Ready 2 Rumble Revolution
Game » consists of 2 releases. Released Mar 17, 2009
The Dreamcast cartoon boxing series returns, this time on the Wii.
Atari Reviving Ready 2 Rumble On Wii
EA Sports picked up and ran with the Ready 2 Rumble concept in Facebreaker a few months ago, so now seems like an appropriate time for the original series to make a comeback. Atari has apparently picked up the franchise rights from Midway, and they're now pushing out Ready 2 Rumble Revolution on the Wii.
The game has the kind of motion-based boxing gameplay you'd expect from, well, a Wii boxing game. Announcer Michael Buffer (the "Let's get ready to rummmmmmmbblllllllllllllllle!!!!!!!!!!!!" guy) is onboard, and all the included characters are patterned after celebrities. The three in my demo resembled Arnold Schwarzenegger, David Hasselhoff, and...Shawn White? Sure!
There's a surprisingly involved character creator in Revolution that lets you pick a nickname that Buffer will verbalize from time to time, as well as fighting styles that influence the sort of animations and special attacks your dude or dudette will have available. You get some goofy results by mixing different body parts, clothing styles, and fighting types (especially between both genders). There are a bunch of motion-based minigames that you can play to buff up your created boxer's stats, too.
Revolution seems about like what you'd expect from a new Ready 2 Rumble game on the Wii. It isn't exactly going to make you put down Fight Night if you're into serious boxing games, but there's comedy value in the Hollywood caricatures and created characters, and the boxing action itself has an amusing party-game feel that might be entertaining at your next drunken gathering.
EA Sports picked up and ran with the Ready 2 Rumble concept in Facebreaker a few months ago, so now seems like an appropriate time for the original series to make a comeback. Atari has apparently picked up the franchise rights from Midway, and they're now pushing out Ready 2 Rumble Revolution on the Wii.
The game has the kind of motion-based boxing gameplay you'd expect from, well, a Wii boxing game. Announcer Michael Buffer (the "Let's get ready to rummmmmmmbblllllllllllllllle!!!!!!!!!!!!" guy) is onboard, and all the included characters are patterned after celebrities. The three in my demo resembled Arnold Schwarzenegger, David Hasselhoff, and...Shawn White? Sure!
There's a surprisingly involved character creator in Revolution that lets you pick a nickname that Buffer will verbalize from time to time, as well as fighting styles that influence the sort of animations and special attacks your dude or dudette will have available. You get some goofy results by mixing different body parts, clothing styles, and fighting types (especially between both genders). There are a bunch of motion-based minigames that you can play to buff up your created boxer's stats, too.
Revolution seems about like what you'd expect from a new Ready 2 Rumble game on the Wii. It isn't exactly going to make you put down Fight Night if you're into serious boxing games, but there's comedy value in the Hollywood caricatures and created characters, and the boxing action itself has an amusing party-game feel that might be entertaining at your next drunken gathering.
I'm sorry but, this doesn't look good at all. If you're gonna release a game with 2D crowd in 2008, make sure it's not 3 feet from the camera... This is the Wii goddamnit ! This looks like first generation PS2.
The visual style, particularly the boxers, makes me uneasy. Hopefully the rest of the line-up is less unsettling.
Wow... this doesn't look like old Ready 2 Rumble at all.
Where's all the classic boxers?! Not to mention the visuals just generally look like crap!
I know this is just going to be another laughable motion-based boxing game.
Man, I was big into Ready 2 Rumble on the PS1. But ehhh, those screens dont really look like the Ready 2 Rumble that I know. Let's hope I'm wrong.
This must piss that guy who pitched the wii-controls for R2R 2 to the dreamcast off so effin' much! haha
i have a mad amount of nostalgic emotion for the dreamcast R2R games. From the screen shots and the more-than-likely awful controls this game will have though im not too optimistic.....and i would love a really good new R2R, so much.
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