Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Sacrifice is a video game for the Nintendo DS

Nintendo DS

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, released in March 2009

2009 in video gaming

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. It is the sixth video game in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchise. The game mixes beat 'em up

Beat 'em up

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 and first-person shooter

First-person shooter

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 elements. The game was released by 505 Games

505 Games

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. It is unknown if the game will be released in North America.

Rob Des Hotel, one of the television show's writers, wrote the story for the game, which is set after the seventh season.

The game features familiar locations from the television series, including Sunnydale

Sunnydale

Sunnydale, California is the fictional setting for the U.S. television drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Series creator Joss Whedon conceived the town as a representation of a generic California city, as well as a narrative parody of the all-too-serene towns typical in traditional horror...

 High School, the Summers' house, The Magic Box and The Bronze

The Bronze

The Bronze is a fictional nightclub in Sunnydale, the fictional setting for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Of 144 episodes of the series, 66 have at least one scene at the Bronze, not including its appearance in the unaired pilot....

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Characters

Heroes:

• Buffy
  Buffy Summers
  Buffy Summers is a fictional character from Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer franchise. She first appeared in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer before going on to appear in the television series and subsequent comic book of the same name...
  
  
• Willow
  Willow Rosenberg
  Willow Rosenberg is a fictional character created for the fantasy television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer . She was developed by Joss Whedon and portrayed throughout the TV series by Alyson Hannigan...
  
  
• Giles
  Rupert Giles
  Rupert Giles is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The character is portrayed by Anthony Stewart Head. He serves as Buffy Summers' mentor and surrogate father figure...
  
  
• Angel

Enemies:

• Vampires
• Zombies
• Van Tal
• Bringers
• Demons

Bosses:

• Warren Mears
  Warren Mears
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• Spike
• Turok-Han
  Turok-Han
  The Turok-Han vampires are fictional characters from Joss Whedon's TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. They appear in the 7th and final season of the series, making their first appearance in the episode "Never Leave Me", when the Seal of Danzalthar is opened under the basement of Sunnydale High,...
  
  
• Caleb
• The Master
• The First Evil
  First Evil
  The First Evil is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The First Evil first appeared in the third season episode "Amends", and became the main antagonist of the 7th and final season.A being manifested from all evil in existence, the First is an...