Cubix Robots for Everyone: Showdown

Cubix Robots for Everyone: Showdown is a 2002 action-adventure role-playing video game released by Blitz Games. The game is based on the Cubix: Robots for Everyone television series. It is developed by Blitz Games, produced by 4Kids Entertainment, Daewon Media, and Cinepix and published by The 3DO Company.[1][3]

Cubix Robots for Everyone: Showdown
GameCube cover art.
Developer(s)Blitz Games
Publisher(s)The 3DO Company[1][2]
Director(s)David Manuel
Designer(s)Matt Armstrong
Scott Davidson
Dave Flynn
Lauren Grindrod
Simon Reed
Writer(s)Chris Bateman
Richard Boon
Composer(s)John Guscott
Matt Black
Gerard Gourley
Andrew Morris
Platform(s)Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, GameCube, PlayStation 2
ReleaseGame Boy Color
  • NA: November 8, 2001
Game Boy Advance
  • NA: February 12, 2002
GameCube, PlayStation 2
  • NA: June 2, 2003
  • EU: March 11, 2005
  • JP: July 28, 2005
Genre(s)Action-adventure, role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

Cubix Robots for Everyone: Showdown features three gameplay modes including story, battle, and puzzle.[4] The player can transform Cubix into a variety of vehicles[4] The battles take place in turn-based combat environments, and for each battle that is won the player can add a robot to his collection, which can be used in future fights.[4] The game features five mini-games along the lines of Mario Party.[4][5] Much like Pokémon, the game features exploration aspects, much like in a traditional adventure game, where the player interacts with various characters.[6] In the beginning of the game the player can choose to play as either Abby, one of the characters from the show or her best friend Connor.[5]

Plot

Robots all over Bubble town have gone berserk. It is up to the player to take hold of the Cubix gang and track down the mischievous robots.[4]

Development

The game was originally supposed to be released in fall 2002 but instead was released in June 2003.[6]

Reception

Cubix Robots for Everyone: Showdown received mixed reviews from critics. It holds a 57.33% rating on GameRankings based on 3 reviews[7] GMR rated the game a 5 of 10 saying Most of the game plays out like "Pokemon" with bad wiring.[8]

References
  1. "4kids Entertainment And The 3DO Company Team With Blockbuster For National Cubix Vdeo Game Promotion" (PDF). April 8, 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 14, 2006. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
  2. Villoria, Gerald (May 9, 2002). "3DO to publish for the Nintendo GameCube". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  3. IGN Staff (June 13, 2001). "3DO Signs Up Cubix: Robots For Everyone". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  4. IGN Staff (May 6, 2002). "First Screens: Cubix Robots for Everyone". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  5. Ashe, Suzanne (October 2, 2002). "Cubix Robots for Everyone: Showdown (GCN)". GameSpy. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on December 20, 2002. Retrieved September 28, 2019.
  6. Park, Andrew (August 29, 2002). "ECTS 2002: 3DO's PC and console lineup, future plans". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on October 15, 2015. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
  7. "Cubix Robots for Everyone: Showdown for Gamecube". GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on March 8, 2009. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  8. "Cubix Robots for Everyone: Showdown Gamecube". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 27, 2019.
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