Game #1051: Star Wars - Jedi Power Battles(Gameboy Advance)

  Scratching the bottom of the battle I find myself at.

 Bayonetta was really good, and that just can't stand, so here I am playing licensed GBA garbage again, today's feature being Star Wars: Jedi Power Battles. I mean, the console game wasn't very good to begin with, so did this version stand a chance at all?

 Well, let's start with the classic sure-fire signs that this is a low-quality licensed game: Classic, muddy digitalized 3-D sprites, Isometric perspective that makes jumping a pain in the rear end and... passwords. And weirdly enough for such a simple game, it's a bit buggy. On the second stage, after I performed a jump, Qui-Gon turned invisible.

 Let's start with how it plays, basic combat is clunky at worst and dull at best. A, A+movement, L and L+movement are your basic attacks, and to be fair, each of the four characters have different animations. Some are way better than others. Mace Windu has fast attacks, making him the best character, and Darth Maul, the one you unlock, is more of a punishment than a reward since his animations are SO slow. You can also deflect lasers and get force powers, but meh, nothing to save the game from being boring. Sometimes enemy placement is just annoying, so that you'll get shot after a jump, and thus pushed to your death, so now you know that you have to be ready to deflect the laser before continuing your jumps.

 Speaking of jumps... the isometric perspective is less than ideal for platforming, but in this game it's extra clunky. While you have a double jump, you can't change or correct your momentum, so if you accidentally slipped off or if an enemy pushed you... you are basically dead since you'll drop straight down, and your double jump won't carry you anywhere. And don't even let me get started on the fact that there's fall damage in the way of fall instant death. It's so incredibly stupid, there are so many stages in which you have to drop down, but if you forget about this and decide to jump down you'll just lose a life.

 Y'know, Jedi Power Battles might be slightly entertaining or a few minutes, but it's not long before the annoyances with the gameplay start piling up. I'd just get Star Wars Episode 3 on the GBA instead, does what this one tried to do but much better.

3.0