Treasure never misses once again. This game feels like Treasure took everything they learned from their previous games and made just the most creative, interesting, engaging, and stunning platformer they possibly could, and by all accounts and purposes, they succeeded. Each level has you doing a brand new unique challenge that will test your skills while at the same time doing things that I personally never had seen before in a mega drive game. The soundtrack is also phenomenal. While Alien Soldier is my personal favorite game Treasure has made, I believe that in terms of design and creativity, this game is Treasure's mega drive magnum opus. Do be prepared though, this game is tough, as lives and continues are limited. The Japanese version of this game includes a more balanced difficulty and story cutscenes, while the US version removes the cutscenes and makes the game harder, so if you can read japanese (or use a translation patch) I would suggest going for the JP version.

Reviewed on Mar 10, 2023


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