Ballz 3D: Fighting at its Ballziest for SNES

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Review #40

Ballz 3D: Fighting at its Ballziest

At least it's bouncy

SNES 1994 Accolade Fighting Fighting › 1v1
Ballz 3D: Fighting at its Ballziest screenshot for SNES
Screenshot used for review/reference purposes.
0 / 5

Gameplay

Button masher if ever there was such a thing
Pseudo 3D effect is impressive until you try to navigate the arena in hopes of getting close enough to attack. Hint: it's incredibly frustrating
Controls are virtually unusable. Punch, kick, and jump buttons.
No idea if there are special moves
Enemies seem to have projectile moves that you don't have
Even on easy difficulty it's impossible hard. Enemies constantly put you in a never ending stun lock

1 / 5

Level Design

Just 1v1 fights

0 / 5

Theme

How did this make it past Nintendo's censors? The orgasmic moans in the title music should tell you the maturity level of this game.
The big screens constantly showing dumb messages are on brand but tortuously stupid.

0 / 5

Art Style

Impressive tech demo but the constantly rotating mode 7 floor combined with the scrolling background quickly become nauseating.
The ahem Ballz characters are similar to but less interesting to look at than Sega's Vectorman.

2 / 5

Audio

Music is spastic and bouncy. Weird but quite interesting.
Sound effects are truly awful. Characters grunt and moan. Horrible stuff

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