October 21, 2005 - With the handheld market quickly evolving with better, faster, more powerful hardware, it's been a very long time since Game Boy Advance developers have "wowed" us. Even though Game Boy Advance hardware is still as limiting as it's been since it was created nearly a half decade ago, gamer expectations are continuing to rise, and it's going to take something really, truly special on the GBA to make us sit up and say, "Holy crap!"
That's exactly what Gunstar Super Heroes does. This is old-school run/jump/blasting action, but with a high level of energy thanks to the development team's bells-and-whistles presentation. This is a GBA game that pulls off every sprite trick in the book to wow the gamer, pushing the handheld hardware every which way possible. But even though a lot of the focus was put on graphic techniques, gameplay doesn't sit on the sideline -- Gunstar Super Heroes is enormously fun with a game structure that throws a whole lot of variety at the gamer. This game is a huge blast to play.
Very old school, very fun.
