{"id":882,"date":"2016-07-02T11:00:35","date_gmt":"2016-07-02T11:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/randomhoohaas.flyingomelette.com\/blog\/?p=882"},"modified":"2016-04-16T14:56:53","modified_gmt":"2016-04-16T14:56:53","slug":"onm-remembered-372","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randomhoohaas.flyingomelette.com\/blog\/?p=882","title":{"rendered":"ONM Remembered – #372"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Arooga! Never mind those fancy fightin’ frolics. Gibbon half a chance, go for Donkey Kong and his primitive, brute strength.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nfrom Official Nintendo Magazine issue 78 (March 1999)
\n(big ups to oldgamemags.com<\/a> for the scans!)<\/p>\n

Gosh dang this review had me excited something fierce! Not since Mario Party<\/i> had something got me so worked up. Even piddly little mentions of the game long before it was even considered to bring this to English shores got me gee’d up. A big stonking Nintendo crossover! And they’re all clobbering each other! If they’re all here in one game, why would I ever swap cartridges again in my life?!
\n<\/i>Not only was this the sort of hands-on character action I wanted from a crossover event, but the preview is bursting with colourful comic book-style artwork, seemingly huge arenas, and best of all, a personality chart that determines who your ideal character is. Beat that, Quizilla!<\/p>\n

I was gaga for Smash Bros<\/i>, and I almost take the franchise for granted now despite it pressing so many of my buttons. It’s a fighting game (well kinda sorta maybe<\/a>)<\/span> that’s incredibly accessible and easy to learn. It’s a big dumb crossover with great attention to detail, from the player intros to the stage details to even the character profiles. It can be as skill-based or as luck-based as you want it to be, depending on the stage and item options you choose. And the engine is a great blend of combat and platforming, so much so that the bonus games are as much fun to dip into as a regular battle royale.<\/p>\n

It’s a bloody divisive series to put it lightly, with its frothing splintered fanbase being just one aspect of it, but I’m afraid I’m one of those dopes who still has a great fondness for the games. You’re not just clarting about in karts or on a strategy board – you play<\/b> as these characters, and when so many crossovers these days are as mere tokens in strategy games, be they SRPGs or tower defence, you gotta respect it when there’s a game building full movesets and playstyles around these dudes. I still haven’t got around to the fourth one, but the buzz around all the announcements was a great thrill.<\/p>\n

Of course, I sing all these praises when I haven’t touched the games in years. I wouldn’t be surprised if I hate the game when I come back to it. For all the good times I’ve had, Smash Bros.<\/i> goes through phases of being tolerable and… not so tolerable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Arooga! Never mind those fancy fightin’ frolics. Gibbon half a chance, go for Donkey Kong and his primitive, brute strength.” from Official Nintendo Magazine issue 78 (March 1999) (big ups to oldgamemags.com for the scans!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[37,6],"class_list":["post-882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-onm-remembered","tag-onm","tag-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/randomhoohaas.flyingomelette.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/randomhoohaas.flyingomelette.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/randomhoohaas.flyingomelette.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randomhoohaas.flyingomelette.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randomhoohaas.flyingomelette.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/randomhoohaas.flyingomelette.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/randomhoohaas.flyingomelette.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randomhoohaas.flyingomelette.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/randomhoohaas.flyingomelette.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}