As we approach the final episodes of ARC-V, we have confirmation that, three years after airing its first episode, the first episode of its successor will air.

So far, we have just slight details. We know the name of the next protagonist and that duels will be conducted via some sort of hoverboard with Virtual Reality environments. Also, the show's theme will continue the spirit of its predecessors of never giving up.

The main thing with this next series is that ARC-V was a very good step forward for the franchise, including all known summon methods as well as a new one, and many fans, including yours truly, would like to see this trend going on with the next installment rather than focusing in a single method.

So, what are your thoughts on this? Hyped for the next series? What must it inherit from ARC-V and what must it throw away? And more importantly, could the new protagonist's hairstyle be more weird?

just kill the game and show, every old player from yugioh to the XYZ era given up after how broken arch-V made the game.

I'm not gonna lie I'm going to watch it just because of this guy. His hair isn't too weird as a matter of fact it looks so cool! The one that looks the weirdest is the main character from zexel. Speaking of which I am still in need of catching up with arc-v. btw just to say I am one who loves the old generations of yu gi oh. But I didn't like season 4 or zexel. The reason I got into arc because it reminded me of how the old yu gi oh was plot wise and everything as well. So I hope people do see its not as bad. The bad one I have to say is zexel by far. I didn't watch it but the man character oh.....his hair and facial expression told me otherwise. I know a good anime when I see one and when I do I watch it.

Eniitan : Yeah, I didn't like Zexal either, too much other dimensions and transformations and supernatural things. All other spin-offs where simply intricate technologies like time travel or just one (ancient) simple power, and besides they didn't flood the game with splashable overpowered monsters that have killed most of the game.

I so wish they keep up with the similarities from old times, where players would use different tactics instead of focusing on the same thing over and over. It's by far the best trait of ARC-V and it should keep being that way for the next spin-off.

Also, I wonder what name will they come up with for this new spin-off. I bet it will have something to do with the Virtual Reality that will be a key factor.

mastergame : The game was already broken enough way before ARC-V. Even before Pendulum, we had all those easily summonable Numbers that could be splashed in literally any deck, which is the reason why I stopped playing the game and just stick to the show.

Plus, it's been more the OCG/TCG archetypes what have "killed the game" like you say rather than the anime ones. The game could still be enjoyable if it wasn't for the Qliphort decks, for example.

And well, no way they're going to kill such a piggy bank. At least they consistently come up with ideas instead of coming up with rushed things like Dragon Ball Super that destroy the reputation of a legend.

EX Palen : the idea for building xyz was to fight synchro decks, the old yugioh deck was balance and become unbalance when ritual decks was more of a thing because of the main series of EX. After that someone balanced it out with synchro decks but the show had gone too far and made it overpower, way too overpower even to this day its still a meta deck. xyz fix that with overpower utopia because starlight dragon needed to be killed. that was then when someone in konami said lets make effects more important, then that deck (whatever lame named it was called) become broken, so they need another meta deck to fix the game again.

on the show side, everything was cool. xyz was more kid side but arch v was too dark, even the writers said it was too dark. the main character doesnt even deserve a spot in the hall of yugi, he doesn't resemble the original character, no magician or favorite card.

There is a 6th arc? Yugioh is still kicking? I thought it kind of died off in the early 2000's after the movie. But if they made the new series closer to the original source material it might be worth a look. Look up Yugioh season 0 to see what I mean. Like in the first one,Yugi squares off against a bully in a twisted game on a spire. The catch was you could not break the rules or something terrible would happen. When the bully broke the rules of the game,he fell into the water and was eaten by a monster. When the bully comes to,there was no monster,and the bully is broken.

I'm really surprised Yu-Gi-Oh is still around. I stopped watching after 5D's and Synchro Summoning became a thing, and I haven't even touched Zexal or Arc-V. I don't even know what Pendulum or summonable Numbers are or anything! I just remember enjoying the original series and GX, and not liking 5D's and dropping it, never to return.

mastergame : I find this comment I found on the Melee Hell Facebook group most insightful (or it might have been Smash 4 Hell, IDK): "Yu-Gi-Oh is the Brawl of CCGs."

Oldschool777 : Well, not only is it still kicking, we have had a couple more movies in the meantime, the last one hasn't even made it outside Japan yet.

And well, the only thing that makes ARC-V closer to the original is that everybody plays differently, focusing on a different type of summoning or using them all at once. This gives the show a varied look instead of just showing very similar strategies between all characters, which is what the previous spin-offs did. It has its downsides as well, but we fans craved for a long time to see different strategies in the show just like in the real game.

Those penalty games you mention were a real thing, but it was just the theme of that show: be good or be punished for your evil doings. The themes of the successors are quite different, and you can agree more or less with them.

tyranit : Like I've said above, ARC-V mixes all summoning methods instead of focusing on a single type like 5D's and Zexal did (and GX as well, but not to the same extent as those two), so I totally recommend watching this series. There's a chance you might not like it, but at least we must recognize the effort to not focus too heavily on a single summoning method, which is what mainly killed the previous spin-offs.

EX Palen :

The reason why I wouldn't watch it


http://theshadowgirls.deviantart.com/art/Demon-640549546

I'll say it again, this character is nothing related to yugi or everyone before him. The writers might have made him into a joke thinking no one would take him seriously, just look at his design he almost looks like every past character. Hes whole deck is a joke from the very start, yugi deck was always improving, Jaden deck is based on heros, Yusei is junk meta deck, Yuma is number cards with yugi improving card strategy. Yuya deck is not possible to play or win at all, since he considers all cards useful, the only reason he wins is because of plot.

If you think Zexal was catering to the fans, your way off mark there. arch-v is the only one that made a crossroad for Synchro era of dueling, no other series had a crossover (movie doesn't count). That time wasn't a one time episode but many continued episode. Also don't think i didn't see Aster and Sora fighting Yuya to protect students and the city from getting destroyed, however that wasn't enough fan service so the added Kite for the heck of it.

Everything about him is a joke, the story is a joke, deck is a joke, everything.

I don't know why they keep going with these stupid hairstyles... I mean, it was an alright aesthetic in the first series, but it just keeps getting worse. That's pretty much why I stopped watching it. That, and I didn't like 5-D's. Kinda lame.

I might take interest in this later but I doubt it..

yoshirulez! : Yeah, the hairstyles are so colorful and weird and many more things at the same time. They seemed to take a good turn in GX by making them more realistic, but then they fell for it again and started to do weird things.

Personally, just the hairstyles wouldn't be enough for me to stop watching the series. True is that 5D's had many more reasons beyond that, but to point out the hairstyles... I think I cannot allow myself to be that picky, or else the very few anime I watch would also be discarded

EX Palen : Well if you put it that way, I feel like I have to give this anime an honest shot. Though, I hope it doesn't connect plot to the older ones because I didn't watch the older ones actively.

I'll give it a shot and I'll let you know what I think, probably in this thread

yoshirulez! : There aren't plot connections with older series, just that they use the background and dueling style of past times with a few changes to fit the modern game. Plus, the old characters who have been refurbished are totally different, so you don't need to watch the previous series to know what's going on.

The only things you need to know are the "card games on motorcycles" from 5D's (no speed counters this time and normal spell cards can be played) and how does Xyz summon work (which you can take from the TCG instead of having to watch Zexal). If you didn't like card games on motorcycles, I'm afraid to announce there's a full arc dedicated to it, but you can skip most of it because there's not much plot development.

As much as I liked Yu-Gi-Oh growing up, both watching it and playing it, JUST STOP!!! Stop with all the new stuff! They feel like gimmicks, just like Pokemon's new evolutions and now Alola Forms? I'm so sick of it. 

thing1 : Sadly, modern society can't let such piggy banks go to waste. There we have Naruto, following a similar path with spin-offs, and also Digimon with all the new weird things.

However, I prefer they don't stop and then realize years later that they must bring it back. This is what has happened with Dragon Ball Super, and the result is incredibly bad. I prefer they keep going so at least they're not pressured to come up with new things because the community is hungry for more, we have enough with our weekly dose of episodes, monthly dose of manga and quarterly dose of OCG main packs.

EX Palen : I see where you're coming from with Naruto. That being said, I kind of think it's necessary. As long as the newest series that's supposed to start in April doesn't on for too long, then I'm OK with it. 
All the fillers is what really hurt Naruto. 

I just saw this series got an official name confirmed: Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS

Information about why this title is scarce, but it will introduce a new type of monster and summoning method: Link Summon. It seems to take traits of Xyz Summon, but without Overlay Units. These monsters don't have levels, they have Links (placed where their DEF value should be). Their color is dark blue, as if combining the color of Ritual and Xyz Monsters.

I'm right now trying to gather more information, so by now I'll get this here so it can be brought to discussion. At first glance, is heavily confusing, but I'm sure everything will clear up by the time April comes and we see the first episodes airing.

Eniitan :
thing1 :
yoshirulez! :

I think you're the only people who displayed some interest in this, so you earned a summon. 

EX Palen : I know....I saw the name for it already...from what you said before I'm not too sure if I am going to watch it as of now. Much less as to some other things you have mentioned here.  

Eniitan : Yeah, hype has decreased enormously on the last 24 hours. I may watch it because it's not certain it will be exempt of nice things, but probably not going to rank it high on my favorite list.

The name could be because they're going to blow our brains out with this. If so, most accurate name ever