That Digimon Fighting Game You Might Remember | Digimon: Rumble Arena Retrospective (PS1)
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- What if you could duke it out with your friends as your favorite Digimon? Let's check out the results as I review Digimon: Rumble Arena for the PlayStation 1!
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"WHAT DIGIMON ARE YOU GONNA PLAY WITH, HUH!?!?" is ingrained in my brain I played this so much as a kid.
COME ON, WHICH ONE? PICK YOUR FAVORITE DIGIMON
@@Wayneisboss The crunchy audio quality is just 🤌
DIGIMON RUMBLE ARRREENNAAAA!
Oh hell yeah
Clearly i'm gonna play Guilmon until I unlock Black Agumon.
There's just something about Digimon. There's no other franchise for me where the jank is truly part of the charm. I see what you're saying about it being incredibly unbalanced and the extra mechanics don't really feel like they fit in a smash clone. But stuff like that is what keeps me coming back to Digimon. The stakes have always been low enough that they just try stuff! Sure, they don't get it right very often, but they always spark my imagination. What would a brawler with all these extra mechanics look like if it was fully smoothed out? Could be incredible. I love that I can always count on it to throw me a curve ball 😂
I used to love this game as a kid!
I can see why! I feel like I was kinda hard on the game in this video but honestly I bet I would have been hooked ok this if I grew up with it!
@Wayneisboss I grew up on rumble area 2 and I loved that one
same. played TF outta it as a kid. Plus we played games for fun and did goofy stuff. We didn't play rigid as kids. I remember abusing the WarGreymon tornado going up and down for that MASSIVE DAMAGE lol. Subbed
I'm definitely interested in seeing the sequels to this game
I still have Rumble Arena 2. There are TONS of improvements made over the original, and I'm able to have fun with it in its own stupid way. They did remove the humans but digivolving isn't a pace breaker. The sequel truly does fix a lot of the issues with the original.
@@GT-Rev It's been like 14 years since I played it, but iirc you could also digivolve multiple times in 2?
@@lenewtype that is correct! Each stage 3 digimon (child level) gets to digivolve twice! Once to stage 4 (champion/adult), and then again to either 5 or 6, whatever their last stage in the anime is. And if you lose a life, you return to the previous stage.
@@GT-Rev On the contrary. I used to play the sequel quite a bit but never liked it as much as the original. Having to collect those eggs to evolve really ruined the pacing and fun of the battles for me. Like, my friends and I would be really involved in fighting, and then one or both of us would just stop to go around the stage collecting eggs. Losing a life and dropping an evolution stage was also supremely frustrating, especially after running all over the stage and trying to collect those darn eggs. Instead of jumping into the fighting, those of us who were near losing a life would just try to camp somewhere safe or run away. Urgh. The gameplay did not encourage fast and furious fighting like the original did.
@@lenewtypeyes
That Terra force just NUKED him
Bro never stood a chance
Here I was like;
"Yeah it's a shame there's no Angewomon, she's definitely iconic but being you'd be going from a Champion into an Ultimate does not seem like a worthy power spike compared to the rest of the cast going from Rookie into Mega, so I feel it makes sense."
Then I saw Stingmon...
Absolutely loved this game as a kid, but my definite favorite part is Guilmon's triangle attack/special melee move. "Rock Breaker." It sounds like he says "Butt Licker" and that alone made me spam the move religiously. Makes it all the better now with the Steve Blum/Spike Spiegel meme association
I remember this game fondly. The PS1 was my first ever console, and Digimon Rumble Arena was one of my first games I got for myself. (The PS1 was my older sister's console, but we shared it and DRA was one of the few games I owned for myself). I played it all the time with my dad as a kid.
Rumble Arena Hype! Was so excited when you mentioned you would be looking at it! Before finishing the video I assume it's not nearly as good as I remember, but I absolutely loved it as a kid.
I think there's a quality here that exceeds the sum of its parts. While not all the pieces quite click, there's heart and I'll be popping this back in my PlayStation down the road for that reason alone
the shame of it all is that critics cept bashing on this game and i loved every minute of it.
came from your Digimon World review and I have to say you've got a sub for being able to have such an authentic way of portraying your experience of one of my fondest childhood memories.
Probably too much of an ask if you can get around to it but I hope you can find the time to also play 2 & 3.. it's nice knowing that people enjoy the stuff that you've kinda been a lone enjoyer for.
Edit: nvm, you're indeed getting into it.. heh
Same. Subbing for the DMW3 review. That game is my childhood only beat it recently
I was obsessed with Digimon Rumble Arena 1 and 2 as a kid, I was unbeatable 😂 used to make my friends play it whenever they were round at my house haha. My go to was Veemon.
In RA1 Renamon was OP AF. I'd always play her. Could go through single player on hard without digivolving.
I HAD to play as Impmon. I had to.
V Headbutt, V Headbutt
To be fair, guilmon's Japanese voice is pretty similar to the English one. So the dub was really following the Japanese style on this one
Hey Digimon, hey Digimon, monster friends for the boys and girls 🎶
"Simple as Smash's controls are, they do offer a certain level of variety, where pressing down while using your attack buttons or even being airborne while doing so will change the resulting attack. Not so much the case here. The basics of the combat pretty much boil down to spamming the Square button and on occasion you can spice things up with a special attack. Somebody out there right now really wants to tell me all about just how in depth this combat actually is, but if they have to explain that depth to me because the game itself didn't put it on display... I think that's saying something."
Yet, that's exactly how the Square button attacks work. Press square, get a 3 hit jab combo. Hold up and press square, get a launcher. Jump forward and press square, you get a forward air. You know, like Smash? I won't disagree that the game could perhaps do with some tutorials (but I'd tangentially argue that Street Fighter 2 was wildly successful without any despite having more complex controls), and this not holding true for the special buttons is a fair criticism, but even still you're being reductive about the game's mechanics and overly dismissive about the game's depth.
Sure, the game isn't *that* deep or nothing, but there is still stuff of value here (have you ever seen any other game with the controls and stages of a platform fighter and the life bars and hitstun mechanics of a 2D fighter? I'd love to know if you have, 'cause I haven't), especially when playing against other people rather than just the computers. It seems to me your problem with the game stems more from the lack luster AI opponents than the game's mechanics, finding no reason to explore them or their depth any further than the bare minimum needed to finish arcade mode (which is honestly fair, I often do the same to turn based RPG games, but blaming the game mechanics instead of the AI or your own gameplay habits isn't). It honestly feels like you reviewed this game out of a perceived obligation as a Digimon fan more than anything else.
Have to give Digimon credit. Wouldve been so easy to just replicate what Pokemon was doing, but they went out of their way to try and offer new experiences.
I hope you're not joking.
Oh boy, the nostalgia is probably going to end me 😭
My favorite strat was standing in front of a boulder as Renamon and using Kohenkyo to switch places with my little brother. I still play it occasionally, but the old disc skips on me all the time now.
Mine was using Impmon's grab to stun the opponent and then either use Summon right on top of them or casually push them into a pit.
I still remember renamon toxic combo...
Long range atk then until near end arena and then kick to out bound
Lmao
Don't forget when they are in a good position to switch spots too
Honestly I completely forgot that Steve Blum voiced Guilmon.
In the sub, guilmon is voiced by Masako Nazawa
Rumble Area and World 2 were my absolute favorites as a kid. Can't wait for the next vid
I could be wrong but some of the replacement tracks (the one that replaced the Japanese anime tracks) actually sound close enough to the replaced tracks...so you sorta got the anime tracks but not really.
I was 12 years old with saved up allowance to spend and a newly gifted PS One. Saw this at my local Circuit City at the time and knew absolutely nothing about it besides it being Digimon. I must have played this game for hours when I was younger!
That guilmon bebop voice over is worth a like and subscribe
One of the first jokes I had in mind for this review and I knew I needed to get it in there
I played this game after i was reunited with my mom and i still see this game as the peak of my childhood and it will ever have a special place in my heart.
You are going to be embarrassed because this is actually the God tier of fighting gameplay. What you need to do is feel the Digimon as it attacks and then react with the respective square and triangle buttons.
The combo system was actually going to be used in the new Street Fighter games but Capcom got jealous and apparently stopped it.
The element weaknesses may sound stupid and pointless when you can just wait till everyone picks their character then pick the one with the most boosts in strength. This was going to be used in Smash Bros but again, there was a fight because they won't put Angewoman as a Smash bros character.
The movement may feel choppy and slow but that's because it helps you feel the impact and power of the Digimon. If you meditate and then open you mind, then play, you will feel an enlightenment that most people just don't understand.
The Digievolution, although seems janky and breaks up the tension, actually is designed so you can take a swig of a drink, a drag of a cigarette, whatever (you earnt it). It was designed to actually reduce the amount of time children were on games for. In the Brazilian release, it encourages kids to do push ups while it loads but must of not come through PAL.
As a result, this game was deliberately given bad ratings and it was a big conspiracy (like E.T).
Could you imagine if all of BlackWarGreymon's lines from 02 were redubbed by Steve Blum with his Guilmon voice? MOTHER OF GOD LMAO
Are you sure the AI didn't break in your roms? In your footage they stand there and just take it, and the final boss can easily chain a combo that can kill you from full life, which is more than "actually manages to put a small amount of challenge", or maybe we remember hard to be harder?
"Imagine someone who's not familiar with Digimon hearing all of these names without context." That would be me XD
As much as I loved this game and it great effect on my childhood what stuck with me the most is the amazing soundtrack lol, nonetheless another professional review like always, keep it up Wayne!
Nice to know I'm not the only one that was not a fan of Gilmon's voice. It sounds like a 30 year old trying to sound like a cute little kid...which it kinda really is
Hey it's me dragon king I followed you in Twitter so you buy every kind of PlayStation Sony box?
One of my favorite games as a kid. I wish I had more friends to play against back then.
I remember going to my cousins house and he had this game, I literally begged my parents to buy it for weeks after that lol
Man I wish I knew about this game as a kid, I think I would have loved it
@@Wayneisboss Haha I feel you definitely glad I didn’t miss out. I suggest looking up digimon rumble arena remastered, it’s a fan project that adds plenty of digimon that weren’t in the original game and it seems to have new stages and slightly better graphics.
I played the crap out of this game haha. I realize as an adult that it’s not great but kid me LOVED it
This was one of my favorite games growing up, I can still hear reapermon laughing after beating you
Yooo I used to LOVE Rumble Arena!! Back when I was little and just got into Digimon, I visited my local gamestop and they had both Digimon World and Rumble Arena and I could only choose one... being also a Smash fan at the time I ofcourse choose the latter haha. I didn't even know it had sequels though, please cover those as well!!
Are you going to take a look at Digimon Battle Spirit 1 & 2?
Definitely plan to!
I can appreciate some non-game franchise fighting game jank. I played Inu-Yasha: Feudal Fairy Tale on PS1 way more than I'd like to admit. I'm looking forward to SF6 and I hope we can get some matches in sometime! Who's your first choice to try in it? I'm looking at Manon myself.
The sequel is such an upgrade! Definitely recommend it.
I used to play the sequel quite a bit but never liked it as much as the original. Having to collect those eggs to evolve really ruined the pacing and fun of the battles for me.
I like your nerd guy look. Makes me feel like you know what you're talking about .
Ah yes, i remember the good times when this game was just a "Pick Reapermon before your friend does" Speedrun, so you can always start the match off with that dumb combo that makes them dizzy and takes like half their health.
That guy has some insane reach lol
"The soundtrack for Digimon Rumble Arena is... fine. Nothing about it is amazing, but it's certainly serviceable" is not a take I was ready to hear
Out In The Country and Rumble from Another Dimension are absolute bangers!
I loved the game as a kid, but looking back on it, I'm willing to bet it's not that good. I can't wait to see your review!
Yeah it's pretty much objectively not that good nowadays, the controls are really janky and it's extremely unbalanced, the voice acting is weird, the maps are also kinda awful gameplay-wise (even though they look great for a ps1 title)... but I think It's still enjoyable for what it is. It's got that good old ps1 era charm to it that keeps me going back to it.
It definetly deserves a remake even though we all know it's not going to happen, sadly.
I loved this so much, this game is ingrained in my brain in ways no videogame should ever be.
Can't wait for the Digimon World 2 video.
Digimon Rumble Arena was my introduction to Digimon, and it will always have a special place in my heart. I'd love to see a remake of this game, or at least a Digimon Rumble Arena 3 someday. After all, now that we're finally getting Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 4, maybe it's time for Digimon fighting games to make a comeback!
There was a 3rd game on ps3 and 360 I believe , it had Plesiomon for gomamon which was interesting but I don't think I would have like as much as the 1st 2 and I wish we could get a good next installment
This game is the reason I like the Gatomon line because I was unable to beat the boss with any other Digimon and then I guess Cyber Sleuth and Mastemon made me like the evolution line more
Mastemon is literally my favourite Digimon ever, she is SO cool
bloody roar would be intresting gmae to cone back
Yeah Guilmon’s voice is tolerable in the show, but it’s hilarious when they add SO MUCH REVERB on the vocals lmaoooo 😂
I loved this game when I was a kid.
I played this game every single day after school. This unlocked some memories, for sure. This is where I learned that Gatomon could digivolve into Holydramon/Magnadramon.
Loved this game as a kid. The music is really good, and holds up to this day
It’s a PS1 game. why all the hates and negative remarks?
All I remember when I saw the cd game cover and clips was the flashback and happy memories as a kid.
I’m glad no youtuber at that time to do reviews
Factsssss
These ytbers are puppets fake voices reactions nitpick explanations etc things was wayy better before media. Just like now and days all this dbz filler manga bs going on
I remember playing this a lot as a kid. I loved all the voices, cause I watched the anime a lot, but I prefer the original Japanese now, but I think I still like the voices in this, more for nostalgia than anything else
I found ruble area 2 to be a huge upgrade if your willing to try it.
Guilmon's voice at the start of rumble arena is exactly what was missing from the sequel.
My dude, I don't have much to say, I like your content.
That says plenty, and it means a lot :)
There's no way in hell that the digivolution needs to be that long for loading purposes. This game came out near the end of the PS2 life cycle, and Melee could do Zelda > Shiek just fine in a fraction of the time. That being said there's clearly other concerns to worry about with this game first :^)
Looking forward to World 2!!
This game is my childhood. 10/10. Can do no wrong.
"audiences in other regions wouldn't be as familiar with these tracks"
Well pretty much valid just for americans since, as I understand it, the japanese digimon soundtrack was used for almost every other version of the anime except for the american version. So a lot more people probably would have recognized brave heart and such
While I can agree with most of the points you're making, imo you are missing to address something relevant.
Digimon Rumble Arena is a party brawler. That means it's meant to be played in multiplayer. The single player is there, but it surely isn't the main appeal of the game. Games like Smash Bros aren't as popular as they are exclusively because of their single player campaign.
Loved this as a kid. Me and my brother/friends would play everytime. The VERY simple control scheme meant we would have to learn how to fool each other, and fake attacks, fake defenses, and learn wich moves were faster or not. Playing as War Greymon or Black War Greymon would always feel cool, using tornados to the wrong size in purpose, until the one we meant to connect would do it and combo with other melee attacks, a circle and ulti. It was almost one whot combo when it would work, Felt amazing and PRO XDDD
Tb game💯 the opening theme to the game was op, this isnt a smah clone at all. I loved the minigames too⚡️ my lil brother and cousins always spammed with renamon🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Guilmon opening talking was iconic part of the charm. I dont see non wrong with the game it came out decades ago your complaining about the smallest things that was the best parts of the game
DIAMOND STORM
It's not the best game but I enjoyed it. There was something satisfying about dunking WarGreymon's attack on someone's head.
I'm gonna be honest, this game is so much better multiplayer with friends, and also being a kid helps too.
As a kid I LOVE this game tbh it's definitely gonna be a different experience when u play it as a kid and as an adult. I'm also bias so
I enjoy the tournament scene. Though we go by the “rookies only” rule. Gatomon is probably one of the best in the game.
I just always found it amusing that the voices were so different in places. I want to say it was Takato who sounded like he was voiced by Ash's VA? Fun little romp of a game, if you didn't want anything especially deep in your party battler games
I remember me and my brother bought this game. We waited for so long to get home just to play it. Sadly, i remember playing it, but not much lol.
i couldn't help but look at critics bashing this game; other then the ones about "originality"; the others are having serious smb bias showing.
"READY? RUMBLE!" HELL YEAH DIGIMON RUMBLE ARENA!!! Back when life for me was easier. :/
Also DIGIMON WORLD 2 IS NEXT TO BE REVIEWED??!! HOLY SHIT. THAT. WAS. MY. ENTIRE. CHILDHOOD. WHERE THE FUCK IS YOUR PATREON PAGE. *scrolls to description*
i loved digimon rumble arena 2 SO MUCH, seeing teh first one makes me appreciate how good the second one was.
there is a way to choose the tamer from adventure, pressing the vack buttons. And the ost is amazing!!! Even the american ones!
I have a special place in my heart for this game, also I don't know how I played the japanese version first, so I was so excited for the anime music ♥
I grew up owning the original Jp Dubs & OST. When I played at my friend's place, he owned an English version, the dubbing & music weirded me out.
In regards to Gatomon digivolving to Magnadramon, this game came out after the Digimon Movie came out. In Hurricane Touchdown, both Angemon and Angewomon digivolve to their mega forms during the Cherubimon fight, hence why Magnadramon and Seraphimon are in this game (Omnimon as well). Plus back then, Ophanimon wasn't even conceived by Bandai yet.
Well done on beating Digimon Rumble Arena 1. Definately a very janky and slow fighting game but still has some charm. There is a fanmade remake of this game in development currently. It's much more refined and features a far more in-depth fighting system as well as a bigger roster.
Digimon Rumble Arena 2 is an interesting case. Whilst it is a sequel to the first game, it's very different (like the Digimon World games, very different from each other). Definately worth playing though.
Your review made me realize that the reason I loved this game so much as a kid is that it is incredibly simple as a fighting game. I'm awful at fighting games, I generally don't like the genre since the difficulty curve is higher than I'm willing to learn, but I loved this game and played it for hours on end 😅
The difficulty spike when fighting Reapermon at the end of any given digimon's route was a little more than noticeable until you came back with a better, stronger digimon.
Otherwise, wasn't ever too bad.
@@Magnosummit it helped that you could run forever to kite him ^^;
and the music thing no thats normal I still have the og disk of digimon rumble arena randomly the music will cut out and its super eerie
8:48 Why would you expect Gatomon to evolve into Angewomon by using an ability that skips them straight to Mega level (tier 6), when Angewomon is an Ultimate level (tier 5)? What the game does here, by skipping over her to Magnadramon (Mega/tier 6), makes perfect sense.
Sure, Angewomon is more recognizable since she appeared in the anime, but I think it's fine for the game to forego marketability in favor of technical accuracy here.
I miss playing digimon rumble arena and arena 2
I played it all the time i never get bored playing it
Digimon rumble arena games was great
Man, I remember getting into argument with friends who insisted certain Digimons/Digivolutions were unlockable in RA1 when they were not. They were mixing up rosters from RA2 to mess with me. What jerks, lol.
While I understand that for the vast majority of people "Oh you have to explain the depth to me? That's simply bad design then" is true for them, I think it's actually indicative of emergent gameplay, which is the sign of a really great game and system for more committed players. Games that just say "Here's how you play, now do this until you reach the end" typically don't have much to delve into. You just play for a bit, and then you're done. Works for most people, but for people who prefer to get really involved in one game rather than playing a whole bunch of games, "What [having depth that has to/can be explained] speaks for itself" means is that it's actually probably pretty interesting.
No, wait, i totally remember that the music files would shit themselves on Ps2, and maybe even ps1. I played sooooo much of this game as a kid, mainly because digimon world 4 was such dogshit, but it would make me want to play a digimon game with somewhat similar mechanics, yet marginally better. Which wasnt a high bar. Anyways, most of my fights were done without music, with the only sounds being digital animal violence, and the sound of your thoughts rationalizing the cruel reality around you, without the music to drown those sounds out. In fact, i dont remember the music AT ALL
Fun fact. Did you know? That if you follow up Grim Slasher immediately with Bone Duster, you can stun lock your opponent into a dizzy state? Try it, Reapermon is literally OP.
Great Video! Are you gonna cover the Second Arena Rumble too?
Planning on it! I'll have to tackle the GBA one at some point too!
@@Wayneisbossyou should also try the RA1 remake made by fans. More people need to know that game that has been in development and getting updates for years
I played Rumble Arena 2 for the Gamecube and PS2. Honestly, after seeing the first, the sequel is a bit of a downgrade. One of the biggest differences is that instead of only digivolving into their mega forms, they put in a middle stage you evolve into first before their final form. It was a bit of a balancing act as if you got hit too much then you de-digivolve into your previous form, but it was also easier evolve as well. They put more focus in having all of the original Digimon cast in with only a few of the protagonists from the other seasons, such as Veemon and Flamemon from Frontiers. No Tamer mons are in the game as well. The only thing close if BlackGuilmon that evolve into ChaosGallantmon. And no minigames as well, so only fighting. Other than what I mentioned, it plays almost the same.
Honestly as a kid I thought the compressed audio was because the tamers were communicating from like a different device in the real world - no I don't know why I thought that, but since we never see them physically in the world I just assumed there had to be a 'in universe' reason and not just laziness or incompetence. Guess I didn't think the creators were allowed to make such obvious mistakes. XD
I would play the living SHIT out of this game while eating those sugar cookies with icing. Made my after school hours so awesome. Digimon was so amazing back then, and the soundtrack kicked ass.
Not even close for the title of the best Digimon game but it is far, far better than his "Sequel"
Favorite PlayStation game of all time. Appreciate the memories!
This game and Rumble Arena 2 are absolute BANGERS with friends or siblings. Me and my sister have a stupid amount of Hours in those games playing against each other
I played this a lot when I was younger
I loved playing Digimon Rumble Arena 1 and 2 after school when I was a kid.
The third game.... gross
Hands down my favourite PS1 game. CPU sucks hard, but my brother and I were both pretty good and then it's fun as hell. Have to dust off my PS1 and give it some more time
This game wasn't really good but it sure as hell was fun. Especially when I was a poor kid with not as much access to games. It's the kind of game you can boot up when your friends are over for a half hour or so of playtime before switching to a different game. Games are usually only played after school and before night, and minus the time for homework and you want have much time to even grind games like you'd usually do nowadays. I'd say it's perfect for the target demographic and era but it could always be inproved
This video game was ELITE 🔥🔥
The thing about these games that are too simple to be enjoyed for us, is that you can actually have fun with people that don't know what they're doing. There's not enough strategy for the match to be unbalanced, specially if you let the newbie pick an evolved form and you pick a rookie
im always so hyped whenever I get to hear that intro! :D
7:30 I'm gonna be that "somebody out there right now" and say that in Rumble Arena you do actually get some unique attacks depending on the direction you push along with the attack button =') I remember a couple of the coolest attacks being ones where you either had to hit up, down or left/right along with square, and some triangle attacks can have their direction changed depending on what you push
You should talk about the Digimon GBA fighting games. Are pretty basic but very fun as far as I remember.