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{{Short description|2003 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title        = DreamMix TV World Fighters
| image        = DreamMix TV World Fighters Coverart.png
| caption      = GameCube box art, featuring the game's starting roster
| developer    = Bitstep
| director     = Satoru Kirishima
| programmer   = Nobuyuki Nishiyama
| artist       = Nobuyuki Kanō <br> Tadao Hirafune
| composer     = Yasuhiro Kawasaki
| producer     = Masanori Wake
| publisher    = [[Hudson Soft|Hudson]]
| engine       = [[RenderWare]]
| platforms    = [[GameCube]], [[PlayStation 2]]
| released     = {{vgrelease|JP|December 18, 2003}}
| genre        = [[Fighting game|Fighting]]
| modes        = [[Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
| designer     =
}}
{{nihongo foot|'''''DreamMix TV World Fighters'''''|ドリームミックスTV ワールドファイターズ|Dorīmumikkusu Tībī Wārudo Faitāzu|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a 2003 [[fictional crossover|crossover]] [[Fighting game|fighting]] [[video game]] developed by Bitstep and published by [[Hudson Soft|Hudson]] for the [[GameCube]] and [[PlayStation 2]]. Exclusively released in Japan on December 18, 2003, the game features characters from Hudson and [[Konami]] video game series as well as [[Takara]]'s toy lines.

==Gameplay==
''DreamMix TV'' is a [[platform fighter]], in which up to four player-controlled characters move around a 2D arena and attempt to defeat their opponents. Each character can perform a series of basic attacks and one or two unique special moves. Characters can also throw their opponents, guard and dodge to avoid damage, or cling to hanging bars to evade opponents. The game revolves around damaging opponents by causing them to lose coins that represent their remaining life. A meter at the bottom of the screen indicates how much life characters have remaining. If a player loses all of their coins, their character shrinks in size and their soul flies around the stage. If an opponent retrieves the soul before the player character can, the player character is knocked out, though they can still move around the stage in shrunken form to interfere with the remaining characters. The last character standing at the end of the round wins.<ref>{{cite web|author=GameSpot Staff|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/dreammix-tv-world-fighters-update/1100-6075710/|website=[[GameSpot]]|title=DreamMix TV: World Fighters update|date=September 24, 2003|access-date=January 6, 2020|archive-date=December 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220160045/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/dreammix-tv-world-fighters-update/1100-6075710/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/09/28/tgs-2003-dream-mix-world-tv-fighters|title=TGS 2003: Dream Mix World TV Fighters|last=Irwin|first=Mary Jane|website=[[IGN]]|date=September 28, 2003|access-date=January 6, 2020|archive-date=December 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220160047/https://www.ign.com/articles/2003/09/28/tgs-2003-dream-mix-world-tv-fighters|url-status=live}}</ref> The game offers 15 stages on which to battle based on various franchises, such as [[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty|Big Shell]], [[Adventure Island (video game)|Adventure Island]], [[Star Soldier (video game)|Floating Continent]] and [[Devastator (Transformers)|Devastator]]. Some stages offer occasional hazards that will disrupt battle and inflict additional damage, such as floating [[Medusa]] heads in [[Castlevania|Dracula's Castle]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/tgs-2003dreammix-tv-world-fighters-impressions/1100-6075895/|title=TGS 2003 DreamMix TV: World Fighters Impressions|last=Gerstmann|first=Jeff|author-link=Jeff Gerstmann|website=[[GameSpot]]|date=December 17, 2003|access-date=December 2, 2021|archive-date=December 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202235216/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/tgs-2003dreammix-tv-world-fighters-impressions/1100-6075895/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The primary single player campaign is World Fighters, an arcade mode with interstitial story cutscenes. In the story, the DreamMix TV network's fledgling ''World Fighters'' television program has been suffering from poor audience approval. To increase [[Audience measurement|ratings]], hosts Mujoe and Haruna invite various superstars from differing realities to compete on the show.<ref name=ign/> Players must win six battles against a pre-determined series of opponents before entering a final battle with Mujoe. The show's ratings will increase and decrease during these battles based on the player's performance; if the ratings reach 0%, the player immediately loses. Players are ranked from D to A based on their average ratings at the end of the campaign. New characters and stages are unlocked by completing World Fighters with specific characters. The game also features Character Soul Survival, a standard multiplayer battle mode for up to four players; Caravan mode, which offers several score-based challenges; and a Library section for viewing unlockable character and stage profiles.<ref name=ign>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/01/12/world-fighters|last=Gantayat|first=Anoop|title=World Fighters|website=[[IGN]]|date=January 12, 2004|access-date=January 6, 2020|archive-date=April 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140405162602/https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/01/12/world-fighters|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=nwr>{{cite web|url=http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/4207/dreammix-tv-world-fighters-gamecube|title=DreamMix TV World Fighters|last=Shughart|first=Ty|website=Nintendo World Report|date=February 27, 2004|access-date=January 6, 2020|archive-date=December 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225101931/http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/4207/dreammix-tv-world-fighters-gamecube|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Playable characters===
''DreamMix TV'' offers 17 playable characters originating from various [[video game]] and [[toy]] franchises created by [[Hudson Soft]], [[Konami]] and [[Takara]].<ref name=nwr/> In addition to the playable characters, recurring ''Bomberman'' villain Mujoe appears in the story as one of the ''World Fighters'' hosts and as the game's final boss, aided by his Hige-Hige Bandits. An original character named Haruna acts as the announcer during gameplay, and appears in story mode cutscenes as Mujoe's co-host.

{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:left"
!'''Hudson'''
!'''Konami'''
!'''Takara'''
|-
|
* [[Binbōgami]] (''[[Momotaro Densetsu]]'')
* [[Bomberman#Characters|Bomberman]] (''[[Bomberman]]'')
* [[Tengai Makyō II: Manjimaru#Characters|Manjimaru Sengoku]] (''[[Tengai Makyō]]'')
* [[Takahashi Meijin|Master Higgins]] (''[[Adventure Island (video game)|Adventure Island]]'')
* [[Momotarō]] (''Momotaro Densetsu'')
* Yūgo Ōgami (''[[Bloody Roar]]'')
|
* [[Moai]] (''[[Gradius]]'')
* Power Pro-kun (''[[Power Pros]]'')
* [[Simon Belmont]] (''[[Castlevania]]'')
* [[Solid Snake]] (''[[Metal Gear]]'')
* TwinBee (''[[TwinBee (series)|TwinBee]]'')
|
* Aska (''[[Cy Girls]]'')
* Licca Kayama (''[[Licca-chan]]'')
* M121 Mason (''[[Microman]]'')
* [[Megatron]] (''[[Transformers]]'')
* [[Optimus Prime]] (''Transformers'')
* [[List of Beyblade characters#Tyson Granger|Tyson Granger]] (''[[Beyblade (manga)|Beyblade]]'')
|}

== Development ==
The game came about as Konami held a controlling stake in Takara since 2000,<ref>{{cite web | last=Jenkins | first=David | title=Konami Sells Stake In Takara | website=Game Developer | date=April 25, 2005 | url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/game-platforms/konami-sells-stake-in-takara | access-date=March 10, 2025}}</ref> and Hudson Soft since 2001.<ref>{{cite web | last=Metts | first=Jonathan | title=Konami Invests in Hudson Soft | website=Nintendo World Report | date=July 31, 2001 | url=https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/6272/konami-invests-in-hudson-soft | access-date=March 10, 2025}}</ref> Takara did not permit Licca to directly attack opponents, so the development team chose to have her attack by performing dance moves instead.<ref>{{cite web | title=H.D.exp vol.7 「コナミ・タカラ・ハドソン ワールドファイターズ座談会 page1」 | trans-title=H.D.exp vol.7 "Konami, Takara, Hudson World Fighters Roundtable page 1" | website=Hudson Soft | date=September 4, 2005 | url=http://www.hudson.co.jp/hde/vol007/p2.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051124115702/http://www.hudson.co.jp/hde/vol007/p2.html | archive-date=November 24, 2005 | url-status=dead | language=ja | access-date=March 10, 2025}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| Fam = 27/40<ref name="famitsu">{{cite magazine|title=ドリームミックスTV ワールドファイターズ|magazine=[[Famitsu]]|volume=784|date=December 26, 2003}}</ref>
| NWR = 8/10<ref name=nwr/>
}}
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==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal|Japan|Video games|2000s}}
* [https://www.ign.com/games/dream-mix-tv-world-fighters IGN profile]

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