FGN REVIEW: ANIMAL CROSSING RUMBLE EXPLOSION
Animal Crossing Rumble Explosion is a game. I think. Right off the bat I think this was a bad idea to review now as opposed to when it was initially requested, because it’s supposed to be a sequel to a game that has now turned into something different.
The idea itself is a bit out there even for a fan game. It’s supposed to be a fighting game with animal crossing characters, which let’s totally be fair here, sounds ridiculous. But let’s see how well that concept is executed and let’s see how well it’s aged…
A tournament is held in Smashville and all adventurers from around the world gather to become the "King of the Wild World". But, danger still lurks on the City of Battles. Crazy Redd is searching for an ancient energy called "Pyrus" that can give a mortal God-given powers of Immortality. While some fighters are unaware of the energy, Bluebear is concerned of Goldy, a toad that can create fire from her hands. While a Mysterious white sheep haunts Stitches and Bluebear, and a masked animal haunts Bluebear and her friends. Crazy Redd Is on the hunt to steal 7 amulets that belong to 7 special people with the same attributes.
Oh boy, a fetch quest, those were all the rage in 2012. The rest of the story isn’t really all that interesting but to be fair, I’m not sure if that’s supposed to be the focus.
The tables, I can tell you, are a bit of a cluttered mess. There’s videos going to the right and left, which doesn’t work for it, making the tables scroll and look clunky. The art has either aged decently or not well at all. Some of the descriptions lack common english grammar rules.
The songs seem very out of place. While every character has a theme, a lot of them seem very out of place for Animal Crossing. Towards the end, this is the part where it really starts showing age; the shops aren’t done very well and it becomes a very poorly done list of Nintendo characters present in the audience, not even done in a bullet list or numbered even.
Overall the concept seemed okay but it becomes apparent that Animal Crossing characters don’t appeal the same way Smash Bros characters do. Even when given themes and backstories, it feels flat.
I’m not giving a grade for my reviews as I feel it detaches from the review, but generally I feel like this is one game that didn’t age that well.