Sunday, December 03, 2006
Wii owners: RISTAR tomorrow!
For anyone lucky enough to own an [American] Nintendo Wii, get ready to buy the Sega Genesis/MegaDrive classic RISTAR all over again tomorrow on the Virtual Console!
I say re-buy semi-jokingly, because quite frankly Ristar is one of the best games ever produced which means it's more than worth the $8.The music is catchy, the character designs are totally endearing, and the number of on screen colours is astounding for a MegaDrive title.
The game mechanics are interesting as well - Ristar uses his long arms to latch on to enemies (and items), and upon releasing the button, he slams himself into them to defeat them.
Of course, unless someone makes a mistake, the version we'll have served up to us will of course be the American release, which has a few cultural edits done here and there, compared to the original Japanese release which went under the full title of "Ristar: The Shooting Star" (notice the empty gap under the logo in the first screen grab up there?) The story, and consequently the ending, were schmaltzed-up a little, with more emphasis put on Ristar finding his dad. Ristar's game sprite was also changed to alter his good-natured, friendly smile to a more "come and get me bitch" frown. I'm really only mentioning this for trivia's sake though, as none of it harms the game.
If you've never played Ristar before, and you like platformers, you'll love this. It's totally worth the 800 Wii points ($8 US). It seriously is one of the best games ever made, and I don't say that often.
Posted at 7:15 PM
