Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles

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Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles

Developer(s)	LucasArts
Publisher(s)	LucasArts
Release date(s)	March 31, 2000 PS October 31, 2000 DC November 21, 2002 GBA
Genre(s)	Action, Beat 'em up, Platformer
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Teen (T)
Platform(s)	PS, DC, GBA

Star Wars: Episode I Jedi Power Battles is an action adventure Star Wars video game set during the time frame of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. The game was first released on the PlayStation in North America on March 31st, 2000. It has since also been released for the Sega Dreamcast console and the Game Boy Advance.

1 Overview
2 Characters
- 2.1 Secret Characters
- 2.2 Levels
3 Images
4 External links

[edit] Overview

The game loosely follows the plot of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace you choose from one of five Star Wars Episode I-era Jedi and run, jump, slash, and use the Force through the game's ten levels. Starting at the Trade Federation Battleship and ending with a battle against Darth Maul. The player uses a lightsaber to fight through waves of enemies and deflect blaster shots and use items and the force for special attacks. The game has an ability which allows the player to lock on to the nearest enemy using the R1 button. Jumping puzzles also regularly come into play. The game also has some vehicle segments. The game has a two player cooperative mode. The Dreamcast version has a training mode and a two player duel mode.

[edit] Characters

The following characters are playable in Jedi Power Battles.

Jedi Padawan Obi-Wan Kenobi
Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn
Jedi Master Mace Windu
Jedi Master Adi Gallia (not on GBA)
Jedi Master Plo Koon (not on GBA)

[edit] Secret Characters

The following characters can be unlocked after finishing the game. These characters cannot be upgraded by completing the levels.

Queen Amidala of Naboo (Unlocked by beating the game as Obi-Wan) - she uses hand to hand fighing and a blaster (not on GBA)
Captain Panaka (Unlocked by beating the game as Obi-Wan) - he uses hand to hand fighing and a blaster (not on GBA)
Sith Lord Darth Maul. (Unlocked by beating the game as Qui-Gon Jinn or simply beating the game on the Gameboy Advance version) - only uses one blade in the Playstation version, uses a double-bladed lightsabe in the Dreamcast and Gameboy Advance versions.
Jedi Knight Ki-Adi-Mundi (Dreamcast version only) (Unlocked by beating Training Mode with any normal Jedi)

[edit] Levels

There are 10 which include Trade Federation Battleship, Swamps of Naboo, City of Theed, Theed palace, Tatooine, Coruscant, Ruins, Streets of Theed, Palace Cliffs, and final Battle.

There are also 4 levels unlockable by beating the game with certain characters, including "Drodiekas!", where players control Droidekas and attack Theed palace, "Kaadu Race!" where you race a Kaadu though the swamp, "Gungan Roundup!" where players control Gungans in a game which is similar to soccer except that Jar Jar Binks is the ball and "Survival Challenge!" where you have to defeat 100 enemies beating this unlocks the Ultimate Saber which makes your lightsaber unblockable and do more damage making you kill all enemies except bosses with one hit.

The Game Boy Advance version only has the first ten levels, and the layout is significantly different.