#Power rangers lightspeed rescue series
#Power rangers lightspeed rescue tv

At this point, we might as well be using a D-pad to control our Ranger. You could have a slow buildup to a run based on how much you were moving the stick- like in Mario 64, a game that came out FOUR YEARS before this!Īdam: But here, you move the stick a little, even just a bit, and it's this immediate awkward run. With the introduction of the Nintendo 64 controller thumbstick, there was the ability to add nuanced movement in a game. Shane: Not only does it look really awkward, but movement in this game is far more simplistic than other Nintendo 64 titles. Let's at least try to tackle our objectives here, right? Shoot some goo? We'll just walk on over and- holy shift into turbo, look at this walk cycle!

#Power rangers lightspeed rescue tv

Is that all you can do here attack-wise?Īdam: No form of martial arts, strings of attacks, or combos?Īdam: You're telling me they made a game based on a TV show packed with over-the-top choreographed fight scenes, in which the only offensive move you have is shiny lights you poop from your limbs?Īdam: Fine! It's a Power Rangers game that technically has no hand-to-hand combat. You can kick and punch to shoot back and forward using the A and B buttons.Īdam: Wait wait wait. Shane: Ah, lots of thoughts and emotions bubbling up right now, but Power Rangers kicking and punching sparkly projectiles out their gloves and boots? That's a brave choice. (The Yellow Ranger shoots shiny projectiles out of their hands and feet) Shane: Into VR training, we're given our very first objective: shoot goo. Haven't touched gameplay, and they've already stopped trying. This being their toughest challenge yet, the team will likely take on virtual representations of some of the craziest enemies and obstacles they've ever faced.Īdam: 33 seconds. But they need to train.Īdam: Luckily, they have a VR training room, where they can hone their skills for any situation.

Turns out the Lightspeed Rangers are about to face their 'toughest challenge yet', which actually, we know nothing about because they haven't really told us anything yet. We're given expository dialogue over more crappy animation. Hopefully this will be a good way to learn about the Rangers and the challenges that await. We'll jump into Titanium Quest, as that's the story mode of the game. I'm speechless! They truly 'earned' that Nintendo Seal of Quality on this one.Īdam: We get to the main menu, where we can choose from 'Titanium Quest' and 'Megazord Arena'. Shane: Watch the attention to detail as this Ranger vehicle cleans up this green goo. It's just low-res pictures lazily shifted over a black background.Īdam: It's like we entered the interactive web domain of a hip new fruit snack, circa 1997.Īdam: 'Filled with high-fructose corn syrup and buyers' remorse'. Shane: There's a weird set of animations that- well, I guess the term 'animation' doesn't really hit the nail on the head here. Shane: No! We're looking at Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue on the Nintendo 64.Īdam: We start the game, and to say we're not immediately blown away is a bit of an understatement. Shane: The Nintendo 64 version is a putrid clusterfart trainwreck dumpster slop inferno of a vile, runny sewage mess.Īdam: Can we play the Game Boy Color one? Shane: The Game Boy Color iteration is a 2-D action platformer.Īdam: The PlayStation variant is an isometric beat-em-up. They were very different games by completely different development teams. Despite having three separate platform versions released in the same year, these games were not just tweaked ports. We're talking movies, action figures, candles, bottle openers, oh, and dozens of video games too, I guess.Īdam: Like Lightspeed Rescue. Shane: A string of TV shows that integrated martial arts action, comedy, drama, and a monster of the week formula into an insanely successful cultural phenomenon.

#Power rangers lightspeed rescue series

The games are based on the eighth series of the Power Rangers TV franchise. It turns on and the citizens are disappointed by the game.)Īdam: Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue was released in the year 2000 for the Game Boy Color, PlayStation, and Nintendo 64. (A Nintendo 64 flies into a town to the citizens' excitement. Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue is the fifteenth episode of Just Bad Games, released on March 14, 2020.