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Konami has announced that it will launch a trial for the MD-AI commentary project at the Yu-Gi-Oh World Championship 2025. Automated commentaries will appear to accompany qualification matches in the Yu-Gi-Oh: Master Duel segment.
The AI commentary will be available in ten languages: Japanese, English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. It will generate analysis based on the over 12,000 cards available in Yu-Gi-Oh: Master Duel, along with the cards’ inclusion frequencies in decks and the decks’ winning percentages.
The company has also clarified that the AI commentary will be available specifically for the Yu-Gi-Oh: Master Duel segment. The Yu-Gi-Oh World Championship will also include tournaments based on the Official Card Game, as well as Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Links in two modes: Speed Duel and Rush Duel.
Konami has uploaded a new teaser trailer for the new AI project on the Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh YouTube channel:
This is not the first time Konami is experimenting with voice generation AI in 2025. When the company released Shine Post: Be Your Idol as one of the Japanese Nintendo Switch 2 launch titles in June 2025, it also featured an AI-based voice library that determines the quality of the idols’ vocals based on their in-game training levels.
The AI commentary trial will take place at the Yu-Gi-Oh: Master Duel qualification round in the Yu-Gi-Oh World Championship 2025. This stream will go live on August 29, 2025, at 4 PM JST / 3 AM ET.
