OVERVIEW
Well ippo you will never know that while playing this game but could give it a chance! Victorious Boxers Revolution(or Challenge here in Europe)Is a boxing game for the wii based on the on the japanese manga Hajime No ippo.I uses the wii motion controls to swing real boxing moves.The Game features a Stoy mode,Sparring and a Data book witch we will get back to in a minute.The Game is Pretty short i would say it takes a day or two to beat it(or unlock everything).
PLOT
The games begins with the boxing coach Kamogawa Who owns a boxing gym and is desperete becuse they never had a world contender.Yagi´san another trainer of the gym says that they have Takamura a hard hittng boxer who is extremly strong and the coach agree but he says takamura is born with it he the coach says he wants rise a boxer with my own two hands. Yagi´san Reply´s "Funny that you say that chief takamura just brought someone want to become a boxer".And that guy was ippo makonuichi(cant really spell his name) And the story progresses in the story mode with badly animated 3d cutscenes and horrible and embarrasing voice acting more will i not say about the story becuse im no good story teller so i suggest you read the manga.
GAMEPLAY
The gameplay is simple knock the other guy out until he´s finished,,,well kinda,You can throw jab,straight,hook,
uppercut and everything that real boxer dowhile thats sound simple its not let me explain the different controls scheme
Swing Mode 1
DO NOT PLAY THIS MODE!This is the worst. you throw punches like normal boxer do BUT you footwork is controled by witch direction you tilt the wii remote and nunchuk and i think that was a very bad move by the developers, it rarely works as it should and you end moving forward all the time rocky balboa would have probaly liked it.by holding the Z button and by lean at any direction your boxers also lean and that works pretty okay.
Swing Mode 2
Now this is the mode i recommend you to use(if you wanna use motion controls that is)its easy to throw jab and straight hell even uppercuts works as they should but when you are trying to performe a hook it will basicelly be a jab or straight.Footwork is used by the analog stick(Thansk god)and if you hold Z while using the anolog stick.
overall it gets a 6.8
Pointer Mode 1
Now this a interestring control scheme.mainly you point at the screen with the wii-mote and draw invicible lines to throw punches.by pointing left,right,up and down your boxer does footwork and to lean is the same as swing mode 2
Pointer mode 2
same as Pointer mode 1 but you use your fotwork with the anolog stick instead.
and there is classic controller and gamecube controller support aswell
Features
Tutorial
You get it.
Story mode
You see a cutscene then move on to a fight.after each fight you unlock the boxer you have played or played agianst as.But it misses some fight i want to play like Aoki´s title bout or takamura vs David EagleNOTE:only Boxers are the unlockables
Sparring
Here you pick and those one of 25 boxers from the manga to play against a computer opponent or a friend and sorry no online.After you pick youre characters you can choose how many rounds and ko´s allowed then you pick a stage and go.Now this is the mode you will be playing mostly but my only complain is the lack of characters, in the first game there were over 40 boxer and in the sequel there were over now there are 25 wich seems pretty weak but almost everyone has there own special moves!(I only want my favorite character Kenta Kobashi to be in the game and i think im the only one who likes that character :P)
Data Book
Here you check your fighting results,score and statistics
Options
You get that to
OVERALL
Despite all its problems its actully a pretty decent game becuse its just fun to box and you maybe wanna close the door while you will be playing otherwise you will look like a total dumbass :P
So ippo you didnt KO him but atleast you went the Distance.
PS.I know this was a short and bad review but com´on its my first review and it is in the middle of the night so please dont leae a 1000 comments saying that i suck.
Goodnight everyone and thanks for reading I ´ll see ju next time ;).
