J Brodie Shirey
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To battle the forces of evil lurking within Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, players can choose between a wide range of characters with different stats and attack animations in either single player or online co-op. In classic TMNT side-scrolling fashion, players advance across each of the game’s levels by moving from left to right, with a vertical movement plane also allowing them to move up and down to help get the drop on enemies and collect power-ups. Players can string together attacks to form combos, automatically grapple foes to throw them into other enemies or even through the screen, and unleash screen-clearing Super Attacks after filling a Ninja Power meter on the upper corner of the screen. This meter is filled by attacking enemies or performing a special Taunt that matches each character’s personality.
Blue Reflection: Second Light has players take on a variety of demons as its primary mode of combat. Battles unfold in real-time, with players issuing commands to the girls in a standard JRPG turn-based style. Teams consist of three characters on the battlefield, with one of the other girls serving as a Supporter that can use items or provide buffs and debuffs from the sidelines. Attacks and item consumption use up Ether, which each character recovers at a different speed. This increases with every skill used throughout a battle, meaning that the longer a fight goes on, the shorter the corresponding time between attacks and other special actions. Characters can also “shift Gears,” or assume a higher power level once their Ether recovery rate reaches a certain level. At Gear level 3, they can transform into a Reflector, a stronger form that enables them to access even more powerful attacks.