damage with Cyber Summon Blaster. The flaw of this strategy, however, is that he is no longer able to summon in any other manner as long as Boss Rush remains in play.
The concept of Lorenzo’s cards is derived from the Konami video game series, Gradius. The “Core” monsters are all based on signature Bosses from the games, and the term Boss rush is derived from a gameplay mode commonly found in the series.
Princess Rose
Princess Rose (, Purinsesu Rzu?) is a representative selected by Sartorius to duel Jaden in his place. In the English version, Rose is voiced by Veronica Taylor speaking with a Valley girl accent, while Hiroko Kasahara takes the role in the Japanese version.
Rose claims to have the ability to see Duel Monster spirits (manifested as three “princes” named Jeffrey, Roosevelt and Percival in the English version), but others do not believe her. Jaden, however, notices the spirit of a frog prince watching over her following their Duel.
Rose plays a Frog deck. Through the effects of her trump card Des Frog, as well as T.A.D.P.O.L.E., Rose is able to summon three copies of the former relatively quickly. With her assault team in play, she is able to neutralize all threats and constantly strengthen her monsters with various other cards.
Bob Banter
Bob “Game Show” Banter, known as Tsugio Kanda (, Kanda Tsugio?) in the original Japanese language version, is the Quiz King who has feelings for Alexis. His name in the English version is a pun on the name of Bob Barker. In the English version, Bob is voiced by Matthew Charles referencing numerous existing game shows including The Price is Right, Whammy!, and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, while Ryo Kubota takes the role in the Japanese version.