WaffulSyrup
Took em long enough to put DLC into MK8DX.
It's cool that we got 48 tracks from across the series + Tour and 8 characters! Very glad Diddy, Birdo, Funky, and Petey were brought back. The courses were very obviously handled by a B-Team so they lack the visual enhancements the base game courses (and it's DLC) got which is a shame, but also kind of expected. I will say though, the courses progressively look better per wave with Wave 6 looking really damn good.
I don't know how long we'll have to wait for Mario Kart 9, but with only MK8DX in our hands, the Booster Course Pass wasn't a bad time.
It's cool that we got 48 tracks from across the series + Tour and 8 characters! Very glad Diddy, Birdo, Funky, and Petey were brought back. The courses were very obviously handled by a B-Team so they lack the visual enhancements the base game courses (and it's DLC) got which is a shame, but also kind of expected. I will say though, the courses progressively look better per wave with Wave 6 looking really damn good.
I don't know how long we'll have to wait for Mario Kart 9, but with only MK8DX in our hands, the Booster Course Pass wasn't a bad time.
1986
A forgotten little NES novelty that combines an auto runner with platforming all controlled with the Zapper. It's challenge is mainly designed around that (somewhat mitigated when playing it on PC).Cool little black box game tho. Feels like a game a father and son would grow up with.
As a Christmas Eve Special, I streamed this for friends, what will I think of this game by the end?
You play as the Grinch, and sometimes Max too, with 18 winter stages you'll bing and bound through. The Grinch and his dog don't control like ass, but speedily landing is out of their class. And then you have sections, where the objective is stealth, an afterthought that was, for the Grinch has so-and-so health. The music is forgettable, boring, and lame, thank heavens for the option to mute it in-game. The visuals however, were quite a feat, despite the budget, they were a treat! From the Grinch and Max, to the Whos of Whoville, all the scenery screams "SEUSS!" A creative vision fulfilled.
Overall, you're not missing much, for this holiday game will fade away as such. It's a boring game, not one of the worst, but it's $40! I'd like to meet whoever bought it first! You're better off buying something else for your kids, buy them this game? They'll flip their lids. And with my review of this product all said and done, buy better games, and avoid this one.
You play as the Grinch, and sometimes Max too, with 18 winter stages you'll bing and bound through. The Grinch and his dog don't control like ass, but speedily landing is out of their class. And then you have sections, where the objective is stealth, an afterthought that was, for the Grinch has so-and-so health. The music is forgettable, boring, and lame, thank heavens for the option to mute it in-game. The visuals however, were quite a feat, despite the budget, they were a treat! From the Grinch and Max, to the Whos of Whoville, all the scenery screams "SEUSS!" A creative vision fulfilled.
Overall, you're not missing much, for this holiday game will fade away as such. It's a boring game, not one of the worst, but it's $40! I'd like to meet whoever bought it first! You're better off buying something else for your kids, buy them this game? They'll flip their lids. And with my review of this product all said and done, buy better games, and avoid this one.
2007
I initially wasn't planning on playing Jungle Climber after I had a middling experience with King of Swing, but I said "screw it" and caved in. This is a MUUUUCH better game.
Not only does it bring in more elements from the Country series (Diddy, Kong Letters, Banana Coins, DK Coins), Jungle Climber ditches the floatiness in favor of speed and action akin to the Country games. Leaping and swinging off pegboards felt satisfying as hell. The music is really nice too! The visuals aren't super great but I grown to like them alot as I played and the backgrounds are very nice.
Jungle Climber is a fairly gimmicky game, but it makes up for it with all the challenge, improvements, unlockables, etc. I was wrong for judging this game for how it looked and what I thought of King of Swing, it's a fun time!
Not only does it bring in more elements from the Country series (Diddy, Kong Letters, Banana Coins, DK Coins), Jungle Climber ditches the floatiness in favor of speed and action akin to the Country games. Leaping and swinging off pegboards felt satisfying as hell. The music is really nice too! The visuals aren't super great but I grown to like them alot as I played and the backgrounds are very nice.
Jungle Climber is a fairly gimmicky game, but it makes up for it with all the challenge, improvements, unlockables, etc. I was wrong for judging this game for how it looked and what I thought of King of Swing, it's a fun time!
Pretty solid action platformer based on some pretty damn good candies. I really liked the idea of growing and shrinking with multiple sour patch kids, definitely created some neat challenges. The ending was corny as hell though lmao.
2001
A technically impressive game on the GBA for sure, the fact that it plays around with 3D stuff without performance drops is cool as hell. Unfortunately I don't think it's very fun to actually play due as someone that loves schmups to the warped perspective. The music is solid tho.
1993
Very okay action platformer. I love the visuals, music is solid. I've played much better ones, but you can do a lot worse than this especially on SNES.
2011
Never played the original, but I enjoyed this remake. Controls took some getting used to, but visually this remake looks great especially for such an early 3DS title.
2019
This was a Mario game. It doesn't control great, its got solid music. and neat enemies. That's really it. The DX romhack makes the game look very pretty though. That's all I can really say. Yain't missing much from this game.
This is the best Bubsy game I'll ever play. I've only played the first game, and I'm not looking to play the others at all. I only grabbed this cause it was on sale for $5 and honestly that's a perfect price for what you get on it.
14 levels, you can breeze through it in about an hour or less. Bubsy feels good to control especially with his pounce move. It just feels satisfying to blaze through the levels like that. His corny one-liners got a chuckle out of me because he really acts like he's "the shit" when he isn't. He never was. That's what makes him somewhat endearing to me as a goofy mascot character. Music is solid too btw.
The game runs and plays well, there's visual glitches but that aside, it's stable. This ain't a must play game, but on sale for $5 you could do alot worse (and better). Don't buy this game at full price.
14 levels, you can breeze through it in about an hour or less. Bubsy feels good to control especially with his pounce move. It just feels satisfying to blaze through the levels like that. His corny one-liners got a chuckle out of me because he really acts like he's "the shit" when he isn't. He never was. That's what makes him somewhat endearing to me as a goofy mascot character. Music is solid too btw.
The game runs and plays well, there's visual glitches but that aside, it's stable. This ain't a must play game, but on sale for $5 you could do alot worse (and better). Don't buy this game at full price.
Ghost Sweeper Mikami Joreishi wa Nice Body was a fun little time! Short and sweet action platformer with nice visuals and solid music! Unfortunately, there's not an english patch, but you can get by without knowing japanese. Because of this game, I'll be checking out the anime and manga it was based on later down the line!
1994
Super Bonk is alright, I wasn't too big on the big & small candy gimmick and some of the levels were a tad annoying, but others were pretty solid. The music is pretty nice too. Visually its kinda devoid of color and it was easy to see lazy sprite reuse of the TG16 games. Not a bad game but not a good one either. Very middle of the road.
Buster Busts loose is a game I've heard great stuff about over the years as a licensed hidden gem on the SNES, after playing it I just think it's okay. Not bad, just a solid time that's over before you know it. The Tiny Toons humor was nice, the game sounded great, and the visuals were pretty good too. Not a bad game but it doesn't even cut close to my high regard to other licensed SNES games.
This was a really fun game that blended both Rocket Knight & Sonic's DNA in it. The game feels so good to control, the music is top notch, the visuals are eyecandy, and the bosses were fun. A perfectly fun romp I heard about years back and I'm so glad I finished it now.
2005
King of Swing looks pretty and I love the spritework, but that's all I can really say about it. The pegboard stuff is a neat idea, but it never really did anything inventive and it honestly was frustrating to deal with at points due to the floatiness of DK's control. It's not horrible but it ain't good to me either. It's a very gimmicky DK game.