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Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection has dealt its hand with the full line up

The Japanese eShop has got a listing for Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection, the collection from Konami that is bringing a host of Yu-Gi-Oh games to Switch players. While we have known about a few of the games, this is our first time seeing the full list.

This is the list according to the eShop page, with the bolded titles the new games:

  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (1998 / Game Boy)

  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters II: Dark Duel Stories (1999 / Game Boy, Game Boy Color)

  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Monster Capsule GB (2000 / Game Boy Color)

  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Dark Duel Stories (2000 Japan, 2002 United States, 2003 Europe / Game Boy Color)

  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelist (2000 / Game Boy Color / Includes Online Battles Support)

  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Dungeon Dice Monsters (2001 Japan, 2003 United States, 2003 Europe / Game Boy Advance)

  • Yu-Gi-Oh! The Eternal Duelist Soul (2001 Japan, 2002 United States, 2003 Europe / Game Boy Advance)

  • Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters 6, Expert 2 (2001 / Game Boy Advance)

  • Yu-Gi-Oh! The Sacred Cards (2002 Japan, 2003 United States, 2004 Europe / Game Boy Advance)

  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Reshef of Destruction (2003 Japan, 2004 United States and Europe / Game Boy Advance)

  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Worldwide Edition: Stairway to the Destined Duel (2003 / Game Boy Advance)

  • Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championship Tournament 2004 (2004 / Game Boy Advance)

  • Yu-Gi-Oh! Destiny Board Traveler (2004 Japan and United States, 2005 Europe / Game Boy Advance)

  • Yu-Gi-Oh! 7 Trials to Glory: World Championship Tournament 2005 (2004 Japan, 2005 United States and Europe / Game Boy Advance)

As you can see, many of the games included a few regional variants, but the gameplay will mostly be the same in each.

The collection will also include a save / load feature—a feature not available at the time of their original release.​ There will also be support for online battles in Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters 4: Battle of Great Duelist. After release, some titles will be updated to support online battles.

That is not all though, as the Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection packs quality-of-life improvements that elevate classic games for modern gaming platforms. Control button layout customization and background settings will also be supported.​

The collection will arrive on Nintendo Switch on February 27, right now there are no other platforms expected for release.