#Digimon Rumble Arena

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Digimon Rumble Arena Playstation 2001

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Renamon BT5-036 Alternative Art by Teppei Tadokakoro from the Memorial Collection 02 [J] / PB-08 Tamers Playmat [E]

Sakuyamon BT5-044 Alternative Art by Teppei Tadokakoro from the Memorial Collection 02 [J] / PB-08 Tamers Playmat [E]

This card of Renamon battling Tailmon, and the card of their respective Ultimates, from BT5 are referencing the Battle between them from the Digimon Tamers Battle Evolution (West: Digimon Rumble Arena) intro.

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The second day of our Digimon celebration! Here, I drew the next evolution of Agumon. Ugh, I suddenly remember Digimon World 1 and 2. I would get/befriend Agumon in these games because I thought I would get crests, haha, but nope.

I miss playing Digimon World 1 and 2, plus Digimon Rumble Arena. PlayStation games were my favorite in the early 2000s. Oooh, I almost forgot about the Digimon Race! I didn’t like Agumon there, though, because of its accuracy stats. Oh, nostalgia~

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“Beautiful Things Blossom”

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Digimon: Rumble Arena - Final Thoughts

[Guilmon voice] Digimon RUMBLE ARENA! This was really fun and nostalgic. Probably the most scuffed game I've played so far, but in a charming way. It's a Playstation 1 Super Smash Bros. knock-off. I've never really understood how Smash Bros. works, so I'm glad I played this and learned a bit about the mechanics. I didn't unlock all the characters because I don't really have a reason to (ain't got nobody to play with), but I did beat the game 5 times, so not too shabby.

Notes:

Omg this game is hilarious from an audio/graphics standpoint. There's an awkward mesh of 2D and 3D, the tamers' dialogue is as crunchy as possible, and the digimons' models have that PSX charm

(She looks so blobby hahahahaha 😂)

I'm more of a sub than dub person with digimon, so it was very fun/funny hearing all of the digimon and tamer voice lines. Everyone sounds so silly. They shout their attack names and then say a little victory phrase every time they win.

It felt like the smaller the digimon was the easier they were to play with. It also helped to have really good projectile and aerial attacks. Terriermon was the first mon I played as and probably my fave. I liked listening to their attack lines too.

The big bad this time is Reapermon which feels pretty random since most other games cycle through the same bosses. Apparently he's voiced by Steve Blum, so that's fun. His design gives me Egyptian vibes.

Culumon saying "Which digimon are you gonna play with huh? Which one?" Every time you open up the character select screen was both grating and cute.

The game has 3 mini games that I made sure to unlock, but they're kinda...bad. Two of them are basically the same idea (launching a ball at a target) and then the 3rd is just button mashing. This is no Super Monkey Ball. I think my fave mini game was the target one with the diamonds and stars you had to hit.

I did play this game on easy mode because I'm not a fighting game person. Even on easy mode it was challenging at times! It seemed to really depend on the digimon I chose, some of them were just OP. I think I struggled the most with Gatomon who just felt clumsy to me (plus Magnadramon kinda sucked).

I think the controls for this game were pretty satisfying. I especially liked how you used the same button for digivolving and using and ultimate attack, that felt pretty badass.

I enjoyed the variety in stages and the unique challenges they presented. It was especially fun launching your opponent into lava in the fire stage lol. It might be cool to get more canon-relevant environments in future games.

Overall, I'm glad I gave this one a chance and tried different digimon out. This seems like it would have been a good sleepover game in the 2000s. Would have loved to have played it when I was young and had tons of free time -sigh-

I give Digimon Rumble Arena a 6 out of 10

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Love how Reapermon's card is a reference to its appearance in Digimon Rumble Arena. I feel motionsick just remembering that level.

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the japanese boxart for digimon rumble arena is so cool.

if i'd have seen this in 2001, i would have immediately bought the game

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I beat Digimon Rumble Arena! Again! Second time for this blog specifically, weirdly enough.

I forgot how slow that game is 😭 at least the sequel sped things up a bit, even if they didn't have all the right VAs.

For some reason, the three minigames were a pain to unlock this time. The Digivolve Race literally didn't even show up until the VERY last time I went through the game, with Impmon. I was ready to just not bother with it.

Aaaaand I beat Deltarune Chapter 1 this morning as well! What a good game. Remember how it came out? That was batshit and it was incredible.

Seven games to go, two days to go. Yikes.

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Todo’s Boogie Woogie cursed technique is literally the same as the power I would always effectively spam as Renamon in Digimon Rumble Arena. Considering Gojo liked Digimon in high school, I feel like Boogie Woogie resembling that ability of Renamon was intentional. I can’t stop thinking about this. LOL

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Imperialdramon (Fighting Mode)'s Giga Death

(Digimon Rumble Arena, 2001)

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Digimon Rumble Arena Playstation 2001

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Terriermon BT3-046 Alternative Art by As'Maria from the Memorial Collection 02 [J] / PB-08 Tamers Playmat [E]

This Alternative Art Card of Terriermon from BT3 references the intro of Digimon Tamers: Battle Evolution (West: Digimon Rumble Arena)

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You ever hear some familiar music in a dream and then all the next day its stuck in your head? Digimon Rumble Arena has fantastic music though so its fine.

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2024 年お台場記念日おめでとうございます!

DIGIMON ADVENTURE 25TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL VIDEO ~Evolution: Show me your brave heart!~

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If Digimon Frontier had been airing at the time of the release of the first Digimon Rumble Arena, how do you think Digivolution would have been handled for the kids in Frontier?

Unfortunately, I never got to play Rumble Arena. So I don't know its mechanics. And I am not sure if I understand what exactly you mean by "handling Digivolution". However, I believe that it is questionable wether the Frontier kids could have been integrated in the first place. Main issue is, that four of the six only have gotten only two evolutions, whereas Takuya and Koji got both a Double Spirit and Hyper Spirit digivolution. Well, there are Double Spirit evolutions for the others, they could have taken those. Even though the only good design that is also consistent with its H and B Spirits is Raihimon. Problem is the Hyper Spirit digivolution, if we treat the H Spirit like a Rookie level, B Spirit as Champion and so forth. They'd have needed to create specific Hyper Spirit Digimon for the other four. Or they'd have had to create four pendants to Flamemon and Strabimon, which could have served as the Rookie level equivalents. So, to sum it up, I think it comes down to how much work they'd want to put in. I hope this answers your question. If not, I can watch some Rumble Arena and give a more accurate response. See ya, and thank you so much for your ask. 😉