Nothing beats the original series. Although 4Kids did kind of take a lot of stuff out. For example, in the Japanese version of the show Yugi would say, "I'd wager my grandfather's soul" to say that he would definitely win. But gambling his grandfather's soul on a game of cards was thought to be too abrasive for children to watch on TV in the US so they changed it. This is where "It's time to duel" comes from. Similarly to how Naruto proclaims, "Dattebayo!" which doesn't really mean anything to "Believe it!" in the US. It's a slight change, and not really noticeable.
Although, one thing to note is the second season of Yu-gi-oh. In the second season, Pegasus took Yugi's grandfather's soul and held it for ransom. The reason this happened is because Yugi always proclaimed "I'd wager my grandfather's soul", and Pegasus thought that was surely the means of his victory. By taking it away, Pegasus thought he would win. Of course, he didn't (thanks to Yami and the millenium puzzle).
5D is better than GX though. I mean really, GX centered around a dueling academy. Excuse me? Suddenly a card game is so valuable that kids don't have to go to regular school anymore? Furthermore, all of the characters in GX were so 2 dimensional. Here it is 5D and we're getting a much better story line and progression. It is weird that they duel while racing - but it's not like we didn't have a variant of the duel monsters game before (the original series and Dungeon Dice Monsters - anyone?).
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