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Ueki no Housoku: Jingi Sakuretsu! Nouryokusha Battle came out on Game Boy Advance in 2005, developed by Bandai. It was a time when licensed anime games were everywhere on the handheld, and this one adapted a shonen series about turning trash into weapons. The game fits right into that mid-2000s era of colorful, action-focused adaptations that tried to capture the spirit of their source material without overcomplicating things.

You control Kosuke Ueki, a participant in a tournament where fighters use absurd abilities, like transforming empty cans into explosives or paper into giant trees. The main goal is to battle through waves of opponents across side-scrolling stages, using a mix of physical attacks and your specific conversion powers. Signature mechanics include switching between your melee combos and your unique object-based skills on the fly, managing a limited supply of transformable items you pick up in stages, and facing boss characters that demand pattern recognition. The pacing is brisk, with short levels that lead into bigger fights, and the difficulty can spike unexpectedly during later encounters. It feels like a condensed, interactive version of the show’s most ridiculous fights.