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Message: [QUOTE="Sayo, post: 41798, member: 342"] Gimmick! is an outstanding game not only with regards to the NES/FC but with regards to the platforming genre as a whole. To say that this is an impressive game for its time would be an understatement. It's so carefully crafted that its almost unbelievable that it runs on such primitive hardware, not only does it put most other NES titles to shame, but it also surpasses most if not all of its contemporary games on far more powerful hardware. From the finely tuned phsyics, subtle screen transitions that solely exist to add eye candy, to the seemingly intelligent enemies that react accordingly to your actions, this is a game that has to be played to be believed. For example when you tip oveer the spiky turtle enemies and stand on their stomach, your character will be slowly slid off their bottom by their legs, enemies will react accordingly to your movements, dodging, charging and patiently waiting for you to make a move. It almost feels alive. The soundtrack is Sunsoft at its best, this is pretty much where the internal studio of Sunsoft peaked and sadly it didn't last much longer after this, but you can really tell their expansion chips are hard at work here and they shine oh so bright. I do have my grievances with the difficulty and seeming lack of checkpoints, in spite of being a short game with small stages, they are very difficult and you will get your ass handed more than once, I do feel that the boss battles are the most difficult part of the game, despite having simple attack patterns, they are just as intelligent as the regular enemies are and you'll end up in a pinch quite often. Don't get me started on the graphics, they are fantastic, colorful, detailed and highly animated for their time, it sort of feels like a prototypal project for the Kirby formula in a sense. Huge fan of the palette used on each stage. Do I think this is the best platformer on the NES? No, out of personal preference I think there's better games, do I think this is a technical and audiovisual achievement? Certainly. [/QUOTE]

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