KPRC 2 took a camera inside Forest Brook Middle School, one of the New Education System schools identified by superintendent Mike Miles.

It may look like your typical class, but teachers follow Powerpoint presentations created by the district to instruct students, with lessons followed by a timer, so that way they can stay on schedule.

And that way, students are clear about what they're supposed to be learning.

The first 45 minutes of class is dedicated to the day's lesson. Then, students are encouraged to participate and work in teams.

Then the class takes a 10-minute quiz -- which teachers grade on the spot to determine who understands the content, and which students need more time. Those kids stay with the teacher for the remaining 35 minutes of class.

Students who pass the test head off to a team center where they work independently on more advanced work related to the lesson of the day. A learning coach is nearby to help if necessary.

The team center is also the place where disruptive students are sent -- with a Chromebook and headphones. Then they zoom back into their classrooms and continue the days' lesson.

Three days into the school year -- the NES principals we spoke to said they haven't had to use this space for any misbehaving kids.

Superintendent Mike Miles says the reforms are necessary to close the achievement gaps among Black, Brown and White students in HISD. He said his goal is to make every student ready for a fast-paced society.

Focus on Fleming: HISD looks to reduce achievement gap between studentsWhat lead to TEA takeover of Houston ISD

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Nintendo has been working on adding classic games to its Nintendo Switch Online catalog, with many titles coming from its beloved NES console. These games were once titans in the gaming industry, and now, players can access them through the updated Nintendo Switch device.

According to Nintendo Life, many games from previous Nintendo devices have been added to the Switch Online catalog. These games from Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Nintendo 64 (N64), Game Boy Advance, and other game consoles include titles like "Super Mario Bros."

Nintendo Switch Online: Available NES Classic Games Include 'Donkey Kong' and 'Dr. Mario'

From wild Wonder effects to a light equipment system, Super Mario Bros. Wonder looks to refresh the classic platformer.

New Super Mario Bros. was never really the next evolution of 2D Mario. Even the clunkily self-aware name clearly designates it as a retro throwback meant to evoke the classics, not reinvent them. So while it's been 10 years since we've gotten a new 2D Mario game, it's actually been much longer since we've seen Nintendo approach a 2D Mario with the thoughtful, evolutionary design philosophy that defined his earliest sequels. However, based on a brief play session, Super Mario Bros. Wonder may very well be the next true successor in a continuum of 2D Mario design.

The titular wonder of Mario Wonder comes from its fantastical stage effects: unique, tailored mechanics that are custom-made for each stage. When you find a Wonder Flower, the entire stage changes to conform to some wild new reality. Most if not all of the Wonder Flowers are entirely missable, which means that each stage is designed to function on two levels--as a regular, well-crafted Mario platforming stage, and also as a zany, mechanic-changing, one-off gameplay experience. At least in the stages I sampled, it is astounding how well the design worked on both levels.

Transforming the world with a Wonder Flower starts a hunt for a special Wonder Fruit, which then turns off the Wonder effect. The Wonder Flower effects are so varied and change gameplay so much that I hesitate to even share the handful that I played, because discovering the delightful surprises was like unwrapping a birthday present every time. But in the interest of illustrating how inventive they are, I simply have to explain.

The first stage showed the effect seen in the debut trailer, transforming all of the pipes into living creatures, including one that moves along the stage like an inchworm that you can ride to reach the Wonder Fruit. It was a cute, inviting way to explain the concept of the Wonder effects. Likewise, the second stage provided an endless shower of Mario's iconic Super Stars, letting you remain invincible for as long as you continued to grab them. That one showed how the Wonder Flower can have huge, game-changing effects on Mario and company. But other effects were even wilder.

In a stage full of tough, bull-like enemies, the Wonder Flower created a stampede that charged right past the first goal line and carried you to a second one. In a stage with a series of Thwomp-like crushing enemies, the Wonder Flower summoned an enormous one that covered the entire stage and slowly made its way down, cracking through the crystalline stage elements and turning the entire stage into a harried, vertical escape sequence. A later stage introduced Maw-Maws, a new enemy that eats Goombas--only to have a Wonder Flower that turns you into a Goomba. That effectively made the rest of the mission a Mario-flavored stealth challenge, as a Goomba-fied Mario--with a stubby little jump--had to sneak past the creatures by hiding behind bushes and then fleeing in terror while their backs were turned. Similarly, the last stage I saw revolved around the balloon-like Bloomps, with the Wonder Flower turning Mario and his friends into balloons themselves. As I was playing co-op at this point, Mario and his friends had to float their way up to the goal while bouncing and ricocheting off of the walls and each other.

Completing a stage with a Wonder Flower effect is one surefire way to obtain a Wonder Fruit, which in turn can unlock certain new courses. Rather than gate progression behind an arbitrary goal like specialized coins, this seems aimed at gently steering you towards seeing a good selection of the weird specialized mechanics.

The Wonder Flower comes as part of the new setting, the Flower Kingdom. Venturing from Peach's domain, a short opening movie shows Mario and his friends paying a visit to the caterpillar-like monarch of a neighboring kingdom, apparently as visiting dignitaries. The ruler is showing off a Wonder Flower, but wouldn't you know it, Bowser interrupts the ceremony and takes the flower, merging himself with the Flower Kingdom castle and becoming a monstrous living castle-ship. The Bowser castle then proceeds to roam around the kingdom using its flower power to corrupt everything in sight. The king wonders who can possibly help, and Mario, being fairly experienced in this regard, volunteers. Like many Mario stories, the quick, snappy opening cutscene tells you all you need to know to go off on a rollicking adventure. This is also when I heard the most of Mario's new voice, which is distinct enough from Charles Martinet's performance to be noticed if you're listening for it--but to be honest, I probably would not have realized the change if Nintendo had not announced it.

As varied and surprising as the stage effects are, they're far from the only new addition in Wonder. Elephant Mario was a breakout star in the first trailer, but strange as it is to see Mario turn into a plumbing pachyderm, that isn't a Wonder effect at all. Instead, this is a standard power-up you can find in "?" boxes like any other, and imbues you with its own special powers. For one, you're extra strong and can push things, including entire rows of pipes. Plus, you can gather water in your trunk to throw at enemies. The elephant power-up also signifies a break from traditional Mario items by significantly changing your physical size, as opposed to the relatively small difference between Mario with or without a Super Mushroom. The Mega Mushroom introduced in the New SMB series changed your size, but it was a temporary effect similar to a Super Star. The Elephant power-up stays as long as you avoid getting hit, like any other Mario power-up, and in Wonder you can bank one for later in case you need it.

The other new major power-up during our preview session was a simple concept executed well, in classic Mario fashion. The drill power-up lets you crack through breakable surfaces, like the aforementioned crystalline structures in the caverns, as well as burrow underground or even into the ceiling and then move around freely inside, digging your way under otherwise impassable walls. It's the kind of easygoing "a-ha" power-up concept that could have huge gameplay implications. The stage with the Bloomps also featured a bubble power-up that lets you blow bouncing bubbles. At one point, the Bloomps stage spontaneously turned into a playful, impromptu game of keepy-uppy with one of the balloon-like creatures with a quick coin reward for keeping it in the air for a handful of seconds.

Mario Wonder takes an "everyone is here" approach to character selection. The roster includes Mario and Luigi, of course, along with Peach, Daisy, two Toads, Toadette, four Yoshis, and Nabbit. The Yoshis and Nabbit collectively occupy the space previously taken by Nabbit alone, as simple introductory characters for newcomers. They can't take damage, but they also can't equip power-ups like the Elephant and Drill. That might seem like a severe downside, but I expect that this is also a way to keep things simpler for novices, as someone not used to Mario might get disoriented by the sudden mechanical changes that come with power-ups. Everyone else can equip any power-up, which, yes, means we got to see the adorable elephant-ized versions of characters like Daisy and Toad.

Another major twist to the Mario formula comes in the form of Badges, which come in two forms: action, which gives you new abilities, and boost, which provides a passive benefit. The action Badges may give you a floating high jump similar to Peach's traditional jump, a high jump that you power up with a crouch, a wall climb jump that will boost you straight upwards, or the ability to use your cap as a parachute to float slowly downwards. The boost abilities could let you earn coins for defeating enemies, a "Safety Bounce" to save you from lava, pits, or poison once per jump, or an auto Super Mushroom to start you in each stage with a mushroom. One of them even adds "!" blocks, which I didn't experience, but the description says they could act as extra platforms, contain items, or serve some other purpose.

You can equip one Badge at a time, giving you some degree of customization and the ability to adapt to stage challenges by editing your equipment. Crucially, the action abilities fit right into Mario's traditional mechanics and feel perfectly at home. The system feels more about finding your own rhythm than breaking anything fundamentally about the Mario experience.

Badges also help facilitate a new type of stage, Badge Challenges. These quick, one-off stages let you test your skill using a badge's unique ability, like wall-jumping across a stage with more verticality than usual. Quick "Break Time" stages also give you a brief, fun diversion from the standard stages. And when it comes to picking a regular stage, each is designated with a star-based difficulty rating, letting you know just what you're about to get into.

Both local and online multiplayer have also gotten some nice refinements and new features. Couch co-op will probably be the preferred method of play for many players, and the camera tracking now follows the leader, which swaps intuitively when one player dies. If you play online, you can pair with a couch co-op buddy and team up with another online duo to make your way through stages. And with online play enabled, even solo, you'll automatically see shadows of other players from around the world, which might help clue you into hidden secrets. You can even lend a hand to other players intentionally by dropping a cardboard standee of your character, which will revive other players who find it, and grant you Heart Points in return--a way to show other players that you've been helpful and courteous.

All of this is delivered with a visual style and polish that is, in a word, gorgeous. This was readily apparent from the debut trailer, but seeing it in action feels like a kind of magic. The individual characters are more expressive and animated than ever before, with faces that change dynamically based on what's going on in the world around them. The facial features themselves look almost like hand-drawn art mapped on top of their 3D character models for a distinct effect that sets itself apart from other Mario games. Character designs have thoughtful little touches, like a spiral pattern on Peach and Daisy's dress when they get the drill power-up, that made me eager to see every possible character permutation. And those attributes extend far beyond the core cast of Mario and his friends. Enemies are brought to life with the same playful spirit--Goombas' eyes bulge with terror when they see a Maw-Maw approaching, and they sweat as they run away. The squirrel-like Skedaddler looks like something out of Looney Tunes as it flees from Mario. It's the most Mario has ever looked like playing a fully animated cartoon, absent perhaps Paper Mario.

And the world itself is just pulsing with personality. From the jazzy acapella-infused music that accompanies each stage to the running commentary from the living flora of the Flower Kingdom. Super Mario Bros. Wonder feels alive in a way that 2D Mario hasn't for years, and may launch an entirely new trajectory for the series going forward.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder May Be The Biggest 2D Mario Rethink Since The Super NES

I'm just saying it would look really nice encased in grey plastic.

The MIX Games and Wallride have announced Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland for consoles and PC. Although it has the distinct palette and 8-bit look of the NES, that is not one of the "consoles" that they are talking about.

When did Rugrats last air? 2004. I guess the '90s are slow to die because we're getting a new game in 2024. It's kind of a weird choice to make it look like an NES game since the cartoon started airing in 1991; the year the SNES was released.

Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland is a hop-and-bop platformer that also claims to have some puzzle and exploration elements. There are six levels "throughout the Pickles' residence." You play as Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, and Lil, who have unique skills. There's also a simultaneous co-op mode. If the 8-bit graphics aren't doing anything for you, you can toggle to an HD hand-drawn style that matches the cartoon.

For some reason, I just love toggling art styles. This is usually in HD remakes, but I'll take it anywhere.

I was never into Rugrats, even though I was the right age for it. We just didn't really get it on any of the stations my family had growing up. I mostly watched WB cartoons, like Pinky & the Brain and Batman: The Animated Series. However, I do love the NES. So much so that, if there was a version actually being released on the NES, I would be all over it.

Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland is coming to PC and Consoles in 2024. What consoles? I don't know, it doesn't say. But Limited Run Games will have a physical version of it for whatever consoles those are. Maybe I'll get lucky, and there will be an NES version.

Rugrats Adventures in Gameland looks like it should be coming to NES (but it isn't)

The MIX Games and Wallride Games have announced Rugrats Adventures in Gameland, a brand-new licensed titled based on the iconic Nickelodeon franchise that's being developed for PC, modern consoles and... the NES.

Yep, much like Wallride's previous Jay & Silent Bob: Mall Brawl, this game has been developed specifically for Nintendo's original home console, cartridge and all, so you can genuinely play it on original NES hardware. Of course, a version of the game will also release for PC and modern consoles so those not still rocking a NES at home can play it. For the modern release, players will even be able to select an "HD" version of the game instead of the NES port.

Adventures in Gameland is being developed as part of a partnership with Paramount which is lending its various IP to multiple "neo-retro games with classic mechanics built for today's gamers," and it'll be a classic puzzle platformer-style starring the beloved characters and even featuring 2-player co-op.

Naturally, Limited Run Games is involved and although we don't have a date for pre-orders it's due to launch in 2024.

Check out a trailer for Rugrats Adventures in Gameland below:

A baby-fresh take on retro-inspired gameplay, featuring a unique co-op design, where kids and parents need to stick together to win!

Get ready for high-speed chases, sneakin' around as a baby-stack trench coat, and destroying buildings on TV as Reptar. A baby's gotta do what a baby's gotta do!

A Brand New Rugrats Game Is Coming And It's Getting An Actual NES Version

There's a new Rugrats game coming out next year, and you can play it with graphics that make it look like it was developed for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). The Mix Games and Wallride have unveiled Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland, which you can play either in HD cartoon mode or in 8bit mode, if you're feeling nostalgic. It's a puzzle platformer where you have to control the Rugrat of your choice -- Tommy, Chuckie, Phil and Lil -- as they pretend that they're inside a game.

Its official page says: "Through the power of imagination, the babies transform Tommy's house into a video game world full of action, excitement, and adventure!" The game features multiple levels with different themes and bosses, and each Rugrat has unique abilities of their own that you can use to navigate the environment and to defeat enemies. You can also play solo or in a two-player coop if you want to enjoy the game with friends.

According to the developers' announcement, the game is making its way to PC and consoles sometime next year. They didn't say which consoles exactly, but Mix confirmed on Twitter that it will be playable on NES hardware. The game will most likely be available as a software download, but the developers are also planning to release physical versions of the title via Limited Run Games.

'Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland' is a throwback to the NES era

The NES released in Japan 40 years ago, but a new Rugrats game is on the way to Nintendo's old console next year.

Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland is a classic mascot platformer based on the 90s Nickelodeon TV series coming to PC, consoles, and the NES.

The game is presented in retro 8-bit graphics, though modern versions will also include a HD graphics option to toggle on a smooth hand-drawn look.

It'll also include both single-player and two-player co-op modes, and feature cameos from beloved characters like Angelica, Cynthia, and Spike.

The game was shown at the MIX Showcase, with Limited Run Games publishing physical editions of the game. MIX confirmed to VGC that the NES version will be released.

As Tommy, Chuckie, Phil and Lil, players will power through high-speed chases, sneak around as a baby-stack trench coat, and destroy buildings on TV as Reptar. This is bringing back memories (and making me feel very old).

Nintendo officially ended support for the NES in 2007, but as Eurogamer reported in 2017 there are still plenty of people making NES games.

New Rugrats game coming to NES over 40 years after console's Japanese release

Paramount has revealed the first new game dedicated to the Rugrats franchise in over 20 years, Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland.

The game is being developed by Wallride games, in partnership with Paramount and The MIX Games. It seems that this will be the first in a series of "neo-retro games with classic mechanics built for today's gamers".

Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland is a puzzle platformer, that's being programmed in such a way that Limited Run Games is making an authentic NES cart of the game, that can run on real NES consoles, as well as Famiclones. The modern version of the game will allow you to switch anytime between NES and modern graphics.

Wallride demonstrates a very good grasp of the spirit of the NES console, as the NES version of Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland is bright, colorful, and features very accurate depictions of Tommy, Chucky, their friends, and their little world. In contrast, the modern graphics look practically like they come from the show itself, only with the camera set to eye level and a significant distance apart.

For people old enough to remember when retro games were the new games, actually both modes are very nostalgic to classic games. It's easy to understand why Wallride thought NES would be a good platform to target. There's an ongoing nostalgia cycle particularly for NES generation graphics, leading to games with NES aesthetics and even new NES games. On top of that, the NES was a famous platform for many decent, and even good, licensed platformers. This runs the gamut from obscurities like Felix the Cat and Little Nemo The Dream Master to system sellers like Ducktales.

On the other hand, the NES isn't actually a fitting platform for Rugrats, and here's why. The show debuted on Nickelodeon in 1991, but was overshadowed by other Nickelodeon shows like Ren & Stimpy. Reruns would make the show inescapable on the network, and eventually popular, by 1995.

So the first Rugrats video game didn't actually arrive until 1998, with Rugrats: Search for Reptar on the PlayStation. As a late bloomer, Rugrats missed the tail end of the NES's lifespan, as well as the SNES and Genesis after that.

Rugrats stuck around for two console generations, but it's last game before this, Rugrats Munchin Land, released all the way back in 2002 for the PC.

So it feels like some strange revisionist history to see this faux retro game for Rugrats come to the NES. But I'm not really complaining, as it looks great and could be the start of some fun new games based on a few dormant Paramount owned franchises. Maybe they could make new NES games out of Top Gun and Mission Impossible next. That surely won't be confusing and be really entertaining.

Rugrats: Adventures in Gameland is in development for PC and modern consoles. You can watch the announcement trailer below.

Rugrats Is Getting A New NES Game That's Also Coming To Modern Platforms - Gameranx

If you're like me, your top priority over the past week has been obtaining the recently launched NES Classic Edition (or "NES Mini") console. And, if you're like me, you were disappointed to see that getting an NES Mini at a reasonable price at the moment is about as easy as getting a self-driving car that prints money and makes calzones for you. (Which I believe Elon Musk is working on.)

The mini console, which includes 30 classic games such as Super Mario Bros and The Legend of Zelda, has been highly coveted by collectors, seekers of nostalgia, and me. Especially me. The console retails at only $60, which is quite impressive considering the NES launched in 1985 at $200.00 (well over $400 with inflation). So it's not hard to imagine that the release would be flying off the shelf. However, there's a difference between being a popular item and literally crashing Amazon.

However, this shortage is hardly anything new for fans of the classic game company. The drought of consoles brings back memories of 2006, where the Nintendo Wii was extremely difficult to find the holiday after launch. It was Tickle Me Elmo all over again. Well, except that the Wii was (objectively) more fun to play with than Tickle Me Elmo.

More recently, Nintendo received backlash for not properly supplying fans with iterations of their uber-popular Amiibo figures. This even led to people hoarding specifically rare figures and jacking up the prices.

Heck, I even remember being a kid and pooling my allowance money with my brother to purchase an N64. My family had to drive to three different game stores just to find one with any of the consoles in stock. And that final destination was literally on fire minutes before we got there. I'm not even joking.

But why does it seem like it's only with Nintendo that we get these shortages? Sony and Microsoft both had issues keeping their eighth generation consoles in stock upon launch. Although, to be fair, Sony at least had the common courtesy to warn their fans that Playstation VR may be difficult to get your hands on.

So is this simply a case of Nintendo not knowing how to please its fan-base? Or is this simply a brilliant use of supply and demand? Either way, I'll say this: I still demand one. Really, really badly.

Featured image courtesy of Flickr user BagoGames

NES Classic Edition In Short Supply - Innovation & Tech Today

I was first introduced to Bucky O'Hare through the NES game. This was back in 2010, long after the cartoon was off the air. It's an interesting game, which I'll get to in a bit. However, I quickly grabbed the cartoon to watch and maybe gave up after two episodes. I know that two episodes is a pretty brief amount of time to try and form an opinion on a show, but I couldn't stand it. It was a horrible maelstrom of bad attempts at wordplay and nauseating self-righteousness.

The ship that the eponymous Bucky pilots is called the Righteous Indignation, which really tells you all you need to know about the show's tonality.

The cartoon was based on a comic from the late '70s, but it's one of those shows that were pretty obvious in their intention to sell toys. However, it did wind up with a couple of video games by Konami, one for the arcade and the other for the NES. Fortunately, both are a lot more tolerable to me than the cartoon. So let's look at the NES version.

The Super Famicom was released in 1990 in Japan, followed by the 1991 SNES release in North America. Publishers were quickly abandoning the NES and Famicom in favor of the new platform, but there was still a number of quality games that were released before the last official NES title dropped in 1994.

During the waning years of the NES, Konami, in particular, did a number of mostly licensed titles that were of unusual quality. These were games like Monster in My Pocket, Zen: Intergalactic Ninja, and Bucky O'Hare. None of these were particularly great licenses. None of them really survived the '90s. But if you were expecting a crap game to go alongside them, you're in for a surprise.

I'm not saying that any of these games are great. It's just they're a lot better than you'd probably expect. While they do seem somewhat rushed, they all display a level of technique that you don't find in the era's licensed games. It's like an extremely talented development team decided to phone it in.

In the case of 1992's Bucky O'Hare, that's exactly what it is. Its director was Masato Maegawa, who went on to found the legendary development studio Treasure.

If you're unfamiliar with the premise of Bucky O'Hare, it's essentially Star Wars with furries. It takes place in an alternate reality nauseatingly called the "Aniverse" because everyone in it is an anthropomorphic animal. The Toad Empire is making life hell for anyone with warm blood. Bucky and his crew are rebels, fighting to free all the mammals from beneath the slimy heel of the Toad Empire. Also, there's a child insert character who gets transported to this parallel dimension because nothing cements a fantasy in a child's mind quite like quantum kidnapping.

The game is largely similar to the platforming in the Mega Man series. The crew of the Righteous Indignation is captured by the Toad Empire. Starting out as bucky, you choose from four planets, each with a different member to save. Don't pick the ice planet, though. You'll be stuck. You first need to save Blinky from the Green Planet, since he's the only one who can break ice blocks.

You can sort of see the Treasure DNA in Bucky O'Hare. Each planet has a traditional twist that makes it different (fire, ice, yellow, etc.), but things get changed up pretty frequently in each level. The Yellow Planet, for example, has you riding on meteors one moment before later riding on a cart at processor-meltingly high speeds.

Similar to Zen Intergalactic Ninja and Monster in My Pocket, there's a lot of programming magic pushing the NES to its limits. Parallax scrolling, huge objects that make clever use of the background layer, gadgets that are made to look like they rotate. There was cooler stuff happening on other platforms at the time, but Bucky O'Hare is a good place to see all the trickery that could be pulled off on the NES.

The downside to this is that the game isn't great. It's not bad, and in a lot of ways, it's better than your typical licensed game. It just isn't fabulous. I wasn't that far into Bucky O'Hare before I started wondering why I wasn't playing Little Samson instead, as that game has a lot of the same concepts but with better execution.

For starters, the characters are very uneven. You can trade them out at any time, but it's best to just use Bucky unless someone else's skill is needed for a situation. Everyone has their typical weapon and special ability, but they're rarely useful. Jenny, for example, has a laser that doesn't do as much damage as Bucky's normal shot, but she can also summon an energy sphere that I could never land on a target. The developers probably could have just gotten away with making every character interchangeable so you could play as your favorite, but they went with a half-measure that doesn't work well.

But the biggest problem is that there's just so much instant death in the game. There are too many instances where you just touch certain parts of the environment, and your character drops dead. I once momentarily slipped off a log going across some water, and while my character stayed on the raft, they collapsed on the ground because their toe got wet.

The only real punishment for dying is losing any built-up health you have whenever you need to continue, but extending your life bar isn't that important. You're most likely going to die from one of the insta-kill hazards, so it doesn't matter how much life you have. As a result, losing all your lives is just an inconvenience because it sends you back to the beginning of the act you were on.

The music is at least terrific. It was apparently composed by Tomoko Sumiyama, but I'm not entirely certain about that. They were credited as a sound designer on Laser Invasion and Rampart (the Famicom version), and then I can't find them having composed anything after 1992. Nonetheless, it's an enjoyable little bop that fits in with Konami's other stellar soundtracks.

As a whole, Bucky O'Hare isn't a great title, but it's a lot better than you might expect from a licensed title. Especially a license that isn't that well remembered. I can only assume Konami was hoping that they were scooping up a license that would let them repeat the success of their Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games. That plainly wasn't the case.

For that matter, it also doesn't feel like a lost Treasure title. While you can see some of the flourishes that would help define Treasure's later games, it's overwhelmed by how much it lifts from the Mega Man formula. If you're already a fan of both Treasure and Mega Man, you might still be let down by how loose and uneven the whole thing is. Instead, go in with the expectations you'd have for an obscure licensed game, and you'll probably be pleasantly surprised.

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