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Rumble Roses XX to slam Japan by summer?

  • By Staff, GameSpot
  • Posted Nov 30, 2005 1:12 pm PT

Producer hints that Konami's racy wrestler will be released "by the warm season" across the Pacific.

While there hasn't been much information released on Rumble Roses XX for the Xbox 360 since the Tokyo Game Show, its development seems to be going smoothly. In interviews with Famitsu Xbox 360 and Dorimaga, Rumble Roses XX producer Akari Uchida reveals that the game is already 76 percent complete, and he expects it to come out "by the warm season"--which presumably means spring or summer.

According to Uchida, dialogue for Rumble Roses XX has already been recorded by the same voice actresses that recorded dialogue for the original PlayStation 2 Rumble Roses. Uchida hinted that there are also new voice actresses, though he avoided stating whether they'll be used for new characters.

Uchida confirmed that Rumble Roses XX can by played online via Xbox Live with four players. He revealed that the game allots 50,000 polygons per character, meaning there are a total of 200,000 polygons used for the player characters. He added that the wrestlers in the game will look better than previous images featured in magazines, since the game will use effects such as bump mapping. Uchida also said that players won't encounter lag issues when playing Rumble Roses XX online.

Uchida revealed that a mud-wrestling ring won't be included in Rumble Roses XX, although a new mode will replace it. The game will introduce the series' first animal character: a huge panda that can perform wrestling moves.

A new update on the official Rumble Roses XX site reveals new costumes for wrestlers Dixie and Benikage, and a new trailer shows previously unseen real-time footage from the game. In addition, Rumble Roses XX's developers have launched a Japanese-language blog, where they comment on the game's progress.

14 Comments

  • pdogg2777

    Posted Dec 1, 2005 9:31 am GMT

    I rented the first game on PS2 and actually enjoyed it >_> So i'm going to give this one a try. A wrestling panda though? hahaha It must be Bamboo from Inter-Species Wrestling.

  • nemes1s3000

    Posted Dec 1, 2005 3:46 am GMT

    This is like a WWE Divas in 1 CD type of game.

  • ewjim

    Posted Dec 1, 2005 1:44 am GMT

    Girls fighting?!? Girls CAN'T fight . PS2 version was no-good, lets see how this one will be...

  • Hyperguyver

    Posted Dec 1, 2005 1:06 am GMT

    The great part about the original Rumble Roses was that it was basically the old N64 THQ wrestling game engine. I loved playing those games because of that engine, and have missed it in the latest wrestling games, though the Day of Reckoning series is close. If they keep to the same style as the original, but add a lot more depth it could be a really great game.

  • artorius

    Posted Nov 30, 2005 9:43 pm GMT

    This is game is going to be a quaint little diversion and hopefully Konami will actually make an effort with this one for the 360 because all their ports to the xbox where terrible and it's a fact that the xbox is the more powerful system compared to the ps2 and gamecube, those are facts not fanboy talk! If gamespot gives it a good score I'll buy it.

  • n-c

    Posted Nov 30, 2005 4:56 pm GMT

    i hope dis game isnt as worse than da ps2 version. that game was wack!

  • KindredWarr

    Posted Nov 30, 2005 4:46 pm GMT

    glbarras, thats really well said. Considering we veg out in front of a tv with a controller in our hand for hours on end, a lot of gamers do take things a little too seriously. I picked up the first Rumble Roses used and cheap, and I thought it was fun, sthe stories sucked.. but like hell if I was expecting a "good" story in a game where there's friggen mud wrestling.

  • rctyke

    Posted Nov 30, 2005 4:44 pm GMT

    what about rumble roses XXX OR XXXX OR XXXXX, you get the picture. As long as they fixed the voices, we'll stop worring about the voices, and return to stab Barney at the back.

    ____

    Yoda owns all WWE wrestlers and rumble rose wrestlers, Just like Kratos when he kills gods.

  • glbarras

    Posted Nov 30, 2005 3:40 pm GMT

    Its funny reading some of these blogs and people seeming to miss the point. The game is ment to be campy and its ment to be low grade wrestling. This game is for one thing, to look at women fighting each other. I think as gamers we really need to stop taking ourselves so darn serious and just ever now and again haveing a laugh and a cheesy game.

  • AdityaN

    Posted Nov 30, 2005 2:28 pm GMT

    this game was a passable low grade wrestling game when it came, but the "stories" made me puke, and it dosent seem of have changed much, except for some more poly models and some tag team action. i rather wait for doa.

  • bj91x

    Posted Nov 30, 2005 2:12 pm GMT

    I was going to choose between this and DOA4 as my first 360 T&A game, but it seems like I may end up getting DOA4 instead. But man, same voice actresses as the last game? The horrible voices killed the first game for me.

    Time to hope that DOA4 has enough depth to hold the interests of top fighting game players... then again, even Soul Calibur was too scrubby for most top players, so I seriously doubt DOA4 is up for it. Here's for hoping that DOA4 isn't another pure comedy like DOAU.

  • _LEGIONS_

    Posted Nov 30, 2005 1:52 pm GMT

    konami seems to try anything to make a quick buck. It's degrading to to gamers like me.

  • veratronator

    Posted Nov 30, 2005 1:31 pm GMT

    This game looks dumb.

  • djtyrant

    Posted Nov 30, 2005 1:25 pm GMT

    Hopefully Konami keeps with the awesome music like they did with the last game, and maybe adds in a fun GAME this time

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