Ducktales is one of those gems on the NES that everyone sorta of knew about either because of the moon song, Scrooge using his cane like a pogo, or because it has similar design to Mega Man. Regardless of how you knew Ducktales, the overall take away is that it's a classic, and it is one for a reason. Each level has such charm and personality that feels like it was ripped out of the show. The Pogo Stick attack makes approaching enemies or spikes entirely different from the usual norm of platformers in it's day. The music was entirely whimsical and ear catching. Overall Ducktales is just a quality, straight forward NES game that was one of the first games to use a license property right, and really that's impressive considering the history of licensed video games. The moon song even got retconned in the new Ducktales cartoon to have lyrics, and boy does it slap.

Reviewed on Jun 02, 2021


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