Looney Tunes (Game Boy Color) Playthrough - NintendoComplete
490A playthrough of Sunsoft's 1999 license-based platformer for the Nintendo Game Boy Color, Looney Tunes.
Looney Tunes is an old-school style side-scrolling hop'n'bop platformer that stars, as you might've already guessed, the Looney Tunes crew. It's got a ton of variety to it despite its short playtime, with each stage giving you control of a different American cartoon icon, including Daffy Duck, Tweety, Porky Pig, Taz, Speedy Gonzalez, Road Runner, and finally Bugs Bunny for the finale. It's also packed with cameo appearances by other characters, my favorite being Elmer Fudd as the last boss.
This Game Boy Color game is also a colorized remake of what was, at the time of its release, a seven year old Game Boy game.
Rather than further rehashing what I've already said about the game, you can check out my write-up and playthrough of the original 1992 monochrome Game Boy version here: https://youtu.be/WcOP1s2CaeA
The gameplay is identical between versions, but this DX-style remake is a top quality conversion of an already excellent game. It doesn't look nor feel like a quick 'n cheap cash-in. In fact, if you didn't already know that it wasn't a native GBC game, I'd wager that you probably wouldn't be able to tell.
The style is perfect given the limitations of the GBC, and despite the low resolution, the quality of the visuals handily exceed anything that you would've seen on the NES or the Master System. The GBC's screen, with its sharper contrast and faster LCD response times, makes for a dramatically improved experience. What was a maddeningly difficult game on the original Game Boy is, on the GBC, one that remains challenging but feels feels far fairer and more fun as a direct result of improvements in display technology. Screen ghosting is nowhere near as likely to get you killed here as it was in the 1992 original.
Both versions of Looney Tunes are great games, and it's quite a feat that the original game still felt fresh as it did with a new coat of paint so many years later. Both are classic, but unless you're a compete slave to your nostalgic impulses, the GBC game is the version you'll want to play.
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