EA's Fight Night returns in its second installment. Once again, you can create a new boxer and start a career that begins as an amateur in a shady gym somewhere in Queens, NY and fight your way up to the top. Alternatively, you could relive the careers of some legendary boxers.

Of course, you could go for a simple match with either a computer or a live opponent.

Round 2 offers many new features, like fancy particle effects that show blood and sweat spraying into the camera in ultra slow-motion. The "Total Boxer Control", which lets you throw punches by making certain movements with the analog stick, has been improved. There are also many ways to customize the appearance of your character, up to the shaping of the cranium and ears.

The soundtrack consists of a dozen contemporary (but unfortunately edited) hip-hop tracks.

All the previous features are still there too: You can play online (now on Xbox too), and you can unlock more moves, clothes, and equipment as you proceed in career mode.

Also, included in the GameCube version is a port of the SNES game Super Punch-Out!!

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Alternate Titles

"拳击之夜2" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Fight Night Round 2	GameCube	$0.01
	Fight Night Round 2	PlayStation 2	$0.01
	Fight Night Round 2	Xbox	$0.01
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User Reviews

Winner by KO... The Body Snatcher!

PlayStation 2

Condemned (70)

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The Press Says

Worth Playing	Xbox	Mar 17, 2005	9.9 out of 10	99
Game Informer Magazine	GameCube	Mar, 2005	9 out of 10	90
Worth Playing	GameCube	Mar 25, 2005	9 out of 10	90
GameSpot	Xbox	Mar 01, 2005	8.9 out of 10	89
GameSpot	PlayStation 2	Mar 01, 2005	8.9 out of 10	89
Gamesmania	Xbox	Apr 04, 2005	87 out of 100	87
Fragland.net	GameCube	Apr 25, 2005	87 out of 100	87
Jeuxvideo.com	GameCube	Mar 18, 2005	16 out of 20	80
Jeuxvideo.com	Xbox	Mar 18, 2005	16 out of 20	80
Jeuxvideo.com	PlayStation 2	Mar 18, 2005	16 out of 20	80

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Trivia

Server shutdown

In early August 2006, EA closed their servers for multiplayer games, for the PS2 and Xbox versions.

Version differences

The Gamecube version to make up for having no online play features two Nintendo related extras. The first is the unlockable boxer Little Mac from Punch-Out!! (NES) and the second is the complete game Super Punch-Out!! for the SNES.

Information also contributed by Byron Law

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This entry was contributed by EboMike

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