Konami Digital Entertainment Releases Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game Super Starter: V for Victory

El Segundo, CA (May 22, 2013) – Boasting a new configuration, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc.'s (Konami) 2013 Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) Super Starter: V for Victory is a 40-card Deck loaded with Yuma's favorite cards, with the added bonus and fun of two Xyz Monsters cards and two Power-Up Packs. Learn how to Duel with your friends, then when you've mastered your Deck, customize it with cards from the two Power-Up Packs! The road to becoming the next Dueling champion starts here! Super Starter: V for Victory, MSRP $12.99, will hit store shelves June 14.

Each Power-Up Pack in the Super Starter: V for Victory, comes with five of a 15-card set, with a guaranteed copy of Number C39: Utopia Ray V and Rank-Up-Magic Limited Barian's Force. Both of these represent Yuma's most powerful cards to date. Additionally, there are five new cards in the Super Starter and seven new cards in the Power-Up Pack set. Duelists can combine their customized Deck with cards from Lord of the Tachyon Galaxy to further upgrade their Deck, producing even more exciting card combos!

Whether a player is just starting out, or already a seasoned Duelist, the Super Starter: V for Victory has everything needed to Xyz Summon fearsome monsters and overcome foes. All of these cards are fully compatible with all other Yu-Gi-Oh! cards.

Each Starter Deck contains: 40 Common Cards, 1 Ultra Rare Card, 1 Super Rare Card, 1 Beginner's Guide, 1 Game Mat and 2 Power-Up Packs each with 5 cards from a 15-card set.

Duelists can tune in every Saturday morning for the all-new Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal animated series and classic Yu-Gi-Oh! episodes on Vortexx on The CW in the United States. In addition, classic Yu-Gi-Oh! episodes air weekdays on Nicktoons, along with Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal airing on the network Saturday and Sunday mornings. In Canada, Duelists can watch episodes of Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal every Friday and Saturday on YTV!

For more information on Konami or the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, please visit www.yugioh-card.com or call 310-220-8630.

About The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG
The Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME is the #1 trading card game in the world with over 25 billion cards sold. It is a game of strategy, where players create individual Decks of cards collected from Structure Decks and Booster Packs. Two players engage in a Duel while using cards that represent powerful monsters, magical Spells and surprising Traps. Duelists with well-constructed Decks, dominating monsters, solid strategy and good fortune are the victors in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG. Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. is the exclusive licensee and rights holder to the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG in North America and Latin America.

About KONAMI
KONAMI is a leading developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties and traditional trading card games. KONAMI's software titles include the popular franchises METAL GEAR SOLID, Silent Hill, DanceDanceRevolution and Castlevania, among other top sellers. KONAMI is also the manufacturer of the wildly popular Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME, which has sold more than 25 billion cards worldwide. The latest information about KONAMI can be found on the Web at www.konami.com. KONAMI CORPORATION is a publicly traded company based in Tokyo, Japan with subsidiary offices, Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. in the United States and Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH in Frankfurt, Germany. KONAMI CORPORATION is traded in the United States on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol KNM. Details of the products published by KONAMI can be found at www.konami.com.