Super Dodge Ball Advance

by Nintendo

Product Features

• game boy advance
• super dodge ball
• atlus
• nintendo

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005BJ99
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: June 7, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (76 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,830 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Dodge ball, the schoolyard sport in which kids bean each other with rubber balls thrown at welt-raising velocity, really is the sport of bullies. Thankfully, Super Dodge Ball Advance presents an experience in which the welts aren't included, while lots of fun and laughs are.

The game features two teams of squat, cartoonish, big-headed kids. Some are on the playing field and some reside in the back zone ready to scoot up a lob and nail an opponent in the back or from the side. The animations, particularly when a kid gets squashed, are amusing, and, after all, are also the point of the game. Amass points and win the match, then move on to the next horde of big-headed kids.

There are several kinds of throws you can make to surprise your opponents, including a cool corkscrew throw and a straight-up overhanded bean ball. As you knock teams out (no pun intended), you advance toward the world competition (shades of South Park here), where you represent your favorite nation. You can also link up with an opponent for a little head-to-head action, which is the best way to dish out some virtual pain onto local bullies who lack your mad video gaming skills. --Andrew S. Bub

Pros:

• It's virtual dodge ball! What's not to like?
• It's one of the first sports games for the GBA
• The graphics are perfect and the action is fast

Cons:

• The sound is a little grating

Amazon.com Product Description

As the most malicious playground game ever (well, next to the social anxiety of musical chairs), dodge ball gets its proper, playful venue on the Game Boy Advance with Super Dodge Ball Advance. The game, based on the NES classic, takes place in the not-so-distant future when the sport of preteens has become the sport of kings and national pride hangs on the home team's ability to triumph in the number-one worldwide sport. Gamers choose a national team and compete against eight other countries in tournament-style bouts. You can knock the competition woozy with all sorts of different moves (that slam-a-jam jump-throw is our favorite), customize your team by defining the attributes of your players, and play head-to-head against a friend's Game Boy Advance with the separately sold communication cable.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

37 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not just an old school game anymore..., June 17, 2001

By 

"franticgamer" (Lost in Cyberspace ;-)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Super Dodge Ball Advance (Video Game)

Who doesn't remember dodge ball? That simple school game you threw a ball at a another player and hoped that he/she didn't catch it. Now that same old fun is transported from the school yard to the Game Boy Advance.

First of all, a good place to start is the graphics. In one word: Amazing!. The game is bright and colorful and all the characters are very cool looking.

Second, the soundtrack is pretty catchy too. Each level or team has it's own little song and everything.

Gameplay is awsome with the controls being amazingly responsive and the availability of Super Throws is great. Super Throws are special throws where the player hurls the dodge ball at a hi speed and in different ways. Examples are the Mach Throw (the player hurls the ball at an amazingly hi speed.) The Pause Shot (The player throws the ball which pauses in mid air before speeding toward the selected target.) And 48 more!

Character selection is great with a lot of world class teams and when you beat them in the Championship mode, Dream Teams. The multiplayer mode also adds a great gaming value to the game too.

This is a great game for any age. If you just bought the G.B.A system and you're in doubt as to which game to get first; I recommend this one without any doubt! :-)

Gamer and owner, Andrew H. KIng

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST LAUNCH GAME, June 13, 2001

By 

Jon Erricson (Lincoln, Nebraska) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Super Dodge Ball Advance (Video Game)

I have to give credit to Atlus on this one. I just bought this with Krazy Racers as my first two games, and this one, WOW! I thought it would be simple, you know, catch, throw, catch, throw, but no!(hey, that rhymes)There are seven players to a team. There are already 9 teams, and they are the China Dragons, England Knights, USA Braves, Australia Stars, Russia Bears, Holland Angels, Japan Ninjas, Canada Foxes, and the Korea Bombers, each with there own team captain, who is (obviosly), there best player. Now, it's time to create your own team. If you select championhip mode, you create your own team, from the team name, to the players, there abilitys, and your home court. You will work your way through the rankings, and when you are number 1 in the coaches poll, you will face the Dream Teams. The only one which I know of now are the Iron Men, which I still have to beat. If you select Exhibition mode, you may choose between the 9 different teams or one of the teams you have made yourself, and the court. There happens to be different courts, each color representing different surfaces, green is a normal court, blue is an icy court, red is a dirt court, yellow is bouncy court, and purple is a super bouncy court(and I mean bouncy.)

Some of you may say that the gameplay is simple, not so. There are 50 different throws to master, catch and dodge. Some of my favorites are the piston shot, split throw, sidewinder, satellite, hailstorm(very hard to do, but hits hard!!), compressor and the mach throw. Another bonus to this game, you can link up and play a friend. All in all, I really enjoy this game, and there is no doubt that this is one of the best launch games for the GBA.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This game is THE best ever!, July 14, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Super Dodge Ball Advance (Video Game)

I got my Game Boy Advance the day it came out. Unfortunately, all of the local stores didn't carry this marvelous masterpiece. So I waited. And waited. And waited some more to finally get my hands on this game. And let me tell you, it was most defintely worth the grueling wait. This game is by far the best remake of an already instant classic. Super Dodge Ball first made its debut on SNES, and it wasn't exactly the biggest blockbuster to hit the gaming universe...but its GBA counterpart has without a doubt left a HUGE dent in video game history. This game, however, has an absolutely horrible storyline, but then again, who really cares? Going to the gym and whacking people with rubber balls every day in school doesn't exactly qualify as something with a point to it", but is sure is fun as anything! This game puts those wonderful memories in your hands with massive Super Throws and virtually endless strategies to make you the Dodge Ball champion of the world! I would highly recommmend getting this game the moment you have enough money. And if you had to wait a whole month and a half like I did, you will not, I repeat WILL NOT, be dissapointed!