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Rumble Roses XX

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Game Info

Publisher: Konami

Developer: Yuke's Entertainment - Konami

Genre(s): Wrestling, Sports, Action

Players: 4

ESRB Rating: M (Mature)

Release Date: March 28, 2006

Summary

The vixens of wrestling are back. Sure Rumble Roses XX delivers the visual "enhancements" that you would expect for a next generation game, but this is more than just another pretty face. Get in the ring and unload submission holds, reversals, and an increased number of other new moves to take down your opponent. Go online and team up with another beauty in the all-new Tag Team mode or compete in a free-for-all to determine who is Queen in the all-new Battle Royal mode. Fight fair or fight dirty - humiliation is the name of the game. The first and only all-female wrestling experience for the Xbox 360. New gameplay modes include Tag Team, Battle Royal, Elimination and more. New moves: A wider variety of moves and combinations offer a more realistic wresting experience. Compete online as a team or go head-to-head. Choose from more than 20 wrestlers each with a variety of costume changes, and new moves. [Konami]

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Game Chronicles

Only now, with the power of the Xbox 360 and some truly “bonerific” graphics do we finally get to explore all the splendor of scantily clad, well-endowed women, both in and out of the wrestling ring.

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PGNx Media

A solid wrestling game, built on top of a good game engine. The graphics are great, as well.

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GamePro

This isn't the deepest videogaming experience you can buy for sixty bucks. It's not going to change the genre. It's not going to be the game of the year. It's just something fun to do after killing a few beers.

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Xboxic

Due to the tight wrestling engine that is bolstered by hundreds of unlockables and online play, I have to say this one has some considerable replay value.

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Cheat Code Central

If you're an adolescent boy who is able to play this game without fear of being reprimanded by mom and dad, you'll most likely think this is a gift from the gaming gods. I'd definitely argue with you on that point.

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MS Xbox World

There’s no back story or true information regarding any of the characters in the game. There are also plenty of match types that are omitted such as a Royal Rumble which as the name implies would have been a perfect inclusion.

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Game Over Online

A fun enough game, as these things go, but it saddles you with a lot of busywork.

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XboxAddict

It’s one of those rare games where you know exactly what you are getting before you play it. You simply need to trust your instinct on this one.

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Next Level Gaming

Hot graphics, solid controls, decent fun factor, online gameplay which the first game didn't have; but a totally shallow game.

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Team Xbox

Despite the addition of tag matches, Battle Royales, and Street Fights, there simply isn’t enough depth to keep this hopeful at the top of the ranks. The playability is high, especially amongst human combatants, but the single-player offering wears thin.

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Pelit (Finland)

The game structure is a complete mess. The player has no idea what to do, when and where. [Aug 2006, p.52]

Xbox Solution

It is a great looking wrestling game but focuses a little too much on the eye candy and not enough of the real wrestling angle.

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ZTGameDomain

In the end Rumble Roses XX does exactly what it set out to do, deliver a healthy amount of T and A with wrestling action thrown in as the means of reaching it.

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Operation Sports

Stunning character models, simplistic controls, and fluid gameplay usually result in a instant classic. However, the wrestling genre is, and always will be, dominated by a licensed product. Rumble Roses XX is a enjoyable pick up and play alternative to other wrestling titles, despite its fictional characters and lack of gameplay options.

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Kombo

Fans of wrestling, character creation, or sexy women will fall most likely fall in love with what the game has to offer and get extra mileage out of the game's somewhat limited gameplay features.

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Yahoo! Games

It's puzzling and disappointing that the single-player game seems as neglected as it does, but it's a basically solid, pretty package with some new diversions for veterans. Enter the ring knowing it's a "v1.5" rather than a true "2.0," and you won't feel sucker-punched.

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Games Radar (in-house)

It looks fantastic, and it's definitely sexy, albeit in an unabashedly slutty, so-tacky-you-should-probably-feel-ashamed kind of way. If that sounds cool, take this babe out on the town tonight.

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Play Magazine

It's thorny, to be sure, and the caveat remains: handle these roses with care. [Apr 2006, p.59]

GamerFeed

If you're looking for some quick and easy fun, it's here. However, if you're looking for some depth in the wrestling engine, you'll need to wait for a next generation "Smackdown."

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Official Xbox Magazine

As wrestling goes, XX is quickly learned and mastered, particularly against the computer. [May 2006, p.83]

Digital Entertainment News

In fact, with the frustratingly confusing new progression system, this game is a lot less satisfying, even for those who only want to see more boobies.

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Games Master UK

Not as pointless as it first seems, but dull for anyone not turned on by "Carry On" films. [July 2006, p.72]

Gamers' Temple

The game sure is nice to look at, but it lacks the depth needed to build a long term relationship.

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GameZone

Rumble Roses XX plays as good as it looks but with very little variety in the gameplay as well as the lack of a story mode makes this a wrestling game that just doesn’t have what it takes to make this a new favorite.

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GameSpot

Rumble Roses XX introduces a few positives into the original game's formula, but too much of the content feels recycled, and the game's sense of sexuality is still rather unseemly.

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IGN

More about the scenery than it is about gameplay, the equivalent of playing "Far Cry" because you love palm trees. The difference here is that "Far Cry" is a good shooter; Rumble Roses, despite all the love we have for all of our old schoolboy fantasies -- and some new ones -- is a passable wrestling game, at best.

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GameBrink

The sound of Rumble Roses XX is passable and mostly centers around female grunting. There’s some decent background music throughout but nothing to write home about and most of the voices of the Roses are extremely overacted in an exceedingly smutty way.

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GamingTrend

Rumble Roses XX could have been a contender against DOA4 and still set itself apart from the fray. Instead, the game comes off as juvenile with plenty of moves that would only seem to be appropriate in movies you’d find in a dark hallway in the back corner of the video store.

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Official Xbox Magazine UK

It's simple and quite fun - especially if you're a depraved and drooling pervert - but the extremely basic, traditional wrestling action and lack of any lasting challenge sinks Rumble Roses down to a disappointing A-cup of a game.

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Armchair Empire

On the outside chance that some nameless gamer out there is thinking about picking up Rumble Roses XX on the basis that it will provide an excellent wrestling experience, I should plainly state, that the actual wrestling action is just average.

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My Gamer

If you really want to see naked women that bad just go download some porn, or better yet clean up a bit and get a girlfriend (not the made up one that lives in Montana). Don’t fall for XX’s good looks. For all its focus on T and A, it ends up being SOL.

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Deeko

Omit every female jiggle, every thong and leg split, all you are left with is a mediocre game with so-so online play.

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Extreme Gamer

Rumble Roses XX is like blow pop candy without the good stuff inside.

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1UP

But even with sluttier graphics and hot girl-on-girl-(on-girl-on-girl) next-gen processing capabilities, the reversal-heavy game is unfortunately afflicted by the not-so-sexy slow reaction time. The venues, digital vixens, and excitably slick moves all convey an illusion of frenzied energy that the reaction time just cannot match.

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eToychest

And that is perhaps this game's only saving grace: it is one damn fine looking game. Both arenas and the ladies are visualized exceptionally well.

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G4 TV

Trying to take dirty pictures with a bondage queen has its place, but shouldn't improving the basic-as-tomato-soup gameplay be first on the to-do list?

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Edge Magazine

Feisty and unapologetic, it’s a game that's happy to break the resolve of those who fail to accept its rules: play casual and compete at leisure. [June 2006, p.91]

Gaming Age

Rumble Roses XX is not a terrible game, or as some may think, video game porn. Beneath the surface there is a pretty good fighting game hiding underneath.

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Game Informer

While the first "Rumble Roses" game was a fun, solid wrestler with some cheese-cake amusement, XX simply feels aimless, dull, and a little offensive. [May 2006, p.104]

Electronic Gaming Monthly

I remain a firm supporter of the original PS2 Roses, but this flaccid follow-up fails to get me in the mood. [May 2006, p.89]

Worth Playing

Trying to straddle the line between simulation wrestling game and fetish video, Rumble Roses XX invariably fails. Like most beautiful people, RRXX has a great package on the outside and glaring faults within.

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games(TM)

There are worse wrestling games out there. At least Rumble Roses is solid, if you can put up with its general silliness. [June 2006, p.114]

DailyGame

A very disappointing game, even when you strip it down to pure wrestling. Fuzzy graphics, mindless fighting, and poor audio make for an expensive game of dress-up.

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Game Revolution

It also could have been a lot worse. It’s powered by a solid engine, features a ton of unlockable content, and is rife with humorous potential, which we hope Konami taps in the inexorable "Rumble Roses XXX."

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GameSpy

There's no doubt that the arenas look amazing, and the presentation is great. Unfortunately, this is a game and not a tech demo, and the gameplay and modes are severely lacking.

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RewiredMind

Online play is fairly lag free and will add some longevity to the game, but the only thing that would really save Rumble Roses XX would be a whole new set of moves for each of the characters on offer. There are only so many times you can punch and kick your opponent until they’re vulnerable to a pinfall before you start looking elsewhere for your thrills.

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Eurogamer

Slip Rumble Roses XX inside a copy of SmackDown if you must buy it, just don't go expecting any innovations other than a big tickling stick, blushing faces, a gigantic Xbox Live porn archive and the wobbliest boobs yet seen in a video game.

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X360 Magazine UK

Smut aside, Rumble Roses XX is a lacklustre wrestling game that loses its appeal after just a few hours. Having said that, teenage boys are sure to love it. [Issue 7, p.98]

PALGN

Rumble Roses XX seems to be more of an exercise in voyeurism for young teenage boys than a serious wrestling game.

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GameShark

I can certainly understand challenges, but “obtain all of Evil Rose’s costumes” isn’t a must-play reason for me.

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Thunderbolt

But once you’ve stripped away the enticing pictures, unquestionable innuendo and blatant sexual undertones, you’ve got a wrestling game that is mediocre at best. The story and characters are laughable, gameplay is dull and sluggish, the presentation is a mixed bag, and the incentive to actually complete this game is practically nil.

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Gamezilla!

A shallow, hyper-sexualized wrestling game that makes up its lack of finesse with an absurd amount of flash. It might be worth a rent to ogle the ladies, but beyond that, avoid it completely.

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GameCritics

It's not like I need to be barraged by bells and whistles or the world's slickest design, but Rumble Roses XX comes off as cheap and patched-together. Konami should have put more work into making things (besides the women) appealing.

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Computer Games Magazine

The whole thing is an embarrassing reminder that there are still plenty of people making, publishing, and buying games who have a lot of growing up to do. [July 2006, p.93]

What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this game is 6.0 (out of 10) based on 13 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Aisha (person) gave it a5:
Gameplay is fun, I have been playing for a few hours along with the other days trying, what can I say, the gameplay has pretty good graphix, but picking up moves is pretty hard. Again, another repetative remark, if your a boy to a pretty, sad lonely guy, I'll recommend, but if your just a girl looking for just a fun game to play, don't choose this one.

George gave it an8:
This game has gotten a bad rap. The gameplay is fun, the character models are crisp and well done, and it is visually stunning. Get the semi-puritanical hocus pocus that these "professional game critics" are peddling to you about how this game is porn out of your head. The same was never said for any of the DOA games, Lara Croft, or any other game that contains female characters. The one thing that could be changed is the repetitive nature of the game. It suffers in the "replayability" field.

Aaace5 gave it a10:
Games like this are good for the industry. They are different from what everyone else is making! If it weren't for developers trying to do something different, we would be playing games called something like "Shooter part 23", which would be the 23rd version of the same game. Don't hate the game because it doesn't interest you, hate it for it's playability or something.

Bryan M. gave it a1:
Just a horrible game. The controls are really bad. The graphics look like xbox. I would not buy this game if someone gave me the money! If you want a fighting game get DOA4!

Jace N. gave it a6:
This game feels like a minigame that should have been hidden away in a much larger title! Sure the women are amazing and the costumes...scandalous...but its really let down by the gameplay mechanics. Its far too easy for one or the other player to dominate the ENTIRE match! The AI characters cheat by reading your controller input for a near psychic prediction and countermove out fo the blue (a trademark of japanese fighting games since the 16-bit era) and there just arent enough arenas and costumes to go round. And whats with all the schoolgirl junk? Japanese people may love the look of scool culture but give us western gamers more latex & whips for our dollar!

Adam B. gave it a4:
Shallow, with very poor controls. Save your money for a SmackDown! game, where you can make your own hottie and enjoy a quality wrestling engine.

Hardcore gamer gave it a3:
I'm reading the reviews after playing Rumble Roses and thinking what? This game is absolutely horrible. If you played any other type of fighting game, DOA4, Fight Night3 and then put this in you will be extremely disappointed. This is sooo slow and you never feel in control of the character. If you want T&A for $60 bucks then buy a magazine instead. This game is trash.

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