Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy

by Destineer

Product Features

• Follow the saga of the Elric brothers and relive battle sequences from the TV series
• Story Mode and Character Mode each offer their own takes on teh story
• Play as one of 6 different characters - Edward or Alphonse Elric, Roy Mustang, Alex Louis Armstrong, Izumi or Scar
• Acquire the special moves and powers of the other characters
• More than 10 touch screen mini-games, including Whack-A-Homunculus and Fullmetal vs. Flame

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000IKYP76
• Item Weight: 8.2 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: December 12, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,059 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Full Metal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy gives you a chance to play through the entire Fullmetal Alchemist storyline. Follow the saga of the Elric brothers as they try to undo the horrible botched experiment that left him with a metal arm and leg, and his brother's soul bonded to a suit of armor. Unlockable games and content -- talking character alarm clocks, character galleries, video and sound libraries, and more Original voice cast of the show

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Game for any Fullmetal anime fan!!!!!, December 19, 2006

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shooge "Lori" (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy (Video Game)

Highly recommend this game if you can't get enough of the anime. It plays the same story as the anime series (watered down of course). Fairly easy gameplay, there are mini games to play and unlock, and you can play other characters once you have beaten the game in hard mode.

Some may wonder about drawing the transmutation circles. It's not an overly done process in the game. One way it is achieved is when you have to open certain doors a screen will appear and you have to hit these dots around the circumference of a circle as they light up in order. Another method of transmutation circles is that a specific pattern appears in which you have to trace in the alloted time.

Very good game overall. The voices are taken from the anime as well as the images. Plays like a fusion of manga and anime.

Only problem with the game is that during some parts when your reading from Al's journal, the pictures are small. After seeing some of the nice images there are in the game, it seemed like they just threw them in there.

Characters have certain alchemic abilities that you can use once you play the character with any other player. You don't have to draw circles to do this alchemy, just hold your stylist to the touch screen and charge your achemy depending on how much energy you have. You get alchemic energy from defeating enemies and collecting their "orbs".

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy....., August 3, 2007

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blackaciddevil (in the USA somewhere.....) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy (Video Game)

Having recently been introduced to the series, I was anxious to play a game based on the show. Instead of picking one of the console games(like my friends advised me to)- I decided to pick up Dual Sympathy to play first. Lately, I've been more into playing handheld games for some reason. Thinking I was picking up a game that would be more RPG in nature since the anime is extremely storydriven and less fighting, I was surprised to find out it played more like River City Ransom or Streets of Rage but with alchemical abilities to further progress you in the game. It sort've reminded me of the first Naruto Ninja Council game somewhat, except with the Fullmetal Alchemist license & a little more storyline. The story itself follows the cartoon series which follows Edward and Alphonse Elric's journey to find The Philosopher's Stone which gets them into some hairy situations. Overall, I liked the game. It looked a heck of a sight better than most games like these on the DS and was pretty much a solid game. However, there were a few things that annoyed me about the game. For instance, it was too short a game. While there are little added extras to make you replay the game again, it still isn't enough. I left the game wanting more. Second, the story got confusing at certain points(Thank God I knew the storyline from the show or I would've been lost). Thirdly, I left the game feeling that the developers could have did more with the game by being more daring and creative with the use of the touch screen for the alchemical abilties. What use I did have of the touch screen was somewhat boring to me after awhile(as I've seen it used like this before).

Personally, I feel reviews on the game will be mixed at best. Although it was a good game to me, it will probably be a huge disappointment to hardcore fans of the show.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good but short., January 15, 2007

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Martha R. Osbourne "lover_of _death18" (USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy (Video Game)

This game at normal mode a few difficulties. It's very stylus active and you have to be on your toes because you're being timed. It's a very short game though so i was disappointed when I saw the credits. It follows along the story perfectly. It couldn't have been longer and more eventful. They should've added in the movie at the least. It sums everything up at least.