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Sega Lord X reviews the Street Fighter II Champion Edition PC Engine port. |
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I had a TurboGrafx-16 growing up. It was my first system past the 'classic' era of Intellivision and 2600. It was also the first system I bought with my own money. To be honest I'm not certain why I picked this over the Genesis and Super Nintendo that all of my friends had. Maybe I just wanted to be different. Maybe it just cost less. Whatever the reason, it turned out to be the right choice. I identified heavily with many of the games that were released for the system – shooters, RPGs, stylized platformers.
So while the kids down the street had Mario or Sonic, I had Bonk. Bonk, PC Genjin in japan, is a ridiculously baby-faced cave-boy who makes his way through life by bopping things with his oversized cranium. It one-upped their one-button attack scheme by adding a second element. Two buttons now – jump, headbutt. He could headbutt from the ground as well, making him more than a match for the other mascots in terms of play dynamic. Further add to this his ability to flip/float through the air by headbutting rapidly, and there's a nicely functional intellectual property for you.
Plus he ate meat to gain super-neanderthal power. Edgy!![]()
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