History YMMV / RumbleRoses

* ScrappyMechanic: The Heel/Face system in ''Rumble Roses'' seems like a neat way of unlocking different character alignments. Unfortunately, switching sides disables the previous character, so only half the roster is ever available to use at any given time. Vexingly enough, {{Mirror Match}}es are allowed, so it's impossible (without [[GameMod hacking]]) for, say, Reiko Hinomoto to fight Rowdy Reiko, but [[FridgeLogic she can fight a copy of herself all she wants]].

* ScrappyMechanic: The Heel/Face system in ''Rumble Roses'' seems like a neat way of unlocking different character alignments. Unfortunately, switching sides disables the previous character, so only half the roster is ever available to use at any given time. Vexingly enough, {{Mirror Match}}es are allowed, so it's impossible (without [[GameMod hacking]]) for, say, Reiko Hinomoto to fight Rowdy Reiko, but [[FridgeLogic she can fight herself all she wants]].

* ValuesDissonance: Queens Match mode in ''Rumble Roses XX'', a match type where the losing girl suffered a penalty. For example, having to sweep around a swimming pool with a push broom. And then the girls would react to these penalties in various ways, like getting embarrassed and blushing. Japan considered this erotica. Westerns in general considered this creepy FanDisservice to the point that it is believed it actually did significant damage to the game's sales.

* TheScrappy: Non Non in ''Rumble Roses XX'' due to him being slow and having a limited moveset.

* TierInducedScrappy:
** High Tier: Lady X and her upgrades, on account of her being a deliberate SNKBoss who's also playable. Miss Spencer, for her infinite atomic drop chain. To a much lesser extent, Anesthesia has a lot of moves that fill her opponent's h-meters, giving her much easier access to her H-move than anyone else.
** Low tier: Becky in ''Rumble Roses''. A lot of her holds are incomplete - see the explanation at Obvious Beta on the main page. Her H-move is an armlock, and her only other attack to the arm is an unfinished flying armbar, meaning that either she spams it all match and risks getting countered, or can't even finish a match with her H-move on the first try because their arm will be at full health.

* ScrappyMechanic: The Heel/Face system in ''Rumble Roses'' seems like a neat way of unlocking different character alignments. Unfortunately, switching sides disables the previous character, so only half the roster is ever available to use at any given time. Vexingly enough, {{Mirror Match}}es are allowed, so it's impossible through non-cheat device means for, say, Reiko Hinomoto to fight Rowdy Reiko, but [[FridgeLogic she can fight herself all she wants]].

* ValuesDissonance: Queens Match mode in ''Rumble Roses XX'', a match type where the losing girl suffered a penalty. For example, having to sweep around a swimming pool with a push broom. And then the girls would react to these penalties various ways, like getting embarrassed and blushing. Japan considered this erotica. Westerns in general considered this creepy FanDisservice to the point that it is believed it actually did significant damage to the game's sales.

* FoeYay: Almost everybody is pretty much this, especially Dixie and Aisha. The other notable couples are [[TeacherStudentRomance "Candy Cane"/"Becky"/Miss Spencer]], and [[PseudoRomanticFriendship Makoto/Aigle]], along with a sizable Reiko/Dixie base due to how heavily their FriendlyRivalry is invoked in the series.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Quite a few, actually. The opening song, which is also Dixie's theme as a face, is a cover of David Lee Roth's "Yankee Rose", while Ms. Spencer's theme sounds very similar to Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher." Also, Reiko's theme as a face is one of many official remixes of Konami's rather popular ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'' song "Look to the Sky"; and Makoto's theme as a face sounds very much like [[Anime/DragonBallZ "Cha La Head Cha La"]]. Evil Rose's theme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMyU32sW4vo "Pluck the Roses!"]] may very well have been inspired by Disturbed's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq3QmtV8vT0 "Down with the Sickness"]].

* FoeYay: Almost everybody is pretty much this, especially Dixie and Aisha. The other notable couples are [[TeacherStudentRomance "Candy Cane"/"Becky"/Miss Spencer]], and [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship Makoto/Aigle]], along with a sizable Reiko/Dixie base due to how heavily their FriendlyRivalry is invoked in the series.

** When ''Rumble Roses'' was in development it attracted the attention of {{anime}} fans and {{professional wrestling}} fans. They had very different ideas of what should be included. As it became clear the game was going to cater to the anime fans, most pro wrestling fans lost their enthusiasm if they didn't give up on it entirely.

* AntiClimaxBoss: Anesthesia. In most of the storylines, while she's the main antagonist, she's ''not'' the final boss and is really only slightly more difficult than the rest of the wrestlers. This is {{justified|Trope}}, however, in that she sometimes loses fights for ulterior motives, and her master plan revolves around "Lady X" anyway, who ''is'' usually the final boss.

* BrokenBase: The direction of the series. Some wish that it took itself more seriously and focused on the wrestling, while others liked the overall goofiness of the storyline and wanted more like that.

*** Lastly, her lethal move sees her grab her opponent by putting her arms around the waist of the victim. Lady X Subsistance proceeds to use her ability to fly while still holding the girl she is performing the attack on. Then in mid air she does a German suplex motion but doesn't release. When the victims forced into position Lady X separates her legs from her upper body. Then still in the air Lady X locks her legs with the legs of her victim who is now in a German Suplex bridge position being held by Lady X's upper body and legs being held by Lady X's robotic legs. Then Lady X goes down full force dropping her victim on the back of her neck. Then while still being held on the mat the game counts the followup as a pinfall and escape is very unlikely, especially for frail girls like Becky. [[https://i.imgur.com/vh8QI6Q.mp4 Good luck escaping this]].

** High Tier: Lady X and her upgrades, on account of her being a deliberate SNKBoss who's also playable. To a much lesser extent, Anesthesia has a lot of moves that fill her opponent's h-meters, giving her much easier access to her H-move than anyone else.

* FoeYay: Almost everybody is pretty much this, especially Dixie and Aisha. The other notable couples are [[HotForTeacher "Candy Cane"/"Becky"]]/[[HotForStudent Miss Spencer]], and [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship Makoto/Aigle]], along with a sizable Reiko/Dixie base due to how heavily their FriendlyRivalry is invoked in the series.

*** Lastly, her lethal move sees her grab her opponent by putting her arms around the waist of the victim. Lady X Subsistance proceeds to use her ability to fly while still holding the girl she is performing the attack on. Then in mid air she does a German suplex motion but doesn't release. When the victims forced into position Lady X separates her legs from her upper body. Then still in the air Lady X locks her legs with the legs of her victim who is now in a German Suplex bridge position being held by Lady X's upper body and legs being held by Lady X's robotic legs. Then Lady X goes down full force dropping her victim on the back of her neck. Then while still being held on the mat the game counts the followup as a pinfall and escape is very unlikely, especially for frail girls like Becky.

* ScrappyMechanic: The Heel/Face system in ''Rumble Roses'' seems like a neat way of unlocking different character alignments. Unfortunately, switching sides disables the previous character, so only half the roster is ever available to use at any given time. Ironically, {{Mirror Match}}es are allowed, so it's impossible through non-cheat device means for, say, Reiko Hinomoto to fight Rowdy Reiko, but [[FridgeLogic she can fight herself all she wants]].

* GameBreaker: The atomic drop attack some wrestlers such as Reiko and Dixie have access to is usually used as a free damage attack as it leaves the poor victim holding her tailbone area stunned momentarily. Due to how the game's reversal system works victims of the atomic drop can't reverse attacks until they regain control of their character. Most girls can't abuse this as the game treats being behind an opponent and stunned opponent differently in terms of what can be performed on them, Miss Spencer on the other hand has this attack set for both normal and stunned opponents meaning she can perform the attack infinitely on her poor opponent for as long as she wishes.

* NarmCharm: Where else could you find a [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments funny moment]] that ''doubles as a MoralEventHorizon?'' It's hard to take the game seriously, but it's also hard to believe players were meant to, with {{kayfabe}} often invoked and outright {{lampshade|Hanging}}d by characters like Dixie and Miss Spencer.

* SpecialEffectFailure: The Bunny outfit in ''XX'' uses a single light, pinkish skin tone underneath the fishnets for the legs, regardless of who's wearing them. This is ''very'' noticeable should you put the dark-skinned Aisha or Anesthesia in the costume.

* ThatOneAttack: Lady X has an attack where she repeatedly spins her top half in a spinning punch attack, traveling around the ring. She can't be hit or grabbed in the middle of this attack, and if you get hit by it you'll be knocked up into the air by a mile and take a lot of damage. It also travels around the entire ring, so in order to escape it you need to briefly duck out of the ring or time where you move to dodge it. The worst part is, it's not a "move" at all, it's one of her ''taunts'', so she can do it whenever she wants and it's completely unblockable. You can't even reach into the ring to trip her while she does it - do that and the game acts as though you got hit with it and sends you flying up in the air for massive damage.
** Lady X Subsistance in the sequel has many of these.
*** Her side dodge literally makes her invincible for a short time even to the Killer, Lethal, and H-Moves of the girls

*** Lastly her lethal move sees her grab her opponent by putting her arms around the waist of the victim. Lady X Subsistance proceeds to use her ability to fly while still holding the girl she is performing the attack on. Then in mid air she does a german suplex motion but doesn't release. When the victimis forced into position Lady X seperates her legs from her upper body. Then still in the air Lady X locks her legs with the legs of her victim who is now in a German Suplex bridge position being held by Lady X's upper body and legs being held by Lady X's robotic legs. Then Lady X goes down full force dropping her victim on the back of her neck. Then while still being held on the mat the game counts the followup as a pinfall and escape is very unlikely, especially for frail girls like Becky.
* ValuesDissonance: Queens Match mode in ''XX'', a match type where the losing girl suffered a penalty. For example, having to sweep around a swimming pool with a push broom. And then the girls would react to these penalties various ways, like getting embarrassed and blushing. Japan considered this erotica. Westerns in general considered this creepy FanDisservice to the point that it is believed it actually did significant damage to the game's sales.

* EarWorm: Surprisingly, quite a few of the theme songs. Almost all of them are composed by Konami's band of musicians, including [[VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution Sota Fujimori]], [[Franchise/SilentHill Akira Yamaoka]] and [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Michiru Yamane]]. Some of the menu/match [=BGMs=] can get stuck in your head, too. Also, for better or worse, the fact that every single woman in these two games calls out their finishers in voices that get increasingly more annoying the more times a match finishers get performed.

* AnticlimaxBoss: Anesthesia. In most of the storylines, while she's the main antagonist, she's ''not'' the final boss and is really only slightly more difficult than the rest of the wrestlers. This is {{justified|Trope}}, however, in that she sometimes loses fights for ulterior motives, and her master plan revolves around "Lady X" anyway, who ''is'' usually the final boss.

* AmericansHateTingle: Queens Match isn't a character, but the reaction was exactly the same. Americans found it creepy and did not like it.
* AnticlimaxBoss: Anesthesia. In most of the storylines, while she's the main antagonist, she's ''not'' the final boss and is really only slightly more difficult than the rest of the wrestlers. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], however, in that she sometimes loses fights for ulterior motives (Dixie outright accuses her of throwing a match in Dixie's storyline, for example), and her master plan revolves around "Lady X" anyway, who ''is'' usually the final boss.
* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Being a game featuring a cast of extremely attractive females in varying degrees of skimpy outfits wrestling with each other, it comes as little surprise.
* BrokenBase:
** ''Rumble Roses'' attracted {{anime}} fans and {{professional wrestling}} fans. They had very different ideas of what should be included. As it became clear the game was going to cater to the anime fans, most pro wrestling fans lost their enthusiasm if they didn't give up on it entirely.
** After the release of the first game, the fanbase was basically split into two camps. Some wanted them to take the game in a more serious direction and put some focus on the wrestling. Others liked the over all simple goofiness of the storyline and wanted more like that. The sequel, unfortunately, satisfied neither group.

** The Queens Match is this for the not-Japan market.

** Some found the entire idea of a game that was so unashamedly fanservice that they thought it came off as a little bit creepy or off-putting.

* NarmCharm: Where else could you find a [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments funny moment]] that ''doubles as a MoralEventHorizon?'' It's hard to take the game seriously, but it's also hard to believe players were meant to, with {{kayfabe}} often invoked (and outright {{Lampshade}}d by characters like Dixie and Miss Spencer).
* TheScrappy: Non Non in ''Rumble Roses XX''.
* ScrappyMechanic: The Heel/Face system in ''Rumble Roses'' seems like a neat way of unlocking different character alignments. Unfortunately, switching sides disables the previous character, so only half the roster is ever available to use at any given time. Ironically, {{mirror match}}es are allowed, so it's impossible through non-[=GameShark=] means for, say, Reiko Hinomoto to fight Rowdy Reiko, but [[FridgeLogic she can fight herself all she wants.]]

* SpecialEffectFailure: The Bunny outfit in ''XX'' uses a single light, pinkish skin tone underneath the fishnets for the legs, regardless of who's wearing them. This is very, ''very'' noticeable should you put the dark-skinned Aisha or Anesthesia in the costume.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Quite a few, actually. The opening song (which is also Dixie's theme as a face), is a cover of David Lee Roth's "Yankee Rose", Ms. Spencer's theme sounds very similar to Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher." Also, Reiko's theme as a face is one of many official remixes of Konami's rather popular ''VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution'' song "Look to the Sky"; and Makoto's theme as a face sounds very much like [[Manga/DragonBall "Cha La Head Cha La"]]. Evil Rose's theme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMyU32sW4vo "Pluck the Roses!"]] may very well have been inspired by Disturbed's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq3QmtV8vT0 "Down with the Sickness"]] (if the similarity is indeed intentional, then considering the lyrics of the original song, it's very, ''very'' appropriate for someone like Evil Rose).

* ValuesDissonance: Queens Match mode in ''[=RRXX=]'', a match type where the losing girl suffered a penalty. For example, having to sweep around a swimming pool with a push broom. And then the girls would react to these penalties various ways, like getting embarrassed and blushing. Japan considered this erotica. Americans in general considered this creepy FanDisservice to the point that it is believed it actually did significant damage to the game's sales in America.

* NarmCharm: Where else could you find a [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments funny moment]] that ''doubles as a MoralEventHorizon?'' Probably intended with {{kayfabe}} often invoked (and outright {{Lampshade}}d by characters like Dixie and Miss Spencer).