Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Dark Horizon

"After so much strife… So many adventures… So many turning points… And one last sacrifice… Many Western people thought this story was over… But it's not. Join the reborn Jaden Yuki in a never-before-dubbed adventure!"

- Instruction booklet

This is an action-adventure game developed by Spike Chunsoft and published by Konami worldwide. It's inspired on the fourth season of ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'', which is the Nightshroud arc. It also picks up where the English dub of the anime has left off.

The game's story takes place after the events of the Dimension World arc. Players take control of Jaden Yuki, a flaming hot and handsome Slifer Red duelist who has gained the powers of both the Supreme King and Yubel. After his time in the alternate dimension and his fusion with Yubel, Jaden became serious and grew a more cynical outlook on life, as he wanted to distance himself from his friends (since what they did to them). He became even more hot-blooded when dueling and dueled to end the duel faster than have fun, but he still has a gentle heart and cares a lot about his friends.

The game received mostly positive reviews, notably for its detailed graphics, great designs of characters including Jaden, voice acting, soundtrack including image songs and its dynamic environments. However, the departure from the traditional Yu-Gi-Oh! style gameplay may receive somewhat criticism.

Main articles

 * Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Dark Horizon/Plot
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Dark Horizon/Script
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Dark Horizon/Development
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Dark Horizon/Quests
 * Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Dark Horizon/Gallery

Trivia

 * This is the first Nintendo Switch game to feature Jaden-Yubel (basically Jaden in his Season 4 self), followed by Duelverse a few moments later.
 * This is the first game since Tag Force 3 to feature Trueman and his female counterpart Truewoman, Yusuke Fujiwara and the bodiless Nightshroud. It's also the first one to feature Makoto Inotsume and Daigo Sorano, who make their game debut as the player's opponents.
 * On the copyright screen, a message appears that says "This game is dedicated to our hero who fell in a duel," a tribute to the late Yu-Gi-Oh! creator; Kazuki Takahashi.
 * Although the official English dub of the GX anime seems to support the idea that Jaden may be dead, the game reveals that he's just unconscious at the end of Season 3.
 * "Dark Horizon" been noted for its similar gameplay to The Legend of Zelda series. The game has the same combat style of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, but with monster cards. The puzzles are also very similar to a few games in the Zelda series, the automatic jumping similar to how Link jumps, and the first-person aiming similar to how Link aims his arrows.
 * Most of the main characters, except for Blair and Hassleberry, are portrayed as young adults. For example: Jaden, Alexis, Syrus, Chazz and Bastion are aged 18 (compared to their anime appearances, who are aged 17); while Zane and Atticus are aged 20.
 * Unlike the other Western versions of Yu-Gi-Oh! video games, this one has no bad censorship nor changes, making it more loyal to the original Japanese version, and actually includes fanservice, mostly involving Jaden's handsomeness. Also, no pedophilia nor incest are intended.
 * Despite the lack of 4Kids-like edits, the Western versions of the game retain only one regional change made to the TV show, which is the use of different character names (for instance, the character known in Japan as "Judai Yuki" is named "Jaden Yuki" overseas). The Asian versions of the game use the characters' original names.
 * The game supports 11 languages regardless of region: Japanese, English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Korean, Chinese and of course, Portuguese. The language selection is available from an in-game menu rather than being automatically selected based on the system's region and language settings.
 * Spanish and Portuguese each have two different variants: an American variant (Latin Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese) and an European variant (Castilian Spanish and European Portuguese). The difference is affected by the system's region and language.
 * Due to the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series being dubbed into many languages, many spoken dialogues and songs (which are originally in Japanese) are dubbed into around 10 languages each to accomodate local variation.