Bravoman (TurboGrafx-16)

Bravoman

The village of Nitta has been invaded by the army of Dr. Bomb, an evil scientist who is plotting to take over the world. Facing this crisis is Bravoman, who received his powers from Alpha Man to stand up against Dr. Bomb in the name of justice. The village of Nitta consists of 22 stages - action stages that take place on the ground and shooting stages that take place underwater.

Action stages use a unique control system in which the height of a jump and the distance of an attack changes depending on how long players hold down the button. Players collect the Luck Symbols that appear when they defeat enemies and give them to Lottery Man to get recovery and power-up items. Stop Dr. Bomb and bring peace to the village of Nitta and the rest of the world.

Bravoman Review

By Dazza

“Hello I'm a Japanese telephone phone box!”

Expect to hear this and several other bizarre phrases in this off-the-wall TurboGrafx action platformer. This game plays in a similar vein to Megaman but instead of just blasting the baddies (which would be far too easy!) you use your stretchy limbs to attack oncoming foes from afar. You can do a jab, long reach punch, a crazy kick and head butt with the help of Bravoman's extendable neck.

To keep you fuelled up your crazy buddies like Lottery man will fly past and drop off some goodies for you. A part of the fun of this game is the random dialogue between characters. Think Paradious or Mystical Ninja / Goemon levels of strangeness!

Along with the run of the mill platforming levels from time to time you can also morph into a submarine and take to the open waters. The switch from platform beat em up to shoot em up is welcome enough if not a bit random.

The gameplay is mudane and repetitive putting it bluntly. We cannot recommend Bravoman with a clean conscience, it's not an awful game but there are much better games of a similar nature already on the Virtual Console. Give it a miss!

2/5

Average reader rating: 2.00 (4 ratings)

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1. Jonno United States 31 Mar 2007, 18:15 GMT

This platformer is pure hilaria! (not a real word, but it sounds like it is) Bravoman is typically your same ol' platformer except, you are playing as an anthromorphic ant-man with several Japanese culture parodies.

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2. Bass X0 United Kingdom 15 Apr 2007, 15:59 GMT

You'll be booing every week for a long time, Mike. Looks like they are getting the "lame crap" out of the way first to make way for a positive future.

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3. Victor Mexico 08 Oct 2007, 06:24 GMT

the game looks very funny and now i know where the hell come Bravoman of Namco X Capcom

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4. StarSoldier1 Canada 05 Dec 2007, 01:39 GMT

The game was damn hard too.

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5. Bass X0 United Kingdom 14 Feb 2008, 17:28 GMT

i wish i could play Namco X Capcom. But I fear the Japanese language will be a barrier plus I don't have a chipped PS2.

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6. Manicfatty United States 15 Feb 2008, 18:13 GMT

I downloaded this based on the bizarre translations and whacked out character design. I love bizarre games...and this delivers in the style and design dept. Unfortunately, that's all it held for me. It's painfully average, and not worth space on my Wii. Bravoman now has a condo in downtown SD Card.

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