Complete playthrough. I'm no fighting game afficionado, but 2D brawler Rival Turf! felt at best very generic, but overall pretty poor. A very bland plot doesn't exactly give a strong first impression and while in terms of presentation the game is serviceable enough, gameplay really is key in this genre - and here is where the game succeeds least. A choice of two characters provides some variety, but neither has much in the way of fighting move variety - for the most part, we're just dealing here with a basic punch combo, a throw and a couple of kicks. A very unforgiving difficulty level doesn't help matters either, with the protagonist's approach draining very quickly from enemy attacks, and boss encounters that can feel downright unfair - were it not for the benefits of rewind and save states via emulation.