LONG AGO, WHEN THE PYRAMIDS WERE STILL YOUNG, EGYPTIAN KINGS PLAYED A GAME OF GREAT AND TERRIBLE POWER. BUT THESE SHADOW GAMES ERUPTED INTO A WAR THAT THREATENED TO DESTROY THE ENTIRE WORLD, UNTIL A BRAVE AND POWERFUL PHARAOH LOCKED THE MAGIC AWAY, IMPRISONING IT IN THE MYSTICAL MILLENIUM ITEMS. NOW, FIVE THOUSAND YEARS LATER, A BOY NAMED "YUGI" UNLOCKS THE SECRET OF THE MILLINIUM PUZZLE. HE IS INFUSED WITH ANCIENT MAGICAL ENERGIES, FOR DESTINY HAS CHOSEN HIM TO DEFEND THE WORLD FROM THE RETURN OF THE SHADOW GAMES, JUST AS THE BRAVE PHARAOH DID, FIVE THOUSAND YEARS AGO...