HarmoKnight is the friendliest rhythm platformer around, but its simplicity. Tempo harnesses the power of rhythm to conquer the forces of evil.

The basics of HarmoKnight's gameplay are quite simple. HarmoKnight's main character, Tempo, runs automatically through the levels with his trusty note-shaped staff at his side. The player's job is to press B to jump and A to hit enemies, but doing this to the beat of the music that's playing is the game's main challenge. The basic button presses work well, and players will have a great time when they've gotten into the groove of a level. Advanced moves like charged attacks and jump-attacking are somewhat awkward to pull off, however, which can make the game's later levels frustrating until the player has mastered them. The game could particularly have used a tutorial level dedicated to jump-attacking.HarmoKnight changes up the basic gameplay nicely by including a few different kinds of levels and two companions for Tempo. Level types include basic platforming levels, boss fights that involve a rhythmic Simon Says minigame, and train levels in which Tempo controls a strange vehicle armed with cymbols.

Tempo's two companions include the archer Lyra and the percussionist pair of Tyko and Cymbi. Every few levels include a segment in which Tempo swaps with one of his friends for a different kind of gameplay segment. Lyra shoots her bow at distant enemies, while Cymbi (a monkey who rides on Tyko's back) and Tyko take turns hitting high-up and low-down enemies.

All these gameplay variations keep things fresh throughout, though the train levels aren't as engaging to play as the other kinds of levels.HarmoKnight's graphics are quite well-done, especially for a downloadable game. The artists have done a great job adding musical motifs to the various lands that Tempo crosses through on his quest. Everything is nice and crisp, whether the 3D is turned on or off.

The boss monsters that the player fights are quite imaginatively designed, and the animations that play in these levels are quite fun to watch. Similarly, the game's occasional animated cutscenes are made well, although their artistic style may not appeal to all players. That style is toned down during the gameplay segments, which simply portray a highly musical world populated with charming characters and monsters.

Stop this bullshit right there. Harmoknight may not be the same scale as Pokemon but it ran damn smooth. I hate people always cutting GF slack when other developers get grilled for not achieving 1080p in projects of an order of magnitude more complex than a 3DS game.Game Freak does not care in being technically proficient because everyone and their mother will buy the new Pokemon every damn time regardless of what they do. Yesterday, it took me 3 fucking tries to trade a pokemon back and forth with a friend over the internet. This shit is unacceptable, XY can't even stay connected in sleep mode ffs. It is really bad.Their games are technical clusterfucks and they're constantly removing features and moving the series 'one step forward, two steps back.' Nintendo needs to shake them the hell up.

The sandbox evolution premium. It's embarrassing that they're responsible for one of Nintendo's flagship series that basically prints money, and they can't be bothered to polish their work or increase the dev team size to a reasonable amount.I mean, if.Pokemon. isn't a franchise that warrants going all out, than what is?I honestly think it's just laziness.

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Nintendo/Game Freak know that Pokemon makes money no matter what, so why do more than the minimum required to get the game running and sellable? It is really bad.Their games are technical clusterfucks and they're constantly removing features and moving the series 'one step forward, two steps back.'

Nintendo needs to shake them the hell up. It's embarrassing that they're responsible for one of Nintendo's flagship series that basically prints money, and they can't be bothered to polish their work or increase the dev team size to a reasonable amount.I mean, if.Pokemon. isn't a franchise that warrants going all out, than what is?I honestly think it's just laziness. Nintendo/Game Freak know that Pokemon makes money no matter what, so why do more than the minimum required to get the game running and sellable? It is really bad.Their games are technical clusterfucks and they're constantly removing features and moving the series 'one step forward, two steps back.'

Nintendo needs to shake them the hell up. It's embarrassing that they're responsible for one of Nintendo's flagship series that basically prints money, and they can't be bothered to polish their work or increase the dev team size to a reasonable amount.I mean, if.Pokemon. isn't a franchise that warrants going all out, than what is?I honestly think it's just laziness. Nintendo/Game Freak know that Pokemon makes money no matter what, so why do more than the minimum required to get the game running and sellable?

A more experienced team could probably bump up Pokemon to a more consistent 30 FPS but probably not a lot beyond that. Pokemon is a game with a lot of content, having to render 600+ different monsters with hundreds of unique moves and numerous feature sets. Its a hell of a lot of work for for a team like Game Freak and you can tell they compromised a ton with this particular generation.Kid Icarus Uprising is probably the most optimized game on 3DS and even that loads a fair share. Smash 3DS is probably the game that generally runs the best on the system but it cripples several OS and CPU features just to have that run and it loads so much. I don't think Pokemon is near those in terms of how demanding they are (even though it does take up a ton of download space), but a consistent frame rate on its part should at least be doable and it's really weird how Nintendo aren't putting more money behind their key handheld franchise.Game Freak could use more man power but for the most of the part it doesn't seem like most people even mind for Nintendo to sink the extra money. Really weird that ORAS doesn't run a lot better apparently.At the very least, its a game that loads very little, or at least hides its tricks fairly well.