Yū Yū Hakusho (1994 video game)

Yū Yū Hakusho[a] is a 1994 fighting video game developed and published by Tomy for the 3DO platform, based on the Yuu Yuu Hakusho anime.[2][3][4][5]

Yū Yū Hakusho
Developer(s)Hudson Soft, Tose
Publisher(s)Tomy
SeriesYu Yu Hakusho
Platform(s)3DO
Release
Genre(s)Fighting
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
(up to two players)

Gameplay

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Gameplay screenshot.

The player can choose from 15 characters, each of which has their own special and hyper moves.

Modes include Scenario Mode, where the player watched an FMV from the anime in-between fights; a five-player Team Battle; a Practice mode, as well as an Art Gallery mode to view artworks of the anime.[6]

Synopsis

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Development and release

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The animation for the characters was modeled by the animation studio Pierrot who also did the TV animation.[6]

Reception

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Next Generation gave the game one star out of five, criticizing gameplay and the special moves, who called them simple to execute, but in essence boring through the game.[7] In contrast, Nick Rox of GameFan was highly positive to the game, praising the Art Gallery, the graphics and music, and concluding that Yū Yū Hakusho is an "excellent, well-rounded fighting game".[6] Spanish magazine GamesTech commended its animated cutscenes and visuals.[10]

Notes

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  1. ^ Japanese: 幽☆遊☆白書

References

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  1. ^ "3DO Soft > 1994" (in Japanese). GAME Data Room. Retrieved 2019-05-19.
  2. ^ 幽☆遊☆白書 manual (3DO Interactive Multiplayer, JP)
  3. ^ Des Barres, Nicholas (January 1995). "Nick Rox' 3DO Import Previews". GameFan. Vol. 3, no. 1. DieHard Gamers Club. p. 134.
  4. ^ "幽☆遊☆白書". 3DO Magazine (in Japanese). No. 6. Tokuma Shoten Intermedia. January–February 1995.
  5. ^ "Actualidad: El 3DO En Lucha - Yuyo Hakusho". Micromanía (in Spanish). Vol. 3, no. 4. HobbyPress. May 1995. p. 9.
  6. ^ a b c Des Barres, Nicholas (March 1995). "E. Storm Import Updates - Yu Yu Hakusho". GameFan. Vol. 3, no. 3. DieHard Gamers Club. pp. 100–101.
  7. ^ a b "Finals - 3DO - Yuu Yuu Hakusho". Next Generation. No. 7. Imagine Media. July 1995. pp. 67-68.
  8. ^ Delpierre, Christophe (April 1995). "Tests - 3DO - Yû Yû Hakusho". Player One (in French). No. 52. Média Système Édition. pp. 90–91.
  9. ^ Kamikaze, Marcelo (June 1995). "3DO - Yu Yu Hakusho". Super Game Power (in Portuguese). No. 15. Nova Cultural. p. 42.
  10. ^ Moreno, José Antonio (September 2003). "Videojuegos Manganime: Yu Yu Hakusho". GamesTech (Extra) (in Spanish). No. 1. Ares Informática. pp. 18–19.
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