A new edition of Retro Corner is up as we begin the Halloween season with an old Arcade brawler from 1993. Night Slashers is a traditional brawler made by Data East who’s often known to produce titles like Bad Dudes. The version I am playing comes from the Nintendo Switch and PS4 port listed under Johnny Turbo’s Arcade. Right now, you are asking who is Johnny Turbo and why is he relevant to this review? There’s already a written article on his short comics back in May 2018 on this site and I recommend you check it out here. Compared to his fanboy antics in the past, his character is more relatable here. Flying Tiger Entertainment who published a list of Data East titles recently did a great job using him which Turbo Technologies Failed to do. When portraying a character for the sole purpose of smearing your competitor then a company know they messed up. Its good of Flying Tiger Entertainment to use his character to promote quality titles.
The game here as mentioned, is a traditional 2D brawler that were ordinarily found in the Arcade during 90s. The theme is about a demonic king summoning all kinds of demons and undead. He plans on opening a massive portal from his domain, so legions of demonic beings can take over Earth and turn it into a living Hell. A group of three fighters who are masters in their own fighting styles have come together to end this demonic king’s reign of terror on the world. The gameplay follows a core element for brawlers that Capcom and this studio did during that time. That is why gamers look back on Data East so fondly and it’s because they delivered quality games even when producing clones. These games might not have originality in concept but that doesn’t mean they’re terrible. Night Slashers (Arcade) Review
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A new edition of Gaming Entertainment is up and this time we look at the first volume in the Zelda comic series. Some of you probably rolled your eyes upon me reviewing another non-canon Zelda. However, the Nintendo comics actually had effort put into them compared to the cartoons they got based off. It all comes down to good writing and researching the license which is something TV and Film studios don't even do. That's why the majority of gaming TV shows and movies had horrible writing and if not animation for nearly two decades. Of course, it got better eventually when you factor in the recent Castlevania anime on Netflix and films like Detective Pikachu. I guess it took a few generations of gamers to have other producers and writers understand the license from the games themselves.
The comic much like the cartoon takes place after the second Zelda as Link and the Hylian Princess adventure through the land. The format is broken between two stories instead of being one whole chapter. The first story has the heroes face Ganon in one of his evil plans to conquer Hyrule. However, the Triforce of Wisdom predicts Link will die if he leaves the castle for any reason. The second story is about Zelda fleeing the North Palace with the Triforce in hand. After reporting to the king about it, Links tries to find out why Zelda ran away and to make sure she returns safely back to the castle. The comics were said to have a much darker theme even compared to Nintendo's light hearted concept. That was a feature the cartoon could never have when this got featured on a Saturday Morning TV block. So can Zelda be redeemed from its terrible cartoon with this comic? The Legend of Zelda Vol.1 Review |
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