was made in 1999 Ishizu's real name wasn't brought up till 2002 so there is that merit too. Plus everyone pronounces things differently and that is how I pronounce it.
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET MAX STARS JUST BY DUELING! you get 5 stars at most per duel and with that in account if would take 200,000 duels at minimum to get to it.
this video is kinda hard to watch because u stutter a lot. my advise is to read your notes a few times and keep taking a new recording until it feels right
Nice vid but you should record in multiple takes. You sound nervous and unfocused in your speech a lot of the time. Great presentation and editing but you need to steel your nerves and not be afraid to to second takes
Please don’t read snarky sarcasm in the tone of this comment because my intention is not to be mean. But in the future, can you edit the voiceover part of your videos to take out all the stutters and pauses? I’m really not trying to be mean because I did like your video, but every time you have one of those it all those, they interrupt the flow of the video narration.
Will keep in mind, this was one of the larger projects that I wanted to do and I wish I would've spent a little more time on it myself to iron out everything. But thank you for the input.
Honestly, playing this game with a gameshark is not just a necessity, it's actually justified. Yeah, sure some games the AI cheat for extra challenge. But if the AI is going to cheat TO THAT EXTENT, then it's only fair the player gets to cheat back to even the playing field.
This is how I feel about most mobs in Borderlands 2. I don't use cheats, but they're a bunch of bastards on uvhm mode so I have no problem being underhanded in killing them. Especially when they run away from you in second wind. 🙄🙄
2:06 bro the degree of this understatement makes it hard to take you seriously for the rest of the video. 999,999 star chips is "a painful grind"???? My boy, it would take YEARS of grinding for hours a day to get 1 single 999,999 card.
Not really RNG if the enemies at one point just start cheating at changing their hand freely to whatever they need. Also Reshef of Destruction is harder than this game.
Na the AI cheating isn't the RNG, its the drops you get and how long it takes you to win is the real RNG. Still going to need to play Reshef as its on my list of games to play
@BoltSpider a little history you see players complained and moaned that the sacred cards was too easy plus you got a op starter deck that could carry you though half the game it's sequel was a bit of a middle finger to those who complained because you start with a very weak deck and becomes irrelevant within the first 10-15 minutes and sometimes you need pure luck just to win a duel most pepole who longplay this have to cheat deck capacity just for the sake of time this is the dark souls of yu gi oh I'm dead serious
The whole "heart of the cards" thing in the anime disappear when you find out the pharaoh power, in the game you simply don't have the power, your foes do XD
This statement is so true and I love it.
I find it funny to this day, people say Atem doesn’t have the power to top deck
Literally what heart of the cards is
Your foes believe in the power of friendship more than you do
Is that why they burn each other alive and take each other hostage? Lmao
@@aceclover758that makes no sense because literally major character can do this
I'll never get tired of people talking about this game. Great video!
Thank you so much!
One of the tricks I learned is
1. If at start of the duel you don't have the necessary card to fuse up and equip to become a strong card, then play FACEUP in defense mode any weak MONSTER card you don't need. Most of the time the AI opponent will summon weaker card or regular card instead of their OG gate guardian, meteor black dragons, etc.
2. You can also gamble by summoning a good but not great card in face down ATTACK position. Sometimes the AI opponent may think you are confident with your strong card and thus will also summon their card but either put their card in defense facedown or faceup attack without attacking your card. But sometimes they still attack though.
One thing that I did learn as well from others is that if you defeat a monster the AI will most times try to summon something equal to or as weaker as the destroyed monster
Except Pegasus cause he can ACTUALLY see your card
There's a couple of opponents that can actually see your face down cards
The guardian star system is quite easy to learn, they make each symbol based on a certain characteristic like mars represents fire so fire based monsters most of the time have it.
When i was a kid this game took me an entire year to beat playing before and after school but it was worth it, great video mate
3:35 - I remember seeing that it is actually a percentage out of *2,048* and not 248. The rarest drop, at 2 of 2048, I believe is Metalzoa from Sebek.
There are plenty of cards that have the 2% drop rate or less like
Giltia the D. Knight at .2% from Jono 2nd,
Toon Alligator at a .1% drop rate from Meadow Mage and Simon
MBD .1% chance of dropping from Mountain Mage,
Launcher Spider at a .2% chance from Neku
Aqua Dragon at a .1% chance from Ocean Mage
Metal Zoa at a .2% chance from Sebek - as you did mention
Parrot Dragon at .1% chance from High Mage Secmeton
Kaiser Dragon at .1% from Seto 2nd
Sanga the Thunder at a .1% chance from Seto 3rd
Electric Lizard at a .1% from Villager 2
Jirai Gumo at a .1% from High Mage Anubisius
Harpie's Pet Dragon at a .1% from High Mage Atenza
Rude Kaiser at a .1% from Desert Mage
Ryu-kishin Powered at a .1% from Forest Mage
So there are plenty with super low drop rates
Aha
That's quite the chart for me to hunt down
Yugipedia has the drop rates for every card in the game that is obtainable@@TheMcK777
@BoltSpider oh man I've been using the old Neoseeker guides. I'll take a closer look 👍
If you want to be stronger early. Duel Simon to get Time Wizard, as this card + any dragon you can fuse Thousand Dragon.
And to get some dragons and some thunders, the best choice is the Village 3. For example you can get dragon zombie from him + just 1 thunder you can fuse THTD right away.
Secmeton: “You shall pay dearly for your folly”
Also Secmeton: *has an inconsistent deck*
It's really nice to see videos still being made about this game, please keep up the good work!
And I am sitting here thinking that Yugioh Nightmare Troubadour is already a RNG fest but this pure insanity
I remember the CPU just seeming to have conveniently placed cards. I do remember getting a GameShark just to cheat at this game. It was simple at first, then I gave myself 3 BEUD, 3 Megamorphs, and some other stuff. I didn't lose after that but I did feel a little guilty for cheating.
Everyone cheated a little I do think to beat this game via gameshark or even copying their memory card to their actual save.
@@BoltSpiderI wonder where you find these GameSharks now?
@@scottriddell3514 you can apply gamesharks/cheats through the proper emulator
I suppose now you know the game was cheating right back at you. So its all even in the end.
The way I go about the alignment is each has an elemental or force behind it much how Dark Duel stories did it, Sun=Light Moon -Dark, Venus-Dream, Mercury-Shadow; Mars-Fire,Jupiter-Grass,Saturn-Wind,Uranus- Earth, Neptune- Water, Pluto-Electric
Crazy thing I figured this out w/o going to the wiki in which I didn't even know went into detail about it. I'd chalk it up to what vibe the monster gives off ie Dark Magician uses Black Magic that burns but he isn't a malveolent Mage hence why he has The (Shadow/Fire; Mercury/Mars)combo
The pocket station makes this game even easier but the pocket station was released only for japan
I actually got crazy lucky in one play through, I got meteor black dragon after only 10 duels with the meadow mage. At the time I had no understanding of how lucky I was.
Let's just says there is a reason why everyone plays the 15 card mod rather that the original (unless you play the Tournament only). I won a Meteor at my second duel with Meadow Mage with the mod and there is people that create a 30 card mod. With the 30 card mod,the only card it can take you time win is Megamorph
Don't like that. Would be better to create a mod with more reasonable drop rates. If ur getting 30 drops a duel might as well just cheat and start the game with all the cards then.
@@sann8782very true, at 30 cards a pop you’re basically gonna have a ridiculous amount of extras. My 15 card drop still took a bit to grind with, and was more fun than the original, I mean to get the same cards I got I would’ve had to play 700+ duels 😅 or for certain opponents likely around 50-100 wins rather than 10-20.
I think the main problem with your idea is simply the amount of cards wouldn’t be possible to incorporate like that without adding 5-dozens of opponents.
The first time I played this game I played it straight and got a MBD drop from Meadow Mage on my 412th duel…after that first playthrough and game clear, I only play the 15-card mod. Playing the game like originally intended is a blast but time is a resource and I’d rather use it in other ways than re-grinding for drops when you can instead do a 1-2hr run for some fun.
Swords of revealing light is also a great card to have in this game. Especially for the final six.
Who drops it?
@@darknova7863 Nobody, it's a Pocket Station card. You can fuse it, but it's yet with another Pocket Station card: Shadow Spell.
@@davidchez513 that's what I figured but thanks for confirming
There’s something nobody really talks about. The summoned skull and the skull knight have a TON of equip cards that are compatible with them! Get those cards and you are likely to win FAST
I remember playing this game in the past and doing more than a 100 duels just to get the meteor black dragon.
I'm not that good at the game so I'm not sure, but I don't think the Meadow Mage gives Gaia the Dragon Champion, but Gaia the Fierce Knight and Curse of Dragon, which are its fusion materials. I love this game, though.
Was pointed out in the comments but thank you lots.
And yes he does in fact drop the materials for it but not the card itself
@@BoltSpider Ha! So my memory isn't too bad after all. Nice video, shows the addictive frustration of playing this game quite well 😁
Gate Guardian in the TCG: Close to unusable (At least before the recent support)
Gate Guardian in Forbidden Memories: Pick a fucking god and pray, but Ill still end you.
You need a better god of a Megamorph is used as well
Any dragon or thunder type with a 1600 atk Stat can make Twin headed with just one fusion with the other type. For example, Kaminiri attack [Thunder] has 1900 atk and only needs one dragon to make Twin Headed. I know the hi atk thunders are rare, but it works
Also. There was an entire generation of us gamers without an internet connection. So i spent countless months fighting against duelist i THOUGHT would give me good cars but turns out I should've just fought low meadow bro. This game bro.
I always knew this game was bullshit, but that 20 card hand complete with mulligans is just crazy. This explains so much about my childhood memories of this game.
I’m a simple man. I see a forbidden memories video and I watch.
Thanks for the video! Very nostalgic memories
Great video! This game brings so many memories, that's why I decided to investigate deeper into how it works
I hope to have a follow-up video on this to correct the mistakes and talk about how the game true works.
@@BoltSpider I don't know if you noticed but I made the video showing how the enemy's hand changes haha I'm planning on testing that 20 card hand theory (which I'm pretty sure is true, but I haven't seen any proof of the number 20 online), so if you want to know something you can ask me!
Oh for sure, only for the final 6 though, one thing I did learn recently was that if you destroy a monster they'll most likely summon something weaker that the monster that was destroyed unless that is incorrect.
But I'll definitely let you know and check it out! (I did watch that video before looking at it now), it was very interesting.
Awesome video mate! From a huge fan of this game.
First time I beat this game I did it by using only summoned skull and equip cards(basically all the cheap ones works with it), took me and my friend months, I remember we actually bough megamorphs and did the trade method where you use three memory cards so we could have three, and it was still a grind to beat the 6. Good days
Summoned skull isn’t available in the English game. We’re you playing Japanese?
I'm not sure, the game was in english but as far as I know it could just be some sort of translation from the japanese version? It defo worked, the fusion was time magician + embryonic beast@@jordanwallendorff1089
I remember getting so lucky with Jono 2 getting a meteor black dragon drop within 50 duels
And unlucky with Pegasus. S or A teching via deck out almost 100 times (I know, it took a long while) and only got one bright castle and one widespread ruin
But low meadow mage was my best rng, getting all the best cards from him twice each within 60-70 duels
I remember my first 5 duels netted me skull knight, Dark magician and gaia
I always wonder why out of all the mages, only low meadow mage has the best chance to give all the best cards at that point of the game barring the strongest ones or unique ones (blue eyes, red eyes)
That is really a great question that I don't have the answers too. It also gives Gaia and Curse of Dragon to make Gaia the Dragon Champion so that is there too.
Do you know who drops Summoned Skull?
Neku, Nightmare, Seto 2nd/3rd and High Mage Martis
@@BoltSpiderOh I thought s. Skull is unobtainable?! 💀 can we legit win it
How about metalzoa?
Thanks for the great vids! 🌈
@@MikeL-l2i Metalzoa can be dropped by Heishin 2nd, Nitemare, Sebek, Seto 2nd & 3rd
me remembering playing this cluster duck and always losing against either mai or rex cause i didnt know we could actually explore around in the beginning not just go along with F!#$ING SIMON.
Very informative video but I noticed it sounds like you didn’t have a script and were either going off the cuff or you had a general outline. You tend to stumble over your words a bit and I think with a script and some editing you can make some great stuff! Hope to see more soon!
Thank you so much currently planning the next video to see which I cover next. This was actually a scripted video , so it was my first time doing something this large, and I did wish I spent more time on this video as I have said a couple times before.
are you sure its the hardest? reshef of destruction, the gba game, also shows no mercy!
Ill have to check out Reshef of Destruction, but loads of people say Forbidden Memory is the hardest game they've ever played
@@BoltSpiderreshef is tough at the beginning, but id say it's definitely harder than FM
That game is hard af
I never even beat it lol. Makes no sense
I just use the three memory card system. There, lots of twin headed base card and fusions.
This is why a game shark came in handy back in those days 😁😂..
very informative video! i know you've gotten similar comments already, but next time in the future be sure to take your time with big projects like these: you have potential to make some really good stuff, but quality really does matter in the long run
regardless, great video, keep at it!
Thank you so much and next time I will for sure, currently trying to plan what the next major video I'll want to do!
Can't wait to see a video of your down the line where you have gained confidence. Try not to rush. You're doing great.
Thank you so much! I have a new one in the works and I really hope it goes better
Pegasus also drops the Bright Castle, which is the second best equip in the game.
He is the best to get TEC cards and its amazing
Good video, but you need some voice and air control. You sound out of breath by simple sentences. Do you use a script?
I have a script, I have answered that a few times in the comments.
It's more me being nervous doing a video like this as I rarely do scripted videos.
The comments have the answers always.
When they made this game someone from up top made to yell "FUCK THE RULES" . And we are all better for it
Love the video! Great content! Subbing for sure! ❤
I appreciate it!
I recently played this again and got extremely lucky on my first try. Never saw a Blue Eyes Ultimate and got pretty good card RNG.
The RNG with card drops is absolutely crazy to see.
Consider Meteor B. Dragon drops under A or S Pow from Meadow Mage.
Depending on how you end a duel, even if the "multiple endings" ends with an A or S Pow, you may drop different cards.
In the winning round, depending if you use an extra fusion, it's a drop, and if you fuse twice in that same round, it will drop a whole different card; and this goes if in the same round you decide to use an equip, or two, or three, or having a bonus with the guardian stars, or deciding to battle using that animation (pressing Square) or not... It will give different cards for each condition.
Edit: you may not have that MBD dropped with your A/S-Pow, but maybe YOU from an alternate timeline, deciding to do something else in the winning round, just dropped it. Cheers!
How do you know that seto starts with 20 cards?in the cards remaining before he loses it said he had still 33 cards left
GameSharks prove that they have hands that are adjustable to any moment they need
@@BoltSpider yes but still that deosnt prove that thye have 20 cards, but they can change the cards they are holding, how is the 20 cards proven? also if they could adjust everytime the game would ne unbeatable right?
@@ektorasektorou3244 this is a really good video showcasing this ruclips.net/video/7ysGEhtWXM8/видео.html
Great video. I like how responsive you are/were to feedback in these comments.
Combine meteor dragon and red eyes black dragon will get you meteor black dragon.
Make sure you have polymerization or fusion gate, while you're at it
Quality check. I appreciate that you put effort in to making this, but there's quite a bit of information that's incorrect. Isis can draw in to B. Skull Dragon, Meadow Mage does not drop Gaia the Dragon champion, and you can not fight all 3 villagers in the 2nd half of the game. Heishin, "High Shin", Heinz Ketchup Shin.
There's more, but I recommend doing better research on this game.
1. I misspoke about Gaia the Dragon Champion for Gaia the Fierce Knight
2. Villager 3 is still there you can talk to him but he doesn't duel any more
3. Sure Isis can draw into a B. Skull Dragon but that is a .49% chance of happening but IN QUOTE from the video:
"can give you a run for your money, as these 3 can have powerful monsters if you aren’t ready, ranging from Black Skull Dragon from Isis"
4. Heishin, High Shin it doesn't matter as people pronounce his name differently all the time from Hei-Shin to High Shin.
I see where you are coming from with all the feedback and things to point out, the video is already out and published and I don't want to spend any more time on it as in my eyes its what child me wanted. These are just small nitpicks imo. I did tons of research into the game, sure I might've gotten things wrong but, I cannot stress this enough, we are humans. We all make mistakes, nothing can ever be perfect.
Doing great king keep it up
Great video, with a little spit and polish this channel will explode.
Did anyone ever duel 2nd seto at the temple of glory? I don’t know how I triggered it as a kid but it did happen.
Many people did, you just duel half of the shrine high mages (2-4), go back to the dueling ground and it triggers the story to duel against seto 2nd
@@BoltSpider so u do the regular thing to trigger Jono saying tea has been kidnapped but instead of going to the high shrine you go to the temple of glory?
@@ryanlordjanie so let's say you defeated 3 of the high mages, you go back to the duel ground and it triggers the story as it takes you to the high shrine, duel against Labrynth Mage then after you beat him, you go against Seto 2nd
Your audio needs a lot of editing out pauses but its a good video
Thank you, it's already noted for the next major video I make!
I remember as a 10 or 12 year old (early to mid 2000s) grinding this game HARD after a few year hiatus (so most of my life at that point), getting as far as fighting DarkNite (so, not even Nitemare, the final boss, but the 2nd-to-final boss), losing, and then starting the battle gauntlet ALL OVER AGAIN, thus causing me to abruptly quit altogether forever. I never cheated or anything, but I DID get VERY good at fusing towards Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon and Meteor B. Dragon, which were my aces in the hole.
Now that emulators exist, I'm gonna just gameshark some powerful cards into my starter deck and mow through the game for fun! 😁
I got stuck at the labyrinth mages where u had to go left or right .I was like this is impossible im suppose to get the right route in this maze and then win every duel
So glad I grew up with duelist of the roses
Skull Knight plus 4 equip spells is the only way I'm able to beat Seto 3 as well as Nightmare cause 3 Blue Eyes Ultimate Dragons is entirely bs and that's if RNG isn't on your side. I still haven't gotten megamorph cause of Rng hell and didn't know pegasus gave you it. I only learned about Medow mage by accident after winning my first skull knight off him not to mention Meteor B Dragon
Aye man you did a good job it must be tough having to speak for so long your a better man then me because i cant talk for shizz
Welcome to scripts and heavy editing :^)
31:21 my fav fade out cut on seto theme
It's so fucked up how much the enemies CHEAT in this game.
And it costs 99,999 Star Chips to even get a Mediocre Card! lmao
Wtf were the Developers thinking!? It's a fun game sometmes but they deserve to be SLAPPED
The enemies don't cheat, rather they are designed in a way that just allows them to be more consistent, but as long as you know what to do, then no opponent is impossible to beat.
As for the cards costing 999999 star chips, those are the ones that were locked in the pocket station, a feature that the US PSX never got and it's really not the developers fault but rather Sony's fault.
Playing a yugioh card game giving the opponents 20 card hands is not cheating because iTs dEsIgNEd tHaT wAy hurrr durrrr
@@pootskoot23 Skill issue dude. The opponents have brain rot for AI which you can easily exploit so it evens out what in essence is just a way to make opponents more consistent, nothing else. If I know that I just need a 3800 monster to beat Heishin 2, then would be impossible to lose against him if I make a deck that's consistent enough to get that kind of card example: a Twin Headed Thunder Dragon with two equips or one Megamorph.
Mind you, the AI in this game is so dumb ...
- You can leave a Widespread Ruin face up and they will still attack with their strongest card.
- You have board control? Then they will never use magic cards, fuse cards or set up trap cards.
- They can't read equip cards that your monster cards may have. So a Twin Headed Thunder Dragon with two Megamorphs is read as 2800 and not as 4800, which matters a lot for the AI in order to activate spell cards and other shenanigans.
- They can't use different guardian signs, which means you can take that as an advantage if you know your cards well enough. Example: You have a Meteor B. Dragon? Cool, you can beat any opponent that has a non Sogen boosted Gate Guardian if you set your MBD on Sun.
@@davidchez513 sorry you typed so much. I quit reading after you said “easily exploitable AI brain rot.”
Easily exploitable AI brain rot…that cheats you knuckle dragger.
**skill issue** ***game with horrible RNG*** *******tells the guy next to him playing slot machines*******skill issue bro
@@pootskoot23 Damn sorry to hear that you have low span attention, hopefully life hasn't been too hard for you up to this point
The whole "the AI cheats" argument is really not what it is
Sure, the UI doesn't display it that way, maybe because of limitations or whatever but the thing is, they are made that way to make them feel more consistent as opponents.
All the opponents after Villager 3 have more than 5 hands deck btw.
So from Seto 1 to everyone at World Tournament and finally everyone after returning to Egypt uses a hand that's more than just 5 cards. The numbers are different for some, of course, like High Mages + Lab Mage having 16 cards in hand or Weevil and Rex being the only with an 8 hand deck
This was one of the few games I had to GameShark to beat and even then the AI was still cheap
100% I had to clone my PS1 save so I could trade with myself to win years ago with Skull Guardian and MBD
@BoltSpider I did that too but I would start a new game and pilfer cards such as Raigeki, Equips, Dragons, Thunder, and Field spells
Twin headed dragon the game.
Drag gag goon capture jar
I recently had to record some narration for a little project and I realized it's way, way harder than I thought. I think you're doing pretty well! If you haven't already maybe you could do a video about the 100% run of this game. I've done it twice but only on the 15 card mod. On the vanilla version it's an even more insane task, making this game a love-hate masterpiece.
999,999 starchips are for one reason to force you to buy the pocket station now I'm going to be sincere about this game despite this game was not good reviewed for me is the best yugioh game ever made music story characters I hope in the near future konami will remake this game as for the uploader of this video thank you for reviewing the game 😊
I really hope for a remake for this game as well, it'll bring back so many old players to the game who played it to see what changed. Plus they can finally fix the mistake they made by locking the pocket station cards for the US
@@BoltSpider I don't think if konami will fix any of their mistakes konami stands out for irreparable errors anyway we hope that a remake comes out and they will make little mistakes little mistakes are far better than to much mistakes anyway time will tell
I played when I was 14. I literaly quit after seeing the 3750
I quit if I see a brick hand
Now do Duelist of the roses and false bound Kingdom
If Jon_oh has taught me anything about this game, and he has taught me everything I know about it, it's that RNG in this game stands for Raigeki, Next Geulist.
Raigeki Next Guelist is correct.
The only yu-gi-oh game in which I understood the rules for. 😅
actually there was a real card game when this game came out. the ocg started in feb 1999 and this game released in dec 1999. I mean the game uses the artworks of the real card game! not only that in the game were 3 promo cards included. how can there be cards for a game does not exist?
Yes, I do know that the game started in Feb 1999, this game came out before the rules of the actual card game were finalized. People in Japan followed the rules of the game for a time until they officially released the actual rules of the game.
That "well well well" I heard it in Uncle Ruckus voice "like great moths to a flame" lol
Like this entire community of let's players make me want to make a ROM hack that makes all the cards of forbidden memories playable. It doesn't make sense to me Gameboy cards had effects but these didn't. I know I'd have to recode the whole thing from down up, but it'd be worth it as real Yugioh is ass too. But it would be cool to see low level monsters actually usable because they have game breaking effects to compete with just ridiculous high stats. Like I'm thinking
Player: I got a Claw Reacher? The fuck am I supposed to do with this?
(It now has an effect of if it deals battle damage, opponents cannot summon Saturn guardian stars for the remainder of the game, and if any Saturn alignment out, can summon it without using your normal summon.)
Player: Oh that slightly changes things
i cant find seto 2nd have any clue i can find him? i had done story twice times😅
You beat 2-3 of the High Mages, then go back to the Dueling Grounds and there you go another part of the story unlocks
@@BoltSpider thanks reply..i go try now
reshef of destruction was even harder.
I am currently working on the reshef video and RN it's just boring mindless grinding. But we shall see the final results
the thing about forbidden memories is that once you grind enough equip spells and a few monsters, at least in the 1500 range, you can get a 4000+ monster with the field spell advantage and some luck, the rest is mostly, not attacking into a trap or just a very unlucky raigeki.@@BoltSpider
Reshef is just a bunch of unfavorable dynamics stacked on top of each other. The deck capacity feature is horrendous so even if you somehow get good cards , you may not be able to have them in your deck, your capacity to sell or ante is limited, the cards often cost too much, life points are not only a health bar but some opponents have multiple times your 8000! and the list goes on and on.
The game was so hard and annoying the grind no good cards only one drop per win and the 999 999 for one BLue eyes or dark magician. Then u fight seto3 throws a Blue eyes ultimate and ur dead if not able to get thunder dragon double version out in first turn with few dragon treasure. WHAT heishin even has exodia in his deck wow thats crazy but I never lasted long anyway but its crazy he has that as well if he not fast enough kills u with his 3000 plus atk cards
🤔 If you think about the way this game plays is like rush duels.
i think Rush Duel took inspiration from Forbidden Memories ( it's just my guess )
There's a card that, i'm sure, took reference from FM, the Class Change Mirror ( Rush version of Job Change Mirror from TCG OCG ) and it has effect to SS Summoned Skull ( in FM you can fuse Job Change with Fiend to summon Summoned Skull )
I imagine Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef Of Destruction is much harder than Forbidden Memories
I tried to play Reshef of Destruction it wasn't harder, it was more tedious of a grind.
If the RNG doesnt heavily favor the NPCs, are you really putting your heart in your cards like Yugi?
Na you put heart of the cards in your opponents to draw nothing
I like the actual content of the video, but the stuttering made this very hard to listen to. Thankfully, it's the sort of problem that can be fixed with practice and experience.
This is getting on my nerves so let me correct you: Ishizu is the correct name. Isis is not pronounced "eye-sis", but "ee-sis", as it's an egyptian name. To write Isis in japanese you convert "si" into "shi" (Si doesn't exist in japanese) and the "s" at the end becomes "su" or "zu", as "s" doesn't exist in japanese. Why IshiZU and not IshiSU? Because the S in the end of Isis sounds like a Z more than an S proper, so it's translated to Zu.
TL;DR: Ishizu is simply how you write Isis in the japanese alphabet, and is pronounced "ee-sis".
Isis was the official name in this game before Ishizu was named Ishizu since this was made in 1999 so I was going of the basis of that like a few others in their videos. Since this game was made in 1999 Ishizu's real name wasn't brought up till 2002 so there is that merit too.
Plus everyone pronounces things differently and that is how I pronounce it.
This game would have ben much more fun if the card drops were more fair
All RNG and that is the beauty of it
This is the only old game I’ve found where all the speed runs less than 6 hours have used mods or RNG manipulation
Good video, but I can hear you nervous
I would recommend not recording everything in one take
It was not one take, it was multiple recordings
IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET MAX STARS JUST BY DUELING! you get 5 stars at most per duel and with that in account if would take 200,000 duels at minimum to get to it.
@@LoneWolfsLair nothing is impossible
this video is kinda hard to watch because u stutter a lot. my advise is to read your notes a few times and keep taking a new recording until it feels right
Its always sunshine in egypt
/good content but please never use that blur filter again. Its rather harmful to eyesight at that intensity.
Nice vid but you should record in multiple takes. You sound nervous and unfocused in your speech a lot of the time. Great presentation and editing but you need to steel your nerves and not be afraid to to second takes
Thank you so much for the feedback, I hope the next long form video I do turns out better whenever that will be
@@BoltSpider Yeah, you seem to know what you want to say, but tend to trip over yourself at times. I think you've got a lotta potential!
Please don’t read snarky sarcasm in the tone of this comment because my intention is not to be mean. But in the future, can you edit the voiceover part of your videos to take out all the stutters and pauses? I’m really not trying to be mean because I did like your video, but every time you have one of those it all those, they interrupt the flow of the video narration.
Will keep in mind, this was one of the larger projects that I wanted to do and I wish I would've spent a little more time on it myself to iron out everything. But thank you for the input.
Honestly, playing this game with a gameshark is not just a necessity, it's actually justified. Yeah, sure some games the AI cheat for extra challenge. But if the AI is going to cheat TO THAT EXTENT, then it's only fair the player gets to cheat back to even the playing field.
This is how I feel about most mobs in Borderlands 2. I don't use cheats, but they're a bunch of bastards on uvhm mode so I have no problem being underhanded in killing them. Especially when they run away from you in second wind. 🙄🙄
I’m sorry, but the blurred back drop is just horrible for the eyes. It’s good stuff but I couldn’t finish due to my eyes feeling like I’m underwater.
The blur lasted around 4.5 minutes as it was only for the intro part.
I used to love this game as a kid and i remember always swearing the game was cheating lmao.
I've been playing this game since a kid and has never finished. stupid RNG and memory card bugs hahahhahah.
I actually like the stuttering
Good video, however the chance is a 1 out of 2048.
2:06 bro the degree of this understatement makes it hard to take you seriously for the rest of the video. 999,999 star chips is "a painful grind"???? My boy, it would take YEARS of grinding for hours a day to get 1 single 999,999 card.
Not really RNG if the enemies at one point just start cheating at changing their hand freely to whatever they need.
Also Reshef of Destruction is harder than this game.
Na the AI cheating isn't the RNG, its the drops you get and how long it takes you to win is the real RNG.
Still going to need to play Reshef as its on my list of games to play
Yah 10000 20000 and 40000 life plus three copies of swords ugh
You sound like you lose your breath and stumble over your words a lot
reshef is harder
Ill definitely try it for sure.
Is this an AI narration?
No it's not...
Your delivery is very unsteady. Work on that.
I think bro might be autistic or something, be nice
So this is AI generated audio right?
No LMAO
No there is a harder game then this game you are wrong play Reshef of Destruction
I haven't played Reshef of Destruction yet, but that might be the next game I play
@BoltSpider a little history you see players complained and moaned that the sacred cards was too easy plus you got a op starter deck that could carry you though half the game it's sequel was a bit of a middle finger to those who complained because you start with a very weak deck and becomes irrelevant within the first 10-15 minutes and sometimes you need pure luck just to win a duel most pepole who longplay this have to cheat deck capacity just for the sake of time this is the dark souls of yu gi oh I'm dead serious
Great to know honestly as I've never played it before. So we'll see what comes of it