Digimon Rumble Arena

Digimon Rumble Arena (Digimon Tamers Battle Evolution in Japan) is a Digimon fighting game released in 2001 by Bandai Games for the PlayStation. Its sequel, Digimon Rumble Arena 2, is on the GameCube, PlayStation 2, and the Xbox. This game is a crossover, as characters from Digimon Adventure and Digimon Tamers are in this game.

Gameplay
Unlike some other fighting games, Digimon Rumble Arena is rather basic. There are 6 commands when fighting: Jump (X Button), Attack (Square Button), Finisher 1 (Circle Button), Finisher 2 (Triangle Button), Guard (L1 Button), and Digivolve/Special Finisher (R1 Button). Each digimon has an element associated with it. There are 3 elements in Digimon Rumble Arena: Fire, Water, and Nature. A digimon's element affects the amount of damage done from an attack. For instance, in Agumon used Pepper Breath, a fire element attack, at Gabumon, a water element digimon, he would receive less damage than if he was a fire type also, but if the attack was used on Patamon, a nature element digimon, he would receive more damage than if he was a fire type also. During a battle, players move around in a fashion similar to the Super Smash Brothers games. You can colect food and cards based off of the ones in Digimon Tamers during battle to change your status. Here is a list of them:


 * Digi Plus: A card with a + sign that increases your Digivolve Gauge by a small amount.
 * Digi Minus: A card with a - sign that decreases your Digivolve Gauge by a small amount.
 * Max Digivolve: A card with a detailed + sign that maxes out your Digivolve Gauge.
 * Power Down: A card with an arrow facing downward that temporarily decreases your attack power.
 * Queen Device: A card with a Queen chess piece on it that temporarily increases your attack power.
 * Evil Ring: A card with a purple circle inside it that makes your digimon move left and right uncontrollably temporarily.
 * Evil Spiral: A card with lots of purple circles inside of it that has the same effect as Evil Ring, but lasts longer.
 * Bomb: A bomb that explodes if it is touched or, if not touched, explodes after a set time and damages your digimon.
 * Fire Attack: Lets you shoot 3 balls of fire element energy at an opponent once by pressing the Circle Button.
 * Water Attack: Lets you shoot 3 balls of water element energy at an opponent once by pressing the Circle Button.
 * Wind Attack: Lets you shoot 3 balls of nature element energy at an opponent once by pressing the Circle Button.
 * Food: An item that heals your digimon's health meter by a small amount. Appears as a piece of candy or a bar of chocolate.

During battle, players have an option to digivolve. Digivolving is when your digimon changes to a more powerful form with a different moveset, and has the ability to do a Special Finisher move (see below). To digivolve, you need to have your Digivolve Gauge full, which becomes full when you receive, give, or block damage, and press the R1 Button. When in a digivolved state, your Digivolve Gauge slowly decreases, and when it is empty, it de-digivolves back to its Rookie form. Unlike the Anime/Manga, your digivolved form is only a little bit more powerful than your rookie form, and since it has a different moveset, it may be wise to not digivolve during battle to keep your current moveset. If you complete Single Player mode with a digimon that can digivolve, you unlock its digivolved form to play as, without having to de-digivolve when you use your Special Finisher, and your Digivolve gauge doesn't constantly decrease.

Each digimon has 2 or 3 Finisher Moves. The 1st one, triggered by the Circle Button, is usually a projectile move. The 2nd one, triggered by the Triangle Button, is usually a move that has the digimon your controlling move while performing (ex: Renamon's Kohenkyou has Renamon switch places with the other digimon). The 3rd one, triggered by the R1 button when you are in a digivolved state, or are playing as a digimon that can't digivolve/de-digivolve, can only be done when your Digivolve Gauge is full, unless you are in a digivolved state, during which you can do it anytime. It varies among different digimon. For instance, if Sakuyamon used her Special Finisher, it would create a giant sphere of damaging energy from her staff, while if Imperialdramon Fighter Mode uses it, it would be a long punch-kick combo that ends by firing a powerful beam. After using it, your digivolve Gauge goes back to zero, and if you're in a digivolved state, you return to your Rookie form.

Playable Characters

 * Agumon - Type: Fire. Attacks: Pepper Breath, Claw Attack. Warp Digivolves to WarGreymon
 * Veemon - Type: Fire. Attacks: Vee Head Butt, Vee Punch. Warp Digivolves to Imperialdramon Fighter Mode
 * Guilmon - Type: Fire. Attacks: Pyro Sphere, Rock Breaker. Warp Digivolves to Gallantmon
 * Terriermon - Type: Nature. Attacks: Bunny Blaster, Terrier Tornado. Warp Digivolves to MegaGargomon
 * Renamon - Type: Nature. Attacks: Diamond Storm, Kohenkyou. Warp Digivolves to Sakuyamon
 * Gabumon - Type: Water. Attacks: Blue Blaster, Horn Attack. Warp Digivolves to MetalGarurumon
 * Wormmon - Type: Nature. Attacks: Sticky Net, Silk Thread. Digivolves to Stingmon
 * Gatomon - Type: Water. Attacks: Cat's Eye Hypnotism, Lightning Paw. Warp Digivolves to Magnadramon
 * Patamon - Type: Nature. Attacks: Boom Bubble, Slamming Attack. Warp Digivolves to Seraphimon

Hidden Characters

 * Impmon - Type: Water. Attacks: Bada Boom, Summon. Warp Digivolves to Beelzemon Blast Mode
 * Beelzemon Blast Mode -Type: Water. Attacks: Dark Ringer, Darkness Claw. Special Finisher: Chaos Flare
 * BlackWarGreymon - Type: Fire. Attacks: Dragon Crusher, Black Tornado. Special Finisher: Terra Destroyer
 * Omnimon - Type: Fire. Attack: Garuru Cannon, Transcendent Sword. Special Finisher: Double Shot
 * Reapermon - Type: Fire. Attack: Bone Duster, Grim Slasher. Special Finisher: Burning Cyclone
 * WarGreymon - Type: Fire. Attack: Mega Claw, Great Tornado. Special Finisher: Terra Force
 * Imperialdramon Fighter Mode - Type: Fire. Attacks: Positron Laser, Splendor Blade. Special Finisher: Giga Crusher
 * Gallantmon - Type: Fire. Attacks: Royal Joust, Spiral Saver. Special Finisher: Elysion Blaster
 * MegaGargomon - Type: Nature. Attacks: Gargo Missile, Mega Twister. Special Finisher: Armed Shot
 * Sakuyamon - Type: Nature. Attacks: Dragon Helix, Fox Drive. Special Finisher: Talisman Sphere
 * MetalGarurumon - Type: Water. Attack: Metal Wolf Claw, Garuru Tomahawk. Special Finisher: G Cross Freezer
 * Stingmon - Type: Nature. Attacks: Moon Shooter, Spiking Strike. Special Finisher: Evil Antenna
 * Magnadramon - Type: Water. Attack: Fire Tornado, Hermit Fog. Special Finisher: Apocalypse
 * Seraphimon - Type: Nature. Attack: Hallowed Knuckle, Seven Heavens. Special Finisher: Hallowed Ascension
 * Imperialdramon Paladin Mode - Type: Fire. Attacks: Positron Laser, Splendor Blade. Special Finisher: Omega Sword

Unlocking Hidden Characters

 * Impmon - Beat the game with Guilmon, Renamon and Terriermon
 * Beelzemon Blast Mode - Beat the game with Impmon
 * BlackWarGreymon - Just before the battle with Reapermon, BlackWarGreymon appears. Defeat him, then defeat Reapermon without losing a round.
 * Omnimon - Beat the game with Agumon and Gabumon. Can also be unlocked by inputing the password SERIUS.
 * Reapermon - Beat the game with any character
 * WarGreymon - Beat the game using Agumon. Can also be unlocked by inputing the password QRIOUS
 * Imperialdramon Fighter Mode - Beat the game using Veemon. Can also be unlocked by inputing the password LINMON
 * Gallantmon - Beat the game using Guilmon
 * MegaGargomon - Beat the game using Terriermon. Can also be unlocked by inputing the password MINNYN
 * Sakuyamon - Beat the game using Renamon. Can also be unlocked by inputing the password KENSAN
 * MetalGarurumon - Beat the game using Gabumon
 * Stingmon - Beat the game using Wormmon
 * Magnadramon - Beat the game using Gatomon
 * Seraphimon - Beat the game using Patamon
 * Imperialdramon Paladin Mode - Beat the game using Omnimon. Can also be unlocked by inputing the password ROYBOY

Cast

 * Tom Fahn: Agumon
 * Lex Lang: War Greymon, Omnimon
 * Kirk Thornton: Gabumon/MetalGarurumon, Omnimon
 * Derek Stephen Prince: Veemon, Impmon/Beelzemon
 * Dave Mallow: Angemon/Seraphimon
 * Mary Elizabeth McGlynn: Takato Matsuda, Gatomon/Magnadramon
 * Steven Jay Blum: Guilmon/Gallantmon, Reapermon, BlackWarGreymon
 * Mona Marshall: Terriermon/MegaGargomon
 * Michael Sorich: Imperialdramon