Instead of playing Coins from Heaven, Yuga devises an entirely new game mode/mechanic to mount a winning turn. And of course, a 5 card comeback hand is very old school MC like. It wasn't chibi, it wasn't toon, it wasn't anything like digimon, but it did look appropriate for this series. That BEWD looks something like one of the enemies in Bubble Bobble. All the artwork to showcase the cards and the monsters was spectacular. That gave me Yusei/Playmaker vibes a bit. Yuga is not as badass as some of the other past MC's but I'll give him props for being a programmer/mechanic and tinkering on his duel disk. I'm glad they didn't paint him to be some bumbling fool like when Naruto first got started. What was up with the trade scene between two random players? It's like living in some state run country without any civil liberties, but the citizens don't bat too much of an eye to it. I'm getting Haro vibes from Gundam with that floating clock and an oppressive mega company overlooking everyone's social lives. The opening and ending are very catchy but they're not really that great imo. Artwork is definitely simplified and made for attracting younger audiences to the game.

Yugioh episode 1