Konami Announces New
2009 Yu-Gi-Oh! US
National Championship
Website
5.20.09 Compete
for the chance to win
the ultimate prize of
playing in the 2009 Yu-Gi-Oh!
World Championship
Tournament in Japan
Konami Digital
Entertainment, Inc.
today announced the all
new Yu-Gi-Oh! website
centered around the 2009
Yu-Gi-Oh! US National
Championship. Starting
on May 19th, players
will be able to log-on
to
http://www.yugiohuschampionship.com
and sharpen their Yu-Gi-Oh!
skills against some of
the best competitors in
the United States.
The 2009 Yu-Gi-Oh! US
National Championship
will set the stage for
players to test their
skills in a Yu-Gi-Oh!
timed test with
thousands of competitors
across the country. The
top 256 with the fastest
times will then compete
via Nintendo Wi Fi
connection in a
head-to-head battle
using the all new Yu-Gi-Oh!
5D's Stardust
Accelerator: World
Championship 2009 video
game on Nintendo DS for
a shot at traveling to
ComiCon San Diego in
July 2009. There, the
top four will compete
against each other in
the semi-finals. The top
two finalists will be
flown to Japan to
compete against the best
in the world at the 2009
Yu-Gi-Oh! World
Championship in August
2009.
www.konami.com/yugioh
launches in tandem with
the release of two new
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's video
games. Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
Wheelie Breakers for Wii
and Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
Stardust Accelerator:
World Championship 2009
for Nintendo DS will be
available for purchase
on May 19th 2009. The
latest iterations in the
popular franchise are
based on the immensely
successful Yu-Gi-Oh!
5D's animated series on
4Kids Network.
