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Blood: GamerDad saw blood and injuries in the still cut scenes. Fantasy Violence GamerDad punched and kicked cartoon bad guys and sometimes shot cannons and guns at them, too. Mild Language GamerDad heard and read light cursing in the spoken voices and text in the cutscenes. Fullmetal Alchemist is a popular Japanese manga comic book and anime cartoon series. In the story, Edward and Alphonse are two brothers who lost their mother at an early age. They try and use the magic power of alchemy to bring their mother back to life, but the process failed, and they paid dearly. Edward lost his left leg in the process, and his little brother lost his entire body. Edward sacrificed his arm to save his brother, and now Alphonse's soul lives inside a hulking suit of armor and Edward has mechanical limbs. Now the pair seek the power of the Philosopher's Stone, which can bring everything they've lost back to normal. Along the way, Edward and Alphonse encounter struggles and countless adventures. Now you can join in on their adventures with Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy for the Nintendo DS. Play as Edward and Alphonse as you punch and kick enemies and battle fierce and clever bosses in classic arcade side scrolling beat-em-up fashion. Use the touch screen to perform alchemy spells to summon cannons or walls to protect you from dangerous traps and projectiles. Gather other alchemy skills by beating bosses. Sometimes you play a mini game with the touch screen, but these become annoying as they break up the action and cause you to have to start over if you mess up. Graphics are well animated and look just like the cartoon anime. The cutscenes even use full voices from the cast in some places, and the game follows the storyline of the series pretty well. Only problem with the cutscenes is they are way too long and happen too frequently, but luckily you can skip them if you want. Fans of the series may still get some enjoyment out of this DS title, as it includes all sorts of extra goodies like character profiles, mini-games, and other media. But if you're not a fan of Fullmetal Alchemist, there's not a whole lot in the DS game that will keep you interested.  
While it's all with cartoon characters, the gameplay in Fullmetal Alchemist is all about fighting, and the story sections do show cartoon blood and injuries. While there is spoken voice in the game, reading skill is still needed because not all the text has voice to go with it. Mild swearing (damn, hell), can both be heard and read occasionally in the game. There are also magic spells, religious conflict, and other life and death grown-up issues in the story that some families may not be comfortable with. If you're OK with your kids watching the cartoon anime, they'll be OK with the game, too, as the game has similar content as the cartoon anime and manga comic books.. Even so, Fullmetal Alchemist DS is best suited for older kid gamers and teens.
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