Great action game with some of the best writing you've ever heard.
Travis Touchdown, the main character, is one of the most interesting lead characters I've seen in a long time. While being the lead in the game, he takes the classic role of anti-hero to Punisher like heights in his actions. Even with that being the case, you still never see Travis as a cold blooded assassin and see him either as funny with slapstick antics, a deep thinker with his thoughts on life or even a compassionate and respectable soul in regards to the lives of some of the other characters.
Along with Travis, the other characters all have their own distinct style and personality to them, even when you only get a couple words out of them the entire game. They all are memorable in their own right so it still interplay works fairly well even with only dealing with an opponent for a total of only 10 minutes through the use of very distinct fighting styles and cinematic scenes.
The action in the game is top notch, though I feel there could have been more put into it. The bosses and stages are all very enjoyable, but I only wish their could be more action in a cityscape the scale of Santa Destroy. The jobs, shops and mini-missions are all well and good, but there could of clearly been more places to visit and more interactivity placed within the city.
The game play is very smooth once you get the hang of it. At first it was finicky accidentally switching between high and low stances by accident, but maybe an hour in the issues already goes away with a little practice. The moves are straightforward but with the random execution of the wrestling moves mixed with more techniques constantly being unlocked or bought as you progress helps you get the sense that Travis is growing as a fighter as you are growing in your ability to make people scream out "MY SPLEEN!"(great line from some subway enemies).
The length is solid, as unlocking clothing, doing side missions, getting gold medals for all the missions, killing all the bosses etc. should get you 15hrs~ of game play. It's a great game overall and anyone wanting QUALITY 3rd party game for the Wii should look right here.