Beach Spikers
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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.
Other Details
- AmazonMaximumAge: 204
- AmazonMinimumAge: 72
- EAN: 0010086610116
- ESRBAgeRating: Everyone
- Genre: sports_and_outdoors_games
- Label: Sega of America
- Manufacturer: Sega of America
- MPN: 61011
- NumberOfItems: 1
- PackageQuantity: 1
- Platform: GameCube
- ReleaseDate: 2002-08-15
- UPC: 010086610116
- Item Dimensions: 2.00 lb
- Package Dimensions: 7.50 in x 5.30 in x 0.80 in; 0.35 lb
Customer Reviews
Pretty Good
The game over all is pretty good. My only problem is when you think you got a good handle on the ball, it goes in an opposite direction. The gameplay is pretty good, the girls are hot, and four player mode is alot of fun.
Do Not Ogle: Professional Athletes At Work
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.
Great Multiplayer
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
Toss it around
I'm not too fond of extreme sports games, but Beach Spikers offers a refreshing taste of fast-paced, arcade-style volleyball. ... That I liked. Of course, the single player mode is short-lived and, as you progress, somewhat frustrating because your partner is AI-controlled. But multiplayer is good, quality fun (2 vs 2). The games setup may seem a bit intimidating at first, and it requires good response / reflex, but the fluidity and quickness of the match makes this a good game to play with friends when shooters and racers have worn their welcome.
Best beach sim, period
I play on the MPVA, as do my roommates. This game totally rocks, hands down. It's not perfect volleyball, no, but it's as close as anyone is going to get. Building up your girl, bleh, fine, take every pass, anyone who plays knows you can put the ball away off of anything. The real fun is in arcade mode. Beat your score each time. You hve to kick it up to very hard to even get a slight challenge, and only the latter teams give it, but damn, working torwards perfection can get strenuous and fun!
Multiplayer is where it's at tho, no doubt about it. We have the girls college team over and everyone just sits and plays for hours, it's that damngood, and intuitive.
You don't have toi be a player to play the game, but as an outsider, realize that this is the best sim available