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Saban's Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Mega Battle
Power Rangers: Mega Battle is a 2D sidescrolling beat 'em up arcade game. The game was announced at the 2016 New York Comic Con with the teaser trailer for the game later uploaded to the Internet after the Power Rangers panel ended.
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- Released
- January 17, 2017
- Developer
- Bamtang Games
- Genres
- Action · Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
- Publisher
- Bandai Namco Entertainment
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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Mega Battle is a fun couch co-op game that should be played with friends and family alike. It's not perfect by any means, but it manages to do the job and entertain at the same time.
Saban's strange little kid's TV show sure has come a long way since its 1993 debut. With a brand new movie on the way, Bandai Namco created Mega Battle in the hopes of getting fans excited again so let's shift into turbo and see if it's any good.
Mega Battle’s design is its sole beacon of unadulterated goodness. The show’s theme song is used repeatedly, with classic tunes like Bulk and Skull’s theme playing at appropriate times. Original voice clips from each Ranger are used for Morphing and Megazord summoning, which is a fantastic and nostalgic touch.
It’s hard to fathom just who Saban’s Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Mega Battle is aimed at really. With its colourful cartoony art style and very basic storytelling you’d think maybe for kids, but the brunt of the gameplay will prove to be too hard and frustrating for them. Adults with fond memories of the Power Rangers from their youth on the other hand will probably get more of a kick out of it because of nostalgia and flourishes of old-school gameplay, but they’ll soon realise that it’s all just a bit shit. Personally, my girlfriend pointing out that the noise basic grunts make before attack...
If there was any way to say "milking a franchise," then it would be Saban's Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Mega Battle. This game looks great with its cartoon visuals and simple play style, but the lack of a story and terrible AI and hit detection have churned out something that screams…