The story is that the Battletoads were stuck in a bunker for 26 years, only just now emerging into a world that has completely forgotten them. What I can say that is that the reason for the art style change feels like the developers were trying harder to make an Adult Swim cartoon than a video game. (What is up with their eyeballs?) It's jarring to see Rare go for such a different look, but I can't say it looks terrible. A lot of the character art is well-done, even if Zitz and Pimple's faces look a little. It's different, it takes a lot of getting used to, but I wouldn't classify it as bad. Instead of leaning towards their more traditional models, Rare has opted for a hand-drawn approach more in line with an animated series.

The Battletoads visual style looks very different. Let's address the elephant in the room immediately. But from the outset, you know you're in for a different kind of experience and that's often not in a good way. It feels much more like an arcade brawler than the original games, but nonetheless, it does start off with a mostly Battletoads atmosphere. The Battletoads story starts out like any other Battletoads game, putting players in a beat 'em up brawler. This Battletoads game has no idea what it wants to be, but it doesn't excel at any of it. The original Battletoads games were beloved for what they were: beat 'em up brawlers with heavy platforming elements. (The funny thing is, readers can apply that exact same statement to Rare.) They don't exactly play the way you remember them, either. If you were around during their heyday, they might not look the way you remember them. In the case of 2020's Battletoads, you might want to shove them right back in.Īfter decades of dormancy, the Battletoads are back, courtesy of original studio Rare and developer Dlala Studios.

Nostalgia can sometimes take the form of three anthropomorphic toads escaping from a bunker after 26 years.

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