''Digimon Battle Spirit 2'' is a

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released for

WonderSwan Color The (ワンダースワン) is a handheld game console released in Japan by Bandai. It was developed by Gunpei Yokoi's company Koto Laboratory and Bandai, and was the last piece of hardware Yokoi developed before his death in 1997. Released ...

in 2002 and

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in 2004. It was developed by

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and published by

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based on the fourth season of the ''

Digimon , short for "Digital Monsters" ( ''Dejitaru Monsutā''), is a Japanese media franchise encompassing virtual pet toys, anime, manga, video games, films and a trading card game. The franchise focuses on the eponymous creatures, who inhabit a " ...

'' anime, ''

Digimon Frontier , is the fourth anime television series in the '' Digimon'' franchise, produced by Toei Animation. Unlike the previous series, the main characters can merge with ancient spirits known as "Legendary Warriors" to become Digimon themselves. The ...

''. It was originally released in Japan for the

handheld in December 2002 with the title . It was later ported to the

for the Western market, released in North America in September 2003, and Europe in August 2004.

Gameplay

This is a battle game between Human Spirit Digimon. Unlike most fighting games, the winner is not determined by having the most health, but the most blue or red "D-Spirits", which are released whenever the player strikes an opponent. When the player has damaged the opponent enough to fill the gauge at the top, the character's Beast Spirit is activated whenever they attack, allowing them to temporarily digivolve to a higher level, and attack with greater force. Also, yellow diamonds are released during Beast Spirit attacks, and filling the diamond gauge enables the player to momentarily warp digivolve to Ancient Level and fire a powerful attack, before returning to normal (this depletes the diamond gauge to zero). Once all of the Human Spirit Digimon are defeated, the player must then defeat Cherubimon. Cherubimon's name is Kerpymon in this game. There is also a mini-game, where Digimon are used like marbles, and are fired at other Digimon on the board to knock them out of the arena.

Plot

The plot echoes that of ''

'': Several children receive messages on their cell phones asking them if they want their lives to change. Some answer yes, some answer no. Five who answer yes are summoned to the Digital World where they receive the ability to become

and fight to end Cherubimon's reign of terror.

Characters

(Eng/Jp) * Agunimon/Agnimon * Lobomon/Wolfmon * Fairymon/Kazemon * Beetlemon/Blitzmon * Kumamon/Chuckmon * Aldamon/Ardhamon/ExAgunimon (Agunimon sprite) * Beowolfmon/Beowulfmon/ExLobomon (Lobomon sprite) * Löwemon

Reception

''Digimon Battle Spirit 2'' received "mixed or average reviews" according to the review aggregator

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References

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