Digimon Rumble Arena 2

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
SeriesDigimon
Platform(s)PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox
Release
  • JP: July 29, 2004
  • NA: September 3, 2004
  • NA: September 6, 2004 (GC)
  • EU: October 15, 2004
  • AU: October 22, 2004[1]
  • AU: November 19, 2004 (GC)[2]
Genre(s)Fighting
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Plot edit

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

Characters edit

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 edit

Hidden characters edit

  • 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 edit

Reception edit

References edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
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  5. ^ "igimon Rumble Arena 2 for Xbox Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  6. ^ "Digimon Rumble Arena 2 for GameCube". GameRankings. Archived from the original on 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  7. ^ "Digimon Rumble Arena 2 for PlayStation 2". GameRankings. Archived from the original on 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  8. ^ "Digimon Rumble Arena 2 for Xbox". GameRankings. Archived from the original on 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  9. ^ "Xbox review". IGN. Archived from the original on September 12, 2004.