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Platform: Xbox
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Rumble Roses XX** working title
Most of what is officially known about Rumble Roses XX could fit into a thimble. It's safe to say that the grappling girls are back -- scantily clad and ready to rumble -- even if the PS2 original was greeted with a lot of critical drubbing for it's lack of modes and the purely-for-titillation mud wrestling mode.
Konami hasn't released a lot of information -- but the screenshots keep coming -- but it's been confirmed that Rumble Roses XX will feature tag team matches. I'd like to see Konami take the matches one step further with battle royales -- four players battling each other has a certain allure to it. Though some aspects of the online play over Xbox Live have been explained -- four player matches have been confirmed -- some are still up in the air but you can bet that online rankings will be included and some sort of downloadable content will be made available through Xbox Live Marketplace (like maybe, new costumes?). If Konami does provide complete play over Live they'll have to make sure it's a "reliable" experience -- meaning, lag is minimal and framerates stay kicking.
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Rumble Roses XX will also showcase a "fighting mode" along the lines of Konami's respected Tekken series. Supposedly acting as a tutorial it looks to feature the same level of graphical detail as the "main" game.
Each character reportedly uses 50,000 polygons. (Unconfirmed rumors report that 75% are allotted for the mammaries.) This affords a high level of detail for each character and their many alluring costumes. Does this apply to the new animal fighter? Obviously on loan from the Tekken series, Panda makes an appearance in Rumble Roses XX. There are to be 20 fighters included -- hopefully 20 unique fighters rather than the 10 |
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fighters with a couple of "personas" for each that were included with the original Rumble Roses. It's been "promised" that each character will have her own unique grappling and power moves. (Team combos... it remains to be seen.)
What else can be said about Rumble Roses XX? Only this, lets hope Konami can deliver a stunning wrestling game. There's no doubt that Rumble Roses XX is shaping up to be a flashy, good-looking game but the original leaned toward the looks and dumbed down the actual wrestling to allow the action to be more accessible for the casual gamer. (The dumping of the mud wrestling mode is a step in the right direction.) With more modes than the original and a solid implementation of the tag team aspects, Rumble Roses XX has the potential to be more than just a pretty face.
- Omni (January 3, 2006) |
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