Anime is full of wonderful worlds, characters, and events viewers regularly wish were real.

While VR in real life, the game Shangri-La Frontier is a technical marvel by comparison.

9Augmented Reality Duels

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and its many spinoff series have continually found ways to spice up the card game.

Most alternative forms of Yu-gi-oh!

A split image featuring Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3, Gundam Breaker 4, and SD Gundam Battle Alliance.

in the anime, however, require duelists put their lives and souls on the line.

For a trading card game with various strict rules, Yu-Gi-Oh!

the anime certainly loves to break them!

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By far the coolest version of the game has to be the Augmented Reality Duels shown in Yu-gi-oh!

Players use duel gazers to scan their surroundings to create augmented reality stages.

millions play turned up to 11.

Sunraku holds two blades, beside him a screen is maxed out.

The scene, with its hyped up onlookers, gives it a real competitive vibe.

Even better is the grin plastered on Gojo’s face.

Plus, a game that is good enough to earn Gojo’s approval is one worth playing.

Sukuna, Oden, and Hassan from various different anime.

During the Davy Back Fight, however, they played one game that just about anyone could enjoy.

Round-and-round Roller Race melds the best elements of football and roller skating.

Whoever is in the lead after five minutes wins.

Sunraku shares what gaming means to him in front of Emul and the rest of his party.

That would make it a fun alternative to tag or football.

It’s so popular in-universe that multiple characters have played it, including Yusuke’s sensei Genkai.

Players have to beat the Goblin King in a series of challenges to save a town.

Yuma prepares to play a card with his duel gazer activated.

The first to win four games is the ultimate winner.

The fantasy narrative only adds to its appeal.

These JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure characters deserve to be the star of their own games.

Split image of Yu-Gi-Oh!

Cars can fly off the tracks while turns executed at over 400 mph look buttery smooth.

Even better are the jaw-dropping controls that allow Kakyoin to take the lead.

There’s no need for Stands to have a blast playing F-Mega.

Gojo is a second away from beating Geto as Shoko and other classmates watch.

Just a few controllers and some friends.

No more worrying about lag or feeling the need to stay glued to a screen.

It’s the definitive game of kings on the go.

Luffy’s lack of skating experience immediately causes problems for the Straw Hats in their round-and-round roller race against the Foxy Pirates.

Its 1999 anime adaptation, however, opens with main character Genki playing a game that is very different.

Unfortunately, we rarely get a chance to see them used outside a warzone.

Thats partially why G Gundam remains so iconic 30 years after debuting on TV.

Yusuke celebrates beating a minion of Game Master Amanuma in a round of Goblin City.

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But the best, and most appropriate format for the real world, is the Gundam Fight Finals.

They are held in bespoke arenas complete with special seating for spectators and referees.

Joseph Joestar inserts an F-Mega cartridge before Kakyoin plays against D’arby.

With the flare of wrestling and sophisticated mechs it would be a must-see sports event.

That’s due to the shape of its board, two-player format, and simple-looking game pieces.

Additionally, it has a number of distinctive rules that distinguish it from other traditional board games.

Chessmaster Hex makes a move against Radical Ed in their match from the episode Bohemian Rhapsody.

To start, players are able to arrange their pieces however they want at the start of a match.

Royal Guard Shaiapouf explains that it promotes three-dimensional thinking, but the board game goes even further than that.

Its rules and multitude of strategems lend it a level of personalization absent from most board games.

Genki and his opponent are locked in a fierce match in the final round of a tournament.

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Neo Japan pilot Domon Kasshu prepares to unleash his signature move in the Shining Gundam.

Komugi’s hand is shown against a galaxy helix background pushing a counter to make a move in a gungi match.