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Rockem Sockem Robots

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Every now and then, a game comes out that makes you wonder just how it ever passed quality control. Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots for the GBA is one of those games, and not only is it abysmal, it's one of, if not the, worst games you could ever play on your aging GBA. Sure enough you remember the quick but repetitive fun of the boxing robot toy from your youth, and sure enough it has been translated here as terribly as one can imagine. All ten robot fighters are the exact same, albeit with differing color schemes, and all pretty much have the same kind of moves and abilities, which hardly amounts to anything at all. The graphics are bland (there's only one backdrop throughout the whole game!) and incredibly choppy, with animations that look like this came out of Intellivision. The AI is basically non-existant, and the game is easily beaten just by pressing the same button over and over and over again. And the most noticible flaw of all; there's no 2-player link mode! Wasn't the point of the plastic toy to duke it out with someone else? I don't know if this game was just rushed or the developers just didn't care what they were doing, but it sure wouldn't have hurt to inject some originality or even some (gasp!) innovativeness into a tried but true concept. Oh well, considering the budget price, you probably already know what you're getting here. Avoid Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots like the plague and let your GBA die with some dignity.