Zatch Bell! Mamodo Battles

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Japanese title	金色のガッシュベル!! 友情タッグバトル2 Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Yūgō Taggu Batoru 2
Developer(s)	Eighting
Publisher(s)	Bandai
Game engine	RenderWare
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, GameCube
Release date(s)	JP: March 24, 2005 NA: October 19, 2005
Genres(s)	3D fighting
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	CERO: A ESRB: T

Zatch Bell! Mamodo Battles, known as Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Yūgō Tag Battle 2 (金色のガッシュベル!! 友情タッグバトル2 Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Yūgō Taggu Batoru 2, lit. "Golden Gash Bell!! Friendship Tag Battle 2") in Japan, is a 3D fighting Zatch Bell! video game for the PlayStation 2 and GameCube that was published by Bandai in 2005 and is the third game of the Yūgō Tag Battle series. It was the first Zatch Bell! video game released outside of Japan.

Story

Every one thousand years, one hundred mamodo descend upon Earth to conduct the ultimate battle. The winning mamodo becomes the mighty King of the Mamodo World. There is only one problem: In order for the many mamodo to use their powerful spellbooks, they need a human partner.

Kiyo Takamine is a brilliant but aloof 14-year old boy in junior high school. Kiyo's father, an archeologist, finds a mamodo child named Zatch unconscious in a forest in England. He sends the good-hearted and mysterious Zatch to be his son's mentor. Zatch has amnesia; he doesn't have any idea that he is indeed a powerful mamodo. It is up to Kiyo and Zatch to discover this together.

The unsuspecting Zatch and Kiyo must defend themselves against the relentless ambush of mamodo-king wannabes. Unbeknownst to their enemies, Zatch and Kiyo have formed a special bond, which enables them to unleash Zatch's incredible powers.

Game Modes

• Story Mode: Story Mode lets the player choose one of six characters to play and follow their stories. There are a number of destinations to choose from, allowing the player to fight other characters in different orders. As the story progresses, more opponents will appear. The story is completed with all opponents for that character's story is completed.
• Time Attack: This mode challenges the player to see how fast they can clear all eight stages. If the player manages to clear them using no continues, characters can be unlocked.
• 2P: Choose your favorite Gash Bell character and fight it out with a friend.
• 1P: Choose your character and an opponent and fight it out with the computer.
• Develop Mode: Choose a character you like, and distribute points to raise their abilities.
• Bonus Mode: Spend points to buy cards, view the card gallery, or input passwords to unlock secrets.
• Practice Mode: A mode that lets you practice with the computer as your opponent.

Playable Characters

The game's fighters are pairs made up of mamodos and the human partners of their spellbooks.

Playable Characters

Character	Description
Zatch Bell and Kiyo Takamine	Zatch is an electric mamodo that can shoot powerful beams from its mouth. The guardian of his book is Kiyo, a Japanese teenage high school student whom Zatch treats as his older brother. His final spell allows him to summon a large electric dragon. In the Japanese version, he has the new spell "Zaguruzemu," which was removed in the American version.
Kanchomé and Parco Folgore	Kanchomé is a bizarre and weakling mamodo that can change shape and size. The guardian of his book is the Italian superstar Parco Folgore, an actor and singer who uses his incredible dancing skills to fight and move in ways that are very difficult to predict. With his aerial attack, he can turn into a paper airplane and fly through the air. His final spell is transforming into a giant fan to blow a tornado.
Tia and Megumi Oumi	Tia is an energetic and outgoing mamodo girl who has the ability to generate powerful defensive shields. Megumi is a young and famous Japanese singer who takes care of Tia's book and treats her like her best friend. Both are also great friends of Zatch and Kiyo. This couple has a very defensive combat style, and with their shields, they can return the opponent's attacks against them; they are also the only ones with a healing spell that recharges health. Her final spell allows her to shoot a large heart-shaped blade.
Kido and Dr. Riddles	Kido is a tiny, innocent-looking Mamodo who looks like a puppet and has robotic properties. Dr. Riddles is a mysterious man dressed as a wizard who claims to know everything and acts as a guide for inexperienced Mamodo fighters. Kido's spells are highly offensive; he can fire a huge laser beam from his mouth, pull a machine gun from his hand, or send an army of mini-Kidos to stop the enemy. His ultimate spell summons a mechanical goddess who embraces and destroys the opponent.
Brago and Sherry Belmont	Brago is a sinister mamodo with the power to control gravity and crush his opponent. Sherry Belmont is a young French socialite with great courage and fighting spirit who takes care of Brago's book. Her fighting style focuses on firing very effective short—and long-range powers that also have defensive properties. Her ultimate spell fires a huge sphere of gravitational force.
Wonrei and Li-en	Wonrei is a martial arts mamodo with powerful spells that enhance his battle abilities. Li-en is a young Chinese girl equally skilled in kung-fu who assists her mamodo formidably in combat. This pair also stands out because the mamodo and the human are in love with each other. Their fighting style is based on protection and offense with strong physical attacks. Their final spell summons a gigantic white tiger that attacks with its claws.
Zeno Bell and Dufort	Zeno is a mysterious mamodo who looks like Zatch's evil twin. In addition to his physical resemblance, he has the same electric spells and possesses enormous hatred and resentment toward his blonde double. The guardian of his book is Dufort, a serious and quiet young man with psychic abilities. This team fights like a more aggressive version of Zatch and Kiyo. Their final spell summons a large electric blue dragon.
Victoream and Mohawk Ace	One of the ancient mamodos revived by Zofis, Victoream is a ridiculous mamodo shaped like the letter "V". This character is known for his madness for melons; every time he tries one, he starts singing and dancing a contagious song. Mohawk Ace is a strange gang member brainwashed by Zofis, who activates his powerful spells of shooting "V" shaped laser beams and turning his hands into long yo-yos. His final spell fires a huge "V" shaped beam and is the most destructive in the entire game.
Laila and Albert	Laila is a Mamodo girl from 1,000 years ago, who Zofis revived. Despite having a good heart, she confronts the protagonists out of fear of being turned into stone again for another millennium. Her partner, Albert, is brainwashed but still helps her unconditionally. Her spells are based on Laila's lunar wand, which allows her to shoot crescent moons that fly in different patterns and shoot laser beams. Her final spell summons a gigantic crescent moon that crushes and shatters against the enemy.
Zofis and Koko	Zofis is a male mamodo with an effeminate appearance and voice. He has the power to read minds and use the fear of people and mamodos to manipulate their emotions and make them his slaves. His human partner Koko is a sweet French girl whom Zofis turned into an evil villain with his psychic power. Zofis manages to find the stone tablets where the mamodos from 1,000 years ago slept and revives them to be his personal army. Zofis' spells are based on firing energy beams that paralyze the opponent and explosive projectiles that increase in power depending on the spell. His final spell fires a huge sphere of flaming energy.
Laila and Albert (Awakened)	Laila and Albert have broken Zofis' spell that held them in thrall and are finally acting as a true team. Now that Albert has awakened from Zofis' hypnosis, Laila has regained her confidence and both show off their powerful and relentless vigilante fighting style, based on shooting large crescent moons with Laila's magic scepter. Her final spell summons a gigantic crescent moon that crushes and shatters against the enemy.
Milordo-Z and Koko	Milordo Z is the false identity that Zofis originally used. Both he and his partner Koko hide their faces under a mask that has a fragment of the Moonstone. Apart from his appearance, his movements and attacks do not change from his normal version; they only differ in that Milordo Z takes less damage from enemy spells. His final spell fires a huge sphere of flaming energy.

Japanese Exclusive

Character	Description
Ponygon and Kafk Sunbeam	Ponygon is a horse-like mamodo who can strengthen his body with armor. Sunbeam is a brave and fatherly German man who reads his book and motivates him not to be afraid. Ponygon's spells grant him powerful armor that enhances his size, strength, and speed. His final spell allows him to transform into a fire unicorn with golden armor that runs over the enemy.
Maestro	Maestro is a mamodo who was sent to the human world, but accidentally fell into the Intermediate World, a desolate world where he has the ability to use his spellbook himself without the need for a human companion. With a great hatred towards all other mamodos for his accident, he plans a great revenge. His spells allow him to control magnetism and fire waves of magnetic energy. His final spell fires a concentrated beam of magnetic power at the enemy.

American Exclusive

Ponygon	Ponygon is a solitary mamodo who can't find his partner and so fights alone. He looks like a miniature horse and talks like a sheep, so it's hard to take him seriously. Since Ponygon doesn't have anyone to read his book, he can't use spells. It's also not to his advantage that he doesn't know how to fight and fights with only punches and kicks.
Vincent Bari and Gustav	Bari is an extremely powerful and ruthless mamodo who only cares about finishing off his enemies to prove his power and lives in a constant state of fury. Gustav is a serious Russian man who likes to let Bari do his thing while he ponders the meaning of fights. The spells of this team are based on creating whirlwinds of wind that Bari combines with his blows to cause a very severe impact on the opponent, his attacks are fast and cover a great distance. His final spell fires a whirlwind of purple energy.

Regional differences

• Ponygon's Story is only in the Japanese version.
• Wonrei's Story is only in the American version.
• Several levels in Story Mode has been changed.
• The two versions have different methods for unlocking character stories.
• There are fewer cards in the American version.
• You can watch movies only in the Japanese version.
• The alternate versions of Zofis and Laila are treated as the same characters in Japan, while they are separate characters in the American version.

Trivia

• Despite using a game engine by British developer Criterion (known for the Burnout series published by Acclaim and later Electronic Arts), the game, like every other in the franchise, never saw an official release anywhere within Europe.
• This was the first of 3 Zatch Bell! games released in North America, and the only one to release within the same year as the Japanese versions.

Quotes

Main article: Zatch Bell! Mamodo Battles/Quotes

External links

• Official Japanese page on Bandai Namco Entertainment Japan

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