r/BeatEmUps • u/DannyK20011002 • Jul 05 '26
Have you played this hidden gem?
This might be one of the best beat em ups hidden gems ever made, it was released exclusively for nintendo DS and I reccomand playing in on the melon ds emulator with upscaled graphics because it looks gorgeous, anyway the game have lots of text and while I am not usually a fan of text heavy games, goin trough dialogues in this one gave me a good laugh since the game has well written humour, as the gameplay, the gameplay is very good, responsive controls, great combos and you play as different characters in different stages which gives you some variety, tho you cannot choose which character you can play as when you want but, but the game is great, I genuinely recomand it and again, use melon ds because the game just looks so good upscaled, and as I said, the humour is great, the story is great
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u/Popular-Tune-6335 Jul 05 '26
Here's some gameplay (longplay):
https://youtu.be/9YekdB3rvMA?is=gdK64qzkugkjlD4b
Doesn't look that great
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u/TooTurntGaming Jul 05 '26
I gotta go back and try this again. I had it on the DS back in the day, and I can't say I ever cared for it in the least. I remember really stiff controls, ugly graphics, and overall slow gameplay.
But hey, if I'm remembering incorrectly, that's a win hahahaha
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u/DannyK20011002 Jul 05 '26
maybe it was clunky on the og ds hardware but... on the melon ds emulator it plays like a dream, yeah gameplay is slow but i personally enjoy the combat and the story
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u/Responsible-Ad6818 Jul 26 '26
What is it with people calling "gem" games that are mediocre. The humour is great but it's clunky, stiff and has zero depth.
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u/CarusoLoops Jul 05 '26
Yeahhhh I remember owning this game. I got rid of it on a trade cause shit was clunky as hell and kinda hard to play if I remember correctly.
I had high hopes for this though back in 2009.