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The concept of Samurai Jack has also has been seen in the video games Samurai Jack: The Amulet of Time for the Game Boy Advance in 2002, Samurai Jack: The Shadow of Aku for the GameCube and PlayStation 2 in 2004, Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall features Samurai Jack, the Scotsman, and Demongo as non-playable characters that give missions to players while Aku is a Nano, Project Exonaut shows Jack only as a playable character for the Banzai Squadron, and the brawler game Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion released on June 2, 2011 in North America for Nintendo 3DS, Wii, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 where Jack and the Scotsman are playable characters while Aku is an assist character, a boss and a playable character.
Phil LaMarr reprised his role as Samurai Jack in the first four video games while Keith Ferguson voiced the main character in the last game. John DiMaggio and Kevin Michael Richardson repise their respective roles as the Scotsman and Demongo. Greg Baldwin now voices Aku in the third and fifth games due to Mako Iwamatsu's passing in 2006.
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