Rewarding learning curve.
But any gamer who isn't influenced by gimmics should soon realise this game superiority, the game is much more realistic than other fighters with the exception of the character Dural so it is only natural it should go at a slower pace. In all honesty speed just promotes button bashing and is a gimmic itself.
If you want gimmics then you've purchased the wrong console, the nintendo wii is for you.
The game has much more depth than your average fighting game, it would take years to truly master it.
The game does have its flaws, the characters themselves are not too interesting, nor does the game bother to explain their backgrounds.
At the end of the day though, it's a fighting game if you're picking up a fighting game for it's story you're not very bright, try an rpg.
You have the option of customising the characters, there's a wide range of items so you can make the characters more personal to yourself.