Baby's first Beat 'Em Up! Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers on the SNES, not to be confused with the slew of other games of the same, or similar, name.

You pick one of the five rangers to use for each level, and each level plays the same.
Step 1. Beat through a couple of screens as your ranger just in street clothes
Step 2. See the boss of the stage, ITS MORPHIN' TIME, form into your Power Ranger complete with associated weapons.
Step 3. Play through a few more screens.
Step 4. Beat the boss.

All 5 Rangers play the same.

The game ends with a few simple 1v1 fighting game style fights while you take control of MegaZord.


But a couple questions

Why are the Rangers so BUFF? After they morph in the halfway point through each stage, all of the Rangers now use the same sprite with colors swapped out, and that sprite is excessively buff - even when using the female Rangers.

And why does Kimberly use her bow (and arrow) just as a stick to beat people with? Sure, you can hold Up and attack to use shoot a weak arrow across the screen - but otherwise you literally beat up enemies with the side of the bow.

The answer to both of these questions is "because it was easier to just make one thing and slightly change its appearance instead of actually reprogramming anything" but that does not make it any less annoying.
I was bothered when I was 5, and I'm still bothered now.

Otherwise, this is actually a pretty solid game that I still run through periodically.

Reviewed on Mar 16, 2023


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