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  • Summary: Digimon must battle to Digivolve, so the restless Digimon propose to hold their first ever “Digimon Evolution Tournament” to determine who is the strongest of them all.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 12
  2. Negative: 6 out of 12
  1. Nov 29, 2014
    70
    A fine game for younger audiences that can be enjoyed by parents too.
  2. Nov 27, 2014
    60
    Fan service in a lackluster attempt to offer the same game design enjoyed by the Super Smash Bros. franchise.
  3. Nov 11, 2014
    58
    Unfortunately, "Digimon: All-Star Rumble" is merely okay.
  4. 45
    I do appreciate the effort here, especially when you consider All-Star Rumble’s status as a Western exclusive. That said, the game’s conspicuous lack of quality seems almost suspicious.
  5. Dec 27, 2014
    45
    Even die-hard Digimon fans will find very little to relish in this western-only release. For everyone else, many other fighting games can provide a more satisfying experience.
  6. Dec 2, 2014
    42
    This is not the Digimon game that you've been waiting for.
  7. 40
    Probably the most frustrating omission is the lack of any sort of online mode. It's hard to get this kind of game right in online play - Nintendo itself still hasn't achieved it, but a fighting game that doesn't at least try to go online is a dud from the outset.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 15
  2. Negative: 6 out of 15
  1. Nov 14, 2014
    10
    This game is so good! Like come on you at least gotta enjoy it especially the story mode.Good job on the games, I really enjoyed itThis game is so good! Like come on you at least gotta enjoy it especially the story mode.Good job on the games, I really enjoyed it especially when i play with y little sister and she get's happy seeing Gatomon digivolve. Plus , the digivolutions are sooo cool ! :) Expand
  2. Feb 8, 2015
    10
    Sashadgt is crearly a hyprocrite. This game is awesome, the story mode, the music, everything, you are a **** I give this a 10 because, im aSashadgt is crearly a hyprocrite. This game is awesome, the story mode, the music, everything, you are a **** I give this a 10 because, im a huge digimon fan, no matter what they say, no matter what happens, ill always love Digital monster. You stupid reviewers only look at the negative part of the game. The developers put a lot of work into this just to get hate? Get real. I love doing the story mode over and over again, its actually fun, because the characters have different dialogues. I wish i could know more about the places we visit, that abandoned factory, the evolution castle etc. They are really interesting places which i would love to study more. See? The game has lots of content! If you stupid haters continue on hatin' Bandai wont bring us any Digimon game anymore, is that what you want? Of course not.
    tl;dr: this game rocks.
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  3. Aug 31, 2023
    10
    In my opinion this game is so good , and if you played it with someone , like 2 to 4 players on the same console, it going to be one of theIn my opinion this game is so good , and if you played it with someone , like 2 to 4 players on the same console, it going to be one of the most enjoyable game you'll ever seen Expand
  4. Aug 6, 2016
    5
    Digimon All-Star Rumble is a fighting video game developed by Prope and published by Bandai Namco. The game is set in the Digital World at aDigimon All-Star Rumble is a fighting video game developed by Prope and published by Bandai Namco. The game is set in the Digital World at a time of peace. The Digimon propose to hold a Digimon Evolution Tournament in order to gain experience and Digivolve, as well as determine the strongest one. However, there is an ulterior motive behind the tournament and players will discover what this is as they play through the game's Story Mode. Expand
  5. Mar 4, 2018
    5
    As a child, I was a huge Digimon fanatic, and I always loved waking up every morning to watch "Digimon Adventure," "Digimon Adventure 2" andAs a child, I was a huge Digimon fanatic, and I always loved waking up every morning to watch "Digimon Adventure," "Digimon Adventure 2" and "Digimon Tamers." Though I started to drift away with "Digimon Frontier" and officially checked out by the time "Digimon Data Squad" premiered, I still had a soft spot in my heart for the series, not only because of the shows, but because of the two "Digimon Rumble Arena" games. Both games were huge parts of my childhood and I played them with my brother very often. Though I no longer have access to "Digimon Rumble Arena 2," my brother, friends and I still play the first game every so often to relive the childhood memories. As soon as I heard that a new game in the style of "Rumble Arena" was being made, I knew I had to get it. Even though I knew the game wasn't going to be "spectacular," I had to at least give it a shot. Now that I've gotten through the story mode, I can say that "Digimon All-Star Rumble" is better than I expected (my brother made it out that the game would be awful), but it's still everything it's supposed to be.
    "Digimon All-Star Rumble" only had to be one thing: a cute, fun little fighting game featuring plenty of our favorite Digimon. To that degree, the game mostly succeeds. It's got a roster of some great Digimon (although there could've been a few more), some pretty solid visuals, and a fun burst of nostalgia. Getting to see characters like Agumon, Veemon and Guilmon on screen fighting each other gives me that nostalgic burst I was hoping it would have. Even if the combat is relatively "button-mashy," it's still pretty fun to play, and the Digivolutions are pretty cool to see.
    That said, the game isn't without its faults. For starters, why the hell aren't there cutscenes? How lazy could you get that the "cutscenes" at the beginning and end of the story are literally single pictures? Come on, now. Aside from that, though, the lack of online is unfortunate and while the platforming sections in the story mode are a nice touch, they can't help but feel overly derivative. In all honesty, I feel like I'm literally playing a repainted version of "Skylanders" featuring Digimon. Oh, and if you're expecting a deep, intricate fighter, this isn't it. In my experience with the previous "Digimon Rumble Arena" games, I found that "camping" can be a decent strategy in many cases, but this game takes it to new levels, as being in a 3D plain now gives you more room and freedom to run away.
    All things considered, "Digimon All-Star Rumble" is nothing more than an okay little fighting game that kids and hardcore Digimon fans should get some enjoyment out of. For anyone else, though, there are far more enticing options out there.
    Final rating: 5 out of 10 "Hmm..."
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  6. Nov 12, 2014
    4
    You have no idea how BAD I wanted this game to be good.... I mean literally everything is bad, you name it. I'll at least say you might haveYou have no idea how BAD I wanted this game to be good.... I mean literally everything is bad, you name it. I'll at least say you might have fun in a local game (cuz no online) with friends riffing on it, so if you decide to buy it, for the love of god wait for a SALE! Expand
  7. Feb 9, 2016
    0
    Easily the weakest entry in the entire Rumble series, and one of the worst video games ever made. Where Rumble Arena was easy to play and hardEasily the weakest entry in the entire Rumble series, and one of the worst video games ever made. Where Rumble Arena was easy to play and hard to master, All-Star Rumble is obtuse, limited, and lacking in serious depth. Everything about this fighter is phoned in; the battle system is a shallow attempt at a free-roaming fighting game that takes on the trappings of the Rumble series without having any of the tight control or polish of its predecessors.

    The "depth" to the game involves finding all the infinite combos, infinite stuns, and perfect trapping maneuvers that the dev team clearly never did; it's designed so that whoever takes the lead first in multiplayer will maintain that lead for the entire game. Character movement is ambiguous and slow, making it hard to judge what you're doing at any given moment. The roster is small, and incredibly unbalanced. Shoutmon, Wormmon, and Impmon dominate in multiplayer, forming a unique triangle of strengths with little to no openings for the rest of the cast to sneak in. If you've been spoiled by good fighting games like Super Smash Bros. or SSFIV, you'll hate this game. If you've ever played a video game before, you'll hate this game. And if you've never so much as touched a video game before in your life, this will give you an exceedingly negative impression of the medium. $60 wasted to support a petition.

    The voice acting is cringeworthy, as is the generic soundtrack. One of the game's few redeeming qualities is the ability to use custom OST, giving you the ability to block out Bandai's Worst Hits with a flood of your choice Wada Kouji songs off a USB drive. The storyline consists of the same stages repeated for every character, with slightly tweaked boss fights, and a handful of cutscenes told in still images. Game balance is no better in single player than it is in multiplayer; single large enemies can often take out your character in just two or three hits, while whole mobs of smaller foes will come apart like tissue paper. The poor controls and disproportionately weak playable cast makes it so that a game over can come out of nowhere, forcing you to restart an entire stage over from scratch--it's not a matter of skill, but of spamming the taunt command before walking into a battle, so that your evolution meter is maxed out and you can evolve on the spot to wipe out the opponents before they can get a single attack in.

    I genuinely enjoyed grinding my party to 999 stats in Digimon World DS more than I enjoyed any part of this game.
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