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. Digimon All-Star Rumble, a spiritual successor to the Rumble Arena games, was later released in 2014.
| 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 | |
| Genre(s) | Fighting |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Plot
editIn Digimon Rumble Arena 2, Digimon use their digivolving techniques while participating in a battle royale to determine the strongest Digimon.
Characters
editThe game features characters from the first four Digimon anime series: 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
edit- 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 & HolyAngemon
- 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
edit- MaloMyotismon
- Duskmon
- Omnimon
- Diaboromon
- Neemon
- BlackAgumon (who can Digivolve to) BlackGreymon & BlackWarGreymon
- BlackGabumon (who can Digivolve to) BlackGarurumon & BlackMetalGarurumon
- BlackGuilmon (who can Digivolve to) BlackGrowlmon & ChaosGallantmon
Other characters
editReception
editThis section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (December 2008) |
| Aggregator | Score |
|---|---|
| GameRankings | (GCN) 67% (6 reviews)[6] (PS2) 67% (9 reviews)[7] (XBOX) 63% (10 reviews)[8] |
| Metacritic | (GCN) 71/100 (5 reviews)[3] (PS2) 63/100 (9 reviews)[4] (XBOX) 65/100 (8 reviews)[5] |
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| IGN | 7/10[9] |
References
edit- ^ van Leuveren, Luke (October 17, 2004). "Updated Australian Release List - 17/10/04". PALGN. PAL Gaming Network. Archived from the original on September 10, 2006. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
- ^ van Leuveren, Luke (November 11, 2004). "Updated Australian Release List - 11/11/04". PALGN. PAL Gaming Network. Archived from the original on September 10, 2006. Retrieved June 29, 2023.
- ^ "Digimon Rumble Arena 2 for GameCube Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ "Digimon Rumble Arena 2 for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ "igimon Rumble Arena 2 for Xbox Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ "Digimon Rumble Arena 2 for GameCube". GameRankings. Archived from the original on 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ "Digimon Rumble Arena 2 for PlayStation 2". GameRankings. Archived from the original on 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ "Digimon Rumble Arena 2 for Xbox". GameRankings. Archived from the original on 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ "Xbox review". IGN. Archived from the original on September 12, 2004.