Oh c'mon, you know I fangasm'd over it.

Game info

Picture of game:



Name: Katekyo Hitman Reborn! DS: Flame Rumble X ~Mirai Chou-Bakuhatsu!!~

Console: DS

Genre: Action, 2D Fighter

ESRB: E

Multiplayer: Yes (DS Download, Multi-cartridge only)

Price: $40-$50 (Import)

Pros:
-Improved battle system allows for faster fighting action and greater combo opportunities
-Loads of unlockable extra content
-Makes a fan very happy =D

Cons:
-Fourth game and now we get some of this stuff? And yet still no WiFi play.
-Repeated play-throughs of story mode can get rather tedious.

Review Score: 9/10 (coming from a fan *hit*)

Actual Review

Game introduction:

Flame Rumble X is the fourth game in the Flame Rumble series of Reborn based games. The main story line follows the Melone Base infiltration arc of the Future arc in Reborn!. It features 50 playable characters (15 making their first appearance in this game), as well as 25 support characters. (7 characters overlap, meaning they are available as both playable and support.)

As with the previous games in the series, this game features the following modes:
~Story Mode: Includes the Main Story which follows the plot of the anime as well as various other single or multiple character based stories. You can unlock playable and support characters as well as other story modes here.
~Arcade Mode: Play as one character through a ten battle series. Certain characters may unlock more playable characters upon completion.
~Battle Mode: Play against up to 3 CPU players in either Survival or KO Count matches. Training Mode is also available here.
~Family Battle Mode: Put together a four character team and play against other CPU controlled teams. Apparently in this game they changed it from a tournament style setting that you can change the difficulty of to an apparent unending series of battles of increasing difficulty.
~Match Play: Wireless play against other players who have the game, using both Battle and Family Battle modes

All modes can be set on Easy, Medium, or Hard difficulty. (Except Family Battle)

Also, using coins earned through all of these modes, you can unlock tons of extra content including background music files, character voice clips, character sprites, event graphics, and anime screen shots as well as support characters and even playable characters.

For this game, the battle system has been improved by:
1) A general gameplay speed up
2) Addition of aerial combos
3) Addition of Aerial Recovery
4) Addition of Escape Guard (Hold guard and press a direction to dash past your opponent) and Counter Guard (Hit Guard just as your opponent lands an attack to stun them for a brief moment and give you a counter opportunity)
5) Combination Attacks: Certain special moves give you the opportunity to combine your support character into the attack, giving a chance for extra effects and/or damage, depending on the support character. This will use up your support character’s one use though.

A new feature to story mode is that in certain places in the story, you will have the opportunity to choose one out of a set of characters to use in the upcoming battle. Different characters unlock different things at the end of the battle. On the Story Selection screen there is a Story Flow chart that keeps track of which characters you have used at these instances, so you can know which ones you have yet to use and which items you have yet to unlock. Unlockable items (aside from those unlocked at the end of the story) show up as “!”s on the Flow Chart.

This is definitely the best game in the series so far, with plenty of awesome characters and content. The only thing is that it’s in Japanese you have to import it or use a flash cart to play it. Which makes the multi-player mode generally useless as there is no WiFi mode. And no knowing when we’ll get an English version because the anime itself hasn’t even been licensed yet.

Also one wonders why we haven’t had things like aerial combos in the previous games. Seems rather basic. The company is probably trying to stretch out the series by withholding features.

I called this. And it happened. Cool points.

Anyway XDD

You have me wanting to play this each time you talk about it, this Review made my decision final. I'm getting my hands on it.

Oh yea there's that too. XD

Sad face because I really want to unlock 10Squalo (He's awesome in this game) but to do so I have to his 50 battle story mode. Dammit Squalo why must you be the 2nd Sword Emperor.

How are some of the other characters?

If I'm going off topic will you let me off? :'D

As far as new characters to this game goes, 10Ryohei is amazing. Easily one of the best characters in the game. (And I'm not just saying that cause I'm a Ryohei fag. *hit*)

Bel is pretty good (either version), but I think I prefer regular Bel's moves to his 10 years older version. But 10Bel has been making me really happy for some unknown reason when I see him.

Genkishi is another awesome character. His specials are ridiculous, not for damage but for just straight up awesome. He pulls some ridiculous sword combos. (Can you say using swords with your feet?)

10Mukuro is pretty awesome for epic trident action and he's got one special that can copy ANY opponents' specials.

King Mosca outplays Gola Mosca ANY day. 10Squalo is lots better than regular Squalo. And 10Xanxus and Xanxus are pretty much exactly the same except for minor variations in his X attacks and two special attacks. (Is disappoint. D:)

Also Fran sucks. Why is he even in this game? I haven't played as Rasiel yet but I heard he's not that great either.

Yamamoto is fairly good, as he was in the previous game. They didn't mix up his move set, which I'm slightly disappointed at, especially since he actually knows sword techniques now, not to mention igniting the blade with Dying Will flame. But no, he's still got that "lol I'm gonna tap you in the head with the sword handle" move.

And they took out Samidare from his specials. D:

But sure they changed Gokudera's move set to make it more based around his Sistema CAI. <.< Oh for the days when he was just chucking dynamite at people. Not that Sistema CAI isn't cool.

How is...XANXUS?

Pretty good. He doesn't have much as far as combos go, but he's one of the fastest characters in the game and it's fun to just sit back and snipe at people from across the field with his guns. And his specials are powerful.

Holy crap I'm gonna love being a bitch!*Slapped*

XDDD


Sounds fun, that's more like it! Both 10Xanxus and present Xanxus are available?

Yup, 10Xanxus makes his first appearance in this game.

Ah, Awesome! I can't wait to play this!

I am going to download this. x:

Thanks for the review Zagz.

Edited one thing into the review. Forgot to put in that they added Aerial Recovery in this game.

I've edited your review ever so slightly to move the game score, and pro's/con's to the top of the list.

This is a pretty good review, looks like you covered most things that are needed in a review.

It's too bad this game looks as if it's not getting a US release anytime soon, I could really use a new four player DS download player game. : /