Ready 2 Rumble announced for Wii
- December 02, 2008 11:33 AM PST
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The "best selling boxing franchise," according to Atari, is coming to Wii next spring.
Ready 2 Rumble Revolution coming Spring 2009
NEW YORK, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The hilarious Ready 2 Rumble franchise is flexing its muscles and planning a major, star-studded return to the ring in spring 2009 with the launch of Ready 2 Rumble Revolution, the newest game in the much-loved series. Bringing the franchise to Wii(TM) for the first time, the game retains all the knockout features of best-sellers Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Round 1 and Round 2, while delivering a knockout punch of style and attitude. Tailored to take advantage of the motion-controlled realism of Wii, Ready 2 Rumble Revolution makes landing a punch more fun than ever.
"Ready 2 Rumble Revolution is poised to take back the title as the undisputed champion of arcade boxing games and we hope to reach an even bigger audience than ever thanks to the huge popularity of Wii," said Phil Harrison, President of Infogrames, the parent company of Atari. "The outrageous celebrity caricatures paired with a fun boxing experience made even more over-the-top thanks to the Wii controllers will make the newest version of this famed franchise a must-have for all fans of boxing and physical fun on Wii."
"Ready 2 Rumble Revolution will put the swagger back into the boxing ring and promote an adrenaline-boosting, positive will to win attitude in the hearts and minds of fans of all ages," said Gaspard de Dreuzy, President of Stereo Mode and executive producer of the game.
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!
The game is hosted by "The Voice of the Champions" Michael Buffer, famous for his "Let's Get Ready to Rumble(R)" trademark call. Characters are brought to life with hilarious moves, detailed facial animations, damage textures and fighting techniques including special moves, combos, extreme knockdowns and special "Rumble" combos. An all new Championship Mode lets gamers create their own unique boxer and nurture his skills through mini-games, developing him as a fighter and creating a completely personalized Ready 2 Rumble Revolution experience.
Developed by AKI who bring their formidable fight game know-how to the franchise, Ready 2 Rumble Revolution brings a virtual boxing arena to the living room and delivers a fun and intuitive experience in either single player or multiplayer mode. The Wii controllers provide would-be pugilists with an intuitive and realistic feel. Using the Nunchuk(TM) controller as one glove and the Wii Remote(TM) controller as the other, players dodge, weave and throw the big punches to KO their opponents.
Virtual heavyweights can fight from the backstreet gym all the way to the big Las Vegas showdown with vivid new visuals bringing the five spectacular ring environments to life. The arcade experience is made even better thanks to advanced Artificial Intelligence allowing more strategic fights.
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- Dec 02 2008 at 11:50:05:AM PST
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OMG!!!!!! See Wii owners , good things come to those who wait! A 9 year old port to the Wii ? The Wii is the videogames developers toilet .
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"Developed by AKI..."
Would somebody tell these guys to make another wrestling game?? Since they're working for Midway now, maybe make the new TNA game?
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Ugh* I saw more pics of the game and I gotta say the character design looks sh!tty. All they had to do was keep the same characters from before, maybe throw in 2 or 3 more, and add an create-a-player.
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StormKing wrote:
Ugh* I saw more pics of the game and I gotta say the character design looks sh!tty. All they had to do was keep the same characters from before, maybe throw in 2 or 3 more, and add an create-a-player.
Yeah, this game was fresh about 10 years ago when the Dreamcast launched!
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StormKing wrote:
Ugh* I saw more pics of the game and I gotta say the character design looks sh!tty. All they had to do was keep the same characters from before, maybe throw in 2 or 3 more, and add an create-a-player.
Amen to that brother! I still play Wrestlemania 2000, No Mercy and WCW Revenge. I have not bought a current gen wrestling game. The new games don't compare in the depth and controll of those N64 games. I use to use AKI man to dominate every championship belt in WCW Revenge. He was awesome!
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The Dreamcast games were awesome! Personally, I think they were even more fun than Punch-Out, but that is debatable. But seriously guys...WRESTLING games!?! Talk about "fresh about ten years ago"! Hasn't that disease been cured yet? If you're into sweaty, half naked man action, then at least go for the respectable UFC, and not the steroidal, mullet monkey actors of "professional" wrestling.
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