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Great all around game for series fans

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: February 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Put out by the Shonen Jump magazine, the Shaman King game sets you in a tournament to determine who will rescue the world from destruction.

You begin as Yoh Asakura, a young boy who is told that every 500 years the world is threatened with destruction. A tournament decides who will be the "Shaman King" to stave off this harm and save the world. As you move from episode to episode, you build up your skills, gain allies and prepare for your task as Shaman King.

There are various sub-plots involving girlfriends, jealousy, and of course enemies. But the main gameplay is a combination of tactics and fighting. First you move your characters around on a grid to arrange your combat. Once two characters actually enter into battle, you switch into a traditional fighting game style where both characters whack at each other in real time, to determine who wins.

The game introduces a few new characters, but fans of the Shaman King manga series will be thrilled to get to interact with their favorite environment and people. The graphics are pretty impressive, and have a nice style. The music is reasonable, not exactly ground-breaking but in keeping with the game.

The game itself isn't complex, but is perfect for its target audience. It is a great way to introduce players to RPG, strategy and combat gaming all in one fell swoop. You learn about tactics as you lay out your plan of attack. You get good with button combinations as you go through the fighting stage. And as you level up, you have to decide which skills to increase, based on the way you tend to play the game.

The characters do learn things as they go, becoming more aware of the issues in the world arond them. They also go from knee-jerk reactions to being more understanding. So even there, I think the game has potential vs the fighting games that simply involve bashing, bashing and then more bashing.

Highly recommended for Shaman King fans - and a must-try for anime fans in general. If you're an older teen or adult, I'd rent it first to see where it falls in your gameplay skills. If you're a new gamer this might be the perfect all-around training system - but if you're an experienced gamer, you might be able to beat it far too quickly.

THANK YOU KONAMI!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: March 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I don't have this game, but i always go over to my friend's house, Andrew his name is by the way, and he has this game. I always play it there.I love the graphics and the voices, and the funny face expressions... I highly recommend this game for shaman king lovers!!! The battling and the cool oversouls are pretty awesome too!!! ^_^ THANKS AGAIN KONAMI!!!!!! (i hope i get this game for my b-day along with the ps2. *scowls at mom*

finally

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: December 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

i haven't even got through the whole game and it's really cool. the game starts when rahu announces the shaman fight. in the beggining you have to fight silva. it took me a long time to beat him. (okay my brother beat it.) some people aren't in the manga or the show and vice verca. the battles get harder as you move forward. the only times you can really battle is when your yoh. the other times when your ryo and stuff, you just spin the r3 or l3 button. i've waited like a year for this game to come out because tips n tricks kept on lieing to me! i love this game. it's better than i expected.

HOLY $#!@

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 11
Date: September 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I CANT BELIVE THEY MADE A SHAMAN KING GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is like, the COOLEST game evr made. i cant wait til' it comes out. The best thing about this game is its R.P.G. and fighting. you play as any character that you choose and go through an R.P.G. and when it is time to battle it turnes into fighting mode. well thats all the time that i have for today. see ya.

OMG!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: December 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

OMG they really made a Shaman king game. Its even a role play fighting game. *faint* I havent even gotten it yet. Its on ps2 and SP. If you love the tv show or you love the manga (i love both) this is a must have for any shaman king fan.

Short but sweet.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game isn't that long at all to beat, you go through 20 episodes (levels) which don't take long to beat. It's easy if you figure out just the right way to complete each episode. The last boss at episode 20 is hard... I used three items that does damage to your opponent(s) and you don't even have to fight him! You don't have to take out all of his life, about half is all. When you beat it, you unlock the versus mode, but you can only fight a second player, rather than the computer. The second players colors are all different, like the bad guys gold armor is silver. Put the cursor on Yoh in this mode and press select, you get to play as Hao (Zeke, hate that name), this also works with Kana, press it once for Mati then again for Mari. I wish you could use Anna as a fighter, that would be cool... she is pretty powerful. The story line starts off when you fight Silva to enter the tournament but changes when you reach Dobie village. This game is for Shaman King fans or anyone who like puzzles to solve and doesn't mind that its kind of short.

THIS GAME IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: January 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I just got this game two days ago and I love it it starts out as the story about shamen king then you fight silva hes easy im stuck on the last boss on episode 20 so if you are a fan of the manga youll love this game and if your in suspense with shonen jump youll love this game even more.

It is a good game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 13
Date: October 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I LIKED THIS GAME ALOT AND I LIKE FIGHTING GAMES. I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M WRITING THIS REVIEW BECAUSE I HAVEN'T EVEN PLAYED IT. BUT I LOVE TO READ THE MANGA!!!!

Too short

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

the game was good, but it was way to short it is about an eight hour play max and multi player is basic combat no special abilites and such good game but nothing special

An awsome game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is really fun. I am on episode 19.im not sure how many there are in story mode. the grapics perfect they are so good. Gameplay is so fun! you can do a lot of attacks and you have a lot of team members. The shamans go berserk! its got a really enigmatic story. Oh and the cut scenes look like they were drawn with absolute perfection. i can honestly say this is one of the greatest playstation 2 games out there. If you are a fan of shaman king make sure you get this game,its worth it!

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