Friday, September 14, 2007

Neutopia -- Initial Impression.

Here I am revisiting an old game I've already completed as we await Halo 3 and the other day-one titles of the season. This time going back seventeen years to 1990 and Hudson's Neutopia. I'm playing the game via the Wii's Virtual Console. The first thing that comes to mind with Neutopia is The Legend of Zelda. The term Zelda clone gets bandied about from time to time. Often times mistakenly. With Neutopia it couldn't be more accurate. Neutopia is an unabashed Zelda clone. Four-way directional movement with flip-screen animation, the pushing of rocks, the bombing of walls, the burning of bushes, and eight dungeons. Even the creature designs are beyond similar. What's the point? Is it worth it? The answers should hopefully come in the final opinion.

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