Ultimate Muscle: Legends vs. New Generation |
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North American GameCube cover art
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Developer(s) | AKI Corporation |
Publisher(s) |
Bandai FoxBox |
Platform(s) | GameCube |
Release | |
Genre(s) | Fighting |
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Aggregator | Score |
Metacritic | 77/100 |
Review scores | |
Publication | Score |
EGM | 7.83/10 |
Game Informer | 7.5/10 |
GamePro | |
GameSpot | 8/10 |
GameSpy | |
GameZone | 8.1/10 |
IGN | 7.8/10 |
Nintendo Power | 3.2/5 |
Nintendo World Report | 6/10 |
X-Play | |
Maxim | 4/10 |
The Village Voice | 8/10 |
Ultimate Muscle: Legends vs. New Generation, known in Japan as Kinnikuman Nisei New Generation vs. Legends (キン肉マンII世 新世代超人VS伝説超人?), is a wrestling video game based on the anime and manga, Ultimate Muscle. It was developed in Japan by AKI Corporation and released in Japan (in 2002) and North America (in 2003) only on the Nintendo GameCube. It spawned two new expansions: Galactic Wrestling: Featuring Ultimate Muscle, released only on PlayStation 2 in 2004, and Kinnikuman Muscle Generations (キン肉マン マッスルジェネレーションズ?), released in Japan on February 2, 2006 for the PlayStation Portable. This article contains explanations on the PlayStation 2 and PSP versions as well. In this game, the Choujins from the Kinniuman (Legends) reappear via 3D Polygon and compete against the Nisei Choujins (New Generation) in their younger bodies.
Kinnikuman Nisei: New Generation vs. Legends / Ultimate Muscle: Legends vs. New Generation (Nintendo GameCube; November 22, 2002 (Japan), June 5, 2003 (U.S.); Bandai)
Kinnikuman Generations / Galactic Wrestling: Featuring Ultimate Muscle (PlayStation 2; April 22, 2004 (Japan), June 30, 2004 (U.S.); Bandai)
Kinnikuman Muscle Generations (PlayStation Portable; February 23, 2006; Bandai)
The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.