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Hey, at least it's Ultraman...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: September 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

In the vast array of pseudo-martial arts games, it's nice to see Ultraman in the mix. And until and unless you obtain a Japanese Playstation or mod chip equivalent (in order to play Ultraman: Fighting Evolution), this is about as good as it's going to get for Ultraman fans in the U.S.A.

The game is not actually based on the original Ultraman from circa 1968, but rather an Australian version of the series (hardcore Sentai/Kaiju fans know this superhero as Ultraman Great). But the principles are the same, a Godzilla-sized hero who uses karate chops and energy weapons to defeat Godzilla-like monsters.

I'd give the game 5 stars just because this soothes my severe affliction of Ultramania, except that the game betrays the TV show in some respects: A monster must be completely pummeled until it has effectively no life left before Ultraman can use his Specium Ray to kill it. (In the show, monsters were sometimes very much unhurt when they were fatally zapped by Ultraman's ray. Still others died without the ray's use.) A big drag here is that the lethal ray cannot be fired until it completely "charges," which takes way too long to be satisfying. (At least that explains why TV's Ultraman would use karate moves for a couple of minutes before finally applying lethal force.)

Related issues might tick off purists, like why can't Ultraman fly away during battle, or switch back temporarily to human form when his three minutes run out, since these were tactics used in the TV show. Just roll with the game rules, and you'll still have a good time.

Until you get a number of games under your belt, you'll find that Ultraman gets beaten into unconsciousness a lot more often than he did in the TV show. The monsters are all pretty close to the same strength after the first two (which are considerably easier), and the game becomes more of an endurance test thereafter, to see if you can hang onto enough lives to battle the final monster.

One more note: The rules change subtly as the game progresses, in some cases making Ultraman's jumping or running anywhere from more difficult to impossible. This is a pretty dull way to add difficulty; shouldn't tougher monsters with more interesting tactics be the new challenge?

Good Fighitng Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: September 13, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game pits silver and red jumpsuited Ultraman against big evil monsters. I like it. The monsters are cool and the controls are good except jumping can be difficult to control. And this predates videogame gore, thank God. The 3 minute matches can be very difficult to finish in time, but that's why Game Genie and Gameshark were made. I recommend it to any kaiju fans.

Really Good Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: October 15, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I'm not suprized that not many people like this game here in the US. The Ultraman series is very popular in Japan and has been going on for over 30 years. It is a great fighting game and worth every penny.

zero stars

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: August 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

this game isn't even worth one star.how do you fight???even if your enemy's power bar is down you have to be in tip top shape when time runs out.

ICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 11
Date: September 14, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game stinks!!!!!!!

I think The pics. VIOLNT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This game should not be MADE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Coolness

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

this game is really cool. i suggest this game to anybody who ever watched it. even though the gameplay is different from the way ultraman actually battled, it still has some of the most hilarious sound fx and background music ever. if you want a cheap, cool fighting game for snes, get this. trust me, if you suck at this game, you'll at least be able to laugh at the sounds you make when you karate chop and kick. chu! chu! and again the musical score will get your laughs as it is sensationally dramatic. buy it, i have owned this game since i was about 10 and would reccomend it to anybody.

BROKEN, ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE! 2.5 OUT OF 10

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

How anyone likes this game at all is a mystery to me because this game is horribly broken and the gameplay doesn't function! F***ING FANTASTIC, WAY TO GO BANDAI! YAY! I've played some broken games before, but this one is worse than most of them! How you get to your next opponent? YOU DON'T! The game is so horribly broken you can't really get to the next opponent because of how broken the fighting mechanics are. I found myself endlessly kicking my enemy with little damage present, to which it then recovers. The developer even had the audacity to time you during when you're trying to kill the enemy which is nearly impossible to kill. So, when your time runs out, YOU DIE! The game not only is so broken you can't do anything to defeat your enemy, and then you die when you don't kill it in time. The only good thing in this game are the character designs, that is the only highlight in this horrible fighting experience which will only leave you wondering how the people who made this were allowed to make games, because how shoddy and poorly made this game is. If you like this game there is something deeply wrong with you, and you probably need an excorcist.

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