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Posted: September 13th, 2003.
BEYBLADE CONQUERS ALL-FORMATS GAME CHARTS
Atari and Nelvana LimitedÂ’s Beyblade, the video game of fast spinning highperformance battling tops based on the best-selling toy and hit televisionseries, has proved an instant hit by entering the UK All Formats Game Chartsat number 2, a massive achievement for a game only available on the PSOneconsole. The game was made available on the 22nd August.
“We are thrilled by the early sales figures and chart position of Beyblade,”said Jeremy Wigmore, Managing Director of Atari UK. “The sales andchart success reinforces what a phenomenon Beyblade is, and we are proud anddelighted that Atari is responsible for bringing Beyblade to a gaming audiencefor the very first time.”
In the game, competitors battle in an extraordinary arena with their Beyblades,using their exceptional powers to destroy opposing blades and make themselvesvirtually unbeatable. Players attempt to battle through a tournament in orderto win the legendary Beyblade championship and can upgrade their Beyblader aswell as the Beyblade itself as they earn Bey Points and experience along theway.
Players start by pulling the ripcord and attempting to control the top bymaking it spin into the massive battle bowl. By changing direction andinvoking a special attack from the Bit Beast they can try to beat theiropposition with the skills they have acquired. There are three different waysto defeat an opponent: knocking them out of the stadium, beating them intosubmission so they are no longer able to continue, or playing a game of catand mouse with them until they can no longer spin, thus ending the match.Beyblade also gives you two complete ways to play the game where you caneither enter a tournament or take part in a free battle.
GAME FEATURES:
- Character designs based on animated style of the television show.
- A very intuitive control scheme that allows users to quickly master the combat system.
- A fun tournament mode that quickly builds atmosphere and interest level.
- The ability to battle a wide variety of AI controlled opponents as you progress through the game.
- Cool sound effects, which are true to the Beyblade TV show.
- Versus mode that allows you to play with a friend.
- Ten different summoning skills to be mastered.
- Over ten different characters to choose from.
- Fully customisable blades, where the player has the ability to affect each of the six components that make up the blade.
- All of the action that takes place inside the stadium is provided with commentary.
Licensed by d-rights to Nelvana, Beyblade is an enormously popular animatedtelevision show. It is the 2nd highest-ranking kids program on cable withMales 6-11 and Males 9-14. It is also a hugely successful toy based oncustomisable, high performance tops that compete. An extreme sportsexperience where every fan can become an active competitor, Beyblade requiresstrategy to build and customise battle equipment in pursuit of becoming theWorld Beyblade Champion.
News page content input by Dominic Robinson, 2003.
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.