Review: A lot of Battletoads should've stayed in the past

Should this amped amphibian brawler have stayed in the past?

I quite honestly never thought this would happen. But here I am, in 2020, reviewing a new Battletoads game. All those calls to Gamestop clearly paid off.

Battletoads is a classic Rare franchise known for its unforgiving difficulty and outlandish beat 'em up world, and it defied genre conventions starting in 1991 by mashing up several together into a single package. It somewhat worked back in the day, but what about in 2020?

Battletoads is a special franchise that clearly has lasting appeal, but this budget brawler could've benefitted from a greater emphasis on the parts it does best.







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Battletoads (2020)

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Bottom line: Many of Battletoads' design sensibilities may seem archaic in 2020, but that was ultimately Dlala trying to build...