El Segundo, Calif. (November 7, 2016) – Though the Olympic flame has been extinguished in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, competitors of a different kind will head there next month when Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (KONAMI) launches the new South American Dueling season for its premier-level Yu-Gi-Oh! CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (YCS) November 12-13. This ultra-competitive weekend-long tournament gives hundreds of Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) Duelists throughout Brazil and South America their first chance of the season to compete with their peers and show off their Deck-building skills and strategies.
Pre-registration for YCS Rio de Janeiro will run from 3 p.m. – 7 p.m. on Friday, November 11 and registration will continue promptly at 8 a.m. on Saturday, November 12 and Round One will start at 10 a.m. Upon registering, Duelists will receive four of the recently released Invasion: Vengeance booster packs for participating in KONAMI’s YCS Rio de Janeiro. Players will use their constructed Decks all the way to the final match. The top-ranked YCS finishers will earn invitations to participate in their 2017 World Championship Qualifier. Duelists can find the answers to many of their questions here: YCS Rio de Janeiro FAQ.
Event Address:
Centro de Convenções SulAmérica
Av. Paulo de Frontin, 1 – Cidade Nova
Rio de Janeiro – RJ, 20260-010
http://www.ccsulamerica.com.br/
The two victors from the Saturday and Sunday tournaments will face off in a best 2-out-of-3 match using their own pre-constructed Decks in the Advanced Constructed format, to determine the weekend’s overall winner and a chance at the ultimate prize: to hoist the Dragon Duel Champion’s trophy and the coveted title of YCS Rio de Janeiro Dragon Duel Champion! In addition, the Dragon Duel Champion will also receive a Super Rare set of the Darklord YCS prize cards. Entry to the Dragon Duel tournaments is free to qualified players.
Additionally, a full range of Public Events such as 2017 Regional Qualifiers, Ultimate Duelist Series Qualifiers, 3 vs. 3 Team Dueling, ATTACK OF THE GIANT CARD!!, Win-A-Mat, Sealed Starter Deck and Structure Deck, Duelist League, and Yu-Gi-Oh! Day will be held through the weekend for attendees. Another brand-new event, the Generation Duel Tournament, in which players can play a Deck based off of one of the five different anime series (eras) of Yu-Gi-Oh!, will be held on Saturday.
Prizing Information for YCS Rio:
For those unable to attend YCS Rio De Janeiro, Duelists can follow blog-type online coverage of the event at www.yugioh-card.com/en/events.
Duelists can watch a new episode of Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V every Sunday on Nicktoons – check local listings for times. In addition, all-new Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL episodes every Tuesday as well as all of classic Yu-Gi-Oh!, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, and Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s can be seen on www.yugioh.com in the United States. In Canada, Duelists can watch episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V every Friday and Saturday on Teletoon!
For more information on KONAMI or the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, please visit www.yugioh-card.com or call 310-220-8630 to speak directly with a Yu-Gi-Oh! customer support team member.
About The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG
The Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME is the #1 trading card game in the world with over 25 billion cards sold. It is a game of strategy, where players create individual Decks of cards collected from Structure Decks and Booster Packs. Two players engage in a Duel while using cards that represent powerful monsters, magical Spells and surprising Traps. Duelists with well-constructed Decks, dominating monsters, solid strategy and good fortune are the victors in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG. Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. is the exclusive licensee and rights holder to the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG in North America and Latin America.
About KONAMI
KONAMI is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties and traditional trading card games. KONAMI’s software titles include the popular franchises Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill, DanceDanceRevolution and Castlevania, among other top sellers. KONAMI is also the manufacturer of the wildly popular Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, which has sold more than 25 billion cards worldwide. The latest information about KONAMI can be found on the Web at www.konami.com. KONAMI HOLDINGS CORPORATION is a publicly traded company based in Tokyo, Japan with subsidiaries, Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. in the United States and Konami Digital Entertainment B.V. in Windsor, the United Kingdom. Details of the products published by KONAMI can be found at www.konami.com.
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