Battletoads
Game by RARE/Tradewest
Reviewed by Rapidfire
rapidfire45@kmfms.com
Size: 2 Megabits
Save: nothing
Released: 1991
Works with: All gameboys/ made for B&W Game Boy

Opening Snide Remarks: Well, the Nintendo game was fun, and a N64 version
will kick ass, but since Rare seems to have moved on from super badass
amphibian mode to supercute mammal mode, I wouldn't count on it.  This game
is pretty common, and I picked it up a couple years back at Funcoland for
$14.

Gameplay: The gameplay can be described in only one fashion:  The designers
of Double Dragon must of been doing something, anything when they made this.
It is double dragon, but with more design, wacky animation, and, at the end
of a series of punches or kicks, you get a super gigantic body part shooting
the enemy off the screen.  So far, the game doesn't stray from the original
that much, except you can only play as one of the toads.

Graphics: Well, for a game that was made to ride the coattails of Ninja
Turtles, the graphics are pretty sweet, especially when you are riding that
hover-cycle thing.  When the speed of travel increases, though, it does blur
on an original game boy.  I haven't been able to try this one out on my
Color Game Boy, but I'd imagine it would be less blurry.  Other than that,
all the animation was done great on your toad.  The other enemies, especially
when you beat them up, do move in a choppy fashion.  Backgrounds are great
as are the title screen and everything else.

Sound: Take Double Dragon's sound effects, and them put them in a blender
with some sound effects from Looney Toons, hit frappe!  It does get the job
done though!

Music:  The music in this game is above average, following the Double Dragon
style of fighting music.  Excellent job at making non-annoying music(What
the hell happened while making Banjo-Kazooie, though?)

Play Control: In VERY rare occasions, you will hit jump and your character
will not respond.  In the hover-cycle level, it kinda turns into a reflex
game as you avoid lasers.  You will die because you forgot to hit the
direction pad, you will blame the controls, but it will probably be your own
fault.

Final Analysis: I think this is a decent game if you find it for about 10
dollars or less.  It is hard, though, and especially tricky that hover-cycle
be!  If they wanted to, Rare could package Battletoads, Battletoads in
Ragnoak World, Double Dragon, and Battletoads and Double Dragon together as
one big Color Game Boy game and people will buy it.  Even just the two
Battletoad games would be nice.  But this game screams for color!

Score
Gameplay:****
Graphics:*****
Sound:***
Music:***
Play Control:***
Total: 18

Final Score: 72%


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