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Saint Seiya: The Hades

Saint Seiya: The Hades is a three-dimensional fighting video game developed by Dimps and published by Bandai for PlayStation 2. A direct sequel to Saint Seiya: The Sanctuary, and developed by the same team, it…

30 29 September 2006

Saint Seiya: The Hades is a fighting developed by Dimps, released 29 September 2006 on PlayStation 2.

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What Saint Seiya: The Hades is

Saint Seiya: The Hades is a fighting game developed by Dimps and released in 2006. It was published by Bandai. It is available on PlayStation 2 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Saint Seiya: The Hades is a three-dimensional fighting video game developed by Dimps and published by Bandai for PlayStation 2. A direct sequel to Saint Seiya: The Sanctuary, and developed by the same team, it utilizes the same graphics engine as its predecessor, as well as a significant portion of its storyline, while addressing certain criticisms of gameplay and introducing a new narrative arc.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Saint Seiya series

Saint Seiya: The Hades is the tenth of 30 entries we hold in the Saint Seiya series. It arrived a year after Saint Seiya: The Sanctuary. The next entry was Jump Ultimate Stars in 2006. Its critic score of 30 is 24 points below the series average of 54. The highest-rated entry is J-Stars Victory Vs+ at 67.

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How it was received

Saint Seiya: The Hades holds a critic score of 30 out of 100. That places it above 2% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 35 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Saint Seiya: The Hades launched on 29 September 2006, within three weeks of Company of Heroes, Bully, Pokémon Diamond Version and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Company of Heroes, Bully, Pokémon Diamond Version, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Double Agent.

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When did Saint Seiya: The Hades come out?
Saint Seiya: The Hades was released on 29 September 2006 for PlayStation 2.

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