If the player manages to match up a pair of cards, they receive those cards as a reward.Effect Cards and DP Cards will activate by drawing only one of them, so they will not count as a card drawn.If the player chose two identical cards, the game will continue.The player chooses any two cards to play.
It cannot be played against characters faced only during story events, it is not played after mandatory duels, and it is not played after defeating downloadable Ghost opponents in Free Duel Mode. These rewards can change depending on whether it was a Ground Duel or a Turbo Duel, and they also vary depending on whether it was Single Duel or a Tag Duel. The Memory Game is played after defeating opponents in both Story Mode and World Championship Mode, and each character has a unique set of cards the player can obtain as rewards. It can also allow players to obtain certain cards earlier than they would be able to otherwise. The Memory Game is a minigame in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2011: Over the Nexus that allows the player to earn extra DP and cards.