If you havent yet decided whether or not to buy Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game, upon hearing the main theme, you will probably love the game instantaneously.

I didnt know anything about the characters, the story or anything else.

The World: The Game, Street Gangs, Streets of Rage, Super Mario Bros.

Super Mario World.

I think my affection for this genre comes from beat-em-ups being frantically fun.

Weve all played an elevator scene where the enemies make 200-ft.

Just like food in trash-cans or attainable weapons, it is one of the many trademarks that makes Streets of Rage and its many brethren highly amusing and fun to play.

The World: The Game.

Guaranteed. You dont need to read on any further.

The collecting of money, picking up and using weapons, the multiplayer aspect and the mid-level shops give that impression, as does the alluring sprite art which contains a similar visual direction as River City Ransom and the other games in that series.

Each stage is made up of multiple sections, which do not act as checkpoints, which means getting a Game Over during a very long stage is very frustrating.

Everything in the game, and the way it has been pieced together, is epic.

The controls feel terrible and your character is a slow lummox incapable of beating a tortoise in the 100 Meters at the Olympic Games.

But this levels out as you play, because like every game in the last two years there is a damned leveling up system.

Dag-nabbit I thought that developers had forgotten about them (well, hoped probably being a more apt term, as nothing I hope for actually happens).

This is one of those games where enemies give you experience, so you have to grind and grind.

Luckily, the level cap is Lv.16, so it doesnt take too long to max out your four main characters.

Once you find the right type of stores and get enough money, you can balance this out a little, and the game becomes more enjoyable.

There are tricks that (if you either discover them or are told of them) will make the game much easier, almost to the point where it isnt a challenge anymore.

I actually find being vastly powerful to be much more fun, although the hardest difficulty is not a challenge at all with your stats maxed out.

Youll argue that retro-flavored games are more than common, and youre right.

The backgrounds were done seperately by graphics supervisor Stephane Boutin, and Jonathan Lavigne was an additional artist who worked a lot on the game design.

These are all very talented individuals with a mash of different art styles and skills, all of which magically mold together to form the visuals.

It was performed by Anamanaguchi, a band that uses a hacked NES to create their signature sound.

Ive had this soundtrack on repeat on my iPod Touch for about a week now.

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