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Reviews: Iridion 3D and Super Street Fighter 2: Turbo Revival

© Gregor Simeonov

Iridion 3d
Features:
*Single player
*Amazing visuals and MASSIVE bosses
*7 levels
*Password Save

Iridion 3d hit the shelves the same day Game Boy Advance made its debut. Even though it was largely debated and anticipated before its actual release, it mysteriously lost its prestige the day it released, and became very unpopular. Basically, Iridion 3d is a Star Fox-type shooting game, where you will encounter various enemies over a course of seven huge levels. The forté of this game presented right on the back of the box, the graphics, and they are truly impressive. The game includes some of the most brilliant (and I really mean this) backgrounds and has a great scrolling engine, giving the player a good sense of depth as the enemies fly towards you. However, it would have been even more impressive if these beautiful designs were assembled in a full 3d environment, where the game surpasses the regular arcade button-mashing style. Other faults include the lack of decent power ups. Basically, the only upgrades you get for your weapons is a different colored little ball. No missiles, no secondary weapons, nothing. The graphics and sound are terrific in this games, but combined with lacking gameplay makes this title almost blasphemous.

Score: 6/10

Super Street Fighter 2: Turbo Revival
Features:
*16 original characters
*Arcade, Training, Survival and Time attack modes
*Special and Super moves
*Multi-player (2 cartridges needed)

Street Fighter has been around for a very long, long time, and has come out for virtually every mainstream system, in some form or another. Two Game Boy Advance versions have already been announced, Turbo Revival and Alpha 3, and there's a good possibility there will be more in the future. Super Street Fighter 2: Turbo Revival combines all the classic Street Fighter 2 games, crammed in this mega Game Boy Advance game. But in reality, the whole SF2 series seems weak compared to today's modern fighting games, so a total of 16 different fighters doesn't sound too impressive. There are numerous types of games you can play, like arcade, survival, training and time attack, which all have different fighting tasks to accomplish. The graphics are great with huge characters filling up the screen. Thankfully, a combo system was introduced into the game. The only other complaint I have is about the controls. Most people don't like the way that the 6 button game was converted on the GBA's 4 button system. L and R are hard punch and hard kick, while A and B are light and medium punches and kicks. How this works is, if you tap A for example, it'll give you a weak punch, but if you press A and hold it for a split-second longer, it'll give you a medium punch. The controls could have been more responsive as well. It is unusually hard to be able to pull off some basic moves, and especially certain super moves. In the end, pick up Turbo Revival is you're a fanatic of the classic Street Fighter 2 series, otherwise you should invest in a more promising fighting game such as Street Fighter Alpha 3, arriving early next year.

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