Characters can dash, bob and weave in all eight directions. The controls were designed to give more realistic movement to characters. Eighteen camera angles available during matches, some of which include a first person view from either character, a TV camera angle, and overhead views for various angles. In addition, actual matches can be saved to the memory card as "replay data" and be viewed later. The game keeps track of the fight records and saves it to the memory card, via an auto-save option. It features 3D character models fighting each other within a boxing ring. Victorious Boxers's gameplay is a mix between simulation and arcade style boxing. The beginning of the game focuses on Ippo Makunouchi's rise to the Japanese Featherweight championship, and later switches to Ippo's fellow gym mates' careers. The game's fights mirrored the fights from the manga series. The storyline, which unfolds in the story mode, takes place in six linear segments that originally overlapped in the manga. The game features a mix of simulation and arcade style boxing. The game was released in Japan on Decemand in North America on November 5, 2001.
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It is based on the manga and anime series Hajime no Ippo.Though the original series is very popular in Japan, it is not as widely known in the United States (US).
SeptemVictorious Boxers: Ippo's Road to Glory(はじめの一歩 VICTORIOUS BOXERS, Hajime no Ippo VICTORIOUS BOXERS), is a Japanese-developed boxing video game created by New Corporation for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console.