Ultraman
He's big in JapanGenre: fighting - 1v1
Publisher: Bandai
Year: 1991
System: SNES
Gameplay Score: 1
Gameplay Notes:
Not a total trainwreck like I imagined it would be. Only one fighter - Ultraman of course. Strange system of inputs. Press X to jump, A to kick and B to punch (excuse me, Ultra Kick and Ultra Punch) and the Y button executes a special move. There's a meter that's doesn't look like a meter that fills over time and can be used at any time but your have to store it up completely to deal a killing blow so you can't use it much. The killing blow is like a Fatality from MK. You have to get the enemy health to zero and then use the most powerful special move. I had to look this up in an FAQ after getting him down but being unable to end the fight. Stupid mechanic but once you know it's fine. Controls are sluggish but responsive. The gameplay is repetitive and boring but again the controls arent terrible. I've seen worse.
Level Design Score: 1
Level Design Notes:
Just the one story mode. No versus mode. I guess there are different difficulty levels but there's no option screen to select it. Instead you have to know a button combo to press on the home page like it's the Konami code. Again the FAQ helped me learn this. The arenas are sort of interesting with scrolling in both the fore and backgrounds but they have no sides so they scroll forever. This makes it impossible to corner an enemy so they can just back away forever. They can win by just staying alive and waiting out the clock so you have to chase them the entire time.
Theme Score: 1
Theme Notes:
Japanese Kaiju fighting. Where's Godzilla when you need him? I'd prefer him over this dufus in a rubber suit.
Art Style Score: 2
Art Style Notes:
Not bad for an early SNES title. Great use of color and some interesting character models. Passable
Audio Score: 2
Audio Notes:
Music is nothing but cheesy fanfare themes. Sounds might be authentic to the era but who knows. They sound like I imagine 60-70s japanese shows would have sounded.
Overall Score: 24
Review ID: 661
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