Victorious Boxers: Revolution Review
Many gamers complain too much too easily about video games, their playability, graphics, sound, story, and Victorious Boxers is no exception. VB is quite a good game, the thing is that it requires a little bit of patience.
The first true drawback is the unability of allowing left handed positioning: a true setback for lefties such as myself, but not so bad to make me stop playing the game as other worse case-scenarios such as Virtua Tennis 3.
Now assuming you belong to the remainig 95% of the planet that's right-handed, the only thing you need to go through VB is as I said before patience. Swing mode 1 is perhaps the best mode to go, after you have completed the tutorials, which are decent and could be better. Another review posted how unfair people are to the expectations on how the wii remote should reproduce exactly what you do with your hands/arms, and this is pretty much the open-mind policy you have to accept while playing VB. It's not like the Wii remote does not do at all what you swing, in fact most of the time it is pretty accurate. Of course, if you get desperated and start swinging your arms fast and mad, it is obvious that there will be errors on the detection. This is where the patience element comes in.
Contrary to Wii Boxing where all you have to do is beat the crap out of the other guy, VB requires you to literally plan the fight and dance around the ring for a while, hit a few punches here and there and then go back, just like a real boxing match. In story mode, the first opponents can be beaten by following the Wii Boxing strategy, but after a few bouts, you realize you need to think and build a strategy move on through fighters. Some fights even need you to use the "rope a dope" Muhammed Ali strategy of out-lasting your opponent, taking punches in the first round to make him run out of stamina and try to knock him down on the 8th or 9th round. This opens up the door for the other aspect that frustrates gamers that buy VB on high expectations: The variability of the story mode.
Unlike Punch out where you have just this one guy breezing over the cirquit, in story mode you go over the careers of four or five different boxers, boxers with different strenghts and different weakness, therefore that require a different plan and a different strategy against any given fighther. So what worked for Ippo may not be useful for Kimura. Actually Kimura's first fight was a real pain to pass for me and my friends.
So after you have accepted the facts explained above, VB becomes a fun game for a Saturday night party with your friends. What we do is get together 3 or 4 of us, and we alternate fighting on story mode so that we have enough time to recover for the next fight. The vs mode is fun as well, only be sure of not defending your title over and over again because after three fights you'll end up pretty much exhausted and won't be able to win again.
I'd say the game deserves 3 1/2 stars, but between 3 stars and 4 stars I'll give it a 4/5. It's a good buy.
Victorious Boxers: Revolution Feature
- Realistic one-on-one boxing experience, the first of its kind on the Wii
- Massive Story Mode with loads of in-game cut-scenes, voiced dialogue and plenty of unlockable content including special abilities, stages and boxers, with three difficulty settings to choose from
- Sparring Mode with a variety of adjustable settings such as number of rounds and knock-down limits
- 25 playable characters to choose from, each with their own unique special moves such as the Gazelle Punch, Shotgun and Flicker Jab, and ability to adjust their speed, power and strength parameters
- Three different types of control modes - Swing Mode allows the player to punch and maneuver using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk as if they are wearing boxing gloves; Pointer Mode allows the player to point and place a cursor on their target on screen and execute the moves with a smaller movement of the Wii Remote; and Classic Controller Mode
Victorious Boxers: Revolution Overview
Victorious Boxers: Revolution takes full advantage of the unique capabilities of the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to give players an authentic real-life boxing experience. The various moves include punches like jabs straights uppercuts and hooks as well as defensive maneuvers like ducks and sways. Players can enjoy several rounds with their friends or play through the deep and compelling Story Mode as they follow the story of Ippo Makunouchi a high school student who is bullied by his classmates as he rises to the top of the professional boxing ranks.Various control schemes allow eager players to punch and weave with their body to make the action appear onscreen for the full boxing experience as well as less strenuous options and even Classic Controller compatibility. The viewpoint is positioned right behind the player s transparent fighter to further enhance the feeling of being right there in the heat of battle.Format: WII Genre: SPORTS/GAMES Rating: RP UPC: 853466001070 Manufacturer No: 80707
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