From the opening movie, the game seemed like a really bad remake of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episode; Your master Xi is kidnapped so the bad guys can learn his secret techniques and it is up to you, his pupils, to save him. The voice acting during the game and FMVs are done by the Wu Tang Clan themselves, unfortunately most of them are unable to act out their part in a believable fashion. But, as I always say, "story and graphics should always take a back seat to gameplay."

The main point of the game is to save your master and complete all of the 36 skill chambers of Wu Tang to unlock new characters and fatalities. The story mode is played out in small arenas such as a basketball court or a small section of a sewer(more TMNT coincidences?) where you have to defeat all of the enemies in a location before you can move on. Most of the enemies are simple polygon swaps of the main characters, so don't be surprised when you perform a special move on an enemy and he dishes the same move back. The worst part is that all of the computer-controlled characters are cheesy and ruthless. I quickly found myself looking for a non-existent option to turn down the AI. Just like your character, the enemies all have multiple life bars and when you have to fend off 3 ruthless ninjas for 2 minutes, your frustration level can easily go through the roof, as well as your controller through the screen. This problem also hinders your ability to complete all of the skills, such as an 8-hit combo, in order to receive the 36 chambers; you can't get off a combo if the enemies are constantly ganging up and juggling you till your demise. When you do finally finish off the last character on a stage, you are treated to a nice Matrix-esque 3D freeze frame view of the final blow before you rip their head off or punch them in half. Just a few of the bloody fatalities in the game.

The only other noteworthy option in the game is the versus mode, where you and three of your friends can battle it out with the Wu Tang Clan via multitap. Some friends and I got together and ended up having a blast ganging up on whoever played Ol' Dirty Bastard just for the fun of it (hey, if the computer can do it, so can I!). Like most kart games, it is always better if you can play with a group of people, the more the merrier; I just found it incredibly unfortunate that this was the only true redeeming option in the game.

The graphics are not top notch but I would not expect that when you can have four characters on the screen at once with no slowdown. All of the characters in the game look very smooth, it is only during the fatality sequences that you see just how poorly mapped some of the clothes and faces are. Since most of the game is viewed at a distance it does not prove to be a major problem, in all, the graphics were just what they needed to be: simple.

Most of the in-game music was by Wu Tang Clan, making me wish I had the three new songs that they used in the game. Most game music today is uninspired guitar riffs or beats but when the main characters of your game are great hip hop/rap artists all of that changes. The best track is the opening rap that they play with an acoustic guitar and soft beats, a song hyping up the Wu Tang Clan of the game--a very cool tune.