Based on the iconic Astro Boy character from Osama Tezuka's 1952 manga, Omega Factor crams the the larger-than-life world of Tezuka to your tiny GBA. Omega Factor succeeds where the PlayStation 2 title didn't thanks to simplicity and unique allure. The plot has more twists and turns than your average RPG, and besides, it stars a robot boy who wears hot pants. How can you beat that?
What happens when media savvy game developers tap into the synergistic avenues of capitalism? .hack: Infection, that's what. .hack's release marked an unusually coordinated consumer assault: the multi-chapter RPG release hit the market with three anime series and a manga comic. The media blitz inflated fan hype worldwide, giving .hack the branding it needed to become a major franchise in a matter of months. While the RPG games had their inherent faults, the universe is still a great place to log some time in.
Sporting insanely kooky character designs and crazy super moves, Ultimate Muscle: Legends Vs. New Generation ported the classic anime universe of Kinnikuman to the GameCube. Designed by world renown developers Aki, Ultimate Muscle featured jaw dropping cell shaded graphics and a fairly in-depth create-a-wrestler mode. In the end, you only need to know one thing: you can play as a wrestler named Dik-Dik-Van-Dik. How can you refuse?
You can't stop the mass-marketing juggernaut that is known as Dragon Ball Z. Based on the sequel to the mid-eighties Japanese manga series, Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 3 is almost certainly the best anime-themed fighter of all time...not that there's much competition, but hey, we thought it was worth pointing out. Sporting over 40 DBZ fighters and a customizable capsule system which helps you buff up your champion, the only game that can take out Budokai 3 is, you guessed it, another Dragon Ball title: the upcoming DBZ: Tenkaichi.
Occupying the number one spot is Capcom's aerial side-scrolling shooter U.N. Squadron. Originally named Area 88, U.N. Squadron is based on an obscure war manga which told the story of Shin Kazama, an ace pilot tricked into volunteering for a mercenary air force. The SNES game rendition omitted the manga's character driven plotlines and substituted it with a heavy dose of side-scrolling-shooter action., creating what is arguably the best aerial side-scrolling-shooter ever.
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