Long ago when the pyramids where still young Egyptians rulers played a game of great and terrible power,

but these shadow games erupted into a war that threatened to destroy the entire world, until and brave and powerful pharaoh and queen locked the magic away.

Imprisoning within the mystical 7 mellinium items

,but a secret 8th mellinium item was created as well but it became lost in the deserts of Egypt.

Now 5,000 years later, a boy named Yugi unlocks the secret of the Mellinium Puzzle.

As well as a girl named Katrina has found the 8th Mellinium item.

They are infused with ancient magical energies, for destiny has chosen them to defend the world from the return of the shadow games,

just as the brave pharaoh and queen did 5,000 years ago.