Digimon Rumble Arena 2
Digimon Rumble Arena 2, known as Digimon Battle Chronicle (デジモンバトルクロニクル, Dejimon Batoru Kuronikuru) in Japan, is a 2004 Digimon fighting video game, released by Bandai for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, and the Xbox. It is the sequel to 2001's Digimon Rumble Arena and has a similar style of gameplay as Super Smash Bros. Melee, except with a health meter. Digimon All-Star Rumble, a spiritual successor to the Rumble Arena games, was later released in 2014.
| Digimon Rumble Arena 2 | |
|---|---|
|  North American PlayStation 2 cover art | |
| Developer(s) | Bandai Black Ship Games | 
| Publisher(s) | Bandai | 
| Series | Digimon | 
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox | 
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Fighting | 
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer | 
Plot
    
In Digimon Rumble Arena 2, Digimon use their digivolving techniques while participating in a battle royale to determine the strongest Digimon.
Characters
    
The game features characters from the first four Digimon anime series: Digimon Adventure, Digimon Adventure 02, Digimon Tamers, and Digimon Frontier. Each one has their own special moves and "digivolution", as well as slightly varying normal attacks and taunts.
Playable characters
    
- Agumon (who can Digivolve to) Greymon & WarGreymon
- Gabumon (who can Digivolve to) Garurumon & MetalGarurumon
- Biyomon (who can Digivolve to) Birdramon & Garudamon
- Tentomon (who can Digivolve to) Kabuterimon & MegaKabuterimon
- Palmon (who can Digivolve to) Togemon & Lillymon
- Gomamon (who can Digivolve to) Ikkakumon & Zudomon
- Patamon (who can Digivolve to) Angemon & MagnaAngemon
- Gatomon (who can Digivolve to) Nefertimon & Angewomon
- Veemon (who can Digivolve to) Flamedramon & Imperiadramon Fighter Mode
- Guilmon (who can Digivolve to) Growlmon & Gallantmon
- Flamemon (who can Digivolve to) Agunimon & BurningGreymon
Hidden characters
    
- Neemon
- Omnimon
- MaloMyotismon
- Diaboromon
- Duskmon
- BlackAgumon (who can Digivolve to) BlackGreymon & BlackWarGreymon
- BlackGabumon (who can Digivolve to) BlackGarurumon & BlackMetalGarurumon
- BlackGuilmon (who can Digivolve to) BlackGrowlmon & ChaosGallantmon
Reception
    
| Aggregator | Score | 
|---|---|
| GameRankings | (GCN) 67% (6 reviews)[1] (PS2) 67% (9 reviews)[2] (XBOX) 63% (10 reviews)[3] | 
| Metacritic | (GCN) 71/100 (5 reviews)[4] (PS2) 63/100 (9 reviews)[5] (XBOX) 65/100 (8 reviews)[6] | 
| Publication | Score | 
|---|---|
| IGN | 7/10[7] | 
References
    
- "Digimon Rumble Arena 2 for GameCube". GameRankings. Archived from the original on 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- "Digimon Rumble Arena 2 for PlayStation 2". GameRankings. Archived from the original on 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- "Digimon Rumble Arena 2 for Xbox". GameRankings. Archived from the original on 2019-12-09. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- "Digimon Rumble Arena 2 for GameCube Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- "Digimon Rumble Arena 2 for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- "igimon Rumble Arena 2 for Xbox Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- "Xbox review". IGN. Archived from the original on September 12, 2004.
