When the PS2 first hit store shelves, the first game I bought was Ready 2 Rumble 2. I played the shit out of that game and loved every minute of it. When I heard that Atari was bringing the series to the Wii, my pants got a little tingly. Yeah, that’s right, I said it.
We spent a good deal of time with the game at NY Comic Con this past week and I got to whoop Al’s ass in the ring. The controls were very fluid as you punched with the Nunchuk and Wii Remote, with the ability to use the various buttons to act as modifiers to allow you to throw body punches, hooks, and uppercuts. Build up your “RUMBLE” meter and press the A button to unleash the fury of your Rumble Gloves. During this time, your punches are more powerful and you can easily knock your opponent out or even blow him out of the arena. Al had me knocked down twice in one round, but unleashing my Rumble Gloves proved I was the better boxer. Sucker.
Release Date:2000 (Various)Platforms: PlayStation, N64, Dreamcast, PS2, Game Boy Advance
When you think about it, the boxing genre has the most hot-or-cold track record. Series such as Punch Out! and Fight Night (previously Knockout Kings) currently represent the upper echelon of efforts. The few barely capable titles (Facebreaker, Victorious Boxer) represent the very thin crust between the awful and the exceptional. The titles that qualify as awful need not be mentioned here. You know who they are.
*AHEM* Don King *
And then of course there is Ready 2 Rumble. It’s been just under ten years since the last release. I had actually written this series off until I heard of the new chapter Ready 2 Rumble: Revolution appearing on the Wii in March. So I felt it fitting to take a look back at what Midway had given us the last time around.
Atari sent over a video introducing two new characters for the upcoming Wii boxing title, Ready 2 Rumble Revolution. The first you get to meet is The Impersonator, who looks like a shady Vegas Elvis impersonator. The second is the kung fu fighting Dragon Chew. Neither knocks our socks off, but both look fairly cool for the style of the game. I absolutely loved Ready 2 Rumble 2 on the PS2, so I’m very much looking forward to this follow up.
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When I first bought my PS2 at launch, the first game I bought was Ready to Rumble 2. I was addicted to that shit. I can’t tell you how many times I beat the game with every character. Knocking out the roided-up Michael Buffer was a good time. So when this press release hopped across my desk, I got extremely excited. Ready to Rumble Revolution will be hitting the Wii this Spring.
Sure to satisfy newcomers and boxing fans alike, Ready 2 Rumble Revolution features a roster of 18 wildly caricatured cartoony boxers based on celebrities from the worlds of sports, music and movies. Celebrities enter the ring as larger-than-life “Rumble-ized” versions of themselves. Players will step right up and see if they can knock these super-sized egos down a peg or two!
Hell yeah bitches. I am all over this one. I just hope they don’t go over the top with the motion controls and ruin the experience that the game has had in the past.
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