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Karate Phants: Gloves of Glory

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Engine
  
f3d

Initial release date
  
10 July 2009

Publisher
  
SnapDragon Games

Platform
  
Wii

Release date(s)
  
EU: July 10, 2009

Developer
  
SnapDragon Games

Genre
  
Fighting game

Modes
  
Single-player video game, Multiplayer video game

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Karate Phants: Gloves of Glory is a fighting video game for WiiWare by SnapDragon Games based on German comedian Otto Waalkes's Ottifanten comic characters. It was released in Europe on July 10, 2009. The game had been removed from the WiiShop Channel on June 30, 2012 however it is still available to re-download.

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Gameplay

Players control an anthropomorphic, boxing glove wearing elephant in a one-on-one fighting tournament. The game features seven playable characters from across the globe each with their own special moves, and five fighting arenas to compete in.

The game solely uses the Wii Remote for play, with players gesturing the controller to perform directional attacks as well as dashes and jumps. Other player movement is automatically controlled by the computer.

Reception

Nintendo Life criticized a number of aspects of the game including the controls, the "fatally broken" gameplay and the misuse of the Ottifanten license, ultimately calling it "a shambling mockery of a game". Official Nintendo Magazine rated the game at 6%, making it their lowest scored review ever. Like Nintendo Life, they criticized the controls, claiming that they were "the worst ever."

References

Karate Phants: Gloves of Glory Wikipedia