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| SUPER GAME! |
Ok, I can't keep quiet about this... Why is this game subtitled "Caveman Ninjas"? I have an idea of what it means to be a ninja and there's no way Joe or Mac are ninjas. Ninjas are supposed to be stealthy. Agile. They should use cool weapons like katanas and throwing stars. They're apt to be tall and thin. Joe is a short, beefy man who wields a club and throws dinosaur bones. He has bright coloured hair and wears a loin cloth.
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| Joe the Angel |
The game itself is a reasonable platformer. I don't know if there's a plot to the game covered in the manual or something but there was nothing at all in the game. You run around clubbing dinosaurs for a short period of time and then you do a predictable boss fight. Repeat. I vaguely recall the 2 player mode being a good addition but I can't really check it out now. One innovation it had is the 'angel' that appears after you die. You can fly him around such that you get to choose where you respawn on the screen. I remember this fetaure showing up in New Super Mario Bros Wii and thinking it was pretty innovative. Well, it was in Joe & Mac 21 years ago!
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| Rawr! |
After beating a boss a scantily clad tall woman with very bright hair runs onto the screen to give Joe a kiss. I believe I saw red, yellow, green, blue, and purple. So there's a whole rainbow of tall amazons out there looking to make out with a caveman ninja. Are these women being held captive by giant plants and dinosaurs? Are they groupies following Joe around? And why are they all so much taller than Joe? It's not like they're wearing high heels either, since they're barefoot!
Rating: A-
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