Tron 'Bonnes' up Capcom line
Games where the player is a criminal tend to fall into Grand Theft Auto category; nasty person you are, thieving and killing and doing other illegal whatnot. The Misadventures of Tron Bonne is, as one might expect, a little more light hearted.
And why wouldn't you have a spring in your superdeformed malefactor step if you came from the popular Mega Man series? This is a regular Laverne and Shirley; Tron wasn't quite as nice in the Mega Man Happy Days, but in her own title she's the sweetest little crime boss this side of Little Debbie.
Like Mega Man Legends, Misadventures is a kinda RPG. Adding some complexity are the Lego-looking servbots who do Tron's bidding as happily as felonious little munchkin mechanoids can. On your ship, the Gesellschaft, you can see what the little guys can do and what their personalities are like. You get descriptions like 'quiet and strange' for some of them. By giving them different items, the servbots can develop different attributes. It's a nice touch and makes the game more complex without being complicated.
The game even has some nice Capcom cel animation pop up when characters are talking. The icing on the cake is the playable demo for Mega Man Legends 2; showing both the recently capless and normally helmeted versions of Mega Man, the demo gives you gameplay pretty similar to Tron's own game, but even smoother. It's a fine package.
So, for the finest in new post-Mario non-apocalyptic action games, you know where to get your fix.
Originally on page 8 in the 10-3-2000 issue of the Daily.
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