Dual Blades
Dual Blades is a fighting video game published by Metro3D for the Game Boy Advance. It is a fighting game with single player and player versus player modes. It features a "power combining system" which was very new for the genre at that time.
Dual Blades
- Date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Metro3D
- Genre
- fighting game
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Dual Blades is a fighting video game published by Metro3D for the Game Boy Advance. It is a fighting game with single player and player versus player modes. It features a "power combining system" which was very new for the genre at that time.
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This system allows players to create their own fighting style. Characters include ninjas, knights, and American adventurers, an Ottoman warrior named Efe and Nagasapa, an innocent-looking old lady who is in fact a Kazakh sorceress. The game is also notable for being one of only nine Game Boy Advance games to be released with an M rating from the ESRB. A sequel, Slashers: The Power Battle, made by Stun Games was released in 2013.
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• Title — Dual Blades • Designer — Galip Kartoğlu • Developer — Vivid Image • Publisher — Metro3D • Genre — Fighting • Modes — Single player, Multiplayer • Platforms — Game Boy Advance
Development
Development
While still a student, Galip Kartoğlu had developed a PC game that he called "Slashers". With hopes of bringing it to market, he reached out to Mev Dinc at Vivid Image who was impressed with the game. Game piracy in Turkey was a serious issue, so Dinc suggested that it instead be developed for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance handheld. At the time, neither Nintendo nor Sony were issuing development licenses to Turkey, but through his connections, Dinc was able to secure the licensing and strike a deal with Metro3D for global distribution. The game's title was changed to Dual Blades, and after receiving the development kit, Galip was able to turn the game around within 6 months.
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Dual Blades received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of one five, one four, and two sixes for a total of 21 out of 40.
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- 1.Lafferty, Michael. Get ready for intense fighting with Metro3D's Dual Blades for the Game Boy Advance. GameZone. July 30, 2002.
- 2.Slashers: The Power Battle. Giant Bomb.
- 3.Dinc, Mev. Life Is A Game. Publishing Push. 214. 2021. 9781914078590.
- 4.Metacritic. Dual Blades for Game Boy Advance Reviews.
- 5.GameTavern. New Famitsu Scores including Eternal Arcadia. December 19, 2002.
- 6.Provo, Frank. Dual Blades Review. GameSpot. October 21, 2002.
- 7.Meston, Zach. GameSpy: Dual Blades. GameSpy. December 3, 2002.
- 8.Lafferty, Michael. Dual Blades - GBA - Review. GameZone. September 26, 2002.
- 9.Harris, Craig. Dual Blades. IGN. November 1, 2002.
- 10.Dual Blades. Nintendo Power. 165. 161. February 2003.
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