honestly has anyone played this game outside of beermoney sites? anyways worst experience of my life
1993
i colored a dinosaur are you happy now god
it's 2022. i still think about this game on and off, easily the best old cartoon network game
overall just a really easy version of kanto where you have to catch pokemon to train rather than actually train
one thing that especially confuses me is why have repel when you can just move away from the pokemon on the map it kinda kills the meaning of repel
one thing that especially confuses me is why have repel when you can just move away from the pokemon on the map it kinda kills the meaning of repel
2004
last time i played this was around when it was released and i still think about it today
2022
overall the most enjoyable new gen pokemon game, the amount of options and things to do is incredible. i feel like it also has some challenging moments, which help the game not feel so boring and easy. even though the glitching made me tempted to give this a 4.5 rating, i enjoyed the game so much i didn't care much. besides, i didn't get much of the game breaking glitches as seen on the internet. i do wish there were more options for customization though.
2011
This review contains spoilers
i honestly wish people would stop being like 'oh this game has a deep plot!!!' it's' literally edgy torture porn and they try to make it deep by being like 'OH WELL THIS ONE GIRL? she's the mc's son, even though they're the same age!' and add other various plot holes.
it was so painful to try to read this for the plot and i had to hit the control button excessively and look away from the monstrous moments i was seeing
it was so painful to try to read this for the plot and i had to hit the control button excessively and look away from the monstrous moments i was seeing
2016
chapter 1-3 were my favorite parts of the game, but chapter 4-5 deteriorated in quality. especially chapter 5, the writing just got really lackluster.
maybe it's because i played the remaster but WHY IS THIS ACTUALLY ENJOYABLE??? the controls are a pain and the cut scenes suck, but it's so camp in a good way
1990
probably a skill issue for me but this felt WAY harder than the previous, probably because of the million dr wily battles
2012
every day i wonder why tumblr decided to make this a major fandom in 2014... that little kids were into and everything.
that aside the plot is really fascinating i still on and off think about this game sometimes. clear, aoba, and sei all deserved better than this
that aside the plot is really fascinating i still on and off think about this game sometimes. clear, aoba, and sei all deserved better than this
2021
at the time of review i'm a few hours in, i'm currently making my way through stage 5. i also played the demo.
the game is alright. not necessarily the best game ever to me or the worst game ever, it's more so-so.
it could be me walking in from beating super mario odyssey but balan feels like a slight carbon copy of the game. the only real difference is while mario possesses the various creatures in the game, your character possesses costumes. this also takes on the aesthetics of nights (to be expected with ohshima's character design). many people complain about the one button function, and it's not a big issue with me. but it does make things disorienting when you get a costume and it's like 'press b to [action]!' and you then realize you can use literally ANY button in ABXY to do it. i also don't like how easy it is to lose the costumes, it's kind of aggravating. if you accidentally fall or don't hit a negati or boss properly you can lose your costume. the latter is worse when you're fighting a boss and you only have 2 costume boxes. so it's like you have to be careful with fighting, if you make one odd move when you're trying to get costumes it could mess you up. it's probably good to stock up on costumes, to avoid having to aggravate yourself and go back to stages just to get costumes.
there's also something called 'balans bout' and sports minigames involving balan, but can be tedious to get good scores. if you get one bad score, you won't be able to get a trophy. and when you play a balan bout, that's your only time you're ever able to play it. same with the sports mini games. if it's not perfect, you might have to restart the stage.
as some who's playing the 'cursed' switch edition, i don't think the graphics are too bad. when it comes to many of the other stages, the graphics are decent. but stage 1 is bad, probably because of all the action and movement packed into it. my favorite is definitely the bug girl stage, it was really gorgeous. probably the stage i've had the most fun in!
the plot doesn't have all that much to it and i guess it's understandable considering that yuji naka programmed it. but i was hoping that balan and other characters would speak more? speaking of the plot it's also weird to me how a lot of the bosses in stages don't make sense to the stage. one reviewer commented on that and i do agree, it's pretty weird. like shouldn't we be fighting the dolphin and not some random fish lady?
one of the things i love a lot about this game is the art style, the character designs, the colors, and the tims. the tim simulator is super fun (i'm running it as i'm typing this out)! i also like plenty of the costumes, but i do wish there were some that didn't feel repetitive and others that don't look too weird (the cursed vacuum one for example, haven't gotten to that yet but i fear).
box fox is the best one, hands down.
...i kid. i love all of the ones in the water stage the most so far.
but overall, i think this game is so-so, like i said earlier. i think it doesn't deserve all the intense hatred it gets. i also don't necessarily think it's the best game ever, but if you like it, that's totally fine!
i'd recommend this game to people who like cheesy old games from the 90's and don't mind something with awkward clunky controls (like maybe the first sonic adventure?). if you're a big fan of naka and ohshima, then i'd play it too. if you do buy it, i'd reccomend it when it's on sale. i bought my game for about... $42 (39 without tax)? if you don't like this game much, but want to find a similar enjoyable game, i'd recommend mario odyssey if you haven't played it.
EDIT: as i played more of this, there's plenty of stages that are kind of aggravating. i'm disappointed over how painful the stage with the girl and her cat and the stage with clown and the princess are. stage 11's boss fight is absymal, there's a lot of flashing red lights and i'm honestly shocked that this wasn't the boss fight people were calling out. i'm trying to play stage 12-1, but it's even worse. there's a lot of motion blurs and it made me, who never gets motion sick, anxious and nauseous. there's also something really tricky at the end of the stage that's hard to navigate without a walkthrough. overall this took away half a star.
the game is alright. not necessarily the best game ever to me or the worst game ever, it's more so-so.
it could be me walking in from beating super mario odyssey but balan feels like a slight carbon copy of the game. the only real difference is while mario possesses the various creatures in the game, your character possesses costumes. this also takes on the aesthetics of nights (to be expected with ohshima's character design). many people complain about the one button function, and it's not a big issue with me. but it does make things disorienting when you get a costume and it's like 'press b to [action]!' and you then realize you can use literally ANY button in ABXY to do it. i also don't like how easy it is to lose the costumes, it's kind of aggravating. if you accidentally fall or don't hit a negati or boss properly you can lose your costume. the latter is worse when you're fighting a boss and you only have 2 costume boxes. so it's like you have to be careful with fighting, if you make one odd move when you're trying to get costumes it could mess you up. it's probably good to stock up on costumes, to avoid having to aggravate yourself and go back to stages just to get costumes.
there's also something called 'balans bout' and sports minigames involving balan, but can be tedious to get good scores. if you get one bad score, you won't be able to get a trophy. and when you play a balan bout, that's your only time you're ever able to play it. same with the sports mini games. if it's not perfect, you might have to restart the stage.
as some who's playing the 'cursed' switch edition, i don't think the graphics are too bad. when it comes to many of the other stages, the graphics are decent. but stage 1 is bad, probably because of all the action and movement packed into it. my favorite is definitely the bug girl stage, it was really gorgeous. probably the stage i've had the most fun in!
the plot doesn't have all that much to it and i guess it's understandable considering that yuji naka programmed it. but i was hoping that balan and other characters would speak more? speaking of the plot it's also weird to me how a lot of the bosses in stages don't make sense to the stage. one reviewer commented on that and i do agree, it's pretty weird. like shouldn't we be fighting the dolphin and not some random fish lady?
one of the things i love a lot about this game is the art style, the character designs, the colors, and the tims. the tim simulator is super fun (i'm running it as i'm typing this out)! i also like plenty of the costumes, but i do wish there were some that didn't feel repetitive and others that don't look too weird (the cursed vacuum one for example, haven't gotten to that yet but i fear).
box fox is the best one, hands down.
...i kid. i love all of the ones in the water stage the most so far.
but overall, i think this game is so-so, like i said earlier. i think it doesn't deserve all the intense hatred it gets. i also don't necessarily think it's the best game ever, but if you like it, that's totally fine!
i'd recommend this game to people who like cheesy old games from the 90's and don't mind something with awkward clunky controls (like maybe the first sonic adventure?). if you're a big fan of naka and ohshima, then i'd play it too. if you do buy it, i'd reccomend it when it's on sale. i bought my game for about... $42 (39 without tax)? if you don't like this game much, but want to find a similar enjoyable game, i'd recommend mario odyssey if you haven't played it.
EDIT: as i played more of this, there's plenty of stages that are kind of aggravating. i'm disappointed over how painful the stage with the girl and her cat and the stage with clown and the princess are. stage 11's boss fight is absymal, there's a lot of flashing red lights and i'm honestly shocked that this wasn't the boss fight people were calling out. i'm trying to play stage 12-1, but it's even worse. there's a lot of motion blurs and it made me, who never gets motion sick, anxious and nauseous. there's also something really tricky at the end of the stage that's hard to navigate without a walkthrough. overall this took away half a star.
bro fuck this game the blond pretty boy is pretty but i wish he didn't wear what was basically a nazi outfit
2002
as short as this game was, it was a fucking masterpiece
i miss you :(