Jackie Chan Adventures: Legend of the Dark Hand

Jackie Chan Adventures: Legend of the Dark Hand
General Information
Platform	Game Boy Advance
Release	NA: November 7, 2001 EU: November 30, 2001
Genre	Action Beat-'em-up
Production
Developer	Torus Games
Publisher	Activision
Producer	Kevin McIntosh
Designer	Michael Solomons

Jackie Chan Adventures: Legend of the Dark Hand is a single player beat-'em-up developed by Torus Games for the Game Boy Advance (GBA), based on the Jackie Chan Adventures animated TV series. The game was published by Activision and released in November 2001 in North America and Europe.

Synopsis

The game incorporates characters and the broad story arc from the show, but it's centred around a unique subplot.

Jackie Chan is minding his uncle's shop when Dark Hand enforcer Hak Foo breaks in and steals one of eight ancient scrolls that grant kung fu powers. Urged on by Jade and Uncle, he goes across the world to retrieve all eight scrolls before the Dark Hand can use their power for evil.

Characters

Main Protagonists

• Jackie Chan

Secondary Protagonists

• Jade Chan
• Uncle
• Captain Black

Main Antagonists

• Shendu
• Valmont
• Finn
• Ratso
• Chow
• Hak Foo
• Shadowkhan (Ninja)

Secondary Antagonists

• Xiao Fung
• Tso Lan
• Bai Tza

Objects

• Scrolls
  • Yin scroll
  • Wu scroll
  • Mao scroll
  • Xu scroll
  • Fu scroll
  • Shen scroll
  • Zi scroll
  • Chou scroll

Gameplay

The game is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up. In each level, Jackie must defeat a horde of minions before facing off against a level boss. Depending on the level, these minions may be the goons of Enforcers like Hak Foo and Ratso, and/or the Shadowkhan (four tribes appear in the game, each with their own abilities and weapons).

Except in the Section 13 Training Area, scrolls appear right before each boss fight. Each one grants Jackie a new attack (i.e. new punch and kick combos), which he can use immediately afterwards.

Game levels

#	Level	Boss	Notes
1	San Francisco	Hak Foo	Ratso, Chow, and Finn appear separately as sub-bosses in the middle of the level. The Yin scroll gives Jackie a three-punch combo.
2	Section 13 Training Area	None
3	Mayan Temple	Ratso, Chow, Finn	The first level where the Shadowkhan make an appearance. Also the first level where Captain Black appears at the beginning of each level to introduce it to the player. The Wu scroll gives Jackie a three-kick combo.
4	Bermuda	Xiao Fung	The first stage where Uncle gives a hint on how to defeat the level boss. The Mao scroll lets Jackie throw a flurry of punches.
5	Mt. Fuji	Valmont	With the Xu scroll, Jackie can now perform a handspring kick.
6	Forbidden City	Tso Lan	The blue Shadowkhan, who throw shurikens, are introduced in this stage. The Fu scroll gives Jackie a helicopter kick attack, which is good, although slow, for dealing with enemies surrounding him.
7	Great Wall of China	Hak Foo	With the Shen scroll, Jackie can jump backwards off the wall to launch an aerial attack against opponents.
8	Victoria Harbour	Bai Tsa	The Zi scroll gives Jackie a longer and higher jumping and jumping kick range.
9	Siberia	None	The Chou scroll gives Jackie a charge attack.
10	Alcatraz	Shendu