Asuka 120% Maxima for PCE CD

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Asuka 120% Maxima

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Genre: fighting - 1v1

Publisher: NEC

Year: 1995

System: PCE CD

Gameplay Score: 4

Gameplay Notes:

Crunchy attacks that deal heavy damage, knocking enemies across the screen or dealing multiple hits. Easy to pull off special moves. Responsive controls. Feels great. 10 fighters with wildly varied styles. You can even combo and parry and block projectiles. There's a lot of depth here.

Level Design Score: 3

Level Design Notes:

Ho hum. Almost no animations in the background. Boring settings in high school style arenas.

Theme Score: 3

Theme Notes:

Another mostly girls fighting roster. The Japanese sure loved these things. Long cutscenes (no video, mind you) tell a story in all Japanese with a ton of voice acting and on screen text.

Art Style Score: 4

Art Style Notes:

The sprites and moves love and move great. Not NeoGeo quality, but better than most 16-bit fighters. The backgrounds are rather boring, but well drawn.

Audio Score: 4

Audio Notes:

Nice, upbeat music that would fit in any arcade figuring game. The incessant voices get old after a while though.

Overall Score: 74

Review ID: 11007