- Online Interactions Not Rated by the ESRB
This is a fighting game in which players engage in one-on-one combat with a large cast of human, animal, and supernatural characters. Players use martial arts punches, kicks, and throws to drain their opponents' life meters. Some characters supplement traditional hand-to-hand combat with weapons (guns, bats, swords, rocket launchers, etc.); other characters can summon more fantastical attacks, including laser beams that shoot from their eyes; chainsaws attached to arms; a flatulence attack stronger than the average bear's; and an assortment of "Drunken" attacks ("Drunken Tiger Kick, "Drunken Master Walk," "Drunken Rapid Fists," "Drunken Fox Combination," etc.). It is probably no coincidence that the fighter who performs the Drunken Master Walk will wobble, lurch, and lose his balance as he fights.
Players can access a wide range of customizable accessories for their characters; some of these items include outfits that expose portions of female fighters' lower breasts and buttocks. During a few cutscenes (where graphics tend to be enhanced), the camera briefly pans on their thighs, breasts, and buttocks; and during battle, when a female character is struck by an attack, her breasts will sometimes bounce. (There are no comparable physics applied to male characters.) The majority of cutscenes (including those above) introduce elements of irreverence and comic relief, though one sketch might be difficult to digest: pizza, laxatives—flatulence. The dialogue contains the expletives "a*s," "bastard," "damn," and "b*tch"; it may also contain a line expressed by one of its feisty female characters—Asuka Kazama: "If you're not gonna take me seriously, then I'll just have to give you a serious a*s-kicking."