What a cool game! An early example of a platformer fighter tied to a very fun comic book/cinematic aesthetic. For as fun as the high-concept characters are - hard not to love "chimpanzee TV star who is also a contract killer" or "formerly-conjoined twin 11-year-olds... who are contract killers", the real stand-outs are the stages: huge, dynamic, and full of so many little details to keep longer matches constantly interesting. Especially for the era, the sheer amount of STUFF going on is quite impressive. My main complaint is that it's sometimes hard to keep track of what's going on - for as impressive as the sprite-scaling effect is, it does lend itself to readability issues on maps like the weapons factory or the circus tent. But that honestly strikes me as more a limitation of its era, and something that would have a ready solution if this was ever remade.

Reviewed on Jul 01, 2023


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