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[Super Mario bros Z ep 6 (old series)]

Once again a great episode

Once again a great episode. The fight at the beginning was really awesome and I really loved the new 3d effects you added at some points. The fight at the end with metasonic was also great. Just one small complaint: the sparkling stars around mario when he turns into his super form didn´t looked that good. I think it would be better if he got his cape again like in episode 1. Anyways I also liked how long this episode was =) I thought it was gonna end when metasonic arrived, but that was only somewhere halfway.

Overall 10 out of 10, 5 out of 5. I haven´t seen every sprite series on NG, but this one is deffinatly the best I´ve seen so far. There´s so much fast-paced action, so much stuff happening at the same time and there are so many special effects. You rarely see that in other movies. Keep up the great work and I hope to see episode 7 soon.

[1 - The Story of Khale]

Amazing

The graphics were just awesome in my opinion. You rarely see movies with drawings as good as in this one, good job. As for the music: Personally I would´ve choosen a different song. The current one doesn´t really seem to suit in the fantasy world. It was an okay song though.

Another thing that could improve: It´s nice that you added back and forward buttons and scene-selection and all that, but could you make the buttons at least a little bit visible? Like if you mouse over them you see them, but they´re still transparent? Or just put a thin black bar at the top or bottom of the screen with all the buttons on it? I think that would be much better then the way it is now.

Overall 10 out of 10, 5 out of 5. It was really an amazing movie. It´s the best thing I´ve seen in 2007 so far. It looks a lot like Adam Phillips´ series, but this has even more fantasy and imagination. Anyway, I´m very curious about how this is gonna be a story. Hope to see episode 2 soon. Keep up the good work, congrats with the awards and good luck with the rest of the series.

[Legend of Zelda : HTW]

Not much special, but alright

Graphics: The sprites were good and adding the pictures looked alright. The stuff you´ve drawn yourself were not top quality drawings but they weren´t bad. You could work a bit more on the fight scene however. I suggest adding a few more special effects to make it look better and more agressive.

Sounds/Music: The songs you added are a little bit overused, you hear them everywhere. I wouldn´t mind if you picked some different ones. The sounds were alright, just basic sword and shield sounds and some screams from Link. Nothing wrong with that.

Interactivity: Textboxes were nice, especially that you could press the arrow to continue and don´t have to read fast or anything. What was also a good idea in my opinion was to add two play buttons, so you don´t need a preloader.

Overall 6 out of 10, 3 out of 10. Decent submission in my opinion, but not much special. It could become a good series however if you improved a bit (not sure if you want to make another episode though). I would especially aim on improving the graphics some more.

Anyway, well there´s your review :) I´ve posted this in the Zelda Club, but I´m not sure if you´ve read it so again: If you want more reviews for your flash go ask in the Review Request Club in the Clubs & Crews forum.

[Zelda: UO Epis:3]

Nice movie, but an unoriginal story

I´ve watched the other two episodes before and I didn´t really expected the story would go like this. I was expecting it would be a bit less serious. I think the current story is alright, but not very original. With Link being the chosen one etc. I´ve seen a lot of stuff like that before, so I´d prefer the less serious story :) I´m pretty glad you at least added a guy like Diggs, he´s bad timing was very funny.

Anyway, the graphics were excellent. I think you´ve improved quite a bit looking at the first two episodes (not that those were bad). Everything was well drawn and the animation was good too. I also liked the voices a lot, and especially what you did with the Big Deku´s voice. As for what could improve, perhaps you should add a scene-selection cause the movie is quite long. And you should add some different pictures at the end, cause you could clearly see they came out of some sort of comic book.

Overall 9 out of 10, 5 out of 5. Beside the unoriginal story, it was very good in my opinion. Congrats with all the awards and keep up the good work.

ScootLumpDude responds:

Very nice review. VERY nice. But keep in mind that this story is still unfolding. I promise there will be things you never thought would happen.

[The Real Legend 2]

One of my favorites

Graphics: These were great, everything was very well drawn and well animated. I only thought the Goron at the shop looked a bit weird, but that´s okay.

Sounds/Music: You got some nice voice-actors, the voices were very good in my opinion. It was however a bit hard to follow sometimes, but luckily you added subtitles as well. The music was also very nice.

Interactivity: Well it only had a play and a replay button which wasn´t much. The movie is quite long, so I think it would be better if you added a scene-selection somewhere. And perhaps you could make a good looking menuscreen as well.

Overall 10 out of 10, 5 out of 5. Well this is one of my favorite movies. I really can´t wait until the third part comes out. But it´s been a while since you submitted this, are you gonna make a third or are you just too busy with other projects? I hope not. Anyway, keep up the excellent work and I hope to see some more from you soon.

[Future]

Never seen anything like this before...

I´m really amazed by the style of this movie. I´ve never seen anything like this before, really loved it. Everything looked like neonlights, which gave it a very futuristic look. However, the backgroundmusic wasn´t too good in my opinion. It was a bit of a repetitive song, I wish you´d choosen something else.

I also liked the story of this movie. How the power was turned on in the beginning and the whole city was lighted up. And then the fight- and race-scenes with the robots and stuff which all looked great. Then the ending with the huge explosion and the city turned dark again. A very nice ending in my opinion.

Overall 9 out of 10, 5 out of 5. It was really interesting to watch this, I really hope there will be more movies with this style. Congrats with the well-deserved awards and keep up the excellent work.

[Castlevania:our new hero]

Not total crap, but not that good either

The graphics in this were not total crap, but not really amazing either. I can see you already had some drawing and animating talent here. The animation looked good most of the time, but some of the drawings were good, some of the drawings were bad. Like the sword, the castle and the girl in the end, they were very nicely drawn. But the backgrounds could have used some more attention. And it would better if the main character was not a stick figure.

Another thing that could´ve been better, was that the movie was a little quiet sometimes. It´s nicer if there was always some song playing at the background.

Overall 6 out of 10, 3 out of 5. I do not think this movie was total crap like you called it, since there were still a few good things in it. But it was a little boring and I think it took too long. Anyway, this movie was quite a big difference from you´re later movies. You have really improved a lot, luckily. I hope to see another one from you soon, keep up the good work.

[Birds of a Feather]

Wonderful

I really loved the graphics and animation in this. They were about as good as in littlefoot. Sounds and music in this were also great, and the same goes for the story. Very simple, but very nice. Also a good thing that there is barely any talking in this. I think a lot of talking would ruin the movie.

As for what could improve. There is barely any interactivity. There was a replay button at the end, but perhaps you could add a quality button and stuff like that. This is about the only thing that can improve. You could make it a little longer as well of course.

Overall 10 out of 10, 5 out of 5. Added to favorites. It really was very nice to watch and it fully deserves all the awards it has won. I hope you can make a second episode of this as the ending was a nice point to start the beginning of a second episode with. Keep up the excellent work.

[Final Fantasy Jailbreak 1]

Great!

Great submission once again. I´m very glad you continued with this series. I thought it was finished with episode 5, but luckily it isn´t =) Anyway, graphics, sounds, music etc. were awesome again. Did Fighter really get another voice? What was wrong with the old one?... Oh well, I think his new voice isn´t bad either. Interactivity is also excellent, really like the time-bar at the bottom. You don´t see many submissions with one of those.

As for what could improve. Well I can´t think of much. Just thought the beginning story was a little bit boring. I know it was supposed to be a joke, but it took a little too long in my opinion.

Overall 9 out of 10, 5 out of 5. Really liked it, submitted to favorites. Hope the next episode will be out very soon. Keep up the excellent work and congrats with all the awards this movie will most likely win =)

[Xombie: Chapter 8]

Great episode once again

Another great episode once again. The graphics were just great. The sounds, voices, music etc. were also awesome. I also liked the (new?) menuscreen a lot. But the best thing about this series is the story in my opinion. It´s very original, I´ve never heard a story like this before. I am starting to wonder who the real bad-guy in this series is by the way. Until now, we´ve just seen a lot of evil robots who tried to stop Dirge and kill Zoe, but I can´t remember any episode where they talk about some kinda boss or a short scene with him. I´m really getting curious...

I only have one complaint though. You should really add subtitles in this. The voices were very good like I said, but I really had a lot of trouble to hear what Dirge and the robots were saying. Can´t remember I had that much trouble last time, so did you added new voices for them or something?

Overall 10 out of 10, 5 out of 5. Well great episode like I said, hope you´ll make a lot more of these. Keep up the excellent work and good luck with the rest of the series.