Def Jam: Fight for NY

Def Jam: Fight for NY
Developer(s)AKI Corporation
EA Canada
Publisher(s)EA Games
Producer(s)Josh Holmes
Hideyuki Iwashita
Lauren Wirtzer
Programmer(s)Jorge Freitas
Hiro Abe
Artist(s)Daryl Anselmo
Hiroya Tamura
Writer(s)Mark Sawers
Douglas Barber
SeriesDef Jam Edit this on Wikidata
Platform(s)GameCube
PlayStation 2
Xbox
Release
  • NA: September 21, 2004
  • EU: October 1, 2004
  • JP: February 24, 2005 (PS2)
Genre(s)Fighting
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Def Jam: Fight for NY is a fighting video game. It was published by EA Games and was developed by both AKI Corporation and EA Canada.

It was released on September 21, 2004 in North America, October 1, 2004 in Europe, and February 24, 2005 in Japan. It was released for the GameCube, PlayStation 2, and Xbox.

In the game, the player creates a character. The character saves D-Mob (Chris Judge) from being arrested and joins his crew. The player then must win fights in the New York Underground to earn reputation. The player meets D-Mob's rival Crow (Snoop Dogg), who is trying to ruin D-Mob's business. After winning a few fights, the player and D-Mob's crew party in a limo but crash it after members of Crow's gang try to do a drive-by shooting. D-Mob gets injured and arrested. The player then is forced to turn against D-Mob's crew after Crow kidnaps his girlfriend and tells him to get his nightclubs back or he would kill her. After his former D-Mob crew member Blaze (Method Man) is taken to a scrapyard and beaten up, Crow tells the player to murder him. The player refuses and fights back against Crow's crew with Blaze. The two then rush to save the player's girlfriend and fight Crow. After fighting Crow in his office, the player kills him by throwing him out a window.

It is a sequel to the 2003 game Def Jam Vendetta. A PSP port titled Def Jam Fight for NY: The Takeover was released alongside Fight for NY. A sequel titled Def Jam: Icon would be released on March 6, 2007.

Fighters

Many of the fighters in the game are well known rappers who were signed to the Def Jam label at that time. Some characters are also made just for the game.

D-Mob's Crew Crow's Crew Circuit Fighters
  • Bo
  • Chiang
  • Cindy J
  • Cruz
  • Dan G
  • House
  • Jacob
  • Jervis
  • Lauren
  • Manny
  • Masa
  • Meca
  • Nyne
  • Pockets
  • Rome
  • Santos
  • Shaniqua
  • Skull
  • Snowman
  • Solo
  • Starks
  • Stingray
  • Super
  • Teck
  • Trick

Reception

The game was given very positive reviews by game critics. Critics said that they liked that the game improved on all of the problems with the last game. They also liked the game's graphics, gameplay, soundtrack, in-game environments, and controls. However, some said that there were some framerate issues.

It was named Best GameCube Game of September 2004 by GameSpot and was nominated for Fighting Game of the Year at the 8th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards.

References

  1. ↑ "Def Jam: Fight for NY". IGN. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Def Jam Hits Stores". IGN. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  3. ↑ "GameCube Games Out Now". Nintendo Life. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Now Playing in Japan". IGN. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  5. ↑ "'Def Jam: Fight for NY' might just be the greatest fighting game in history". NME. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Def Jam: Fight for NY Review". IGN. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Def Jam: Fight for NY Review". GameSpot. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Def Jam: Fight for NY". Game Informer. Archived from the original on February 2, 2008. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  9. ↑ "GameSpot's Month in Review for September 2004". Gamescom. Archived from the original on February 9, 2005. Retrieved April 17, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ↑ "8th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards: Finalists". Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on March 2, 2005. Retrieved April 17, 2024.

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