Digimon Rumble Arena 2

Digimon Rumble Arena 2 (Digimon Battle Chronicle in Japan) is a Digimon fighting game released in 2004 by Bandai Games for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, and the Xbox. It is the sequel to Digimon Rumble Arena and has a similar style of gameplay as Super Smash Bros. Melee, except with a health meter.

Story
Digimon Rumble arena 2 is based on the Digivolve techniques of Digimon battling it out in a battle royal and to see who is the strongest Digimon of all!

Characters
The game features characters from the first four seasons of the anime (or Digimon Adventure, Digimon Adventure 02, Digimon Tamers, and Digimon Frontier in Japan). Each one has their own special moves and digivolutions, as well as slightly varying normal attacks and taunts.

Playable characters

 * Agumon has a mixture of weak and strong attacks but good range on his Pepper Breath attack. He digivolves to Greymon and WarGreymon.
 * Gomamon is fast with weak offense. He digivolves to Ikkakumon and Zudomon.
 * Biyomon has an advantage with speed but low in offence and defense. She digivolves to Birdramon and Garudamon.
 * Flamemon can digivolve to Agunimon and BurningGreymon.
 * Gabumon is a slow, yet very offensively oriented Digimon. His digivolutions are Garurumon and MetalGarurumon.
 * Guilmon is somewhat weak physically but very quick on his feet. His special attack, Pyro Sphere, travels straight forward and has a bit of a recoil. His digivolutions are Growlmon and Gallantmon.
 * Gatomon is the second fastest character in the game and can also paralyze her foes. Her digivolution line is made up of Nefertimon and Angewomon.
 * Patamon has low stats but is the fastest character in the entire game. He digivolves to Angemon and MagnaAngemon.
 * Palmon is fast and attacks with poison and sleep dust. Togemon and Lillymon are her digivolutions.
 * Tentomon is both fast and strong, and can digivolve to Kabuterimon and MegaKabuterimon.
 * Veemon has limited range on all attacks, yet is powerful. His Vee-Headbutt, Vee-Knock-Out and Vee-Punch moves can cause a lot of damage. Flamedramon and Imperialdramon Fighter Mode are his digivolutions.

Hidden characters
These are characters that are not available at firstabd have to be unlocked by fulfilling certain conditions. All "Black" Digimon have the ability to absorb energy while grabbing the opponent.


 * BlackAgumon is a virus version of Agumon with a slower, more powerful normal attack. His digivolution line is BlackGreymon and BlackWarGreymon, and he can be unlocked when beating the game with two different characters or by beating him during a "surprise attack."
 * BlackGabumon is fiery version of Gabumon unlockable in the same way as BlackAgumon. He can digivolve to BlackGarurumon and BlackMetalGarurumon.
 * BlackGuilmon is unlockable in the same manner as the other "Black" digimon. He digivolves to BlackGrowlmon and ChaosGallantmon.
 * Duskmon is well balanced in all stats, with one attack having infinite range, and another move being teleportation. He is a strong melee fighter and is unlocked when beaten in 1-player mode.
 * MaloMyotismon has a strong defense and melee attack with several "dark" projectiles. He is unlocked when beaten in 1-player mode.
 * Diaboromon has exceptionally powerful attacks, one being a spin attack, and a projectile which is as big as he is. He is a boss, unlocked when defeated in 1-player.
 * Omnimon is a well balanced character with a fast combo. He is a boss and unlocked as such.
 * Neemon is the weakest, but fastest, boss. He is unlocked in the same manner as other bosses.

Other Characters
These characters are not playable but play a big part during different modes of the game.


 * Calumon returns from the original Rumble Arena game, now the main character in the game's Crazy Chase mini-game. In the mini-game the players must give chase to Calumon and touch him 20 or above times to win. Calumon also makes cameos during the loading sequence of battles holding info boxes of random character information.
 * Phantomon is the only minor Digimon to make an appearance. He is a rare powerup known as Summon Phantomon. He randomly appears and stalks a Digimon. If a Digimon touches Phantomon, he'll instantly KO it with his Shadow Scythe. It is seemly impossible to kill him, but he disappears after a set time.
 * D-Reaper never appears as a character, but the stage Chaos Wastelands is fought inside the D-Reaper. The Jeri clone can be seen flying in the background.

Levels

 * Jungle Ruins is a forest setting, with plenty of stumps to jump on. The easiest area, as it is the only one in which you can only be killed by special powerups and opponents. It also has many cheats, such as a Max Digivolution egg underneath the bridge and powerups instantly appearing if the player breaks the trees.
 * RubberTree Falls is a forest setting as well, but with a waterfall and palm trees. The trees bounce you high, and you must stay on the rocks/trees or be knocked out.
 * Danger Gulch is an "Old West" setting, with exploding barrels and carts.
 * Lava Lake has battlers fighting on platforms, with a cage over a river of lava which rises and falls slowly.
 * Pier 47 has the characters fighting on a pier, with moving crates which can knock out a character caught between them and the edges of the screen.
 * Steamworks is an oil rig in water, with the possibility of knocking out a character who falls in. The stage includes flames and steam which work to this effect.
 * The Cannery is a factory with moving platforms&mdash;whose the tubes on the sides instantly knock out a combatant.
 * Twisted Toytown is constantly moving side to side. Combatants fight on cookie platforms which crumble away and are shot at by a fire-breathing duck or a wind-up frog firing explosive fish.

Unlockable Levels

 * Ice Palace is a fight on frozen, slippery platforms with icicles which fall to inflict damage. It is unlocked during a boss battle.
 * Chaos Wasteland is a fight on hexagonal platforms high over an endless vortex inside the D-Reaper. The platforms have a variety of effects; falling down to the vortex, spewing fire, freezing, moving up and down, and reversing their gravity, causing you to float. It is unlocked during a boss battle.

Mini-Games

 * Crazy Chase is a battle against 2-4 other opponents to be the first one to touch Calumon 20 times.
 * King of the Hill is a battle against 2-4 other opponents to try to gain 20 points first by being the only one on the hill.
 * Keep-Away is a battle against 2-4 other opponentsto try to be the first to get 20 points by keeping the spirit egg from the opponents.
 * Collection is a battle against 2-4 other opponents to get 50 points by keeping the spirit egg to one's self.
 * Digi-Race is a battle against 2-4 other opponents where the goal is to digivolve and use the Digimon's special attack three times to win.
 * Poison adds a poison status which drains the holder's health; it can be given to others.
 * Little VS Big is a game where, to get a Digivolution, one has to beat the one with it.

These are all unlocked randomly in single player mode.

Trivia

 * In the "Jungle Ruins" level, behind the trees and through the water stream, stone statues can be found with food.
 * Veemon's final digivolution is Imperialdramon, although it is not the original version of Imperialdramon but the Paladin version instead.

Cast

 * Tom Fahn: Agumon
 * Lex Lang: War Greymon, Omnimon
 * Kirk Thornton: Gabumon/Garurumon/MetalGarurumon, Omnimon
 * Jeff Nimoy: Tentomon/Kabuterimon/MegaKabuterimon
 * Wendee Lee: Palmon/Togemon/Lillymon
 * Dave Mallow: Angemon/MagnaAngemon
 * Mary Elizabeth McGlynn: Gatomon/Nefertimon/Angewomon
 * Steven Jay Blum: Guilmon/Growlmon/Gallantmon, Flamedramon, Phantomon
 * Paul St. Peter: Diaboromon, MaloMyotismon
 * Michael Sorich: Neemon, Imperialdramon, Zudomon
 * R. Martin Klein: Gomamon/Ikkakumon, Veemon
 * Laura Summer: Patamon