Editing Robattle 3D

'''Robattle 3D''' was a web game playable on the official western [[Medarot (franchise)|Medabots]] website. It was commisioned by [[Nelvana]] to promote [[Medarot (anime)|the anime series]] and developed by Faustlogic. Development started on August 2001 and the game launched on the website in February 2002<ref name="Kurra Interview">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDM0OavmQxc Medabots Robattle3D: A SPECIAL Interview with FaustLogic!] (April 1, 2024). ''YouTube''. Retrieved April 1, 2024</ref>

The game was taken down alongside the official Medabots website and was not archived due to its heavy reliance on integration with its host website and use of the deprecated WebDriver plugin. However, lead developer Jeff Faust owns an environment capable of running the final build and has occasionally streamed it.

==Overview==

Robattle 3D was the centerpiece of an interactive experience on [[Nelvana]]'s Medabots.com website. By playing flash games and completing tasks on the website, players could use a virtual currency called "Rodo"<ref name="Kurra Interview"></ref> and use it to purchase parts. Players could then participate in [[Medarot|Medabots]] battles using their assembled Medabot.

Purchasing was done at a section of the website called the "Hop Mart". The Hop Mart had a limited section of parts that changed every 24 hours and used a RNG seed unique to each account to ensure a different selection of parts for every users. Players would then save their Medabots configurations in the Configure Room, and then head to the Battle Room to select a Medabot to battle against a selected opponent. Opponents had different challenge levels and Medabots assigned to them; for instance, [[Hikaru Agata|Henry]] exclusively used Medabots with mixed part sets<ref name="Kurra Interview"></ref>. 

==Medabots featured==

*[[Metabee (KBT-1)|Metabee]]
*[[Rokusho (KWG-1)|Rokusho]]
*[[Samurai]]
*[[Phoenix]]
*[[Sumilidon]]
*[[Multikolor]]
*[[Warbandit]]
*[[Totalizer]]
===Add-on Medabots===
The following Medabots were completed and planned to be added in an update but were ultimately not implemented in the version playable to the public.

*[[Sailor-Multi]]
*[[Peppercat]]
*[[Cyandog]]
*[[Neutranurse]]
*[[Arcbeetle]]
*[[Blackram]]


==Development==

Project lead Jeff Faust was acquainted with executives at Nelvana and pitched a 3D game using a seven-pages design document<ref name="Kurra Interview"></ref>. Developer Steven Stwalley made meshes of the Medabots in 3DS Max, which were then converted in a format readable in Maya for the sake of rigging and texturing by other members of the development team. 

The developers had originally considered implementing online multiplayer gameplay, but dropped the feature after [[Natsume]] and [[Imagineer]] pressured Nelvana to remove this feature as to not compete with their own Medabots game. Jeff Faust considered this to ultimately be a blessing in disguise as implementing multiplayer would've likely been too challenging<ref name="Kurra Interview"></ref>.

Nelvana provided a pre-selected list of Medabots to include in the game, focusing on regular characters of the anime series<ref name="Kurra Interview"></ref>. The company had further considerations, influenced by which Medabots would receive toys in [[Hasbro]]'s Medabots toyline<ref name="Kurra Interview"></ref>. 

While Faustlogic had completed an update adding more Medabots, Nelvana declined as the company was not satisfied with the TV ratings of the anime and did not wish to further invest in the Medabots website<ref name="Kurra Interview"></ref>. 



==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.faustlogic.com/robattle3d/rb3d_about.html Page on Faustlogic's website]

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