Someone in my family is/was super into Felix the Cat, to the point where he's got a tattoo of Felix on his arm. So I got both the NES and Game Boy games in this "collection" as a Christmas gift almost thirty years ago. Absolutely loved them at the time, so I've got tons of nostalgia & bias.
Coming from someone who's a genuine fan of these games? I can't recommend this package to most people in good conscience, you know? What you've got here is the exact same games from my childhood—plus an unreleased Famicom version that actually never made it to Japan. The Famicom one is 99.9% identical to its US counterpart; it just has Japanese-localized text. I'm mystified by both its inclusion here and the fact that it exists in a complete form at all. For those who don't know already, the Game Boy Felix is virtually identical to its console brother. It just has much fewer levels, even if it still manages to capture "the gist." As a Game Boy nerd, I find it pretty impressive!
But the "three games" bundled together in this "collection" are really just one. The stuff you expect to see in "retro game ports" is here and easily accessible—a single save slot & the ability to rewind. But that's really it, and it's a crying shame. They could've included manuals, art, magazine scans—anything!
As it stands though, I'm betting most of the $24.99 here went towards paying Universal and Dreamworks for the license, haha. You'll beat everything here in a single sitting, even if you really try and stretch it out.
I'm glad this exists. I still miss Hudson Soft a lot. But I'm not screaming from the rooftops for anyone to try it, unless you're a Felix fan or you like games with Kirby influences & quirky transformations.
Coming from someone who's a genuine fan of these games? I can't recommend this package to most people in good conscience, you know? What you've got here is the exact same games from my childhood—plus an unreleased Famicom version that actually never made it to Japan. The Famicom one is 99.9% identical to its US counterpart; it just has Japanese-localized text. I'm mystified by both its inclusion here and the fact that it exists in a complete form at all. For those who don't know already, the Game Boy Felix is virtually identical to its console brother. It just has much fewer levels, even if it still manages to capture "the gist." As a Game Boy nerd, I find it pretty impressive!
But the "three games" bundled together in this "collection" are really just one. The stuff you expect to see in "retro game ports" is here and easily accessible—a single save slot & the ability to rewind. But that's really it, and it's a crying shame. They could've included manuals, art, magazine scans—anything!
As it stands though, I'm betting most of the $24.99 here went towards paying Universal and Dreamworks for the license, haha. You'll beat everything here in a single sitting, even if you really try and stretch it out.
I'm glad this exists. I still miss Hudson Soft a lot. But I'm not screaming from the rooftops for anyone to try it, unless you're a Felix fan or you like games with Kirby influences & quirky transformations.