Shaman King: Soul Fight
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| Developer(s) | Tuning Electronic |
| Publisher(s) | Bandai |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo GameCube |
| Release |  March 28,2003(Japan Only) |
| Genre(s) | 3D Fighting |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Multiplayer |
'Shaman King: Soul Fight!' is a fighting/strategy game for the Nintendo Gamecube developed by 'Tuning Electronic', and published by Bandai. It is based upon the anime Shaman King, and the manga Shaman King, written by Hiroyuki Takei. It follows the journey of Yoh Asakura and his friends in the quest to become Shaman King. There are 26 characters(which consist of 14 different characters, and variations of them) and 5 game modes to choose from: Story Mode, Shaman Fight Mode, Tutorial Mode, Shaman King Mode, and Omake Mode. Soul Fight is one of the only console games developed by Tuning Electronic, a company that has developed a small amount of low-budget arcade games.
This game sold well in Japan and even gained a 'Bandai The Best' version, but never made it to the U.S. One of the reasons was possibly because 4kids Entertainment, the English Anime dub version producers, didn't want to license the Shaman King games from more than one company. They eventually chose Konami to make their own games, and never gained the rights for Soul Fight. Shaman King: Soul Fight is hard to find now adays, even on Ebay, due to the lack of info available on it, and the fact that it was believed that Konami would release it under a special license from Bandai.
Gameplay
The game features cel-shaded graphics and strategy/fighting style gameplay. During a battle, either a rock, paper, or scissors based attack can be chosen to fight with, and the final outcome in the attack sequence is determined based on the type of attacks chosen. During the fights, energy crystals will be saved up for each successful attack. These activate cinematic special attacks unique to the character, depending on the number of crystals gained.(Max.3) Full voice acting is also featured during Story Mode, directly from the Japanese version anime. Story Mode is played out asYoh Asakura through the anime's story line. Shaman Fight Mode is a free-play fight option, Shaman King Mode is a survival mode option where you choose three characters out of eight to fight through 4 random battles, and level them up for play in one of the Shaman Fight modes. The 4th battle is always Hao Asakura in this mode.
Characters
- Yoh Asakura
- Hao Asakura *
- Yoh Asakura(O.S.2) *
- Yoh Asakura(O.S.2 ver.2) *
- Yoh Asakura(O.S.3) *
- Yoh Asakura(O.S.3 ver.2) *
- Yoh Asakura(O.S.3 with Matamune) *
- Tao Ren *
- Tao Ren(O.S.2)
- Tao Ren(O.S.3) *
- Tao Jun
- HoroHoro
- HoroHoro(O.S.2) *
- Faust VIII
- Faust VIII(O.S.2) *
- Bokutou no Ryu
- Bokutou no Ryu(O.S.2) *
- Marian *
- Macchi *
- Kanna *
- Chocolove
- Lyserg
- Lyserg(X-LAWS VERSION) *
- Marco *
- Iron Maiden Jeanne *
- Hao Asakura(without cloak) *
* Secret Character
Trivia, Interesting Notes
- The game contains 6 Yoh variants in all, more than any other Shaman King game to date.
- Tuning Electronic, the game's developer, is only mentioned on the game's back cover. (in the form of their company logo)
- In total, there are 14 different characters and 12 character variations.
- This is the only Shaman King game that features the Hanagumi as playable characters.