Status Reset_Tears Apr 5, 2021
This was a Japan-only release for the Famicom (NES) that I can now play on the Switch via the Namco Museum Archives Vol 1 (not to be confused with Namco Museum, also on the Switch). The game is just a beat-em-up side-scroller, so no worries about a language barrier.
Splatterhouse is best-known as an arcade brawler full of grotesque violence, …
This was a Japan-only release for the Famicom (NES) that I can now play on the Switch via the Namco Museum Archives Vol 1 (not to be confused with Namco Museum, also on the Switch). The game is just a beat-em-up side-scroller, so no worries about a language barrier.
Splatterhouse is best-known as an arcade brawler full of grotesque violence, monster guts everywhere. So how did something like that make it to the Famicom? They chibi-fied everything. So there's plenty of grotesque violence and monster guts, but it's all very cute-looking now. It's pretty funny, actually.
The game itself plays fine. I think it's a step up from the original entry gameplay-wise actually -- everything certainly moves much more quickly, at least. It's no Castlevania sound-wise, but it's okay. Bosses are pretty annoying for the most part, but they're fun to see. All in all Wanpaku Graffiti is a simple but amusing diversion, not quite offering enough to make me want to replay it but for what it is it's not bad.
