The Rub Rabbits!

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The Rub Rabbits!
System(s): Nintendo DS
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sonic Team
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1-4
Release Date RRP Code JP 2005-10-20 ¥4,800 (5,040)4,800 (5,040) NTR-P-AKAJ NTR-AKAJ-JPN US 2006-02-13 NTR-P-AKAE NTR-AKAE-USA EU 2006-02-10 NTR-P-AKAP NTR-AKAP-EUR DE 2006-02-10 NTR-P-AKAP NTR-AKAP-EUR UK 2006-02-10 NTR-P-AKAP NTR-AKAP-UKV AU 2006-02-10 NTR-P-AKAP NTR-AKAP-UKV ZA 2006-02-17 R 399.99399.99

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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?), is a minigame compilation developed by Sonic Team and published by SEGA for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console. It was first released in Japan on 20 October 2005, and was later released in North America on 13 February 2006, and in Europe on 10 February 2006. It is a prequel to Feel the Magic: XY/XX.

Story

The Rub Rabbits features an all-new protagonist, love interest and female villain. As in the original Feel The Magic: XY/XX, the protagonist sees the love interest in passing, and instantly becomes smitten by her. However, 11 other men also develop an interest in her at the same time, and the hero has to compete with the other men to gain her attention.

At one point early on in the game, the hero lends a hand to another girl who is inconvenienced by the rush of men chasing after the love interest. Even though this was just a brief, chance encounter, the other girl becomes instantly infatuated with the hero, and begins doing everything in her power to steal him away for herself. Her efforts include brainwashing the other men to continue interfering, building various robotic creatures to try to separate the lovers, kidnapping the hero, and poisoning the girl.

After the credits, it is revealed that the hero of the game becomes the leader of the Rub Rabbits, with the other men becoming the members of the troupe.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	The Rub Rabbits!	The Rub Rabbits!
English (US)	The Rub Rabbits!	The Rub Rabbits!
Japanese	赤ちゃんはどこからくるの?	Aka-chan wa Doko Kara Kuru no?

History

It was the first Nintendo DS game to use a 128MB DS Game Card.

Production credits

• Chief Producer: Yuji Naka
• Producer: Masahiro Kumono
• Director: Takumi Yoshinaga
• Game Designers: Emiko Sunaga, Takako Nagase
• Chief Artist: Nanako Yarimizu
• Character Animator: Motomu Hayashi
• Interface Designer: Taro Hino
• Artists: Rieko Muramatsu, Takashi Iida, Haruka Yoshida, Yuki Kanayama, Junichirou Kodama
• Chief Programmer: Yoshihiko Toyoshima
• Programmers: Yuichi Matsuoka, Keiichi Noda, Kentarou Tomii, Naoko Shimura
• Sound Director & Creator: Naofumi Hataya
• Short-jingle & Chorus: Tomoko Sasaki
• Chorus (Title Music): Takenobu Mitsuyoshi
• Voice Actors: Maya Jones, Rumiko Varnes, Takumi Yoshinaga, Kenichi Tokoi, Tomoya Ohtani, Takashi Iida
• Voice Coordinator (Women's): Toru Kato (Latina International Corporation)
• Recording Engineer: Naoyuki Machida
• Motion Actors: Katsumi Iijima, Yai Harada, Kazuhiro Shinyako, Wataru Koga (Katsugekiza)
• Motion Capture: Takeo Iwata, Hiroshi Tanaka, Kimiko Nakaizumi, Yukie Hagiwara
• CG Movie Artists: Taro Hino, Takaaki Kise
• Chief Manager: Akinori Nishiyama

Sega Corporation

• Product Marketing Manager: Takeshi Shimizu
• Localization Support: Yuka Yoshida
• Special Thanks: Yasushi Yamashita, Shinobu Shindo, Yukiko Kato

Sega of America

• Localization Producer: Kevin Frane
• QA Project Lead: Lee Frohman
• Assistant QA Project Lead: Chester Lee
• Senior Brand Manager: Don Mesa
• Assistant Product Manager: Yosuke Moriya
• Public Relations: Jennie Sue
• Special Thanks: Klayton Vorlick

Sega Europe

• Localization Producer: Kuniyo Matsumoto, Ayano Murofushi
• Assistant Brand Manager: Claire Brummell
• Head of Development Services: Mark Le Breton
• Team Lead: Natalie Holkham, Lee Brown
• LOC Team Lead: Alessandro Irranca

Sega Logistics Service Co., Ltd

• Product Management: Junichi Shimizu
• Product Support: Akira Nishikawa
• Manual Production: Yoshihiro Sakuta, Hisakazu Nakagawa, Makoto Nishino, Tetsuya Honda
• Executive Management: Hiroyuki Miyazaki, Masanao Maeda, Hideki Okamura
• Executive Producer: Hisao Oguchi
• Special Thanks To: All staff members And their families
• Created by: Sonic Team
• Presented by: Sega

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In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: The Rub Rabbits!/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in The Official Nintendo Magazine (UK) #1: "March 2006" (2006-xx-xx)

Screenshots

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  Game warning (English)

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  Game warning (Japanese)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source

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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 57 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 85 Hyper (AU) PAL 75 NGC Magazine (UK) PAL 70 The Official Nintendo Magazine (UK) PAL 68

	71
Based on 5 reviews

The Rub Rabbits!

Nintendo DS, JP
Cover
Card Manual Reg Card

Nintendo DS, JP (Demo version)
Cover

Nintendo DS, US
Cover
Card

Nintendo DS, UK
Cover

Nintendo DS, EU
Cover
Card

Nintendo DS, AU
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 381d31a0 MD5 bd835116c4f53250615364b8c1a82068 SHA-1 9af62b419a43fc1df31ada777747d1f28c832f4e	128MB		Card (JP)
?	CRC32 8714020b MD5 ef5f9634ae3f88a10e02118044fbb01f SHA-1 7c7a2141fbfa0f910f498cad554c57c8c3c68cd3	128MB		Card (EU)
?	CRC32 2a92566b MD5 0eaacc206892dd2b7bbe5fe579f86b06 SHA-1 4d61d73a75261394bf30e0b70b1b4c0cca0f19d4	128MB		Card (US)

External links

• Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Nintendo DS
• Official website on Sega.com (English)
• Official website on Sega.jp (Japanese)
• Nintendo catalogue pages: JP, UK
• The Rub Rabbits! on Gamespot
• The Rub Rabbits! on IGN
• NTSC-uk's review of The Rub Rabbits!