DreamMix TV World Fighters

DreamMix TV World Fighters
Developer(s)	Bitstep
Publisher(s)	Hudson Soft
Release Date(s)
Nintendo GameCube	JP: December 18, 2003
Nintendo GameCube	JP: December 18, 2003
Platform(s)
Genre(s)	Fighting
Rating(s)
CERO	01

DreamMix TV World Fighters is a crossover fighting game developed by Bitstep and published by Hudson Soft for the Nintendo GameCube in Japan on December 18, 2003. The game crosses over characters from Hudson Soft and Konami's video game series and Takara's toy lines.

Gameplay

The game sees up to four players controlling fighters from various franchises. Players move around a 2D arena and try to attack their opponents, similar to the Super Smash Bros. series. Each character can perform a series of basic attacks and one or two unique special moves. Characters can also throw their opponents, guard to avoid damage, or cling to hanging bars to evade opponents. The game revolves around damaging opponents by causing them to lose coins that represent their remaining life. A meter at the bottom of the screen indicates how much life characters have remaining. If a player loses all of their coins, they will enter a Super Pinch state, in which they shrink in size and their soul will fly around the stage. If another character retrieves their soul before the player can, the player is knocked out, though they can still move around the stage in shrunken form to interfere with the remaining fighters. The last fighter standing at the end of the round wins. The game offers fifteen stages on which to battle based on the represented franchises, such as Big Shell, Adventure Island, Treena's Tree House and Devastator. Some stages offer occasional hazards that will disrupt battle and inflict additional damage, such as floating Medusa heads in Dracula's Castle.

The primary single player campaign is World Fighters, where players battle a pre-determined series of opponents based on their character before entering a final battle with Mujoe. The show's ratings will increase and decrease during these battles based on the player's performance; players are ranked based on the average ratings at the end of the campaign. Character Soul Survival is a standard multiplayer battle mode for up to four players. The game also features Caravan mode, which offers several minigames, and a Library section for viewing unlockable character and stage profiles.

Roster

Hudson Soft

• Binbōgami (Momotaro Densetsu)
• Bomberman (Bomberman)
• Manjimaru Sengoku (Far East of Eden)
• Master Higgins (Adventure Island)
• Momotarō (Momotaro Densetsu)
• Yūgo Ōgami (Bloody Roar)

Konami

• Moai (Gradius)
• Power Pro-kun (Power Pros)
• Simon Belmont (Castlevania)
• Solid Snake (Metal Gear)
• TwinBee (TwinBee)

Takara

• Asuka (Cy Girls)
• Licca Kayama (Licca-chan)
• M121 Mason (Microman)
• Megatron (Transformers)
• Optimus Prime (Transformers)
• Tyson Granger (Beyblade)

Plot

The fledgling World Fighters television program has been suffering from poor audience approval, and DreamMix TV, the station that carries the show, has informed its hosts Mujoe and Haruna that they will have to rectify the situation or face inevitable cancellation. With few options, they implement an unorthodox plan: broadcast a contest pitting various superstars from differing realities in physical combat in order to increase ratings.

Reception

Review scores

Publication	Score
Famitsu	27/40
Nintendo world report	8/10

External links

• DreamMix TV World Fighters at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• DreamMix TV World Fighters at GameFAQs