Combine that with stiff animation, a lacking storyline and characters that have no discernable personality, and you've got a new Virtual Console release that's just taking up some other, better game's spot in the Wii Shop. But it's no fun having to constantly readjust your fighter's position, pixel by pixel, just so you can maybe-possibly convince the game that you really are smashing this guy in the face. Having your attacks actually connect as they should is the most critical component of a brawler like this, but Rival Turf's punches and kicks frequently whiff straight past your opponents and hit nothing but thin air - even when you're standing right in front of a foe. The thing that really brings down the overall game, though, is its poor collision detection.

That brief boost in ability is about as exciting as it gets in Rival Turf. It auto-triggers temporary invincibility for your character after you've relentlessly taken damage, and enhances your offensive power for a few seconds as well. The closest Rival Turf comes to having an original gameplay idea is in its 'Angry Mode,' a selectable extra you can activate in the game's options menu before beginning your campaign to clean up the streets. The same criticism could be leveled against several other brawlers, but most of the competition in this category has an extra gameplay hook or two to give their designs more depth - Rival Turf doesn't. You walk to the right, hit some guys until they don't get up any more, then rinse and repeat that same process all the way through the game. In Neo Turf Masters, you can pick one of six available golfers and compete on a number of golf courses around the world, including Japan (Fujiyama Oriental Golf Club), America (Grand Canyon Golf Course), Australia (Blue Lagoon Golf Course), and Germany (Baden Golf Course). Occasionally you'll even find pick-up weapons to toss across the screen. You select one of them (or both in two-player co-op mode) and start stalking the streets of '90s Los Angeles, punching and jump-kicking generic gang members. You've got two playable characters named Jack Flak and Oozie Nelson, each with slightly different combat abilities. In terms of gameplay, Rival Turf is just about as vanilla as the brawler genre can be. The Virtual Console doesn't preserve its games' original packaging art anywhere, though, so you won't even get to smile at these two infamous street punks when you track this one down in the Wii Shop.

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