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Black & Bruised

Black & Bruised is a cartoonish take on boxing with 18 different boxers, each with their own personality and fighting style. There are five different modes including multi-player, exhibition and a story mode…

26 January 2003

Black & Bruised is a fighting developed by Digital Fiction, released 26 January 2003 on Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2.

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What Black & Bruised is

Black & Bruised is a fighting game developed by Digital Fiction and released in 2003. It was published by Majesco Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Black & Bruised is a cartoonish take on boxing with 18 different boxers, each with their own personality and fighting style. There are five different modes including multi-player, exhibition and a story mode told with CG with each boxer's life story is played out in story mode. Each boxer has a different special attack and power-ups can be picked up to use in matches. There are 30 different facial expressions for each boxer reacting to punches and misses giving them a life-like appearance.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.

What it launched against

Black & Bruised launched on 26 January 2003, within three weeks of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, SimCity 4, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness and NASCAR Racing 2003 Season.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, SimCity 4, Disgaea: Hour of Darkness, NASCAR Racing 2003 Season.

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When did Black & Bruised come out?
Black & Bruised was released on 26 January 2003 for Nintendo GameCube and PlayStation 2.

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