The PS2 game looks back at Yangus when he was 12 years old and already a dungeon savvy explorer. Reflect back on Yangus' youth in a 3D exploration game where he's been gifted with a magical urn that his father brought home one day. Yangus uses the urn during the adventure to vacuum creatures into its cozy confines and transform them into comrades.

Shounen Yangus also chronicles the first encounter with the winsome Geruda where the two young thieves forged a relationship and rivalry. The first meeting between Yangus and the legendary peddler known as Torneko is also shown near the beginning of them game when the two share a prison cell together. When roaming the world, Yangus may have up to three animal familiars trail him in a party. Particularly endearing is the blue slime as it bounds along merrily when following master...

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NCS Game Notes
» Square Enix boasts over 200 monsters to encounter, battle, and befriend in the game including familiar faces from the Dragon Quest games. As monsters gain in experience alongside their leader, they'll gain new abilities and skills to help the party during the quest.

» The dungeons in the game are randomly generated every time Yangus enters one and none are ever the same.

» In the intro to the game, young Yangus carries a torch and is exploring when a green dragon and two slimes spot him and give chase. More monsters find him and also give chase until an entire gang is hot on his heels. Yangus stumbles on an urn adorned with green sigils and lifts it up to block the monster parade. The green dragon is summarily vacuumed into the urn and squeezes inside. The other monsters are stunned by the turning tide and vamoose. Later the green dragon pops out of the urn and is friendly towards Yangus. It shows affection by licking the young brute's helmeted face. The intro then shows Yangus and new friend galloping out and into a ledge where they admire a city in the distance.

» After starting a game, a voice over tells the tale of young Yangus and it all begins with Yangus' father and two brigands bringing home an urn with two handles. After planting the urn on the table, poppy goes to sleep and the two bandits leave. Unable to control his curiosity, Yangus pops the lid off the urn and a bright light fills up the room. After falling asleep and waking up on a forest floor, the game's title screen appears and prompts the player to create a save file.

» Yangus is shown swinging a stick as he walks through a forest. He appears to get tired and lies down for a little while and stares up at the sky. He then gets up again and proceeds to leap off a cliff an onto a town where he meets a humanoid creature with a leaf atop its head. After this point, control is handed over to the player.

Controls
L-Analog / Movement
R-Analog / Camera
L1-Trigger / Rotate camera
R1-Trigger / Rotate camera
L2-Trigger / Center camera
O-Button / Interact

To run, hold down the "X-Button" and push up on the D-pad or L-Analog.

» Yangus' first destination is the blinking circle on the map where his new leafy friend is waiting. As he runs, a cut scene interjects which gives gamers the first glimpse of a young Geruda. Follow the leaf-boy to a building and go through the door. Downstairs, a guard is sleeping and behind the prison bars is a familiar form - the legendary peddler known as Torneko. Another guard descends and surprises Yangus and leaf-boy. Yangus makes a dash for it but is sandwiched between two guards and eventually thrown into jail. After struggling with the bars for a few seconds, he loses his grip and bounces onto the bulging belly of Torneko who introduces himself.

» Although Shounen Yangus is based on the Fushigi na Dungeon series of Chunsoft, the company had no hand in developing or designing the game. The developers are Armor Project, Bird Studio, and Square Enix.

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