{"id":20165,"date":"2020-06-03T00:01:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T00:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=20165"},"modified":"2020-05-17T13:47:49","modified_gmt":"2020-05-17T13:47:49","slug":"megabyte-punch-switch-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/03\/megabyte-punch-switch-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Megabyte Punch (Switch, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Do you like Smash Bros.? (Who doesn\u2019t?).\u00a0 Do you miss the 2-D platforming sections in previous Smash installments like the Subspace Emissary?\u00a0 And do you also miss being able to edit your moves like in the Wii U Smash?\u00a0 If you said \u2018yes\u2019 to those questions, than you may want to try Megabyte Punch.\u00a0 It uses the exact same control scheme as Smash, but allows you to control a robot with customizable parts as you tromp through 2-D platform areas, brawling other robots along the way.\u00a0 It\u2019s like a cross between Smash Bros. and the GameCube classic Custom Robo.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.<\/p>\n

After a brief tutorial level in the Adventure Mode, you start off in a town that acts as a hub world.\u00a0 Here you can talk to other robots to get hints, buy parts and colors, and find levels to tackle.\u00a0 One cool thing about this game is that it has amiibo support!\u00a0 In one of the houses in the town, you can scan an amiibo figure and get a random color.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t really matter what amiibo figures you have, so you won\u2019t get a special pink color scheme for scanning a Kirby amiibo for example.\u00a0 But as an avid amiibo collector, I\u2019m glad to see support for it.<\/p>\n

Once you find a level to go into, you\u2019ll tromp through 2-D side scrolling areas beating up other robots.\u00a0 Play control here is exactly like Smash Bros.\u00a0 Luckily it also means the controls are responsive and easy to learn like that game, too.\u00a0 Punching, jumping, special moves, and blocking are all like in Smash.\u00a0 Even how your health and getting knocked back farther is the same.\u00a0 When you defeat enemies, you can pick up bits and parts left behind from them. Collect enough bits for an extra life (and to buy parts back in town), and you can equip parts in a menu to give you an edge.<\/p>\n

You can equip parts to your arms, legs, torso, head, and more.\u00a0 Parts can increase your attack, speed, and give you special moves like an extra jump, a slice attack, or building walls, among other things.\u00a0 You can assign these moves to slots like how you perform special moves in Smash.\u00a0 Parts you don\u2019t need can be broken up into bits.\u00a0 At the end of a level is a boss that you fight in typical Smash fashion.\u00a0 Usually the bosses will give you part that you can equip to progress the story and open more areas, too.\u00a0 Up to four players can do Adventure Mode at the same time, and there is also a Tournament mode where four players can battle it out with their robots.<\/p>\n

I had a few problems with the game, though.\u00a0 The text is super small and the font is hard to read in handheld mode.\u00a0 The menus for equipping parts and moves were also a little confusing to figure out at first, and the tiny text didn\u2019t help matters.\u00a0 Also the game is really hard.\u00a0 But then, that may be my fault.\u00a0 I love Super Smash Bros. games, but I\u2019m not too terribly good at them.\u00a0 But if you like Smash games and are very good at them, and you enjoy having lots of customization options, then you may want to check this one out.<\/p>\n

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Megabyte Punch is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Mild Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 You can punch, kick, and otherwise wallop other polygonal robots who get knocked back and explode when defeated.\u00a0 Reading skill is needed for the text, and younger gamers may find it a bit too difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do you like Smash Bros.? (Who doesn\u2019t?).\u00a0 Do you miss the 2-D platforming sections in previous Smash installments like the Subspace Emissary?\u00a0 And do you also miss being able to edit your moves like in the Wii U Smash?\u00a0 If you said \u2018yes\u2019 to those questions, than you may want to try Megabyte Punch.\u00a0 It […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20165"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20167,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20165\/revisions\/20167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}