Many of you will just have to trust me when I say there's no niche furry following for this guy and that's shocking. Klonoa hasn't had a game in a thousand years either but that guy's fuckin popular. Is it because the 360 game sucked? Would we have gotten a revival if it had been good? The only option is for me to make a Sparkster OC, they'll be green with TWO swords.
Anyway this game kicks ass. I only really played the sequel (Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2, not Sparkster, the SNES game, which also exists to confuse you) and I loved it back then but knew this one was supposed to be better. Gamers are incredibly hyperbolic about this kind of thing so I'm pretty sure it's fine, but I admit part of my argument for that was the robot boxing section and turns out this one ALSO has a robot boxing section which pokes a big hole in my identity as a defender of Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2 (not Sparkster)
Apparently, the goal with RKA was for Konami to prove that the loss of the Treasure developers would not stop them making fantastic action games, and they succeeded. Fantastic Genesis synth jams, cute and memorable characters, and a ton of neat bosses and gimmicks, paced out perfectly, it's all there. It really stands out as an action game of the era by eschewing the kinda "jungle level, water level, fire level" structure for something more narrative. The first of seven stages sends you through enough different environments to justify 2-3 stages of lesser games, but each one after that gets progressively smaller in scale, not that it really matters. Just an observation.
If I was going to complain, it would be about all the things that can instantly kill you with pits and crushing and such, many of which can't be easily forseen on your first go. But honestly I know I wouldn't be dinging the game for that if it was one I'd already played enough to smooth over it, so I won't.
Fuck man you get a recurring rival that's just you but cooler and purple. Can't be beat. Looking forward to playing the other, worse games and giving them a 3 or a 4 on here probably.
Anyway this game kicks ass. I only really played the sequel (Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2, not Sparkster, the SNES game, which also exists to confuse you) and I loved it back then but knew this one was supposed to be better. Gamers are incredibly hyperbolic about this kind of thing so I'm pretty sure it's fine, but I admit part of my argument for that was the robot boxing section and turns out this one ALSO has a robot boxing section which pokes a big hole in my identity as a defender of Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2 (not Sparkster)
Apparently, the goal with RKA was for Konami to prove that the loss of the Treasure developers would not stop them making fantastic action games, and they succeeded. Fantastic Genesis synth jams, cute and memorable characters, and a ton of neat bosses and gimmicks, paced out perfectly, it's all there. It really stands out as an action game of the era by eschewing the kinda "jungle level, water level, fire level" structure for something more narrative. The first of seven stages sends you through enough different environments to justify 2-3 stages of lesser games, but each one after that gets progressively smaller in scale, not that it really matters. Just an observation.
If I was going to complain, it would be about all the things that can instantly kill you with pits and crushing and such, many of which can't be easily forseen on your first go. But honestly I know I wouldn't be dinging the game for that if it was one I'd already played enough to smooth over it, so I won't.
Fuck man you get a recurring rival that's just you but cooler and purple. Can't be beat. Looking forward to playing the other, worse games and giving them a 3 or a 4 on here probably.