Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid is a fighting game developed by nWay and published by Lionsgate Games, featuring characters from the Power Rangers franchise. It was released digitally for Xbox One and Nintendo Switch on March 26, 2019, for PlayStation 4 on April 2, 2019, for Microsoft Windows on September 24, 2019, and for Stadia on June 1, 2020. Limited Run Games released a standard physical version on the Switch and PlayStation 4 alongside a more expensive Mega Edition in November 2019. A Super Edition release containing all downloadable content was released digitally in May 2021 and physically in July 2021.
The game features Ryu and Chun-Li as playable guest characters.[1]
Contents
- 1 Gameplay
- 2 Characters
- 3 See also
- 4 Trivia
- 5 References
- 6 External links
Gameplay[]
Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid is a fighting game in which players compete in battle using characters with different fighting styles and special attacks. Players select teams of three characters to engage in one-on-one combat, and can choose to switch between them at any point during the match. When all three opposing teammates have been eliminated a Victory is declared. Ultra attacks can also be performed, calling on Megazords to assist with the battle.
Ranked Online, Arcade, Versus, Casual Online, Training and Tutorial modes were available at the game's launch. A story mode, loosely based on the "Shattered Grid" storyline and written by Boom! Studios Power Rangers comic book writer Kyle Higgins, was added to the game in April 2019 along with three additional characters, voice acting and two new stages.
The original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers actors Jason David Frank, Austin St. John, David J. Fielding, Kerrigan Mahan and Sabrina Lu reprise their respective roles as Tommy Oliver (both original universe version, and Lord Drakkon), Jason Lee Scott, Zordon, Goldar and Scorpina, while Power Rangers Time Force actor Daniel Southworth reprises his role as Eric Myers.An update in July 2019 added three characters via the first season pass, and additional features such as cross-platform play between the Switch, Xbox One, and Windows versions; cross-platform support for PlayStation 4 was added via a later update in February 2020, making it the first fighting game of the eighth generation of video game consoles to support fully platform-agnostic multiplayer. A second season pass was announced alongside the game's Windows release. A third season of content was announced on May 25, 2020.
On April 13, 2021, it was announced that Ryu and Chun-Li would be added as playable characters via a "Street Fighter Pack", utilizing their designs from Power Rangers: Legacy Wars. The pack was released on May 25, alongside a digital "Super Edition" version of the game that includes all downloadable content. A physical release of Super Edition was released in July 2021.
Characters[]
The game features 12 playable characters, with 11 additional characters available as downloadable content:
- Jason Lee Scott - MMPR Red Ranger I/Red Dragon Ranger
- Trini Kwan - MMPR Yellow Ranger I Dragon Armor
- Kimberly Ann Hart - Ranger Slayer/MMPR Pink Ranger I
- Tommy Oliver - MMPR Green Ranger I/Green Ranger I V2/White Ranger
- Goldar
- Lord Zedd1
- Scorpina3
- Trey of Triforia - Zeo Gold Ranger I1
- Mike Corbett - Magna Defender II
- Jen Scotts - Time Force Pink Ranger1
- Eric Myers - Time Force Quantum Ranger2
- Anubis "Doggie" Cruger - S.P.D. Shadow Ranger2
- Kat Manx - S.P.D. Kat Ranger
- Udonna - Mystic Force White Ranger
- Robert "RJ" James - Jungle Fury Wolf Ranger3
- "Jarrod"/Dai Shi - Black Lion Warrior2
- Lauren Shiba - Samurai Red Ranger II3
- Gia Moran - Super Megaforce Yellow Ranger
- Mastodon Sentry
- Lord Drakkon/Drakkon EVO II
- Cenozoic Blue Ranger I
- Ryu - Crimson Hawk RangerSF
- Chun-Li - Blue Phoenix RangerSF
^a Added via free post-launch update
^b Paid downloadable content character; number denotes which season pass the character is included in
See also[]
- Power Rangers Legacy Wars - Street Fighter Showdown
Trivia[]
- This is the second known collaboration between Street Fighter and Power Rangers, the first one being the 2017 fighting Power Rangers: Legacy Wars.
- Though most of the animations for Ryu and Chun-Li are taken from their Street Fighter V incarnations, certain attacks are taken from the Marvel vs. Capcom series, such as Jimen Hanchou Han-en Shu and Tenku Hasha Kyaku being renamed versions of Sotengeki and Recchishu.
- The game's collaboration with Street Fighter came about when Power Rangers creator Saban introduced nWay to Capcom before Power Rangers was acquired by Hasbro. Yoshinori Ono, the-then Street Fighter producer, was a big Power Rangers fan, and it was suggested by Capcom that "it would be cool" if Ryu and Chun-Li wore Power Rangers suits.[2]
- The designs of the characters themselves were also a collaboration between the teams; Capcom had originally submitted early concepts, which nWay built off of in collaboration with their then Udon Entertainment comic book artist. "Inspired by these designs, they then worked with Saban to further develop additional designs such as the Ranger Coin which also led to all parties agreeing on an animal theme, Crimson Hawk and Blue Phoenix.
References[]
External links[]
- Power Rangers wiki article
