Mega Man Star Force
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Last night I completed Metroid Mega Man Star Force. This is the first time I've played a Mega Man game, and I'm aware that they aren't all like this one, but Mega Man Star Force at least is a great game, one of the best I've played in a long while. Allow me to explain why:
The controls were well-thought out and original. In the "Real World", A is used to interact with things, X is used to bring up the menu screen, L allows you to talk to yourself or your "FM-ian" partner, Omega-Xis (or Mega for short) for a hint or reminder of your current objective. R, when standing on a "wavehole" allows you to "pulse in" to the Wave World, a system of roads above the Real World composed of EM waves. In the Wave World, the controls are mostly the same; however R allowed you to pulse out, returning you to the wavehole from which you pulsed in back in the Real World. The stylus and touch screen are also frequently used. To jump into "CompSpaces", the computers of various electronic objects, you tap a miniature wavehole above the object.
The music was nothing special. There were a few basic songs: the various songs for the main areas of the game (Echo Ridge, AMAKEN, Time Square and Dream Island), the music for the Wave World, the "trouble" music for the Real World and the equivalent music for the Wave World, and a variation of the title screen music that came on when a villain (most of them consisted of good guys who had evil FM-ians taking advantage of their loneliness) learned a moral and returned to normal, the battle music, and the boss music. Of course, all of these songs sounded good the first time, but you quickly get sick of some of them, especially when they play for long periods of time.
The game could be difficult if you don't know how to play it. You see, I had no idea how to edit your battle card folder at first, so around the second dungeon area I was still using all of the default cards and I kept dying. But afterwards I had no trouble. A few of the bosses were a bit tricky, especially the final one, but the minibosses were generally pushovers.
The storyline was simply excellent. Earth tries to form a "BrotherBand" or close friendship, with a planet called FM--and has their space station destroyed. The main character, a 5th grader named Geo Stelar, lost his father in this incident, but an inhabitant of FM, Omega-Xis, befriends him and apparently knows something about his dad. He has betrayed his planet and stolen the Andromeda Key, the key that can awaken FM's greatest, planet-destroying weapon, Andromeda. Several FM-ians, Taurus, Cygnus, Lyra, Libra, Ophiuca, and Gemini, come down to Earth and corrupt various main characters, fusing with them and using them to attack Omega-Xis and Geo (and their fused form, called MegaMan). The main character is at first a pathetic twerp who actually gets on your nerves, refusing to talk to anyone so he can't be hurt if he loses them. However, through the friendship of Mega and, later in the game, Sonia Strumm, Geo eventually warms up, and beats all the bad guys and stuff. Some of the morals, like "relationships are the essence of society" and "if there is even a sliver of hope, you should try to make it happen", are actually pretty inspiring, especially for a writer like me.
Just one thing that annoys me about this game--for some reason, whenever someone gets punched or otherwise hurt, the screen goes black and then it shows the person knocked out on the ground. It's really annoying, but I don't really think it detracts from the game too much.
The wi-fi part of the game isn't so great; you can form BrotherBands with people and if you both happen to be online you can battle and trade. You can also send e-mails, but these e-mails will not be received until the next time the recipient connects to wi-fi. As I said, not that great.
So in conclusion, buy the game for the great storyline and genius gameplay, not particularly for the wi-fi. With about around 20 hours of gameplay (at least, it took me 20 hours 
) and a postgame after the main one which I have yet to begin, it is definitely worth the $30.
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