Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy

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Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy

Developer(s)	Bandai
Publisher(s)	Bandai Destineer
Release date(s)	^JP July 21, 2005 ^NA December 12, 2006 ^EU TBA
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 Destineer on September 12, 2006 for release in North America during Fall 2006. It has gone gold on November 27 and was released on December 12, 2006.^[1]

1 Gameplay
2 References
3 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; and also play a variety of minigames, (which are listed below); and an alarm clock mode using voices from the series.^[1]

[edit] Minigames

Arm Wrestling: Armwrestle your opponent by sliding the stylus across the screen

Trap: Help Ed run away from the boulder by tapping his shoes back and forth on the bottom screen

Survival: Guide young Ed and Al to the campfire to steal food while repeling foxes by tapping them

Artistic Wood-Chopping: Help Alex Louis Armstrong split logs with his fists by placing the logs in a specific location

Fullmetal Vs. Flame: Control Roy Mustang and have him shoot flames at the various things Ed throws at you

Scratch: Try to outline a simple picture while repeling cats that try to erase your work

Whack-A-Homunculus: Control either Winry Rockbell or Riza Hawkeye and hit (or shoot) the homunculous as they appear

[edit] Playable Characters

Edward Elric is the only available character in the story mode. After the game is completed,the character mode is unlocked and Alphonse Elric, Roy Mustang, Izumi Curtis, Alex Louis Armstrong, and Scar along with Edward become playable.

When playing as Mustang, Riza Hawkeye accompanies you. When playing as Armstrong, Lieutenant Colonel Hughes accompanies you. When playing as Izumi, Edward Elric accompanies you. When playing as Scar, Alphonse accompanies you.