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.
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| Developer(s) | Dimps |
| Publisher(s) | Bandai |
| Series | Shaman King |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2 |
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| Genre(s) | Fighting |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
Gameplay
editFunbari 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.
Characters
edit- 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
editThe game was criticized for having a tedious combat system.