6.2 out of 10

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Treasure has a long history with Nintendo. The company was founded by staffers who, incidentally, worked with Konami to produce the original Castlevania and Contra games on the NES.

Now the quirky Japanese developer has brought its platform game expertise to the N64 Mischief Makers, the first 2D side-scrolling game to appear on Nintendo1' king of 3D game machines. While the game might not be graphically groundbreaking, it makes up for this shortcoming with solid level design (though odd at times) and loads of challenging gameplay.

Mischief Makers stars a robotic cleaning maid named Marina on a mission to rescue her kidnapped creator from the clutches of an evil emperor. As with most evil folk, the emperor isn't about to just hand over the aging scientist, and has amassed an army to stop Marina at all costs. To reach the emperor and rescue her creator, Marina must make her way through five different worlds with 12 stages each.


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Treasure's latest addition serves as both the first 2D platformer experience on the Nintendo 64 and a solid, well-rounded little game. Mischief Makers does not test the graphic prowess of the 64-bit system and probably won't break any new grounds in terms of 2D adventure platforms, but all the same, it is a welcomed addition for fans of the genre, and certainly Treasure fanatics worldwide will love it.
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from Peer Schneider
I really loved the old Treasure games like Gunstar Heroes, as well as Contra (back in the days when Treasure was still part of Konami). Both games really pushed their respective systems, something that cannot be said of Mischief Makers. Still, it's not a bad game as far as platformers go. The characters are a bit uninspired and there seems to be almost too much to do, but Mischief Makers has flashes of the ingenious gameplay and outrageous bosses that the Treasure has been known for. 2D fans, take a look.

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