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Power Rangers invade GBA. When I was a much smaller child, I liked the Power Rangers. I actually looked forward to watching them and the like. I remember fondly when the Green ranger was defeated only to come back as the even cooler White ranger. Yet, I moved on years ago and if it wasn’t for this game, I wouldn’t have ever remembered the series. So how does the game turn out? Read to find out.
Dino Thunder has a substantial twenty or so missions, a far cry from the console versions’ fifty-ish, but good nonetheless. In the vast majority of these missions, you’ll have to travel around as the Red Ranger, Blue Ranger, and Yellow Ranger, and defeat the many enemies that appear in the show. The different rangers have a few different attacks each, and you’ll be able to enhance them with the many power-ups from the show. Nonetheless, combat isn’t too demanding at any time, partly because the game is aimed at younger audiences.
Along the way, you’ll need to collect Dino Gems, after all what kind of side-scroller would it be if you didn’t need to collect something? These Gems are useful though, since you’ll use them to control the Dino Zords, which have special attacks and add a bit of variety to the game. You’ll also encounter a few puzzles which while a nice change of pace, aren’t particularly difficult.
The game’s visuals are no worse or no better than a typical GBA game. The game is a sidescroller, and as such features relatively detailed environments and equally pleasing characters. The animation is a bit stiff, specially compared to recent GBA sidescrollers like Star Wars Trilogy, but nothing out of the norm.
The game’s audio is pretty average. The background music and sound effects are very generic, much like the console version of the game, but nothing that distracts from the gameplay.
Power Rangers: Dino Thunder on GBA is a much better game than the console version, partly because the GBA is friendlier to side-scrollers. The game doesn’t push for any new boundaries but thankfully, it is solid throughout. -- Jake Wilson, PGNx Media
---- Oct 6, 2004
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