Still one of the coolest intros to any video game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7qEEFEkSkM

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>>11392559
Natsume's NES games have this sophisticated quality in terms of both aesthetics and gameplay, but kinda elusive to pinpoint specifically, that would make them believable as modern "retro" games for somebody who didn't know better.

Yeah it's a kick ass game

or punch ass I guess

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>>11392642
Who would win?

>>11392643
Kickmaster would win, because he'd turn on the game's music and incapacitate the Shatterhand dude with ear rape.

>>11392559
Badass title
Badass cover art
Badass game

Perfect game honestly.

Great power-up system.

>>11392559
One of those kino times where a localization saved a great game from obscurity due to its IP trap. The guys who did the Shadow of the Ninja remake should tackle shatterhand next.

>>11393226
I have a feeling it's more like the Solbrain license was slapped on the game for the JP market. The game seems to have NOTHING to do with its license other than the look of the protag.

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Protip: when using the full robot transformation, the closer you are to the enemy the more damage the fireball deals.

>>11393226
>kino times
Just stop.

>shat her hand

Fuck that ninja boss though.

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>>11392559
It was the style of the time. Randy Savage and Brett Hart gave out those glasses to the kids. Why wouldn't any kid want to look like they stepped out of an optometrist's office after having their pupils dilated?

>>11394256

Boss difficulty is all over the place... it's got to be hard to design a challenging boss fight when you don't know whether the player character is going to be an indestructible cyborg with an extremely strong, easy-to-use attack, or a guy with a delicate but moderately powerful robot helper wielding any of eight very different weapons, or just a guy

>>11394438
I've done punch-only playthroughs and the flying bitch is the only one that's really hard and annoying without robots

>>11392559
God Hand sisters???

>>11392559
This cover still rules, but nowadays it makes me think of like, AI generated art of a wrestling fan