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An Objective Analysis Against the Normal PS2 Fighter

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I've seen this game so many times in the game stop five dollar area, I finally bought it. I have about fifteen fighting games for the PS2, some of which I played for a half hour (beat, and shelved), and others I revisit. YYH: Dark Tournament is one of those games you'll play for about three hours and never touch again.

This game lacks depth. The fighting system is easy, reminding of Battle Arena Toshiden (the first one) for the playstation. It's three dimensional circular arena fighting with ringouts, very few special moves, and an unintuitive way of jumping/crouching. Learning curve is about fifteen minutes; run the 'training' mode once and you'll be set. Please keep in mind, this doesn't hold a candle to Soul Calibur 2 much less Soul Calibur 3. Namco's masterpiece does 3-D combat with greater battle depth, character selection, and graphics than this game. Buy either of them for a superior fighting game experience.

Other reviews have stated 'get this if you like Yu Yu Hakasho.' It does have the characters, but the voices are from the American dub. When I watched YYH, it was the superior Japanese with English Subtitles version. The Americanized hokey voices ring false to me (no option for Japanese voices in the game). In my opinion, you should NOT get this if you haven't watched YYH (and want to), since the included cut scenes from the anime give away what happens in the entire 'Dark Tournament' arc of the show.

Overall, it's 2008, if you are looking for another cheap fighting game for fun times on the PS2, look elsewhere.

You did pretty well, Atari.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 17, 2005
Author: Amazon User

When I rented this game, I hoped this would be a good fighting game, with a good fighting system, and unique characters. For the most part, I got what I wished for. There's more characters than you can shoot a spirit bullet at, and loads of environments and extras. I only had a few problems with this game. The fighting system needs work, and the token game was very difficult and an unnessesary device. Plus, parents might not let kids play this because of 1 little cutscene after your first fight with Younger Toguro. I will quote.
Yusuke (thinking): "Stupid Yusuke! You were so scared you couldn't even freakin' move! You idiot! He's gonna kick your stupid @$$!" Otherwise, this is the perfect game for YuYu Hakusho fans. A must-own.

YuYu For PS2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: February 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Thias game takes place after "Rescue Yukina" when you think Kuwabara killed Toguro. Then Yusuke walks the street and sees Toguro I'll give you the lines:

Toguro: You thought you beat me,didn't you.Hm.You're shaking.
Yusuke: Get to the point muscles!
Toguro: I must show you my true Poweeer!!
(Toguro beats Yusuke)
Yusuke thinking after the battle: Stupid Yusuke!You got so scared you couldn't freakin'move! You idiot he's gonna kick your stupid a**!

THEN,Yusuke goes to Genkai to train for the dark touirnament:

Yusuke: I am back.
Genkai: Let us train.
(Yusuke gets beat up)
Genkai:Did you come here just to give me more of your crap?
Yusuke: It's different this time.

after that yusuke goes to the dark Tournament!The n it starts!

rated T for teens(Violence and Language)

best for the fans of the show

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: January 23, 2005
Author: Amazon User

this is a great game, although hard, but is much better for the fans of the show.

good but hard

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game definately promises the YuYuHakusho action we now and love, the only thing i found frustrating about this game was that u have to defend constantly and takes some time to get used to how difficult it WILL be when u first get it, there r many scenes from the cartoon and can be fun, but if you want a really good not-so challenging fighting game, go for DBZ budokai (any #)
if u like yuyuhakusho then get this

oooook!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 02, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This was really fun. I especially had fun playing as Kurama/Yoko Kurama. Still, I got angry with Genkai's comments, and Koto(the fox girl) when your opponent wins, trying to get in the shot.

YOKO POWER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

its a good game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: November 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

this game has all the charecters from the dark tournament saga of the cartoon series.it has the wind dude, the ice dude, Tugoro Hiei,Kurama(also Yoko Kurama) and much much more.

this game rocks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: October 31, 2004
Author: Amazon User

if u don't have this game, u don't know what you're missing. yu yu hakusho dark tornament is the best game i've ever gotten. i like it because u can choose you're character in the arcade section of the game. in the dark tornament section u can't choose you're character, but the have tag team mode on some levels and u can choose the character u want that the tag team mode gives u. the game is based on the tv series. i hope u enjoyed reading my review

Great fun for Yu Yu Hakusho Fans

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 25 / 26
Date: October 11, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Yu Yu Hakusho Dark Tournament is based on an anime series. Yusuke Urameshi, the main character, is a 14 year old. He was killed and brought back to life, and now is able to see ghosts.

The game puts Yusuke into an arena tournament fighting situation, with the familiar friends and foes from the show. There is a training mode to help you get started, and skirmish mode to practice your moves. Then there are arcade and dark tournament modes to get you into actual gameplay, moving through levels of difficulty.

You can't really compare the graphics in this game to other fighting games like Mortal Kombat. The point of Dark Tournament is to feel like you're immersed in the Yu Yu Hakusho world, and it does this quite nicely. The anime style and backgrounds are all very much of the Yu Yu Hakusho style. There are several different arenas to fight in, and many characters to choose from. Each character has his or her own style and look.

In addition to the basic fighting game, there is also a built in "token game". You earn tokens when you fight. You then move to the token game to use them. The token game is very much like a strategy card game, using a hexagonal based board. This addition makes the overall game much more long term. You have incentive to keep fighting, to earn tokens. Then in the token game you can build up your token stash to do better and better.

Definitely a game that any Yu Yu Hakusho fan will love, and play for a long time!

Lol i dont get this

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 15
Date: August 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

killer! yu yu hakusho is finally out for ps2 n is one of the best animes ever my second fav ever 1st is DBZ :) well anyway...what i dont get is how come yyh dark tournament is out on toysrus.com but not on any other website lol all of them say it comes out there and in store sept like the 21st or 28nd when its already out here hmmm i wonder if its like dat at toysrus itself

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