Yu Yu Hakusho: Spirit Detective
Yu Yu Hakusho tells the story of Yusuke Urameshi, a character who battles evil in both the living and spirit worlds. In Spirit Detective, you'll guide Yusuke through various adventures taken from the animated…
Yu Yu Hakusho: Spirit Detective is an adventure developed by Screaming Games, released 9 December 2003 on Game Boy Advance. The main story takes about 3 hrs to finish.
What Yu Yu Hakusho: Spirit Detective is
Yu Yu Hakusho: Spirit Detective is an adventure game developed by Screaming Games and released in 2003. It was published by Atari, Inc.. It is available on Game Boy Advance only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Yu Yu Hakusho tells the story of Yusuke Urameshi, a character who battles evil in both the living and spirit worlds. In Spirit Detective, you'll guide Yusuke through various adventures taken from the animated TV series. The game chronicles the first third of the hero's 112-episode journey. As any one of six characters, you'll battle evil enemies with signature attacks and weapons. Journey through the spirit world, conquer Yusuke's enemies, and master each quest to become a true spirit detective.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the YuYu Hakusho series
Yu Yu Hakusho: Spirit Detective is the 15th of 24 entries we hold in the YuYu Hakusho series. It arrived 9 years after YuYu Hakusho Final: Makai Saikyou Retsuden. The next entry was Yu Yu Hakusho: Ghost Files - Dark Tournament in 2004.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 3 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 4 hrs, roughly 1.3 times the length of the critical path.
What it launched against
Yu Yu Hakusho: Spirit Detective launched on 9 December 2003, within three weeks of Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly, Manhunt, Project Gotham Racing 2 and Deus Ex 2: Invisible War.
Released around the same time: Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly, Manhunt, Project Gotham Racing 2, Deus Ex 2: Invisible War.
Official trailer
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