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Battle of Yuu Yuu Hakusho The - Shitou Ankoku Bujutsukai - 120% cover

Battle of Yuu Yuu Hakusho The - Shitou Ankoku Bujutsukai - 120%

The Battle of Yu Yu Hakusho: Dark Tournament 120% is a 3D fighter using spirit attacks, combos, awakenings, and familiar characters to recreate the Dark Tournament. This catalogue entry evaluates the recorded original-platform release, including its period-specific controls, presentation, content structure, hardware limits, and intended mode of play.

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7.1 / 10
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The Battle of Yu Yu Hakusho: Dark Tournament 120% is a 3D fighter using spirit attacks, combos, awakenings, and familiar characters to recreate the Dark Tournament. Characters, voices, signature moves, and story presentation strongly reward fans, while team and versus modes support repeats. Balance, camera, collision, and defensive feedback are inconsistent, story progression and arenas lack variety, and Japanese raises barriers. Adaptation exceeds competitive depth. This description covers the original ps2 release represented by this catalog entry and does not assume conveniences introduced by later ports. The assessment also treats period hardware limits, documented mechanics, original controls, and release-specific access as explicit evaluation boundaries.

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7.1 / 10PlayStation 2

The Battle of Yu Yu Hakusho: Dark Tournament 120% is a 3D fighter using spirit attacks, combos, awakenings, and familiar characters to recreate the Dark Tournament.

Characters, voices, signature moves, and story presentation strongly reward fans, while team and versus modes support repeats. Balance, camera, collision, and defensive feedback are inconsistent, story progression and arenas lack variety, and Japanese raises barriers. Adaptation exceeds competitive depth. Overall, its main strengths are Characters, voices, moves, and story recreate the source; Team and versus modes support fan replay. Its material limitations are Inconsistent balance, camera, collision, and defense; Limited arenas, story variety, and Japanese access. This score covers the original platform release represented by this catalog record and excludes conveniences added by emulators or later ports. The conclusion also accounts for original hardware readability, input, and access conditions. Documented uncertainty remains explicit. The evidence supports this balance.

Strengths

  • Characters, voices, moves, and story recreate the source
  • Team and versus modes support fan replay

Weaknesses

  • Inconsistent balance, camera, collision, and defense
  • Limited arenas, story variety, and Japanese access

Who it is for: Players who value characters, voices, moves, and story recreate the source and can accept the original release's limits.

Play notes: Before playing, expect inconsistent balance, camera, collision, and defense and limited arenas, story variety, and japanese access; this assessment covers the recorded original-platform release.

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Team and versus modes support fan replay; Limited arenas, story variety, and Japanese access.

Reviewed6.8 / 10Not provided
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Characters, voices, moves, and story recreate the source; Inconsistent balance, camera, collision, and defense.

Reviewed7.4 / 10Not provided
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Team and versus modes support fan replay; presentation is judged within the original platform conditions, with no bonus for age alone.

Reviewed7.7 / 10Not provided
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Judged on the original ps2 release's input, readability, saving, and accessory conditions. Inconsistent balance, camera, collision, and defense.

Reviewed5.8 / 10Not provided

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Core information

Developer
Dimps
Publisher
Banpresto
Release date
1994
Platforms
PlayStation 2
Content kind
Game
Release state
Released
Region
Worldwide
Official website
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Offline minimum players
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Offline maximum players
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Online minimum players
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Online maximum players
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Tags
3D GraphicsPlayer versus PlayerStory-drivenCombosMelee CombatThird PersonComic and Manga AdaptationReplayable
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Requires base game
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Standalone
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