Shaman King: Funbari Spirits

Shaman King: Funbari Spirits (Japanese: シャーマンキング ふんばりスピリッツ, Hepburn: Shāman Kingu Funbari Supirittsu), is a cel-shaded 2D style fighting game released in Japan only on April 8, 2004. It is not to be confused with Shaman King: Power of Spirit, a game produced by Konami to go along with the 4kids Entertainment dub. It is a pseudo-sequel to Shaman King: Spirit of Shamans, a 2D fighting game for the PlayStation. This game is based upon the manga. This is the last Shaman King game to be released in Japan.

Shaman King: Funbari Spirits
Developer(s)Dimps
Publisher(s)Bandai
SeriesShaman King
Platform(s)PlayStation 2
Release
  • JP: April 8, 2004
Genre(s)Fighting
Mode(s)Single player, Multiplayer

Gameplay

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Funbari Spirits features simple controls and plays like a 2D fighter despite being 3D. The modes include a 2 player mode, an adventure mode, a mini game mode, and a free play mode along with a training mode. The game also has the voice actors from the original anime, as well as cel-shaded graphics. All of the main characters are present as playable characters, along with a few characters that only appear in this game.

 
Yoh fighting Satei.


Characters

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  • Yoh Asakura
  • Tao Ren
  • Ryu
  • Horohoro
  • Faust VIII
  • Chocolove
  • Lyserg Diethel
  • Marco
  • Iron Maiden Jeanne
  • Anna Kyoyama
  • Manta Oyamada
  • Hao Asakura
  • Redseb (only appeared in the manga)
  • Sati Saigan (only appeared in the manga)
  • Sennjuu (from Hiroyuki Takei's first manga, Butsu Zone)

Reception

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The game was criticized for having a tedious combat system.

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