Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy

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Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy

Developer(s)	Bandai
Publisher(s)	Bandai Destineer
Release date(s)	July 21, 2005 (JP) Dec 15, 2006 (NA) TBA (EU)
Genre(s)	Action
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	ESRB: Teen (T)
Platform(s)	Nintendo DS

Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy is a video game created by Bandai for the Nintendo DS. The game was released in Japan on July 21, 2005, just two days before the first Fullmetal Alchemist Movie came out, and was accompanied by a PlayStation 2 release of Fullmetal Alchemist 3: The Girl Who Succeeded God. Dual Sympathy was announced by December on September 12, 2006 for release on DS in North America in Fall 2006, and is scheduled to released on December 12, 2006.

1 Gameplay
- 1.1 Playable Characters
- 1.2 Bosses
2 External links

[edit] Gameplay

The video game spans through the entire 51 episodes of Fullmetal Alchemist, and is a side-scrolling brawler in the vein of classic titles like Final Fight or Battletoads. Players control Edward Elric, and his brother Al will often fight alongside him. The touch screen feature of the Nintendo DS is used to draw transmutation circles for alchemy, as well as to trigger special moves, some of which are necessary to progress through the game. For example, the player may have to create stone walls to cross a bed of spikes, create weights to trap enemies inside hatches, or summon cannons to break down walls. Most boss battles also require use of alchemy in order to complete them.

Dual Sympathy also features many bonuses such as a second gameplay mode called Character Mode, which allows the player to replay the story with other characters; minigames like Whack-A-Homunculi, Fullmetal vs. Flame, and arm wrestling; and an alarm clock mode using voices from the series.