An Action-Adventure video game developed by Luxoflux, XPEC Entertainment, Beenox Shift, and Vicarious Visions, and published by Activision. Loosely based on the DreamWorks' animated film of the same name (and expanding some of the film's lore), players primarily control Po, who starts with basic martial arts abilities. As the game progresses, Po's skills are enhanced with new fighting techniques and special moves. In certain levels, players can also control other characters, including members of the Furious Five and Master Shifu, each possessing unique abilities.
The game features the following tropes:
- Adaptational Badass:
- Po is noticeably more competent right from the start. Even before setting foot in the Jade Palace for training, he manages to take down some members of the Blackhoof Boar Clan and save some bunny villagers. Once inside the palace, he shatters three of the Furious Five's training records and single-handedly defeats the entire Blackhoof Boar Clan when they attempt to rob the place. His accomplishments don’t stop there—by the time Shifu guides him to train separately from the Furious Five in the Wudang Mountains, Po has already stopped the Imperial Golden Croc Gang at the Lake of Tears and rescued the Tortoise Village alongside Master Crane. Even Shifu, who was constantly frustrated with Po in the movie, acknowledges his skills with at least a hint of respect.
- Downplayed with Tai Lung. While still a powerhouse in the film, here he actively recruits and commands different gangs to carry out his plans. What's more, during his final battle with Po, he remains standing before being sent to the Spirit Realm with the Wuxi Finger Hold. In contrast, his film counterpart was visibly weakened and beaten down before Po finishes him off.
- Adaptational Context Change: Po and Tai Lung's first encounter happens much earlier than in the movie. Instead of meeting for the first time in the Jade Palace, Tai Lung encounters him in his personal Training Grounds in Level 10.
- Adaptational Jerkass: Probably because of his aforementioned Adaptational Badass status, Po’s more cocky in this game. After excelling at his training in the Jade Palace, he boasts about how he’s already endured worse challenges before. He even attempts to brag to Tigress about how he was chosen as the Dragon Warrior before she cuts him in his words, in stark contrast to the film, where Po responds to that same question by Shifu in an insecure manner.
- Adaptational Villainy: Tai Lung was never a saint in the original film, but this version tones his bad qualities up to eleven: mocking Tigress over her insecurities about being the unfavored child between the two, destroying many priceless kung fu relics, attempting to kill both his adopted father Shifu and Po (a complete stranger up until the end of the story) several times throughout the course of the game, using the Furious Five as bait, and working with slime like the Imperial Golden Croc Gang and Great Gorilla. Even his most sympathetic moments from the movie (Shifu's apology and him finding out there was no real power to the Dragon Scroll) are treated with more indifference by this game's counterpart. The only thing keeping him from being pure evil is the fact that he does seem to care for Shifu to a degree and attempts to convince Shifu to give him the Dragon Scroll, only losing his temper when Shifu refuses.
- And Now for Someone Completely Different: Some levels have the player taking control of characters besides Po.
- For the first boss of the game, you take control of Tigress.
- Master Shifu is the main playable character for one level where he must rescue the rest of the Furious Five after their failed encounter with Tai Lung, and the first boss fight against Tai Lung.
- Demoted to Extra: While he is mentioned multiple times in the game, Grand Master Oogway only appears during the Dragon Warrior selection ceremony and in the Tai Lung Training Grounds level.
- Evil Is Bigger: The bosses in this game tend to be larger versions of their group's minions, like Great Gorilla, the Crocodile Sergeant and the Blackhoof Boar Clan's leader.
- Killer Gorilla: Great Gorilla's gang attempt to destroy the Wudang Mountains' temple and steal the Kung Fu Relics.
- Money Is Experience Points: Coins can be used to buy upgrades as well as costumes.
- Never Smile at a Crocodile: The Imperial Golden Croc Gang is a group of crocodiles hired by Tai Lung. They first invade a tortoise village at the Lake of Tears, attacking their residents and stealing their hatchlings. They then imprisoned four duck villagers, only to be defeated by Shifu and Po.
- Sapient Eat Sapient: The Crocodile Sergeant attempts to devour Po, Master Crane and Mama Tortoise's grandchild when he chases them in the level's climax. The rest of the Croc Gang also try to bite both Po and the tortoise villagers.
- Sinister Swine: The Blackhoof Boar Clan, a group of bandit boars who assaulted and kidnapped some rabbit villagers and attempted to rob the Jade Palace before being thwarted by Po.
- Spared by the Adaptation: Oogway doesn't die in this version, or at least onscreen.