Review: Have you ever played "Super Smash Brothers Melee" and gone, "Man, it would be pretty cool if they took "Super Smash Brothers Melee" and replaced it with Asian movie characters and added a little bit of "Mario Party" elements to it! Oh yea, and make it for the X-Box because the Gamecube is total lame!" Well then my friends, "Kung Fu Chaos" will be your ultimate gaming wet dream. As stated above, "Kung Fu Chaos" is the love child of "Super Smash Brothers Melee" and the "Mario Party" series with a little Asian-cinema kinky-ness added to the mix while Microsoft watched like dirty perverts. The concept seems to be filled with potential to be pure fun mayhem. But does it deliver the goods? To state it bluntly, "Kung Fu Chaos" is only good for it's multiplayer aspects. When I played the single player mode, I only found myself motivated to go through each stage to simply get the unlockables for the mutliplayer mode. At least the controls are crisp which made my solo-chaos endeavoring a more enjoyable affair.

Aside from the unlockables, single player is useful for the tips and tricks it teaches you. Combos, counters, special moves: they're all here in the form of easy tutorials. The single-player isn't a total bore though. There are some stages that are incredibly fun. The stages are separated into two categories: short film and feature film. The feature film is just walking through a movie set and beating people up. These stages get a little hackneyed after the Chinese vampire stages. As for the short film stages, awwwww man. They are incredibly fun. I found myself playing some of them over and over again. Honestly though, it's highly unlikely you'll find yourself deeply submerged into the solo-player mode, that is, unless you are a loser and you have no friends. The multiplayer mode offers mind-numbing fun. Choosing from a set of characters to battle it out, the multiplayer mode is just pure fun. Again, the stages are divided into short and feature films. And once again, you'll find yourself and your friends revisiting the short films more often than the features. There's a pretty healthy choice of unlockables. Characters have alternate costumes, more characters are playable, and better stages emerge. This is one game that you don't have to worry about good players dominating the novices. Once you learn the basic controls and rules, you'll pretty much be in safe waters to not get dominated. A pretty even method of playing if you ask me. The only downside to all this multiplayer mayhem is the fact that this isn't exactly a game you'll want to play for hours upon hours like "Goldeneye." The maximum time limit that my friends and I were capable of playing was roughly 45 minutes. The good news is that every time you turn on the system for a game, the high-energy entertainment will be turned on again….except for only 45 minutes.

As for the game itself, it's a huge parody on Asian cinema and blacksploitation. Sure, any regular guy can go "Haha, these characters are from those movies where all the characters have really small eyes and their dialogue doesn't match their mouths but they can jump REALLY high and kick ass!" But to the seasoned pro you might innately smile at the references to such classics as the "Baby Cart" series and "Master of the Flying Guillotine." Some might argue this game is racist against the Asian culture. Well, I personally find the terrible choppy English hilarious. Also, a fat white man in a suit that resembles a mini-KKK outfit and calls himself Captain Won Ton? That's gold people! I will say this though, the main director guy is really annoying. Luckily you can turn him off in the options so it's all good.

Overall, "Kung Fu Chaos" does deliver the goods. By no means will this game change the video game industry as we know it, nor will this game change the face of party games. However, it will prove to be a fair investment or a worthwhile rental.