Avatar: The Last Airbender – The Burning Earth

Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Burning Earth, known as Avatar: The Legend of Aang - The Burning Earth in Europe, is a video game for Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 2, Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance, based upon the animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender. It was one of the last games released for the Game Boy Advance in the United States.

Premise
The game is the sequel to the story from original game, Avatar: The Last Airbender, available on the Xbox 360, Wii, GameCube, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DS and Game Boy Advance, which took place during the events of the first season, Book 1: Water

Taking place during the events of the second season, Book 2: Earth, this game allows players to control Aang, Katara, Sokka, Toph, Zuko, Iroh, Momo and Jet as the battle against the Fire Nation continues. Enemies include firebenders, Dai Li agents and Sandbenders, as well as a variety of other enemies and animals from the show.

A departure to the first game is the lack of Cel-shaded animation, rather it had solid shading to give the game a more natural look; and also a lack of character interaction compared to the first game, which required talking to other people to complete certain objectives, rather it required instead for Team Avatar and their allies to split up in groups of two in each level.

Features
Unlike Avatar: The Last Airbender, Avatar: The Burning Earth features a multiplayer mode. Animal allies, Momo and Appa, appear in special "dramatic air battles." For the first time, players are able to engage in all four bending styles. Another feature is Aang's ability to go into the Avatar State and unleash its power on enemies.

Chapter 1: The Avatar State
Team Avatar arrives at an Earth Kingdom base, welcomed by an attacking force of soldiers. General Fong explains to Aang and Katara that he is trying to trigger Aang's Avatar State, which he believes makes Aang alone powerful enough to overthrow the Fire Nation. He then orders his guards to increase their numbers, dispatching earthbending guards. When the guards are defeated, the General steps up and attacks to put Aang and Katara in danger, to try to force Aang into the Avatar Sate. General Fong attempts to sink Katara straight into the stone plaza. Aang then sees the hazard and has no choice but to go into the Avatar State, swirling into the air and barreling down to earth, hurling Fong into the air. General Fong stands up and begins to say something. Before he can finish, however, Sokka arrives riding on Appa, and strikes Fong on the head with his boomerang. Team Avatar then leaves victorious and heads to the Earth Kingdom city of Omashu, in search of an earthbending master for Aang.

Chapter 2: Return to Omashu
The kids are shocked to discover a Fire Nation flag over the front gate of Omashu, now christened New Ozai. Team Avatar comes to stop at a pipe near the base of the city. Sokka and Aang face a variety of strange reptilian creatures in the sewers, and eventually encounter two Fire Nation soldiers who see the marks of a pentapus on Sokka. Aang and Sokka trick the soldiers into thinking there is a deadly disease called pentapox. The pair arrives in an Earth Kingdom resistance camp, where they decide to use the pentapox to their advantage. Sokka and Aang must find pentapi and supplies to put their plan into action. All the remaining Earth Kingdom citizens in New Ozai are evacuated, to keep the "epidemic" from spreading to the Fire Nation citizens.

Katara now joins Aang to go search for King Bumi, whom they hope will teach Aang earthbending. They encounter Azula, Mai and Ty Lee, as well as Zuko. After a short video clip, Aang and Katara continue towards the palace. There they are battle the Fire Nation governor before they free Bumi. To Aang's disappointment, Bumi says that now is not the time for Omashu to be free, and will not leave to teach Aang. The kids fly off to find their next journey.

Chapter 3: The Swamp
The kids are flying over an eerie swamp. Aang states that the swamp is calling to him and asks his friends if they should land. Katara seems hesitant about this, saying that there is something ominous about the swamp. Then a water tornado approaches Appa and the kids. Appa tries to avoid it, but they are caught in the tornado, and are separated. Katara and Momo try to search for the others once they land. Katara thinks she sees her mom, but it ends up being a vision, therefore upsetting her. They see a village, and help put out the flaming huts. More firebenders then appear, leaving Katara to tell Momo to go find Appa. Jet then shows up and helps Katara defeat the firebenders. Jet tells Katara that he's changed, then leaves.

Sokka and Aang then look for Katara, Appa and Momo. They find that the Fire Nation has polluted the swamp, and they clear the waste. Along the way, Aang sees a vision of a girl, his future earthbending teacher, and Sokka sees a vision of Yue saying that she misses him. They finally meet up with Katara in the village and discover that the men of the waterbender village are hunting Appa.

When Aang and Katara catch up to Appa, who has become entangled in vines, they have to fight the Swamp Monster. Once they defeat him, they discover that the swamp monster is just Huu moving the vines around with waterbending. Huu tells Aang that the swamp is all connected, and tells Aang to place his hand on the tree. Aang does so, and sees visions of the drill heading for Ba Sing Se and the girl running into Master Yu's Earthbending Academy. He tells Katara and Sokka that they need to leave the swamp. Sokka agrees, saying that the swamp gives him the creeps. Huu says that it gives him the creeps too sometimes, then eats a bug, grossing the kids out.

Chapter 4: The Blind Bandit
The kids land in Gaoling. There, Sokka shops for a new bag while Aang and Katara began to look for an earthbending teacher. A man then tells them of Master Yu's Earthbending Academy. Aang tells Katara that, in his vision, he saw the girl run into the Academy. They both go to the Academy. They almost manage to reach the entrance, when earthbending bounty hunters block the path. They attack Aang and Katara so they can get the reward the Fire Nation is offering for the Avatar. Aang and Katara defeat them and eventually find another way into the Academy. Aang decides that Master Yu isn't the earthbending teacher he's looking for. He then finds an Earth Rumble VI poster. In his vision, Aang saw the girl run by the same poster. He and Katara then go to Earth Rumble VI. They eventually meet Sokka on there way there.

Once inside Earth Rumble VI, Katara, knowing that Earth Rumble VI was just going to be pointless violence, leaves Aang and Sokka to watch the show. The host, Xin Fu, informs the audience that some contenders have withdrawn from the competition. Xin Fu asks the audience for two volunteers to face the champions. Aang immediately raises his hand and volunteers himself and Sokka to fight in the tournament. After beating two competitors, Fire Nation Man and The Boulder, Aang and Sokka face the champion, the Blind Bandit. They manage to beat her and win the Earth Rumble championship belt, along with a sack of gold. As the Blind Bandit leaves, Aang calls out to her, saying that he thinks she's meant to be his earthbending teacher. The Blind Bandit, however, tells him to leave her alone and then runs away. Aang asks Xin Fu about the Blind Bandit. Aang tells him about his vision of that girl, and seeing a flying boar. Xin Fu tells Aang of the Bei Fong family, whose symbol is a flying boar. Aang and Sokka then head out to find the estate.

Before they manage to reach it, Aang and Sokka get trapped by a bandit, and are thrown in jail. They meet a prisoner who tells them that he was supposed to help Professor Zei with Fire Nation machine plans, but the bandits stole the said plans. The prisoner asks them if they could deliver the plans to Professor Zei. Aang and Sokka accept, but they first look for a way out. Eventually, they find the plans and the key that opens the door to the prisoner's cell.

After escaping the prison, Aang and Sokka continue on their journey to find the Bei Fong estate. They reach the estate, but find that the place is crawling with guards. They sneak past them and meet up with the Blind Bandit. As they talk, Xin Fu ambushes them and takes Aang prisoner, leaving the Blind Bandit, whose real name is Toph Bei Fong, and Sokka. Xin Fu tells them to bring two sacks of gold to the Earth Rumble VI arena.

Sokka and Toph show up at the arena, but instead of bringing two bags of gold, they bring one. Xin Fu calls the deal off, saying that the Fire Nation would offer ten times that price for the Avatar. He tells Sokka and Toph to leave his ring, but the duo decide to fight him instead. They end up succeeding in the fight and, after freeing Aang, Toph decides to go with the gang to teach Aang earthbending.

Playable characters and bosses
Playable characters:
 * Aang (all versions)
 * Katara (all versions)
 * Sokka (all versions)
 * Toph (all versions)
 * Zuko (GBA and console)
 * Iroh (GBA and console)
 * Jet (console)
 * Momo (console)
 * Appa (GBA and console)

Console bosses (In order of appearance):
 * General Fong - fought with Aang and Katara
 * New Ozai Governor - fought with Aang and Katara
 * Swamp Monster - fought with Aang and Katara
 * Xin Fu - fought with Toph and Sokka
 * Air Battle against Azula, Mai and Ty Lee
 * Wan Shi Tong - fought with Aang and Katara (note: Aang and Katara don't actually fight Wan Shi Tong, rather they run away from him while they escape his Library before it sinks)
 * Long Feng - fought with Aang and Jet
 * Double Battle against Azula and Zuko - fought with Aang and Katara

DS bosses (In order of appearance): GBA Bosses (In order of appearance)
 * General Fong - fought with Aang and Sokka
 * New Ozai Governor - fought with Aang and Katara
 * Swamp Monster - fought with Aang and Katara
 * Xin Fu - fought with Toph and Sokka
 * Dai Li Agents - fought with Aang
 * Mai and Ty Lee - fought with Toph and Sokka
 * Azula - fought with Aang and Katara
 * Azula- fought with Aang and Bumi
 * Azula- fought with Zuko
 * Azula- fought with Aang
 * Long Feng- fought with Aang and Toph

Release date(s)

 * Wii


 * October 16, 2007 (US)
 * October 26, 2007 (EU)
 * November 1, 2007 (AU)
 * PlayStation 2, DS


 * October 16, 2007 (US)
 * October 25, 2007 (AUS)
 * October 26, 2007 (EU)
 * Xbox 360


 * November 12, 2007 (US)
 * November 16, 2007 (EU)
 * November 22, 2007 (AUS)
 * Game Boy Advance


 * October 16, 2007 (US)

Secret codes

 * One-hit Dishonor: 28260
 * Max Level: 89121
 * All Gallery Items: 85061
 * All Bonus Games: 99801
 * Unlimited Special Attacks: 66206
 * Double Damage: 90210
 * Unlimited Health: 65049

Trivia

 * When Aang and Professor Zei are talking in Level 5: The Desert, Professor Zei asks Aang if he's seen the Northern Air Temple, and Aang says that he hasn't been there himself, but he had friends there. That is in obvious contrast to the series, because there an entire episode centered around Team Avatar visiting the Northern Air Temple.

Goofs

 * Zuko's in-game character icon shows the scar over his right eye, rather than his left, when Zuko is Player 2.
 * The Xbox 360 version of the game has earned the reputation as the easiest game to earn all achievements and Gamerscore among all titles released for that platform, all 5 achievements and 1000 Gamerscore can be easily earned in a few minutes in the first level of the game..
 * Azula wears her Season 3 armor in the cover art, even though she is not seen wearing it until the first chapter of Book 3.
 * In the PS2 version, before Master Yu knocks Aang down, he is standing next to Katara. After Master Yu knocks Aang down, he is not laying next to Katara, he is all the way by the corner of the academy, by the poster.
 * In the GBA version Zuko´s scar can´t be seen when he´s facing left, but it can be seen when he´s facing down.
 * When Aang and Sokka when the fight against Toph during Earth Rumble VI, Xin Fu says that they won the Earth Rumble belt and a sack of gold. He holds his hand out to give them the prizes, but has nothing in it.