Along with its companion release, Soaring Hawk, Shaman King: Legacy Of Spirits -- Sprinting Wolf is an anime-based adventure featuring Pokémon-style creature collection. In the role of the young Shaman Yoh Asakura, players can discover and collect spirits as they explore the game's environments. These spirits can then be used in combat, against the various enemies and opponents Yoh must face. Different foes have different strengths and weaknesses, so choosing the right spirit for the fight can be crucial to victory. The game features more than 1,000 different spirits in all, including some that were designed specifically for the games. Through a link-cable connection, spirits obtained in Sprinting Wolf can be traded for spirits collected in Soaring Hawk. Soaring Hawk and Sprinting Wolf are based on Hiroyuki Takei's Shaman King cartoon series, which is shown on Fox in the United States.