Metroid: Other M Review

I really tried to give this the best shot I could since I love Metroid and Ninja Gaiden, however I can't stand it. 

They should have done away with the cut-scenes since they're boring and stupid. 

The only thing to look forward to is some Zero-Suit eye candy. 

It tries to combine the Metroid and Ninja Gaiden games but it's not a good mix. Trading katanas for plasma shots was bad enough, but a clunky control system doesn't make things better. It was a neat idea, but the game is horribly executed. It's the worst game in the Metroid series. 

Score: 5 out of 10

Ninja Gaiden 3 To Feature An Easy/Casual "Hero" Mode

Ninja Gaiden has always been a tough series. A easy game in that series is still a tough cookie. Knowing this Tecmo is making a new easy mode to bring in more "casual" players. The game will auto block and auto dodge most attacks. Actually that sounds pretty lame. Why not make attacks more powerful and enemies weaker?

Metroid: Other M Impressions

Got this through Blockbuster By Mail. I've played practically every game in the Metroid series except this.

Granted I knew it wasn't a "true" Metroid game, instead a Ninja Gaiden clone co-developed by Tecmo's Team Ninja guys. But it's a kind of mix between Ninja Gaiden, 2D Metroids, and the Metroid Prime series. 

It's the first Metroid to have a considerable deep plot, real cut-scenes, and voice acting. It's all kinda boring though, and they're unskippable so it sucks if you hate them. 

Just got done with my first boss fight, and the game is fun for now. I'm not exactly thrilled about playing the rest, but I'll remain optimistic. 

Ninja Gaiden, Katamari Damacy, Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3 Coming to PSVita

Apparently all of them are ports, with Ninja Gaiden's being a port of Sigma for PS3. Sounds good to me. 

Bad Dudes (NES) Review

I only remembered this game for it's infamous quote line. Yes the president has been kidnapped by ninjas, and I'm a bad enough dude to rescue the president. 

The game itself is kinda Double Dragon meets Ninja Gaiden. You run around with punches and kicks while various kinds of ninjas come out of nowhere to put your head on a silver platter. 

The game itself has graphical problems such a glitching which really effects trying to see what any of them are trying to do to you. I for one have a hard time seeing one pixel ninja stars that are half invisible. Good luck getting to the end of the stage though. 

At the end of a stage you are treated to a boss fight, which aren't that bad. I enjoyed fighting the ninja-claw boss dude quite a bit. It's a shame that the game will reset if you die too much. Seven hard stages of brutalness too, not a fan of that. Ronald Reagan can stay kidnapped, I'm a Democrat anyway. 

Score: 4 out of 10

Ninja Gaiden (Sega Game Gear) Review

Like the Sega Master System Ninja Gaiden, this is another "lost" Ninja Gaiden game. Many people remember the recent ones, and the NES trilogy, but the Game Gear got a unique version of it's own. 

The graphics are simple, but the gameplay is bit more Shinobi than NES-Gaiden. I frankly like it since I thought platforming was the worst part about those games. 

The levels are mostly hack and slash, but I really liked the troll boss. It was bit hard to figure if he was taking damage or not, but then I got the hang of it. 

The 2nd boss I find almost impossible to beat. So I basically got stuck right there. Oh well, it's kinda hard for the sake of hard, not for the sake of challenging skilled players. I like the idea, but they could have made a much better game out of it. 

Score: 5 out of 10 

Ninja Gaiden (Sega Master System) Review

I'm very fond of the Ninja Gaiden series. I loved the Xbox game, Dragon Sword, and the first two NES classics. However there was a Sega Master System NG that was developed by Sega not Tecmo. I was always interested to see how it played. 

It looks a lot more colorful than the NES games, and the gameplay is pretty similar. However it does have a much faster pace to it, which I think is more it's downfall than it's advantage. Jumping around is floating, and you will fall into many unwanted places. 

Speaking of unwanted places, see those two pits? You will fall into pits like that a lot. Hit by a bomb? Death. Hit by other Ninja Guy? Death. Misjudge your jump? Death. 

After some frustrating trial and error, I managed to make it to the first boss. I really liked Mr. Sumo man a lot, since he was hard, but wasn't impossible when I found out his moves and how to defeat him. 

The rest of the game jumps up in difficulty after that. The next stage is Toyko or something, and apparently Yakuza, those fucking eagles, and Japanese cameramen hate you worse than Hitler. It's a decent try by Sega, but I think it's unworthy of it's series legacy. 

Score: 5.0 out of 10