Software:Digimon Rumble Arena 2

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Digimon Rumble Arena 2
Digimon Rumble Arena 2.jpg
North American PlayStation 2 cover art
Developer(s)Bandai
Black Ship Games
Publisher(s)Bandai
SeriesDigimon
Platform(s)PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox
Release
  • JP: July 29, 2004
  • NA: September 3, 2004
  • NA: September 6, 2004 (GC)
  • PAL: October 15, 2004
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. Digimon All-Star Rumble, a spiritual successor to the Rumble Arena games, was later released in 2014.

Plot

In Digimon Rumble Arena 2, Digimon use their digivolving techniques while participating in a battle royale to determine the strongest Digimon.

Characters

The 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

  • 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

  • Neemon
  • Omnimon
  • MaloMyotismon
  • Diaboromon
  • Duskmon
  • BlackAgumon (who can Digivolve to) BlackGreymon & BlackWarGreymon
  • BlackGabumon (who can Digivolve to) BlackGarurumon & BlackMetalGarurumon
  • BlackGuilmon (who can Digivolve to) BlackGrowlmon & ChaosGallantmon

Other characters

  • Calumon
  • Phantomon
  • D-Reaper

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings(GCN) 67% (6 reviews)[4]
(PS2) 67% (9 reviews)[5]
(XBOX) 63% (10 reviews)[6]
Metacritic(GCN) 71/100 (5 reviews)[1]
(PS2) 63/100 (9 reviews)[2]
(XBOX) 65/100 (8 reviews)[3]
Review score
PublicationScore
IGN7/10[7]

References