So I did wind up picking up Rumble Roses, at $30 Aus it's well worth it. You could look at the score I gave it in my review and say I'm contradicting myself, a lot of people seem to think anything under an 8 is just crud.
But as it says right under the damned score, tis fair.
It's just above average. It's fine.
I quite like the game.
It just needs to be fleshed out more, so heres hoping it's Xbox 360 sequel accomplishes that.