This was good enough, so "better than I really thought it would be," so incredibly not bad, so remarkably "at least worth a look, I guess," that I'm going to go through this whole review without mentioning Scott Pilgrim EVEN ONCE. It deserves at least that much.
It's just as good as Rygar and better than Faxanadu, if that means anything to you, and it has a nice goofy anime from like the late-70's feel to it that belies its sci-fi pulp cover. Baddies have big bug-eyes and bounce around, and the main character is a big himbo who whimpers when he hits his head on the ceiling Mario-like. I like it! Sure it's hard, and it's pretty impossible to navigate without a guide, but that's like every NES game. If "difficult and obtuse" were actual barriers that one could never hope to surpass without save states and a YouTube play through from a channel literally called "U Can Beat Games," then what NES games are left? Besides, it's well known that I'm a big stupid dumdum idiot and I need a walkthrough for everything. I probably needed a walkthrough for the first Castlevania.
I was almost going to play what purported to be a patched version of the original Japanese game, Dengeki Big Bang!, only to find that it was localized like ah, this. Guys, YOU'RE the ones fan-translating it. If you can't do it right the first time, well then, you're the only one making you translate an old NES game.
It's just as good as Rygar and better than Faxanadu, if that means anything to you, and it has a nice goofy anime from like the late-70's feel to it that belies its sci-fi pulp cover. Baddies have big bug-eyes and bounce around, and the main character is a big himbo who whimpers when he hits his head on the ceiling Mario-like. I like it! Sure it's hard, and it's pretty impossible to navigate without a guide, but that's like every NES game. If "difficult and obtuse" were actual barriers that one could never hope to surpass without save states and a YouTube play through from a channel literally called "U Can Beat Games," then what NES games are left? Besides, it's well known that I'm a big stupid dumdum idiot and I need a walkthrough for everything. I probably needed a walkthrough for the first Castlevania.
I was almost going to play what purported to be a patched version of the original Japanese game, Dengeki Big Bang!, only to find that it was localized like ah, this. Guys, YOU'RE the ones fan-translating it. If you can't do it right the first time, well then, you're the only one making you translate an old NES game.