Beach Spikers

by Sega Of America, Inc.

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0000664J6
• Item Weight: 5.1 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: August 13, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #21,300 in Video Games (See Bestsellers in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Beach Spikers offers intense beach volleyball action for up to four players. The game showcases beautiful female athletes as they battle it out under the fierce summer sun. Gamers will have to cooperate and compete as they take control of bikini-clad beauties and go two-on-two at the net. Players must perfect their timing and polish their technique as they take on World Tour mode, but first they should use the tutorial mode to round out their skills. Other modes include arcade and exhibition.

Product Description

MODEL- 61011 VENDOR- Sega FEATURES- Beach Spikers Hit the beach for some high-intensity volleyball under the hot summer sun in Beach Spikers for Nintendo GameCube This Arcade smash hit showcases beautiful bikini-clad female teams of two in fierce competition for the volleyball championship. You can bump set and spike it with three friends in Versus Mode or team up with a customizable computer partner in Arcade Training and all-new World Tour Mode. Get the edge over competing teams by assigning skill points to your glistening beach babe teammate. You can also earn teamwork percentage points by honestly rating your teammates skills on the sandy court. If she drills her serve into the net and you compliment her instead of reprimanding her your teamwork percentage points will plummet. As you progress through the tournaments youll unlock new beaches hairstyles sunglasses faces and uniforms which can be used in other modes. Shadows play across the court as the day passes but dont worry your summer never has to end! * Play as one of 16 different teams or create your own. * Grab three friends and choose from four unique Versus Modes: Beach Spikers Beach Flags Beach P.K. and Beach Countdown. * Name your teammates and select their face skin tone hairstyle & color bikini country to represent and sunglasses. * Dynamic camera angles mind-blowing graphics and gorgeous character models. ESRB Rating : E for Everyone Genre/Category : Action/Sports System : Nintendo GameCube Number of Players : 14 Compatible Peripheral Features: Memory Card Standard Controller MANUFACTURER WARRANTY: 30 DAYS

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Allow me to be perfectly frank., July 31, 2002

By	Ikonomi (Houston.TX.USA) - See all my reviews

That said, anyone who thinks this game is about the babes is an idiot. Beach Spikers is an excellent, addictive, and startlingly simple volleyball game developed by Sega's talented AM2 design team -- make no mistake, it's all about the gameplay. Beach Spikers is to volleyball what Virtua Tennis and Mario Golf were to their respective sports. It's easy to pick up and play, but very tough to master, with deceptively deep gameplay mechanics. Above all, however, Beach Spikers is exceedingly fun.

Beach Spikers features numerous modes of play, including standard arcade play, up to four player simultaneous multiplayer (including several minigames in addition to the core volleyball action), and an impressive World Tour mode in which you create your own character, and her intelligent CPU-controller partner, from over one hundred hairstyles, suits, faces, and an enormous range of hair and skin tones. The most impressive part of World Tour is that your computer-controlled partner actually learns -- you assign her different attribute points at the outset, and her skills grow as your team plays through the different tournaments. With the right coaching, her skills may even surpass your own!

The game features a stunning array of unlockable goodies in true AM2 fashion, including bonus swimsuits, faces, and hairstyles from numerous Sega titles. Remember pink-haired Ulala from Space Channel 5? She's in there. The variety is amazing. Beach Spikers is an amazing game, with incredible graphics, extremely enjoyable gameplay, and enough depth and variety to keep any player interested for a very long time.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Do Not Ogle: Professional Athletes At Work, May 30, 2004

By A Customer

Like some of the other reviewers, I had to try every Beach Volleyball game on every format before declaring Spikers as my favorite. What surprises me about some of the other reviewers is that many of them are not into sports games, yet Spikers is the most professional sports title of this genre with simpler play features.
Anyone can play using the A/B buttons and basic punt/set/spike rules, just like many old arcade games. Sounds like that can get boring, but the game gets harder and faster as it progresses and it does have some alluring features that go beyong rubbing suntan oil on your digital partner.

Character design is basic, unlike the other VB games. You have only one athletic body design but can create players with over 70 faces and 100 outfits and skin tone. The mini games may not be as fun as the minis in the other VB games, but at least Capture The Flag and Beach Bomb are authentic beach games. Maybe the developers could include Dodgeball and Combat Kiting in the next version(...). Sure the music and the announcer are lame, but who says you have to listen to anything more than replay spike knocking down your opponent (...) with full bass THX.

Franchising is where Spikers really shines as a professional sports game. The world tour is based on the actual Swatch-FIVB tour and has real organizations like Holiday Inn and Coke. Even the green/blue volleyball that you see in the other video games has the Mikasa logo in this version. And about that Nissan ZX prize, well what does a girl have to do but win if she can't race the Gran Tourismo, right?
The only thing lacking is beer commercials, because this is as close as you can get to professional volleyball without watching it at 3am on ESPN. So stop watching and start playing.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Multiplayer, April 14, 2004

By	J. Cassaro "jcass64964" (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If your looking for some eclectic multiplayer action than beach spikers is the game for you. It is an overall pretty good game but the single player mode is too easy and it's hard to play it for a long time in a row. The gameplay is exactly like that of Mario Tennis for the N64. There are limited controlls and short games which can either be a downfall or a thrill. In this case they're a thrill. Because it is easy to get the feel of the game it is okay to play with a rookie. There are also mini games available in multiplayer. Beach spikers is wicked fun but please don't buy it expecting to play for 12 hours straight. I say it is worth a try.

Rattings out of 10
Fun 9
Graphics 10 (Beautiful characters)
Sound 5