Live the legend of Samurai Jack
"Born and bred a warrior, Samurai Jack is thrust into the future by his nemesis Aku. In his travels, Jack learns of a time portal that can reunite him with his ancient ancestors. Now he must battle Aku's minions across burning villages, massive forests, and the bustling Aku City to find the portal!"
— Back of the case
Samurai Jack: The Shadow of Aku is the second video game based on Cartoon Network's Samurai Jack. It was made for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Gamecube in 2004.
Tropes back, back in this game include:
- 100% Completion: Rescuing all of the villagers and obtaining all the relics makes the game complete.
- Big Damn Heroes: Right when Aku has Jack at his mercy, the Scotsman flies in on a plane, blows a hole in Aku's base and flies Jack out.
- Big "NO!": Aku lets one out in the ending after Jack and the Scotsman escape from his base.
- Bittersweet Ending: As with other plots from the franchise, Jack failed but did it with the help of friends.
- Bullet Time: Jack can go through Zakai Mode by slowing down time to a crawl.
- The Bus Came Back:
- Exdor from "Jack versus the Ultra-Bots" returns in this game.
- Mad Jack returns in this game.
- Excuse Plot: Jack has another attempt to get back to his timeline, but he fails yet again.
- Exposition Fairy: The voice of the Emperor.
- Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Aku has made brainwashing video games at Aku City, with Jack wondering what video games are.
- Series Continuity Error:
- Jack's father outright calls him Jack in the tutorial text, despite that not actually being his real name but something he went with in the future. Never mind the fact that “Jack” is not even a Japanese name.
- Aku doesn't recognize the Scotsman in the ending, even though in the series itself Aku personally put a bounty on him. From a Watsonian viewpoint, this is arguably in-character.
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