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Gen Con - Thursday Walkabout - 2006 Page 3 of 5 Previous Page Next Page ..and those cable-stayed, larger-than-life sculptures... ...had to be welcome sights for the fans who enjoy those characters, especially Wolverine in his original comics colors. But look off to one side of the older Upper Deck arena and you see a large indication of Yu-Gi-Oh's power. It's a brand new Yu-Gi-Oh! arena, nearly 20 feet across on all sides, the successor to the huge Yu-Gi-Oh! banner Upper Deck used in 2005. This elaborate arena was intended to hold the Sunday morning finals of the big Yu-Gi-Oh! card tournament and had to be considered a first for any sort of anime card game in the U.S. And the arena wasn't the end of the Yu-Gi-Oh! signage in the Upper Deck halls. Page 3 of 5 Previous Page Next Page Gen Con Main Page