Product details

Abstract

It's time to dig out those gold-sequined shorts, because Midway's fast and furious READY 2 RUMBLE BOXING: Round 2 is available for your PlayStation 2. All 11 original R2R boxers are here, plus you'll find an additional seven contenders to begin with. If you've got the skills to pay the bills, you'll also be able to unearth several hidden characters, including both Michael Jackson and Shaquille O'Neal! Midway's READY 2 RUMBLE: Round 2 is a smash hit!

ESRB rating

Animated Violence, Suggestive Themes

Full description

The original Ready 2 Rumble Boxing offered an arcade-style slant on the sport of boxing with cartoon-like characters and over-the-top action. Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 continues Midway's franchise with a number of new enhancements.

The first change is in the visual presentation. While smoke and lighting have been added to increase the realism, the most notable improvement is in the definition of the characters. Characters in the game sport more animation in their clothing and hair, and have additional texturing for their skin tones.

Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 contains the original 11 boxers in new attire, and adds an additional seven contenders. Seven boxers, that is, to choose from. It will be up to you to find the hidden characters. Each boxer in Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 will have new phrases before fights and new victory animations. As well, fans of the first title will be delighted to learn there are new taunts, combos, and rumble combos.

While Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 mimics the same arcade feel of its 1999 predecessor, certain areas in the realism department have been tweaked. You'll find characters have more feints, parries, grapples, a brand new countering system, and improved collision detection. The enemy AI has also been adjusted, allowing for much more strategy-oriented fighting than in the original.

The training mode has also undergone some modification, as it now walks you through moves and combos. The traditional weight sets, speed bag and other training instruments from the first still remain, but there is added variety. With passive opponents to try new moves on and the aforementioned technique tutorials, this game goes further to teach you the ins-and-outs of boxing.

Trivia buffs take note: both Michael Jackson and Shaquille O'Neal visited the development house and had themselves digitally captured and put into the game. Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 was a title that both idols were personally interested in being a part of.

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Ready 2 Rumble Boxing - Round 2 includes a number of uniquely different, animated thugs that punch their way up the ranks of the Ready 2 Rumble boxing world. The game features two new celebrity boxers: Michael Jackson and LA Lakers superstar, Shaquille O'Neal.

Special features

Choose one of 23 over-the-top characters, including celebrities Shaquille O'Neal and Michael Jackson

Improve your boxer's skills by jumping rope, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights, and more

Power-up the "Rumble" meter to three levels and unleash powerful combos to send rivals flying out of the ring