A playthrough of Sunsoft's 1990 license-based action game for the NES, Gremlins 2: The New Batch.
Here's a Halloween pick for anyone that would prefer a more western-oriented experience than my other upload for today, Ghost Sweeper Mikami, provides.
What a fantastic game this is. I remember being so excited when this came out. My parents took my sister and I to see the movie opening weekend, and since we liked it so much, they ended up grabbing the NES game for us. The cinematics, especially for us kids, were a real high point - it was an NES game that had scenes that actually resembled those from the movie.
The game feels like it was built was on an upgraded version of the code base that Fester's Quest ran on. The graphics are similar, but the more linear, constrained level layouts pave the way for a much better level of detail and animation, and the controls have the same sense of weight, but Gizmo can move and shoot in eight directions and his weapons can pass through walls.
And as is typical of later Sunsoft NES games, the music is utter amaze-sauce. The OP talents of Kodaka and Hara shine once again in what is, in my opinion, one of the best soundtracks on the console. Those bass samples slap.
Don't be fooled by how cute it is though. It is Sunsoft, and its difficulty level certainly reflects that. The first three areas aren't so bad, but from 4-1 onward, the kiddie gloves are off, and if you don't know when to anticipate upcoming enemies, Gizmo is going to meet a brutal end.
It seems that for every LJN or THQ turd based on a movie or show for the NES, Sunsoft or Capcom had a counter-example that showed how good such a game could truly be if given enough care and effort.
This is one of the brightest examples of how to do something based on a license. It's a game that's hard not to love.
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No cheats were used during the recording of this video.
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