Red Hot Rumble retains the great style and attitude the series is known for. But the scatterbrained combat isn't good enough to make it appealing to anyone but the most loyal Viewtiful Joe fans.
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Yeah. Where Robert sees an homage to Smash Bros.' versus battles and Mario Party's single player (the minigames stitched into a campaign aspect), I see blatant, clumsy copying. But here's the thing: Red Hot Rumble is based on technical underpinnings that weren't designed for either type of game, and the gameplay suffers as a result. It's tough to gauge when you're hitting something and when you aren't, and that becomes a significant problem when four characters and all their associated crap are filling up the screen. Essentially, it has the appeal of publisher Capcom's previous superdeformed novelty, Pocket Fighter (PS1): It's an awesome showcase for series cameos and artwork, but it doesn't work as well as a fighting game as it does a museum.
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