History VideoGame / RumbleRoses

As of right now there is one {{sequel}}, ''Rumble Roses XX'', which was released in 2006 for the UsefulNotes/Xbox360. It introduced three new modes (Tag Team, Queens Match and Street Fight) as well as a very unelaborate create-a-wrestler feature. It also introduced "[[SuperMode Superstar]]" personas for each character's face and heel modes. Unfortunately, it featured no storyline mode at all, and an incredibly labyrinthine and time-consuming method of unlocking characters and rewards. Additionally, the extras like Queens Mode, Street Fight, the shoddy create-a-wrestler system and the playable bear proved very unpopular overseas. While ''Rumble Roses'' is generally considered to be a decent game, ''Rumble Roses XX'' was enough of a flop that it seems to have [[FranchiseKiller brought the series to an end]]. The series fell into obscurity with the closest to a revival being Reiko making a playable cameo in ''Super VideoGame/{{Bomberman}} R''. Additionally, there's also a Japan-only slot machine game titled ''Rumble Roses 3D''.

* GameMod: There's a fan-made ISO for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 version that removes the severely limiting Face/Heel restriction and lets you use both versions of every character in all match types.

* ObviousBeta:
** In the North American version of the game, some "submission holds" aren't completed, and simply end rather than go into the usual submission hold minigame. This is a holdover from early games in the ''WWF [=SmackDown=]!'' series, where submission holds were just a "[=will they tap yes/no?=]" situation instead of having a minigame to escape them. Holds that had been in the ''[=SmackDown!=]'' series longer were less likely to have been updated into actual submission holds, while the newer ones and the ones programmed specifically for ''Rumble Roses'' worked properly.
** ''Rumble Roses'' had a couple of really blatant [[AIIsACrapShoot flaws in the AI]] ("ignore the running opponent", "continually go for pins in submission-only matches" and the usual "just doesn't work right outside the ring"), one ''completely finished'' ring that just wasn't included in the final version along with a couple partly-finished ones, a match type that wasn't actually selectable (although you could configure the rules to get the same thing).
** Dixie's swimsuit character model had a glaring mesh error on her right hand.
** ''Rumble Roses XX''[='=]s labyrinthine unlocking system is believed to be the result of inadequate playtesting.
** Some girls didn't receive a partner and official teams have unique tag moves. Two such girls who didn't get an official partner are Becky and Yasha, while they are not a real team they have a double X attack but using them together makes one of the turnbuckles make the victim act oddly when thrown into it for some reason.

In 2004, Creator/{{Konami}} decided to put a foot in a genre that is rarely touched by video game companies, the wrestling genre (well, at least outside Japan) which in the last years was in the hands of Creator/{{THQ}}, the holder of the Wrestling/{{WWE}} license. However, to the surprise of many, Konami announced that this game would feature an all female cast. The end result was a big {{fanservice}} extravaganza, with 10 ladies (each with her own {{face}} and {{heel}} persona) wearing quite [[{{Stripperiffic}} revealing]] outfits, appealing to various fetishes. Aside from these regular in-ring costumes, they would also wear swimsuits for beach-side mud wrestling matches.

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!!Tropes that are present in the games:

* AwesomeButImpractical: Most of the girls have highly entertaining and energetic introductions, but some such as all of Becky's would leave her pretty tired 'before' the match starts. Others such as Yasha's literally requires nameless ninja women to die as part of it.

* ArtificalStupidity: The CPU pays no attention to actual win conditions, and will keep going in for the pin even in an H-KO only match where pinfalls don't count. Because of this, H-KO matches against the AI are a lot harder to lose since it doesn't think to prioritize filling up the opponent's humiliation meter the way a human player would.

* BoobsOfSteel: Dixie Clemets is the wrestler with the most power-based moves in her arsenal, and one of the bustiest as well. Averted by Aigle, who's as much if not more of a power wrestler than Dixie but who sports a modest bust (and memetically admires Dixie's in her story mode).

* WorkingTitle: Was originally announced as ''WWX: Rumble Rose.'' A single announcement trailer was released with this name before it was changed to its current title. The initial trailer was even RE-released with this new title.

* BareYourMidriff: Characters NOT doing this are the exception.
** Even Sebastian, the only male character, does this.

* LongHairIsFeminine: Mostly averted, most of the girls have short hair even the girly girls tend to have shorter hair with the longest hair not being much longer than shoulder length. Some girls that have girly hair styles like Becky/Candy Cane have Pigtails which are not that long. The few girls who do have longer hair (Aigle, Ms. Spencer) have it either braided or done up so as to keep it out of the way-- a sensible choice for wrestling and grappling.