| Digimon Rumble Arena 2 | |
|---|---|
) North American PlayStation 2 cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Bandai Black Ship Games |
| Publisher(s) | Bandai |
| Series | Digimon |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox |
| Release | PlayStation 2 GameCube Xbox |
| Genre(s) | Fighting |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Digimon Rumble Arena 2, known as Digimon Battle Chronicle (デジモンバトルクロニクル, Dejimon Batoru Kuronikuru) in Japan, is a 2004 Digimon fighting video game released by Bandai for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, and the Xbox. It is the sequel to 2001's Digimon Rumble Arena and has a similar style of gameplay as Super Smash Bros. Melee, except with a health meter.
Story
Digimon Rumble Arena 2 is based on the Digivolving techniques of Digimon battling it out in a battle royale and to see who is the strongest Digimon.
Characters
The game features characters from the first seasons of the anime: Digimon Adventure, Digimon Adventure 02, Digimon Tamers and Digimon Frontier. Each one has their own special moves and "digivolution", as well as slightly varying normal attacks and taunts.
Playable Characters
- Agumon (who can Digivolve to) Greymon & WarGreymon
- Gabumon (who can Digivolve to) Garurumon & MetalGarurumon
- Biyomon (who can Digivolve to) Birdramon & Garudamon
- Tentomon (who can Digivolve to) Kabuterimon & MegaKabuterimon
- Palmon (who can Digivolve to) Togemon & Lillymon
- Gomamon (who can Digivolve to) Ikkakumon & Zudomon
- Patamon (who can Digivolve to) Angemon & MagnaAngemon
- Gatomon (who can Digivolve to) Nefertimon & Angewomon
- Veemon (who can Digivolve to) Flamedramon & Imperiadramon Fighter Mode
- Guilmon (who can Digivolve to) Growlmon & Gallantmon
- Flamemon (who can Digivolve to) Agunimon & BurningGreymon
Hidden Characters
- Neemon
- Omnimon
- MaloMyotismon
- Diaboromon
- Duskmon
- BlackAgumon (who can Digivolve to) BlackGreymon & BlackWarGreymon
- BlackGabumon (who can Digivolve to) BlackGabumon & BlackMetalGarurumon
- BlackGuilmon (who can Digivolve to) BlackGuilmon & BlackGallantmon
Other Characters
Reception
| Aggregator | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| GC | PS2 | Xbox | |
| GameRankings | 66.8% (6 reviews)[4] | 67.0% (8 reviews)[3] | 63.3% (10 reviews)[5] |
| Metacritic | 71% (5 reviews)[6] | 63% (9 reviews)[8] | 65% (8 reviews)[7] |
| Publication | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| GC | PS2 | Xbox | |
| IGN | 7/10[1] | 7/10[2] | |
References
- ^ "PlayStation 2 review". IGN.
- ^ "Xbox review". IGN.
- ^ "Aggregate score for PlayStation 2". Game Rankings.
- ^ "Aggregate score for GameCube". Game Rankings.
- ^ "Aggregate score for Xbox". Game Rankings.
- ^ "Aggregate score for GameCube". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2008-09-13.
- ^ "Aggregate score for Xbox". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2008-09-13.
- ^ "Aggregate score for PlayStation 2". Metacritic.