The Rub Rabbits!
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Publisher: Sega | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Sonic Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Supporting companies: Katsugekiza (motion capture) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Action | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Contents
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
Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
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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
- Product Marketing Manager: Takeshi Shimizu
- Localization Support: Yuka Yoshida
- Special Thanks: Yasushi Yamashita, Shinobu Shindo, Yukiko Kato
- 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
- 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
- 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
Magazine articles
- Main article: The Rub Rabbits!/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Screenshots
Physical scans
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Based on 5 reviews |
Technical information
ROM dump status
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!
References
- ↑ http://www.sega.com/games/game_temp.php?game=rubrabbits (Wayback Machine: 2006-03-21 05:05)
- ↑ https://www.nintendo.fr/Jeux/Nintendo-DS/The-Rub-Rabbits--273322.html (archive.today)
- ↑ https://www.nintendo.it/Giochi/Nintendo-DS/The-Rub-Rabbits--273322.html (archive.today)
- ↑ https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-DS/The-Rub-Rabbits--273322.html (archive.today)
- ↑ https://www.nintendo.de/Spiele/Nintendo-DS/The-Rub-Rabbits--273322.html (archive.today)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 http://sega.jp/ds/akadoko/ (Wayback Machine: 2005-11-14 10:33)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 http://www.wwe.co.za/releaseschedule.aspx?catid=1 (Wayback Machine: 2006-10-02 12:10)
- ↑ https://youtu.be/UMqf8HyUh7A?t=6343
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 2006" (US; 2006-03-14), page 107
- ↑ GamePro, "March 2006" (US; 2006-02-14), page 92
- ↑ Hyper, "May 2006" (AU; 2006-04-05), page 73
- ↑ NGC Magazine, "April 2006" (UK; 2006-03-16), page 46
- ↑ The Official Nintendo Magazine, "March 2006" (UK; 2006-02-16), page 86
The Rub Rabbits! | |
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Main page | Comparisons | Magazine articles | Reception |
Rub Rabbits series of games | |
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Feel the Magic: XY/XX (2004) | The Rub Rabbits! (2005) | |
Kimi no Tame nara Shineru Ugoku e Puzzle (2004) | Aka-chan wa Doko Kara Kuru no? Koitsu Hen (2005) | |
Rub Rabbits related media | |
Kimi no Tame nara Shineru Rub-Love Daisakusen CD+ (2004) | Ai no Osusowake CD (2005) | Akadoko & Kimishine♥Ai no Densetsu CD♥ (2005) | The Rub Rabbits!/Kimishine & Akadoko LIVE+ (2020) |
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