Digimon Rumble Arena PlayStation
  • Publisher: Bandai
  • Release Date: Feb 24, 2002
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Metascore
64 out of 100

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User Score
9.1 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 45 Ratings

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  • Summary: Cute, Cuddly, and Ready to Rumble! Digimon Rumble Arena comes to life in this truly Digimonumental release! With user friendly controls and loads of adventure, it's easy to learn, yet hard to put down. Fun for the entire family, Digimon Rumble Arena provides classic fighting gameplay for 1 or 2 players.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. PSX Nation
    78
    It's the closest thing to "Super Smash Bros." that the PSOne will ever get, and based on the compromised look of the graphics on display here that's probably a good thing.
  2. Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    70
    Riddled with some clunky and stiff gameplay that can lead to plenty of button mashing. [Apr 2002, p.109]
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  3. GamePro
    70
    Despite the nice presentation, there just isn’t very much to do compared with Nintendo’s genre-defining fighter [Super Smash Bros].
  4. Electronic Gaming Monthly
    52
    Without a doubt, this is the best Digimon game I’ve ever played, but it’s still nothing special. [Mar 2002, p.144]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 32
  3. Negative: 1 out of 32
  1. JohnF.
    10
    This game rocks hard! It's definatly a super smash bros. with digimon & for the better system of the two.
  2. Dave
    8
    The game is good but as well as a clone of game cube's super smash brothers, there's an excess need for continuously completing the game just to get hidden characters. There's also small numbers of opponents that you have to face before even completing the game. This makes the game boring and tiring. Having the characters in their mega forms as hidden characters makes the game unsuprising and predictable. Many attacks are fixed and hard to change when trying to evade an enemy's attack. However, the added ability to digivolve and simple attacks makes it easy to control and adapt. The selection of different stages allows players to use them with advantages and need for quick response. With added mini-games, tamer and digimon voices and cool graphics and effects tops it off as a better game than the pokemon stadiums and previous digimon games in terms of price. … Expand
  3. DragonKnightofFinalFantasy
    6
    This is an okay brawler. The enviorments are interactive which makes think a bit funner and there is basketloads of characters from the Digimon series seasons 1-3. Yet that's just about it... the final boss is infuriating and the guys before him are so easy you'll only lose if you really suck at games. Also the characters play the same all the same!!! Also it's the same thing all the time fight weaklings beat infuriating boss get new character, rinse and repeat. This might be fun for a rental...maybe.… Collapse
  4. Badbun
    0
    It sucks like hell.

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