The Rub Rabbits!

The Rub Rabbits!
Developer(s) Sonic Team
Publisher(s) Sega
Director(s) Takumi Yoshinaga
Producer(s) Masahiro Kumono
Designer(s) Emiko Sunaga
Takako Nagase
Programmer(s) Yoshihiko Toyoshima
Artist(s) Nanako Yarimizu
Composer(s) Naofumi Hataya
Tomoko Sasaki
Platform(s) Nintendo DS
Release date(s)
  • JP: October 20, 2005
  • EU: February 10, 2006
  • NA: February 13, 2006
Genre(s) Mini-game compilation
Mode(s) Single-player

The Rub Rabbits!, known in Japan as Aka-chan wa Doko Kara Kuru no? (赤ちゃんはどこからくるの?, lit. "Where do Babies Come From?"), is a mini-game compilation developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console. It was first released in Japan on October 20, 2005, and was later released in Europe on February 10, 2006, and in North America three days later. It is a prequel to Feel the Magic: XY/XX.

Plot

The premise of the game is that your female love interest (pictured: pink hair, yellow top and jeans), whose appearance can be changed by unlocking clothing pieces through story mode, gets into perilous situations or is somehow placed out of reach from the male protagonist (pictured: red shorts and cap with goggles, blue and black jacket). A minigame must be completed in order to rescue her, or sometimes, simply get the male protagonist out of trouble. All of these minigames require use of the stylus, and the DS to be held in a certain way, even upside-down. Some require use of the DS built-in microphone.

At the beginning, the protagonist is simply chasing after his new-found love interest, but they soon begin to develop a closer relationship. Anonymous other males and a mysterious girl with grey hair and a lavender outfit (also pictured on the box art) attempt to thwart this relationship on numerous occasions.

Gameplay

Some examples of these minigames are:

The player's performance is graded as amount of 'Hearts', which are given at the end of a minigame depending on how well they did.

There are a few multiplayer minigames which involve four differently coloured protagonists competing over the love interest, such as an elimination based game of catching an ever-growing beach ball which eventually explodes, and log rafting while trying to rescue the female from the water, while trying to steal her from other player's log rafts.

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic68/100[1]
Review scores
PublicationScore
EGM5.67/10[2]
Eurogamer8/10[3]
Famitsu32/40[4]
Game Informer7.5/10[5]
GamePro[6]
Game RevolutionC−[7]
GameSpot6.2/10[8]
GameSpy[9]
GameZone7/10[10]
IGN8/10[11]
Nintendo Power8/10[12]
Detroit Free Press[13]
The Times[14]

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[1] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of two eights, one seven, and one nine for a total of 32 out of 40.[4]

Detroit Free Press gave it a score of three stars out of four and stated, "The music here and the design all are distinctly Japanese, with crazy refrains like "Rub it!" being shouted all the time. Don't ask me to explain. Just pick up and enjoy."[13] However, The A.V. Club gave it a C+, saying that "True love takes more than moony-eyed flirting; Sega needs to get the mechanics right to make the magic happen."[15] The Sydney Morning Herald gave it two-and-a-half stars out of five, stating that the game is "inventive, creative and strangely compelling, but the more difficult tasks can be frustrating and its lasting appeal is limited."[16] The Times gave it one star out of five and called it "mind-bogglingly shallow".[14]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Rub Rabbits! for DS Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  2. ↑ EGM staff (April 2006). "The Rub Rabbits!". Electronic Gaming Monthly (202): 105.
  3. ↑ Walker, John (February 14, 2006). "The Rub Rabbits!". Eurogamer. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Japanese magazine scores" (in Dutch). Nozomi. October 18, 2005. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  5. ↑ "The Rub Rabbits!". Game Informer (156): 134. April 2006.
  6. ↑ Johnny K. (February 7, 2006). "Review: The Rub Rabbits". GamePro. Archived from the original on September 4, 2006. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  7. ↑ Silverman, Ben (February 24, 2006). "The Rub Rabbits Review". Game Revolution. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  8. ↑ Gerstmann, Jeff (February 6, 2006). "The Rub Rabbits! Review". GameSpot. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  9. ↑ Theobald, Phil (February 13, 2006). "GameSpy: The Rub Rabbits!". GameSpy. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  10. ↑ Raymond, Justin (March 12, 2006). "The Rub Rabbits! - NDS - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on December 22, 2007. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
  11. ↑ Harris, Craig (February 3, 2006). "The Rub Rabbits!". IGN. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  12. ↑ "The Rub Rabbits!". Nintendo Power. 201: 87. March 2006.
  13. 1 2 Schaefer, Jim (March 19, 2006). "Crazy in love". Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on September 3, 2006. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  14. 1 2 Kendall, Nigel (February 25, 2006). "The Rub Rabbits". The Times. Archived from the original on September 29, 2006. Retrieved July 6, 2016.(subscription required)
  15. ↑ Dahlen, Chris (March 7, 2006). "The Rub Rabbits!". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on March 18, 2006. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  16. ↑ Hill, Jason (March 2, 2006). "The Rub Rabbits". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved July 6, 2016.


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