Avatar: The Last Airbender (video game)


 * This article is about the video game. You may be looking for the TV show of the same name.

Avatar: The Last Airbender, known as Avatar: The Legend of Aang in Europe, is a 2006 video game developed by THQ and released for Game Boy Advance, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Wii and Xbox. The game was followed by a sequel, Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Burning Earth, around a year later.

The game is loosely based on the series. The storyline of this game is like an in-between phase of Book 1 and Book 2.

Game overview
The game begins in the Northern Water Tribe, where Aang and Katara are learning waterbending from a master. Aang learns that a waterbender named Hiryu has been reported missing, and goes to investigate. Aang finds a waterbender's pouch, much like Katara's, and returns to the tribe to find that the Fire Nation has attacked, and Katara has been abducted by Zuko. Aang and Sokka follow Zuko's ship on Appa to a village in the Earth Kingdom, where they learn Katara is being held in prison. They steal two Fire Nation soldier uniforms, and sneak into the prison disguised.



While rescuing Katara from prison, they discover that a person called "The Maker" is being forced to create machines for the Fire Nation, and so they attempt to free her. They can not find her in her cell, however, but clues of her whereabouts point to an earthbending training camp.

Team Avatar arrives at the camp, where they find Tyro and Haru are being attacked by machines. The trio intervenes, and saves the village. Tyro reveals to Aang that their own village member, Yuan, has also been kidnapped by the Fire Nation. Haru decides to join the team to help find his friend, and Aang communicates with the Forest Spirit, who advises him to go to Omashu.

Their journey takes them to Omashu and with the help of its king, Bumi, who gave directions on a secret hidden island, they managed to leave the city relatively unscathed when the Fire Nation invaded. Zuko then appeared, but, failing to catch up, was taken prisoner by a machine.

While investigating the mysteries behind the secret island, the gang finally found the Maker, Lian, who reveals her plans to use her machines to end the war, believing that Aang would not make it in time to finish his training when Sozin's Comet comes. Aang refused her help, having witnessed the damages the machines have done to the other villages. An angered Lian sent a giant machine to attack them, while she makes her escape.



The gang chased her down until they reached a fortress, in which they briefly encountered Zuko who was held captive there. Despite Aang's efforts to help him, Zuko attacked the group, and was swept away in a waterfall.

In the deepest level of the fortress, Aang faced Lian to stop her creations. Lian then voiced her contempt for benders in general saying "thinkers should be in charge, not magicians". Believing that division of the elements is the real reason behind the war, her machines will be used to "even the playing field". Sokka, the one who does not bend in the group, voiced his disagreement to her opinion.

Lian then called out the missing benders, including Yuan, who revealed themselves apparently willing to aid her by powering the Ultimation, a war machine capable to control fire, earth, water, sound and air.

Team Avatar's united attacks managed to put down the machine. As Aang got distracted, Ultimation tried to attack him from behind. Katara got in the way trying to protect him, but doing so knocked her unconscious. Enraged, Aang activated the Avatar State, and easily destroyed the machine, making it topple over Lian.

Haru and Yuan reconcile, and the team left the place behind on Appa. Haru asked if Sokka never liked benders as he said with Lian, in which the latter commented that he finds them alright. Katara and Aang then began to tease him, much to his aggravation.

Prince Zuko then appeared in the end, pulling himself out from the water. Grumbling, he exited the scene.

Playable characters

 * Aang
 * Momo
 * Katara
 * Sokka
 * Haru

Other characters

 * Lian
 * Yuan
 * Jailer
 * Bumi's advisor
 * Ming
 * Hiryu
 * Jin Wei

Bosses

 * 1) Colossal Inferno
 * 2) Jailer
 * 3) Ancestral Bear
 * 4) Earthbender Consul
 * 5) Prototype Dreadnought
 * 6) Geo-Tunneler
 * 7) Dreadnought
 * 8) Lian and the Ultimation

Release date(s)

 * Xbox
 * October 10, 2006 (US)


 * PC, PS2, PSP, NGC, GBA
 * October 10, 2006 (US)
 * February 9, 2007 (EU)


 * Wii
 * November 19, 2006 (NA)
 * February 9, 2007 (EU)

Secret codes
The following codes have been written in Extras:
 * Unlimited Copper: 23637
 * Unlimited Chi: 24463
 * Double Damage: 34743
 * All Treasure Maps:37437
 * Neverending Stealth: 53467
 * One Hit Dishonor: 54641
 * Unlimited Health: 94677
 * Concept Character Gallery: 97831

Hints and tips

 * Katara's waterbending abilities improves when she wears items with life.
 * Equipping items in the inventory can make characters stronger.
 * Aang's airbending is more powerful when he wears items with agility.
 * Haru becomes much stronger when he wears items with focus.
 * Hidden chests often contain rare items, and can be found in every level.
 * Sokka is more powerful when he wears items with strength.
 * Keep an eye on the minimap to see approaching enemies.
 * Items in a set appear with an orange glow. Equip them all for an extra bonus.

Critical reception
GameSpot gave the game a 5 saying the gameplay was too repetitive but the sound effects and music were soothing and simple. IGN gave a similar rating and review along with other game sites.

Goofs

 * In the level "The Fortress" of the PS2 version, the four nations Player there awards a set item for Aang; the Four Winds Headband. You already received this item earlier in the game from a hidden chest, and so when you receive the item the item is not given. It is possible the developers made a mistake and meant the set item for Sokka, the Soul Iron Band, to be given here, since it is unknown if it can be found elsewhere. That level even reports set items possible to find as zero, not even reflecting this goof.
 * As noted above; the set item Soul Iron Band for Sokka cannot be found in the PS2, but is given by the old man who wanted the soap.
 * Omashu is stated to be the capital of the Earth Kingdom and is located where Ba Sing Se is located.

Trivia

 * The Maker bears a resemblance to June.
 * In the cave where she is first confronted The Maker refers to bending as "magic", the same way Sokka did in the "The Boy in the Iceberg".
 * In the PS2 version, the waterbending master is Master Wei and in the PSP version, the waterbending master is Pakku.
 * All Lian's machines are based on the four bending elements: The Soaker = Water, The Inferno = Fire.
 * In the Australian version, the title is Avatar: The Legend of Aang.
 * The game features a mini-game called Four Nations, in which you win items from villagers. It is played similar to dominoes, with the numbers replaced by the symbols of the four nations and a special Avatar tile as a wild card.
 * This game is the only Avatar game to feature Haru as a playable character as Toph was not introduced at the time.