 The Boy Armed With A Pocketful Of Candy
Ever seen a little known animated movie named "Little Nemo: The Dream Master"? It's all about this kid named Nemo, and he has this Freddytm Kruger-like problem where his dreams are like a reality. Seems that Capcom wanted to cash in on the little kid that could... Sleep! GET IT! MWAHAHAHAHA!!!
Whether you're digging tunnels as a mole or letting a gorilla punch out wasps, this game is a pretty descent platformer! I ga-run-tee it!
Sound: Uh... Do I really have to do this part? You've played Mega Man, right? Figure it out yourself and stop asking me! Control: It's like playing Yoshi's Island for the SNES, only without a crying Baby Mario or a long tounge to eat enemies. Good enemies are like bubbles you touch to become ghetto things, like a frog, or wallpaper. Fun: As much fun as you can have with a standard Capcom platformer. You can't leave levels without all the keys, and that makes you work even harder, you lazy putz! Get out there and show those mean dream enemies what candy can do!  |
Anyhow, Nemo wanders into this magical world where you can't tell the difference between alligators and crocodiles, which he calls "crocigators". You run around this magical place, where a weird bug named Flip tells you that his name is Flip. Nice story. Oh, wait. He tells you other things too, like monsters love to eat candy. Whatever the case may be, you run around the land, throwing candy at snails and wasps, only to find out that they don't like it. Then you throw them at frogs and moles, and they love it! Love it so much, in fact, that after three pieces, they fall asleep, and allow you to ride them. Emphasis on "ride".
See, you don't actually "ride" frogs. Instead, you rip their skin off and wear them! Of course, instead of showing the actual ripping of the skin, the frog just explodes in a cloud of dust, which incinerates the frog, but not the suit. Hence, you wear a Frog Suit just like in Super Mario Bros. 3. There are some monsters that you can actually ride, though, such as apes. I think it's because apes are less explosive than frogs. Or that the potassium they get from bananas make their skin unbreakable. On any account, you ride them instead. Sounds like a fun game? You betcha!
You venture through the land in search of keys, so you can open the door to awakening. To do so, you need to give the monsters an offer they can't refuse, that being the stealing of their skin and the riding on their backs and stuff. And you kill off all unwanted monsters that get in your way. And when you are done with the suit or ride or whatever, you push "select", and they explode! You don't think Nemo actually wants to pay them a salary, do ya? He ain't runnin' no Mafia or anything. He's trying to find out why Flip is stupid, why the gorilla isn't that combustable, and why this game is so good!