Mole Mania

"A dead game with an awesome play!"

Mole Mania for Game Boy is an amazing game. It stars Muddy the Mole, an old idea of the amazing creator of our games. The thing is, no one knows about it. I'll tell you here of this amazing game.

Story: 9/10
Easy. A farmer, Jimbe, takes Muddy the Mole's wife and seven children. Not much of a story, ehh? But what makes the story good is how classic the story is. And think about it. All the story needs is a classic touch and it makes it amazing. All games have something like this. Well, good games. Save someone or someplace, or something. Its simple, yet makes this game like the classics Super Mario 64 and Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.

Gameplay: 10/10
VERY Interesting way to play. It has a top view, but it has its own way of setting it apart from other top-view games. If you see screenshots of this [amazing] game, it may look 2 dimensional and flat. But its not. The puzzles in this game are impossible when you look at them because there is a lack of one aspect, without this one aspect in this game, which does make it better than many others, is the addition of a 3rd dimension. Actually, it is more of a second level at the same time as the original one. How? You can dig underground, well, in some areas... Isn't it an amazing new idea? That's what I thought at first, too.

Controls: 10/10
Simple, simple. The control pad moves Muddy the Mole, the B button (I think) makes him dig underground, a whole extra aspect. But I went over that in the gameplay section. Also, you pull and push items such as cabbages, which when enough are pushed into holes give you items, and large iron balls, which when rolled over enemies kills them. Its so easy to control, it deserves this great of a score.

Length: 9/10
With all of the puzzles and bosses in this game, and the general length of the levels themselves, 7 levels seems to be very, very long. If you need a game that will challenge you even if your the king of puzzle solvers, get this. You won't regret it.

Replay: 9/10
After you beat this game even once, you will want to try this whole game all over again. You will want to try to beat it faster. Or you will just want to play through this masterpiece again, even if just for fun.

Those are my thoughts. Alright, here's a review of all the scores I have given.

Story: 9/10
Gameplay: 10/10
Controls: 10/10
Length: 9/10
Replay: 9/10

Overall rating: 10/10

Rent or Buy? BUY! You will LOVE it! Take it from me, I have played such I wide variety of games I know when I have seen a winner!

Reviewer's Score: 10/10, Originally Posted: 01/10/03, Updated 01/10/03