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From Square's in-house developer Dream Factory comes a beat-em-up free-for-all for the Playstation 2. The Bouncer will be Square's first title on PS2, and is one of the most anticipated titles on the black box.
The Bouncer will be similar to the Final Fight titles you played back in the old days. Fighters will have to defeat all the enemies on one screen to move on the next. Players will have realistic fighting moves (no fireballs or lightning bolts) unlike most Squaresoft titles. The feel of The Bouncer is a cinematic one that is pushed along by awe-inspiring movies in between stages.
Speaking of graphics, Square is throwing tons of money into graphics for The Bouncer. The textures and animations in battle and during the cinematics are some of the best you'll see on any system. Characters' movements are fluent and are realistic down to the detail. Tetsuya Nomura designed the characters, he's known for his work in such titles as Final Fantasy VII. Playstation 2 can also many characters battling on one screen at once. Square has taken no expense creating one of the best looking games we'll see for awhile.
There are four modes of play in The Bouncer. They are Story mode, Bouncer mode, Team mode, and Survival mode. The Story mode is the one player mode that takes over 20 hours. The adventure varies with each different character you choose. You will have to finish every character's story to obtain every move and secret. The Bouncer mode is the versus mode in the game. Up to four combatants, human or computer-controlled, can have it out at once. You can also use your fighters from the story mode with their customized moves. Team mode has not been spoken of that much, but you can pretty much presume what it's going to be about. The last, Survival mode, pits you against enemy fighters continuously until you are knocked out.
Last, but not least, music in The Bouncer can be expected to be interesting, too. Background tunes will come in many various styles including rock, jazz, classical, techno, and one piece performed by a 24-piece orchestra. Not like music matters after you've seen those screenshots!
We'll be sure to update this page when the time comes for the North American release. Speaking of which, this game is expected to hit U.S. shelves sometime in early 2001.
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