The early-2010s indie scene was packed to the brim with fun, pick-up-and-play splitscreen games.
At the time, it felt like there were too many of them. Perhaps there were. Now, I miss them - it's rare to see that sort of game anymore. I suppose farming games are to this moment (the early 2020s) as splitscreen games were to then.
A select handful of those then-plentiful splitscreen titles have remained in the games-player zeitgeist. The remembered relics of an older era: Castle Crashers, Speedrunners, et cetera.
It's tragic that Mamotte Knight remains a forgotten, under-appreciated title, trapped on the Xbox 360. This is its first Backloggd review, and that's a shame. I'm aware there are sequels for the Switch and 3DS, but I think it's important to preserve every work in this medium, even if it's later made arguably obsolete.
If you can get it running in an emulator, or on a modded Xbox 360, you should absolutely give this one a spin.
It's a fun, clean NES throwback from a time when that was still a novel aesthetic. You can complete a run in about forty minutes. The music is composed by Yuzo Koshiro.
It expertly blends elements of tower defense and beat-em-up gameplay with light RPG elements a la Guardian Heroes.
The constant management of the princess' placement whilst fending off waves of enemies feels football-like when played with a friend. (The princess is the football. The enemies are trying to tackle her. You are trying to murder them via blunt force trauma.)
I am out of things to say and am now going to play it again. I leave you with this:
I will play Mamotte Knight with many different people over many months, or perhaps many years, and I will imbue it with a meaning that is personal and precious and known only to me. It is this act, of handing over a little piece of ourselves to a game, of allowing it to forever hold a portion of our memories and our pasts, that makes splitscreen gaming meaningful. It turns these games into time capsules of infinite value.
Also, the princess shouts "Defeat F@*#in Goblins” on the title screen, which rocks.
At the time, it felt like there were too many of them. Perhaps there were. Now, I miss them - it's rare to see that sort of game anymore. I suppose farming games are to this moment (the early 2020s) as splitscreen games were to then.
A select handful of those then-plentiful splitscreen titles have remained in the games-player zeitgeist. The remembered relics of an older era: Castle Crashers, Speedrunners, et cetera.
It's tragic that Mamotte Knight remains a forgotten, under-appreciated title, trapped on the Xbox 360. This is its first Backloggd review, and that's a shame. I'm aware there are sequels for the Switch and 3DS, but I think it's important to preserve every work in this medium, even if it's later made arguably obsolete.
If you can get it running in an emulator, or on a modded Xbox 360, you should absolutely give this one a spin.
It's a fun, clean NES throwback from a time when that was still a novel aesthetic. You can complete a run in about forty minutes. The music is composed by Yuzo Koshiro.
It expertly blends elements of tower defense and beat-em-up gameplay with light RPG elements a la Guardian Heroes.
The constant management of the princess' placement whilst fending off waves of enemies feels football-like when played with a friend. (The princess is the football. The enemies are trying to tackle her. You are trying to murder them via blunt force trauma.)
I am out of things to say and am now going to play it again. I leave you with this:
I will play Mamotte Knight with many different people over many months, or perhaps many years, and I will imbue it with a meaning that is personal and precious and known only to me. It is this act, of handing over a little piece of ourselves to a game, of allowing it to forever hold a portion of our memories and our pasts, that makes splitscreen gaming meaningful. It turns these games into time capsules of infinite value.
Also, the princess shouts "Defeat F@*#in Goblins” on the title screen, which rocks.