YGO3 Duel accelerator

Finally news of the next incarnation for Yu-Gi-Oh! online from v-jump scan (credit shinji116)

Here is a translation of the above (credit: Saias)

1. The Beta Test will happen on the 18/12/2009 and the official release will be sometime in 2010 (no date confirmed yet)
2. They will add alot of new features into the game, with 3D animation from our avatars and more special effects from cards.
3. Further details about Yu-Gi-Oh Online Duel Accelerator and when the game will be officially released will be posted at http://www.yugioh-online.net on the 18/12/2009.
4. Alot of the new features will be based on the Yu-Gi-Oh World Championships 2009 game on Nintendo DS.
5. Duels from the Beta Testing will be free but there is no indication on how long that free period and beta test will last. Also everyone can take part in the Beta testing.
6. All cards from YGO2 will be transfered to the YGO3 Database, which explains the 3 hour maintainance.
7. Also from what i can gather you can open 2-3 packs at a time but i don’t know if those packs are new packs (Pack 49 and beyond).
Thats all i can gather from the Scans. Please feel free to add onto what i have translated so far.

From talk around the net this version seems to be more like a ported version of the PSP game, which would mean Konami would be abandoning continued development from the original “Power of Chaos”, and concentrate more on parallel programming.
So this version will be heavily influenced by Tag Force.
Looks like the animation in Tag Force will be implemented and there are some 3D monster animations as well as character animations, also talks about a card point system.
Notable from the field shot above is the addition of a chat window.

Not sure how they will maintain existing avatar clothing and items, however it appears you have the option to minimise them anyway !

Also speculation that the current event system would be overhauled. Competition and individuals are more often ….

YOC Winter 2009 announced!

The last YOC in Yu-Gi-Oh! Online 2, hopefully.

< Preliminary Tournaments Dates >

Duelist Trial/Gunslinger/Evolution-Match November

According to this V-Jump shot the Eventcards are…

Duelist Trial: (11/6 – 11/8)

4: Arms Hole

5: Arcana Force EX – The Light Ruler

Gunslinger: (11/13 – 11/15)

5 Win Streak: Destiny Draw

6 Win Streak: Destiny Hero – Malicious

7 Win Streak: Destiny Hero – Plasma

Evolution Match: (11/20 – 11/22)

10 Stars: Exploder Dragon

20 Stars: Card Trooper

30 Stars: Van’Dalgyon the Dark Dragon Lord

These events are holding only once. After this, the “great Update” begins. (I hope!)

New Ultimate Match announced!

The official website announces a new Ultimate Match, held between 10/11/2009 18:00 PDT and 11/1/2009 18:00 PDT.

10: Luster Dragon

20: Abyss Soldier

30: Armityle the Chaos Phantom

40: Mind Control

50: Summon Priest

60: Zeta Reticulant

70: Thunder King Rai-Oh

80: Mist Body

90: Treasure Map

100: Dreadscythe Harvester

No new cards. But, reprints of Mind Control and Summon Priest, which becomes important in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Online 3-Metagame.

Duelpass Campaign

You can get an additional bonus card during the campaign!!

Players who enter the DUELPASS code in the game during the campaign will receive 1 bonus card as usual,
and will also get 1 of 6 bonus cards at random according to the theme of each DUELPASS CARD type!
The DUELPASS CARD type which can be used for this campaign is ONLY Phase 7 and onward.
You can see the details from the section “DUELPASS CARD types for this campaign” below.

The CAMPAIGN is held between
09/10/2009 20:00 PDT and 11/30/2009 20:00 PDT

ULTIMATE SELECTION
	Bonus Cards ・Storming Wynn ・Simorgh, Bird of Divinity ・Sonic Shooter ・Hysteric Party ・Wind Effigy ・Vortex Trooper

ADVENT OF THE EMPERORS
	Bonus Cards ・Crush Card Virus ・Return from the Different Dimension ・Treeborn Frog ・Dandylion ・Burial from a Different Dimension ・Necroface

DRAGON’S DOMINION
	Bonus Cards ・F.G.D. ・Dragonic Knight ・Infernal Dragon ・Blizzard Dragon ・Light and Darkness Dragon ・Dark Bribe

ABSOLUTE DARKNESS
	Bonus Cards ・Goblin Zombie ・Doomcaliber Knight ・Gold Sarcophagus ・Gorz the Emissary of Darkness ・The Wicked Avatar ・Allure of Darkness

DIVINE JUDGMENT
	Bonus Cards ・Meltiel, Sage of the Sky ・Freya, Spirit of Victory ・Splendid Venus ・Athena ・Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen ・Honest

RAINBOW EXPLOSION
	Bonus Cards ・Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest ・Mosaic Manticore ・Voltic Kong ・Gravity Behemoth ・Sea Koala ・Rainbow Neos

DINOSAUR’S ROAR
	Bonus Cards ・Gladiator Beast Spartacus ・Gladiator Beast Gaiodiaz ・Dimensional Prison ・Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo ・Black Veloci ・Saurobeast Brachion

LEGEND OJAMASTER
	Bonus Cards ・Infernal Incinerator ・VWXYZ-Dragon Catapult Cannon ・XYZ-Dragon Cannon ・Ojama Knight ・Nurse Reficule the Fallen One ・Burden of the Mighty

THE LOST GUARDIAN
	Bonus Cards ・Ancient Gear Engineer ・Ancient Gear Explosive ・Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon ・Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Chimera ・Chimeratech Fortress Dragon ・Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem

SPELLCASTER’S UNITY
	Bonus Cards ・Toy Magician ・Dark Red Enchanter ・Spell Striker ・Gemini Summoner ・Exodius the Ultimate Forbidden Lord ・Card Ejector

E-HERO EVOLUTION
	Bonus Cards ・Elemental Hero Steam Healer ・Elemental Hero Ocean ・Elemental Hero Stratos ・Elemental Hero Woodsman ・Elemental Hero Terra Firma ・Elemental Hero Prisma