Ready 2 Rumble 2

• 11 boxers
• high AI
• awesome graphics
• cool sound effects
• two-player action

Product Description
Cartridge Only

The Game Boy Advance version of Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 captures most of the over-the-top action found in the N64 version, and the training mini-sports meeting help to add a small variety to the gameplay. From Mama Tua’s 400 pounds of fury to Afro Thunder’s funky taunts, Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 lives up to its rep for absurd arcade action. Midway has proven itself to be a heavyweight when it comes to arcade-stylishness sports sports meeting, with heavy-hitting titles like NFL Blitz and NBA Showtime proving that it can walk the walk as well as talk the talk. Now Midway is bringing its well loved Ready 2 Rumble franchise to Game Boy Advance, complete with a 3D rotating ring and 11 boxers bursting with attitude.Amazon.com Review
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 is the first GBA fighting game, and that’s a lot of weight to carry on one’s strong and well-rounded shoulders. But Midway’s baby has already been a hit on several systems; it’s merged boxing with hilarity and featured wild characters such as Afro Thunder, Mama Tua, and more–all outfitted with potential moves and special taunts.

The GBA version looks excellent. It features loads of affect, and everything from the taunts to Michael Buffer’s legendary “Lets get ready to rumble” tagline is intact. Unfortunately, the gameplay isn’t. Ready to Rumble 2 for the GBA is a 2-D fighting game, not a 3-D title like the earlier versions. You can go forward and backward, block, and punch. Go while punching and deliver an uppercut or a small jab. There’s nearly no sense of hurt as you hit these poorly animated foes, and this takes all the personality out of the game.

There are 11 characters total, some favorites from the original sports meeting and two new unlockable ones, including Michael Buffer as Rumble Man (yawn) and… Michael Jackson? There are four modes of play: arcade stylishness, championship, training, and survival (where you’ve got to fight each opponent until you go down flat). You can make your own boxer if you like, and participate in a few training rituals, such as using rumble pads, lifting weights, and hitting the alacrity bag.

What Ready to Rumble 2 amounts to is a perfectly excellent, and splendid-looking, Game Boy Affect game, but it doesn’t do justice to boxing. It isn’t nearly as excellent as Ready to Rumble on other platforms, and it just doesn’t fit in with the other, mostly fantastic, GBA launch titles. –Andrew S. Bub

Pros:

• A wide range of combatants
• You can build and train your own bruiser
• Lots of minigames to play

Cons:

• Flat, unimaginative combat
• Uninspired and dull gameplay

Amazon.com Product Description
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 combines authentic boxing action with outrageous costumes, special moves, taunts, and rumble flurries that are all unique to each character. Throw some quick jabs in the arcade mode or do it Rocky stylishness via the enhanced championship mode, where you’ll manage your boxer’s training regimen and schedule fights. Use the GBA’s shoulder buttons to block that glass jaw and the system’s front buttons to throw a hook or one of the other punches in your arsenal. String together some moves that ring your opponent’s bell and you’ll unlock secret, powerful moves.

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