KONAMI ANNOUNCES 2011 YU-GI-OH! 5D'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIER TOURNAMENT AND NEW TRAILER
The Quest To Find the World's #1 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2011 Player Will Span The Globe, both Online and In-Person
Today, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc, announced details for the 2011 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship Qualifier and a new trailer. This year, the stakes are raised as the top qualifiers will travel to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to battle for the crown to become the top Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship player in the country! Players will be tested online with the quiz portion of the tournament to test their knowledge of the Yu-Gi-Oh! universe including the video game, animated series and trading card game. Only the top 256 per region will have what it takes to move on to compete head-to-head in online play!
The online tournament registration begins TODAY at [offline] where contestants register for the tournament and compete in the online qualifiers. The tournament is broken into three online qualifiers. The schedule breaks down as follows:
- 1st Round: Online Quiz Qualifier
- Players tested on all things within the Yu-Gi-Oh! universe.
- Top 256 finishers (per region) will advance to 2nd round
- 2nd Round: Online Regional Qualifier
- Top 32 Finishers (per region) will advance to final online qualifier
- 3rd Round : Yu-Gi-Oh! Online Final
- Top four (4) players are eligible to go on to compete head-to-head in person
- 4th Round: Head to Head Competition
- Players travel to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Date: July 2011
- Players duel against each other with the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2011,Over the Nexus game on Nintendo DS™.
- 2 winners will be crowned 2011 US Yu-Gi-Oh! Champions and will compete against the best of the best in the World Championship later this year in Europe!
- Players travel to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The tournament breeds competition and cooperation, but also celebrates the release of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2011, Over the Nexus for Nintendo DS, the latest video game iteration in the popular franchise based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's animated series on The CW 4Kids Network and Cartoon Network. Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2011 is available now at retail stores nationwide for the SRP of $29.99. The game is packaged with three exclusive trading cards as well.
Visit www.konami.com/games/yugiohwct2011 to view the live action trailer.
