build ▁human ity . ▁The ▁player ▁narrow ly ▁defe ats ▁the ▁powerful ▁N ine - B all ▁me ch ▁and ▁seem ingly ▁puts ▁an ▁end ▁to ▁the ▁A I . ▁ ▁Release ▁Master ▁of ▁Arena ▁was ▁initially ▁released ▁in ▁Japan ▁for ▁the ▁Sony ▁Play Station ▁on ▁February ▁ 4 , ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁From So ftware ▁partner ed ▁with ▁A get ec ▁and ▁released ▁a ▁North ▁American ▁version ▁on ▁March ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁A ▁European ▁version ▁was ▁never ▁released . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁Sony ' s ▁PS one ▁Class ics ▁b anner , ▁Master ▁of ▁Arena ▁was ▁re - re leased ▁in ▁Japan ▁for ▁the ▁Play Station ▁ 3 ▁( and ▁later ▁the ▁Play Station ▁V ita ) ▁on ▁November ▁ 2 8 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁It ▁was ▁never ▁re - re leased ▁in ▁other ▁territ ories . ▁ ▁Re ception ▁ ▁The ▁game ▁received ▁" aver age " ▁reviews ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁review ▁aggreg ation ▁website ▁Game R ank ings . ▁In ▁Japan , ▁Fam its u ▁gave ▁it ▁a ▁score ▁of ▁ 2 9 ▁out ▁of ▁ 4 0 . ▁ ▁Master ▁of ▁Arena ' s ▁expansion ▁of ▁the ▁Arena ▁concept ▁was ▁well ▁received ▁by ▁review ers , ▁with ▁Game ▁Revolution ' s ▁Neb o js a ▁Rad akov ic ▁comment ing ▁that ▁the ▁feature ▁" is ▁now , ▁interesting ly ▁enough , ▁nicely ▁integrated ▁into ▁the ▁whole ▁game ." ▁All Game ' s ▁Joe