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Game Review - originally written by Sardius
Hey, this game ain’t so bad! In terms of the series, it beats the hell out of part 2, but it can’t quite live up to the standard set by the arcadey genius of the original Kid Niki (FU! FU! FUUUUUU!). Few games ever actually HAVE lived up to this standard, however, so you can’t really hold Kid Niki 3 accountable for such a failure. I guess.
Even if you’ve never played a Kid Niki game before, though, you should still check this one out; at first, it appears to be your average multiscrolling collect-the-keys-and-hit-stuff platformer, but there’s a surprising (for an NES game) amount of gameplay variety to be found here. Aside from running around, jumping, and bonking stuff with your bonking stick, you can also slide, charge up for a spin attack, and hang off of walls and ledges, among other such feats. The control’s a little floaty, and the game itself seems to suffer from…like, some weird constant jerky glitchiness (Kid Niki 3 appears to be programmed by the same people who did all those terrible early NES arcade ports like Ghosts’n Goblins and Athena, if that’s any indication), but other than that, it’s a colorful, happy little gem of a game. You play now!
(editor's note: I like this game too, as the other review on Backloggd states I too was introduced via the hack that grafts Mario's head onto He, but I never really got past the first level so her critiques are probably accurate)
Hey, this game ain’t so bad! In terms of the series, it beats the hell out of part 2, but it can’t quite live up to the standard set by the arcadey genius of the original Kid Niki (FU! FU! FUUUUUU!). Few games ever actually HAVE lived up to this standard, however, so you can’t really hold Kid Niki 3 accountable for such a failure. I guess.
Even if you’ve never played a Kid Niki game before, though, you should still check this one out; at first, it appears to be your average multiscrolling collect-the-keys-and-hit-stuff platformer, but there’s a surprising (for an NES game) amount of gameplay variety to be found here. Aside from running around, jumping, and bonking stuff with your bonking stick, you can also slide, charge up for a spin attack, and hang off of walls and ledges, among other such feats. The control’s a little floaty, and the game itself seems to suffer from…like, some weird constant jerky glitchiness (Kid Niki 3 appears to be programmed by the same people who did all those terrible early NES arcade ports like Ghosts’n Goblins and Athena, if that’s any indication), but other than that, it’s a colorful, happy little gem of a game. You play now!
(editor's note: I like this game too, as the other review on Backloggd states I too was introduced via the hack that grafts Mario's head onto He, but I never really got past the first level so her critiques are probably accurate)
Why did this series have to end on a game developed by Micronics? This game has some decent ideas and it's one of Micronics better games but for a game made in 1993, this is kind of bad. Like it's been almost a decade and Micronics still has the same problems their games had since the early days of the Famicom. I am surprised by the variety of moves you can do but it can feel kind of clunky at times. Really there's not much to say. It's pretty generic, it's easy, the music sucks but it could be worse. This game would be obscure if it wasn't for that famous Mario bootleg that just poorly puts Mario's head from Mario 3 on the Main Character which they didn't even do for all of his animations.
Welp, I did all 4 games now, do I get a reward? Probably not. Oh well I guess there's worse things to do on a day like this.
Welp, I did all 4 games now, do I get a reward? Probably not. Oh well I guess there's worse things to do on a day like this.
IT'S KID NIKI