History VideoGame / DigimonRumbleArena

* PaletteSwap: The second game allows you to unlock "Black" versions of Agumon, Gabumon and Guilmon. Their moves have different properties compared to the originals.

* BroughtBackToNormal: In the second game, losing a life reverts you back to an inferior form. Diaboromon's ultimate move "System Crash" forces every opponent back into their base forms.

* OldSaveBonus: In the first ''DigimonBattleSpirit'' game, after clearing the game with one character, a six-letter code sometimes appears, which you can use in the first ''Rumble Arena'' game to unlock characters.

''Digimon Rumble Arena'' is a series of 2.5D {{Fighting Game}}s centred around the ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' franchise, and are among the few Digimon games which are tied into any of the anime series. The series plays not unlike ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', except it retains the traditional fighting game health bar. Similar to the situation with the western renaming of ''VideoGame/DigimonWorldDS'' and [[VideoGame/DigimonWorldDawnDusk its sequels]], it's only really a series in the west; the Japanese names are significantly different from each other

''Digimon Rumble Arena'' is a series of 2.5D {{Fighting Game}}s centred around the ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' franchise, and are among the few Digimon games which are tied into any of the anime series. The series plays not unlike ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', except it retains the traditional fighting game health bar. Similar to the situation with the western renaming of ''DigimonWorldDS'' and [[DigimonWorldDawnDusk its sequels]], it's only really a series in the west; the Japanese names are significantly different from each other

''Digimon Rumble Arena'' (''Digimon Tamers: Battle Evolution'' in Japan) was released for PlayStation as a tie-in to the then-ongoing ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' anime series, and so the stylistic influence of ''Tamers'' is the most prevalent in the game. Despite that, all three then-current series of ''Digimon'' were near-equally represented. Most playable characters have access to one evolutionary form, almost uniformly the character's final form (Wormmon being the exception). The Japanese version's soundtrack consisted of remixes of tracks from the anime, all of which were cut and replaced in the translated version. It sold rather well.

''Digimon Rumble Arena 2'' (''Digimon Battle Chronicle'' in Japan) was a multiplatform release for the PlayStation2, [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]], and {{Xbox}}. The game's scope was expanded to include characters from ''Anime/DigimonFrontier''. However, the game's focus was clearly on the characters of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', with all eight main Digimon playable; every other series represented got just two representative Digimon at best. For most playable characters, two EvolutionaryLevels are now available. Being that it was released at a time with no ongoing ''Digimon'' anime series to support it, it was much less of a commercial success than its predecessor.

* DifficultButAwesome : The [=WarGreymons=]. Knowing how to effectively use Great tornado and Black tornado are the first step to effectively use them but mastering that allows you to jump around the field in seconds, travel through the screen faster than anyone on the cast and a good dodging/attacking/combo tool in general. Its just that good.

* GrappleMove: Everyone can throw, naturally, but Duskmon in the second game is notible that his grab hurts the enemy before he bothers to throw them. Of course, given he has [[BladeBelowTheShoulder blades instead of hands]], it's to be expected...

''Digimon Rumble Arena'' is a series of 2.5D {{Fighting Game}}s centred around the ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' franchise, and are among the few Digimon games which are tied into any of the anime series. The series plays not unlike ''SuperSmashBros'', except it retains the traditional fighting game health bar. Similar to the situation with the western renaming of ''DigimonWorldDS'' and [[DigimonWorldDawnDusk its sequels]], it's only really a series in the west; the Japanese names are significantly different from each other

*** This is mostly averted in the second game- though the bosses are difficult, part of the challenge comes from the arena itself, whereas Reapermon's arena is the ''only'' one in the first game to have no powerups or hazards at all.

--> Reapermon: Disappointed? Come back anytime!

*** This is mostly averted in the second game- though the bosses are difficult, part of the challenge comes from the arena itself, whereas Reapermon's arena is the ''only'' one in his game to have no powerups or hazards at all.

* ElementalPowers / ElementalRockPaperScissors: The first game divided all playable Digimon between elements, pretty much completely disregarding established canon in the process with respect to the choice of elements and elected affiliation.

* GameBreaker: Omnimon in Digimon Allstars. Who thought giving someone a homing multi-hit attack was a good idea?

''Digimon Rumble Arena 2'' (''Digimon Battle Chronicle'' in Japan) was a multiplatform release for the PlayStation2, GameCube and {{Xbox}}. The game's scope was expanded to include characters from ''Anime/DigimonFrontier''. However, the game's focus was clearly on the characters of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', with all eight main Digimon playable; every other series represented got just two representative Digimon at best. For most playable characters, two EvolutionaryLevels are now available. Being that it was released at a time with no ongoing ''Digimon'' anime series to support it, it was much less of a commercial success than its predecessor.

* RankInflation: Inverted. Rumble Arena 2 features a Rookie > Champion > Ultimate evolution ladder and the entire cast of the 1st season amongst other franchise favorites. To prevent characters who had Mega stages from skewing gameplay, Megas take the place and function of Ultimates on their evolution ladders. Some evolutions, such as Greymon > [=WarGreymon=] and Garurumon > [=MetalGarurumon=] were popular with the fans because they were considered to have a better thematic flow than the ones presented in the cartoons.

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Imperialdramon Paladin mode is an unlockable character in the first one. In the Japanese version, he had Debuted earlier in the same year in the second and final 02 movie, but that movie wasn't released in America until 2005, long after this game. Players were left confused as to what significance this white Imperialdramon had, and had no idea about his connection to Omnimon.

* FinalBoss: Reapermon (Jp: Gokumon), from Rumble Arena, is an interesting case. Examining his information in broader Digimon canon reveals that he's a further evolution of [[DigimonAdventure Diablomon]], which explains why he's A) [[SNKBoss so damn tough]], and B) why his boss arena has those chains of Kuramon eyes circling around.

See also ''DigimonBattleSpirit'', which is pretty much the same thing for GameBoyAdvance and WonderSwan.

* DifficultButAwesome : The wargreymon's. Knowing how to effectively use Great tornado and Black tornado are the first step to effectively use them but mastering that allows you to jump around the field in seconds, travel through the screen faster than anyone on the cast and a good dodging/attacking/combo tool in general. Its just that good.

* RankInflation: Inverted. Rumble Arena 2 features a Rookie > Champion > Ultimate evolution ladder and the entire cast of the 1st season amongst other franchise favorites. To prevent characters who had Mega stages from skewing gameplay, Megas take the place and function of Ultimates on their evolution ladders. Some evolutions, such as Greymon > WarGreymon and Garurumon > MetalGarurumon were popular with the fans because they were considered to have a better thematic flow than the ones presented in the cartoons.

** ''Digimon Rumble Arena'': Reapermon, [=BlackWarGreymon=], Impmon and Imperialdramon Paladin Mode. Under certain circumstances, all the evolved forms can also be unlocked as fighters independent of their base forms.