Name: CGR Undertow - MAGIC KNIGHT RAYEARTH review for Game Gear
Uploaded: 2013-06-27T11:35:35.000Z
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Hamster Thursday might�ve hit a snag, but Strange Anime License Friday rolls on! This

week, new friend of the show Kevin in NANTUCKET took time away from being the object of bawdy

limericks to send us the Game Gear version of CLAMP�s Magic Knight Rayearth, a touching

tale of three color-coded girls trying to rescue their industry-mandated cute mascot

animal thing. And, in a move that shocks absolutely NO ONE, it�s an RPG! Again, due to industry

mandate. So grab your... um, feathers... and put your persocom to sleep... Okay, so I�ve

run out of CLAMP references. Here�s some gameplay footage.

Sorry, I should�ve mentioned that you should take something for motion sickness before

watching this video. In a move that left me completely baffled, the mechanic for battle

timing boils down to... a roulette? A roulette where full-body sprites indicate recovery

from their last attack, and close-ups indicate readyness. You can speed up and slow down

the roulette, which I�m led to believe increases or decreases your attack power... I think.

In truth, Kevin from NANTUCKET didn�t include an instruction manual, and the game isn�t

big on telling you exactly how much damage you�re dealing, so it�s mostly intuition

and guesswork. As much as we might complain about interminable tutorials in this day and

age... frankly, I could�ve done with one right here. Regardless, the combat itself

reminds one of Final Fantasy�s ATB systems, with certain characters becoming active at

different times instead of taking one solid turn. That�s pretty decent, for 1994 on

the Game Gear. What�s not decent, though, is the rate of random battles. If you ever

thought Pokemon was bad, this game will make you hug every Tentacool and Zubat you come

But while the combat is fairly decent, the design of the quest is a bit questionable.

The first three types of enemies you face are the same exact sprite, with a different

number stuck on their forehead. Get past a forest of those jerks, and you get to a village

where you fight the SAME DUDE SEVEN TIMES IN A ROW. And you thought those freakin�

moles in EarthBound were bad. Still, if you can stomach the constant spinning, it�s

a pretty fair experience, and can be used as a placeholder if, like me, you�re still

selling off internal organs in hopes of obtaining the US release of Magic Knight Rayearth for

the Saturn. So. Anyone need a kidney or three?

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CGR Undertow - MAGIC KNIGHT RAYEARTH review for Game Gear

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