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Buy only for collection if you're a Yu Yu fanatic

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

It's not too much of fun but it does go with the story line in the animation, some of the puzzle gets a bit annoying and it sucks cause you can't use more than 1 character at the same time. But I just buy it for collection only, so if you want to collect Yu Yu stuff, wait till this game is dirt cheap then buy it. I also have the other YuYu Tournament Tactic, now that's a 5 star.

From a die-hard fangirl

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Okay, I'm a die-hard,obsessive-compulsive Yu Yu Hakusho fan. I heard there was a Yu Yu Hakusho game and therefore, my Kurama-fangirl instincts told me to go buy it.

How incredibly disappointing.

As a biased fan, even, I started playing the game. When this originally came out, I still had a Gameboy Advance, and after about an hour, I'd spent so much time following this tiny compass at the bottom of the screen around this huge town area, my thumb was sore, and I hadn't even gotten to fight anyone yet.
You don't get any other really good characters until later, and the first few things you do get really old after a while, because you can't save until after you finish the first few mind-numbing tasks. If you die by doing something stupid, you start ALL over again. I kept dieing at some point, and I went through the same few scenes so many times, I literally know the dialogue by heart.

The graphics are nothing special for a gameboy game; really, they are about average at most. You get really tired of them after a while, and you have the same background scenery about 80% of the time. (I swear I walked past this one couch as Keiko about 30 trillion times.)

Either way, while Yu Yu Hakusho is a great series to get into and a great manga as well, I would not recommend the game.

(And if I see Kurama die anymore, I might have a breakdown...)

THIS GAME SHOULD ROT SIX FEET UNDER

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: April 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Worst game ever. Don't let the other reviews fool you. These people who gave it 5 stars never even PLAYED it. -_-;; They're just yuyu fans like me who looked forward to this game before they got it. I purchased it because of all the 'good' reviews. A poor choice for me and at that time, it cost me 30 bucks. >:|

It has mediocre graphics, the same songs are played over and over again, and it's rather boring. The controls aren't that great either.

Yu Yu Hakusho: Spirit Detective-One Hell Of A Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

When I first heard that there were making a Yu Yu Hakusho game for the gameboy advance, I was over the moon. It was even better when I learnt that it would be telling the story of the first arc, so I had a lot of expectations. In this case, I wasn't disapointed. The struture of the game is great, from the first time you battle Kuwabara, to the final showdown with Toguro Brothers! What was even better was getting control of Kurama and Hiei, the greatest characters in the game. The Mini-games with Gankai was not that good, but that didn't let the game down at all. Overall, a pleasent experience and I am now highly anticipating a sequal.

Scarier Than Demons, Seriously

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: December 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Want a game so bad it will give you nightmares. So bad your eyes will bleed. So bad you'll swear your GBA is possessed by a demon. Well this is that game. Now listen, I like Yu Yu Hakusho, I think it's a great story and a spectacular TV series. But, this game stinks. Lets begin by talking about the graphics. The people look like they escaped from an old Atari 2600 game. The enviroments look decent at first, then you realize that all the places look exactly the same. I must have gone by this couch twenty times. And then there's the audio. The music is painful to say the least. But the music isn't nearly as bad as the actual gameplay. You're basically fighting or playing stupid mini-games like finding someone's homework. Most mini-games will just involve following your compass from location to location. Then you get to the fighting. This is the stupidest part of the game. First of all, everyone wants to get you. Demons, school children, old ladies, everyone. And they aren't exactly geniuses either. The fighting isn't deep or involving. Basically just mash the B button and you'll be fine. So, the game isn't fun at all. If your a die hard Yu Yu Hakusho fan you probably already have a copy. As for everyone else, you might want to play a game that doesn't suck so much.

2 SHORT!!!!!!!!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: November 27, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Yu Yu Hakusho is my favorite anime next to Rurouni Kenshin, so I thought that a game would be a real good idea. This game was really fun, the storyline was great (it's from the show, duh!), and it was really exiting. But it was WAY 2 SHORT!!!!!!!!

Im a long-time gamer, and it usually takes me about 20 hours on average to beat a game, but this game only took me 3 hours! When I it ended, i couldn't believe it! How could it end like that!? I think that this game is not worth buying, but u should probably rent it to kill a few hours. Buying it is really not worth the money, take if from me, it wasted three hours of my life!

The storyline was awesome, like I said, and the grqphics are so-so. The charecters aren't really detailed, and they're kind fuzzy 'round the edges, but the backgrounds were really detailed.
I really didn't get some of the attacks that the charecters had, as a big fan of the tv show, I can gaurente that Genkai's best attack is NOT the spirit shotgun, and that there is no such thing as the 18 slash jagan (whats up with that!?). The storyline was kinda twisted by the makers, to suit their needs, it's like they were halfway through making this game, but then they kinda just gave up and put it on the shelves.

Overall, I'd advise you not to buy this game, and before you rent it, make sure that you aren't exactly hoping it will give you something for you 2 do for the next day.

yu yu hakusho!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I love yu yu hakusho I never miss a show I like the game but its not the best. the charecters were like the show but look fuzzy I did not like genkis test part of the game it takes way to long and hiei's "18 slash jagon" made NO SENSE what so ever becuse he only fights three times in the saga any way and what's the point to give him a strong power when you can only use him some of the time but its still a O-K game

It was a good game... it should have been longer

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: October 23, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Yu yu hakusho is a great anime! I tought that yu yu hakusho would make a great game, it was a pretty good game while it lasted. It only took me about 4 hours to beat and to tell the truth, i'm the kind of gamer who never beats anything, i stink, games are supposed to take 20 hours, they take me 35, or i just plain can't beat it at all! anyway enough about my stinky gaming self... I'll rate yu yu hakusho in a few catagories for you:

Gameplay: 3/5

It had some decent gameplay, i like how you can switch between characters when ever you want to, but there were hardly any puzzles and it wasn't challenging enough... it was sometimes hard to hit enemies with your attacks.

Story line: 4/5

It's yu yu of coarse it had to have a good storyline, the only problem is that they only included a little of the series.

Graphics: 4/5

the graphics were o.k. The characters didn't look that much like themselves, but the enviornments were detailed.

Lifespan: 0/5

This game is SHORT trust me, it doesn't matter if your a 15 year old gamer or a a 8 year old gaming newbie, this game will take you a maximum of 7 hours, and if it doesn't then your pathetic, no offense.

If you can, rent this game, it's not worth the money that it costs and if you think that it is, then you have too much money.

Buy this game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Man, when i played this game, i was kinda disapointed because it wasn't as good as i though, but MAN! When i tried other games, they were (...) worse! If ur lookn' for a good game thats not all fighting, but kinda fighting, get this game.

Fun, but easy...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I am a big fan of Yu Yu Hakusho. I got the game, thinking it would be a fun challenge, but I only got half of that. The game is fun, I'll give it that, but It was way too easy. My favorite character is Kurama, but you can't use him against any bosses except for the Rando and Suzaku clones on the second-to-last level. So, I didn't get to use him much. Overall, this game is fun, but way too easy. The mini-game "Kareoke" could at least have multiple button challenges, but it only has one. The simplicity of this game cost it a star.

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