Batman: Return of the Joker (Game Boy) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

A playthrough of Sunsoft's 1992 license-based platformer for the Nintendo Game Boy, Batman: Return of the Joker.

Played through on the default settings.

I'll say this right up front: Batman: Return of the Joker on the Game Boy is fantastic. It's quite different from the NES game known by the same name, but it feels very much in-line with the action in the original NES Batman title. If you like that one, there's a lot more to like here, and for those of you that aren't totally gung-ho about games that are "Nintendo hard", it's a fair amount easier than the NES game. Still pretty difficult, though. He retains his wall jump this time around, but gets an upgrade in the grappling hook that allows him to cross huge distances.

The graphics look fantastic, with some huge sprites (even if it does suffer badly from slowdown in a few spots), good looking background details, and some really cool special effects - just check out how cool that rising water level looks in the first stage! The music is absolutely awesome as well. It seems wrong to call it "typical Sunsoft", but it is. It's just as good as the other NES and GB Batman soundtracks, though I'd argue that one or two of its tracks sit up there with some of Sunsoft's best chiptunage - especially impressive given that Sunsoft's resident musical genius Naoki Kodaka didn't score it. To be fair though, it was done by the equally talented Manami Matsumae (usually referred to by her Chanchacorin pseudonym in Capcom games): she's probably most famous for writing the soundtrack to the original Mega Man on the NES.

The quality of the game play here is about on par with the original Batman games (NES and GB - both were great), and the graphics and sound are virtually unmatched on the Game Boy. If you're up for the stiff challenge, once again, Sunsoft has got your back.
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