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The particle effects and colors are especially noteworthy in Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero, though the visual style in general is absolutely incredible. Every time a Dragon Ball game comes out, I assume they can’t get any closer to Akira Toriyama’s iconic style, but as is the case here, my expectations...
The only issue I have with The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom comes from the performance. The frame rate seemed to randomly sway, leading to times when it was inconsistent at best. It doesn’t strike me as an especially demanding art style, though I recall the Link’s Awakening remake...
Worth noting is that this game doesn’t contain the cutaway scenes of Advance Wars and Fire Emblem that show your units battling up close. I do miss these a fair amount as they add exciting impact to skirmishes, but the increased pace as a result of the quicker zoomed-out animations...
I also wish the nicely animated cutscenes were given full voice-acting for this rerelease, as hearing simple grunts as characters say entire sentences is a bit jarring. I didn’t mind on the Wii, but with the amount of pleasant changes that were made to Epic Mickey: Rebrushed, I had hoped...
Everything does look substantially better, and I never ran into any performance issues while playing – even with the gigantic hordes of zombies. There are new costumes to try on – as well as classics like the Servbot head – the Psychopaths are more vivid than before, and blood splatters...
The one problem with Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland is that it’s quite short. I’d say most could beat the game within a couple of hours, tops, and that includes getting every single Reptar Coin. I don’t necessarily mind this too much as I’m interested in replaying on a harder difficulty,...
There’s so much art and music for fans to check out as part of Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics. It’s very insightful to see all of the different illustrations and art pieces that are behind these iconic titles, and I always love to see characters as drawn by...
The visuals of Shadow of the Ninja – Reborn are one of its finest attributes, as the pixel art is both detailed and extremely expressive. Every enemy has tons of character, and the environments are stunning. The ninja-cyberpunk mix that permeates many of the game’s stages is extremely cool to...
My biggest gripe is that Gori: Cuddly Carnage did crash on more than one occasion during my time with the game. One of these crashes came right after a lengthy boss fight, meaning I had to redo the fight from the beginning. Ideally, these crashes won’t happen after a patch...
Bakeru’s art style is incredibly colorful and pleasant to look at. The characters and world are filled to the brim with seemingly endless charm, while the story has plenty of silly moments as you journey across Japan. Whether you’re traveling around in a flying teapot or infiltrating a cruise ship...
I really love the visual style of Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid, with the character proportions and expressions easily conveying so much of their personalities and individual quirks. There are some small frame drops in the Nintendo Switch version that were a little distracting, but it wasn’t enough to really...
I did notice that in some cutscenes, NPCs in the background would be T-posing very comically as each scene played out. I’m not certain if this is a remaster issue or an original game issue, but it’s a bit distracting during the more serious scenes. The “Continue” system also comes...
