Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2011 : Over the Nexus

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2011: Over the Nexus Review

Konami's done just about all it can with the Yu-Gi-Oh! brand on DS. This is the eighth different game in the series to come to the portable over the course of its lifetime, and the company now seems to have settled into a kind of annual release rhythm reminiscent of the yearly updates given to pro sports franchises like Madden. This year's edition, the crazily titled Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2011: Over the Nexus, offers enough new content for established fans to enjoy themselves one last time. But I think it's too late in the game now for newcomers to try jumping on board in this generation, as after eight attempts at catching an audience on this portable it's got to be time to move on to the next – and some new problems are starting to appear. As with the 2009 and 2010 World Championship Yu-Gi-Oh! games, this title adapts the characters and setting of the 5D's anime series to serve as a backdrop for its constant card battling – including the signature, wacky fusion of the card game with the high-speed futuristic motorcycle racing we first got to play two years ago. And, once again, your customizable playable character in the game's story mode is a fresh-faced nobody who seeks to rise out of obscurity and become the world's most popular Turbo Duelist.