Fight Night Round 2 (GameCube)

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Description

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!!

Screenshots

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There are 21 other screenshots from other versions of this game or official promotional screenshots.

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Alternate Titles

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

Part of the Following Groups

• EA Sports games
• Games with hidden / unlockable full games
• Knockout Kings / Fight Night series
• Xbox Platinum Hits releases

User Reviews

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Critic Reviews

Game Informer Magazine	Mar, 2005	9.25 out of 10	92
Game Informer Magazine	Mar, 2005	9 out of 10	90
Cheat Code Central	2005	4.5 out of 5	90
64 Power / big.N / N Games	Mar, 2005	89 out of 100	89
GameSpot	Mar 01, 2005	8.9 out of 10	89
Gamesmania.de	Apr 04, 2005	87 out of 100	87
Game Vortex	2005	85 out of 100	85
GameSpy	Mar 01, 2005		80
Jeuxvideo.com	Mar 18, 2005	16 out of 20	80
Jeuxpo.com	2005	7.5 out of 10	75

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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

Related Web Sites

• EA Sports: Fight Night Round 2 (The official homepage.)
• Wikipedia: Fight Night Round 2 (Information about Fight Night Round 2 at Wikipedia)