While it's not a fighting game with a lot of depth, this game just oozes style. The cel-shaded graphics are far better aged than most PS1 games. The loading screens are all comics, the vast majority of which are in English, that give hints on what kind of personalities each character has. There's also a huge variety in the characters themselves; a trash man who fights with a broom, a small guy riding a huge monster, an old man that has his wolf fight for him, two girls that fight while one of them is on the other's shoulders, a theme park mascot with a giant machete, et cetera.

The Rhythm of the title comes from a special move that can be activated by hitting HP+HK. Hit the opponent with it, and we get a rhythm minigame similar to DDR. While the 3 bars it takes to activate could be better used with 3 supers, it's interesting to use just to see all of the different animations that show up when you defeat the opponent with it. It'll probably not make it to EVO, and I wouldn't say it's worth the hundreds of dollars it goes for on eBay, but it's certainly a game worth looking into, in the words of SNES Drunk, "anyway you can."

Reviewed on Nov 22, 2022


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