Bionic Commando Elite Forces Nintendo Gameboy Vintage Video Game GB

Description

Bionic Commando: Elite Forces for the Game Boy Color is a 2000 platform game with a genuinely unusual pedigree. Developed by Nintendo Software Technology — a Nintendo first-party studio based in Redmond, Washington — it was actually the very first game that studio ever released, making it a notable milestone in Nintendo’s internal development history. Published under licence from Capcom, the game is a sequel to the original Game Boy Bionic Commando and introduces two playable commandos, one male and one female, as they work to liberate the peaceful land of Karinia from the Avar army and its leader Arturus, who is plotting to activate the mysterious Albatross Project.

The defining feature of all Bionic Commando games — the inability to jump, replaced entirely by a bionic grappling arm that swings the player between platforms and anchors — is preserved and celebrated here. Elite Forces mixes side-scrolling platform levels with top-down shooter segments and auto-scroller stages, all laid out on a map screen reminiscent of Super Mario Bros. 3. New additions include a sniper rifle for long-range combat in specific segments, codec-style communication calls for story exposition, and item selection before each level. It is an inventive and polished portable action game that demonstrates exactly why Nintendo Software Technology went on to become a respected studio, and it remains one of the more underappreciated gems in the GBC library.

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