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Game Reviewed	Toads vs. Koopas: Bowser's Conquest (NCFC Demo), by Cruise Elroy
Review Author	Q-Nova
Created	Aug 27 2015, 12:07 AM

General Commentary and Game Overview

Oh no, the Koopas are here to invade Toad Town, and the Mar-

Wait a minute, the Koopas aren't coming to invade Toad Town, they are training in Bowser's Castle! That's right, the Koopas are fighting against the Toads (which must've been illusions created by the Magikoopas) and some golden mushrooms!

Well, their training may be short, but I've heard that Bowser is planning to do more training with the Koopas. Anyway, let's jump into the field and review their trainings, shall we?

Pros	+Clones the zombie mode from PvsZ very well. +Has a little "minigame" in it. +Nice music. +Good graphics.
Cons	-Lack of replay value. -A few graphical hiccups.

Impressions

Gameplay 9 / 10	As you might have knew it already, this is kind of like that one zombie game mode from Plants vs. Zombies. If you don't know how the game works, then I'll explain how it works. It plays like in your usual tower defense game, expect that you are placing the Koopas (the bad guys), who are trying to tear through the Toads (which are like the towers). Oh, and you can place the Koopas in ANY spot, as LONG as you are not placing them at the left of the red line. Also, as the Koopas have agreed with Bowser to do the training as LONG as they receive coins for doing their training, placing a Koopa will cost some coins. Ran out of coins? Then expect Bowser to be beaten up by some very angry Koopas, so, if you don't want Bowser to waste all of his coins, then you'd BETTER be carefully thinking about with where you place the Koopas at. Anyway, the training is starting, so let's take a look and see how well the Koopas do against the (fake) Toads, shall we? There appears to be three Cannonball Toads at the left side, all of them which carries a cannon that obviously shoots out cannonballs...... in a right angle (hey, they aren't affected by gravity, aren't they?)! This training is super easy, but I understand that this is for those that are just newcomers of Team Bowser. Anyway, it looks like those Koopas have defeated those Cannonball Toads already, so it looks like Bowser will have to- Wait a minute, what is that package over there? I have checked it out, and it appears to be a package, that is sent to Bowser from KoopEx, and the package appears to be filled with Koopas that are hearing Hammer Bro helmets. Woohoo, more Koopas! What's even better is that the Hammer Bro helmets that these Koopas are wearing makes their defense twice as strong, meaning that they'll last longer. Yay! However, I hate to break into your party, but these Koopas will take as twice as much the coins the regular Koopas will take. Well, it looks like the field has gotten more bigger and there are some more Cannonball Toads in it. Also, it looks like that Bowser will be in deep trouble, as it looks like that Bowser won't have enough to coins to get enough Koopas to defeat all of the Toads. Oh no! What is Bowser going to do? Wait, it looks like the field can still be all cleaned up, because guess what? There are golden mushrooms! They may not attack, but they'll "bleed" extra coins as they get damaged by the Koopas. Hoorah! After all of the field was cleaned up, I noticed something round in the field. It appears to be a Bob-Ball! Woohoo, another member of Team Bowser! However, what could it be used for? Wait a minute, it looks like Bowser has showed up, and he has something to say. He sai- Oh wait, it seems that Bowser has forgot his lines. Oh well, it's not that important anyway, as there appears to be an army of cardboard Toads slowly moving into the right side, and the Koopas aren't here to fight against them. Oh no! What are we going to do now? Wait, hold on there, remember that Bob-Ball we had saw earlier? Well, it appears that as they are round, they could be used as bowling balls. Yes, that means we are now playing a game of "Bob-Ball Bowling". It works like how regular bowling works, expect that the "pins" (which are the cardboard Toads) are moving towards us. Anyway, let's get rolling (get it?)! After rolling a few Bob-Balls, there seems to be a red Bob-Ball. What could this mean? After rolling it, it appears to be flashing. Oh, and when it collides with a cardboard Toad, it explodes! Alright, we've got some mad red Bob-Balls in Team Bowser! After defeating quite a number of cardboard Toads, a sentence showed up, which said that a giant wave of cardboard Toads are coming. Oh wait, I think it meant that a "That's all folks!" screen is coming, as that what exactly happened! Well, I guess that's it! Overall, it's a very great game, although there is a couple problems.
Graphics 9 / 10	As far as I can know, almost all of the graphics are custom made. They look really beautiful, even the field looks good! Though, it isn't perfect by all means. The title screen is kind of a bit of empty (all there is just a title logo and some text), but, as it's a demo, I'm sure this will be fixed at some point. Oh, and I think having the Koopas disappear once they get to the left side seems to be weird. The Shy Guys could have fit with the rest of the graphics better. Finally, the explosion effect (the one from the exploding Bob-Balls) looks like it was made straight out of MS Paint. Overall, the graphics are very good, but there a few graphical hiccups here and there.
Sound 10 / 10	The music sounds really nice, and what makes them better is that they are underused! Really, I have never heard these tunes before in a fangame (although, there are a couple ones that were used in the original Toads vs. Koopas). The sounds are nice too, some of which are from New Super Mario Bros Wii, from what I have known. I'm not sure where the other sounds are from, but I'm assuming they are from Plants vs. Zombies. Combining the music with the sounds in this game, they sound very great!
Replay 1 / 10	Unfortunately, as you might have expected due to the fact it's a demo, the replay value is really lackluster here. There is just only a couple very short levels, and a "minigame". There are no unlockables, different game modes, or anything like that.

Final Words

Want to become part of Team Bowser? Well, then download this game as your training course!

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Comments

	Cruise Elroy Aug 27 2015, 9:10 PM
Thanks for the review! I like what you did with the story for the gameplay section.

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