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[Meier]

Yeah, I said it.

 

[BuddyC]

You spelled Pikmin 2 wrong.

 

[Fifty]

very arguably. ;p

It's still a great throwback game.

 

[Alcibiades]

You spelled Pikmin 2 wrong.

Astro Boy can settle for 2nd's...

 

[GDJustin]

You spelled Pikmin 2 wrong.

This is a post that I agree with.

 

[Matlock]

Astro Boy was a contender for GOTY ever since release in Japan. Since then, it's been overcast by Psi-Ops.

 

[thomaser]

Does it come out here in Europe, by the way? I can't find it on any releaselist.

 

[Soul4ger]

...Test Drive: Eve of Destruction ARGUABLY could be the best game of the year, too. This means nothing!

 

[chespace]

one thing i don't like about astroboy (i only have the import so i don't know about the u.s. release) is how boring it is to constantly whip out your two super moves. i like silhouette mirage so much better.

 

[IJoel]

 

[BenT]

one thing i don't like about astroboy (i only have the import so i don't know about the u.s. release) is how boring it is to constantly whip out your two super moves. i like silhouette mirage so much better.

You're not really supposed to use those a lot if you're going for a high score ... which is the point of the game after it's beaten once. Besides, you only get a max of five supers on any but the easiest difficulty, so it doesn't take long to burn through them if you're going to.

 

[Mejilan]

Astroboy is one of the sexiest games I've ever played.

 

[Tortfeasor]

I agree that this game was godly. It reminded me of C:SOTN. It was filled with classic gameplay that when mastered became a sexy dance. The story was great and the addition of a 2nd quest in the vein of C:SOTN's upsidedown castle was amazing.

Best GBA game in the last few years, best game of the year overall so far.

 

[Li Mu Bai]

Yeah, I said it.

Easy there Meier, that's quite a bold proclamatioon. You must at least list your reasons.

 

[snapty00]

I didn't really care for Astro Boy. It seems like practically every other game in its genre to me. It's not bad or anything, but I don't see it as anything special, either.

Zero Mission = the best

 

[shuri]

Theres way too much hype. Remove the modern effects, and the game would have stayed in japan back in the snes days

 

[Dan]

Theres way too much hype.

Indeed. I bought it last week and completed it last night. It's fun, but not all that great really. The Rebirth stuff was terrible too. I mean, yay, you're telling me I have to play through all the levels again just to find some meaningless characters and discover new dialogue bits to a story I couldn't care less about? I can't believe I haven't seen complaints about that when people complained about the challenging and fun searching/collecting at the end of Jet Force Gemini.

After completing it, I'm really not sure I'll go back to it. Certainly not any time soon.

 

[john2kx]

Astro Boy rocks..

but in a few days, Gradius V will shit all over it.

 

[lachesis]

Being a Atom (astroboy) fan, I shall check it out. I didn't really have too much expectation of the game though, but it's good to know the game is decent and worth playing...

lachesis

 

[aerofx]

Yeah, I said it.

I disagree.

 

[Diomedeskun]

Other than Adolf (pure genius) and BlackJack, I was never a big Tezuka fan, but the GBA Astro Boy led me to spend the past few days researching the references (before I got the extended desriptions unlocked) and I even bought Dark Horse's Astro Boy book 1 today (which thankfully seems to change no names other than Atom/Astro Boy).

I now find myself drawn to his cast of characters and I have greatly enjoyed the manga.

This is definitely the best GBA game since Fire Emblem. I didn't like the Japanese version much because it was too easy-especially with the 30 supers- but normal mode in the American edition is perfect for now and I will no doubt play hard as soon as I can beat it (stuck on

Spoiler

Blue Knight's timing attack in Rebirth

)

 

[wipeout364]

in a word, no.

 

[chespace]

Other than Adolf (pure genius) and BlackJack, I was never a big Tezuka fan, but the GBA Astro Boy led me to spend the past few days researching the references (before I got the extended desriptions unlocked) and I even bought Dark Horse's Astro Boy book 1 today (which thankfully seems to change no names other than Atom/Astro Boy).

I now find myself drawn to his cast of characters and I have greatly enjoyed the manga.

This is definitely the best GBA game since Fire Emblem. I didn't like the Japanese version much because it was too easy-especially with the 30 supers- but normal mode in the American edition is perfect for now and I will no doubt play hard as soon as I can beat it (stuck on

Spoiler

Blue Knight's timing attack in Rebirth

)

bro, adolf is probably one of the best manga i've ever read... right up there with the collected akira, nausicaa, blade of the immortal, initial d, and vagabond.

 

[Diomedeskun]

Nausicaa, Adolf, and Sanctuary have been my 3 favorites for years. I added Akira to that when it released, but I was rather put off by the art and style of other Tezuka work until recently. I just bought the new Nausicaa re-releases today as well, as they are a huge improvement over my old books. I originally bough Sanctuary and Adolf vol 1 of each shortly after seeing them in The Fifth Element on Bruce Willis's bed.

Vagabond, 3x3 Eyes, Planetes, and Blade of the Immortal are my currently ongoing favorite manga.

I have also taken a liking to Kung-Fu comics from China, but no manwha from Korea have interested me much yet.