 This article is about a video game in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers is a video game developed by Nova and published by Sega and is based on the TV series of the same name. The game was released on the Mega Drive/Sega Genesis in 1994.
Gameplay[]
This version is a one-on-one competitive fighting game much like Street Fighter, featuring two different game modes: a Scenario Mode where the player competes against a series of CPU-controlled opponents, and a Battle Mode for two players. Each character has two basic attacks (normal and fierce), as well as a set of command-based special moves. When a monster is summoned to fight the Rangers, Rita curiously refers to each one (even the Evil Green Ranger) as her "sweet child" (even though she didn't appear to be very maternal to her minions and monsters in the show).
In the Scenario Mode, the matches consist of two segments: the player will fight against a regular sized monster as one of the rangers during the first segment and after the defeating the monster the first time, they will battle a giant version of the same. Initially, only the five original rangers and their mecha, the Megazord, are available. After completing the second stage, the Green Ranger will become a playable character as well, who controls the Dragonzord.
The scenario mode consists of five stages with the following adversaries in order of appearance:
- Stage 1: Minotaur
- Stage 2: Evil Green Ranger (summons the Dragonzord during the Zord battle portion)
- Stage 3: Madame Woe
- Stage 4: Goldar
- Stage 5: Cyclopsis (a two-part Zord-only battle)
In Battle Mode, the player can choose between the six rangers, the three zord mechas, and one of the three monsters in a standard best-two-out-of-three match. The Megazord, the Dragonzord, and Cyclopsis cannot be matched against any of the six rangers and vice-versa with the exception of the Evil Green Ranger who is unlocked with a code, and players cannot both choose the same character. However, there is a special code that can allow this to happen. Like most fighting games, the objective is for both players to fight each other until either one drains the vitality of the other.
Story[]
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Reception[]
GamePro panned the game, chiefly for the one-dimensional gameplay and unbalanced difficulty.
This game is notable for its commercial, featuring the voice talents of Barbara Goodson, Amy Jo Johnson, Johnny Yong Bosch and Steve Cardenas[1], despite the fact Bosch and Cardenas' characters were not featured in the game.
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Notes[]
- Text saying "Bandora Palace" can be read over the door at the bottom of Rita's castle in the intro sequence, despite being based on the America version of the show.
- The sprites depicting the Power Rangers are all recolored versions of the Red Ranger, with the exception of the Pink Ranger, who has a distinct sprite set, and the Green Ranger, who features the Dragon Shield.
- All of the Power Rangers feature Blade Blasters as a ranged attack, including the Green Ranger.
- The Evil version of the Green Ranger is unlockable for use in the game's two-player mode through use of a secret code, featuring the Sword of Darkness.
- Like its counterparts, the game was noticeably behind the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers TV show at its release, being based on the show's first season while the show itself was well into its second season, including the debut of the White Ranger.
- Similar to it's Super Nintendo counterpart Cyclopsis also appears as the final boss with it's 2 forms.
See Also[]
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (SNES)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Game Boy)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Game Gear)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (Sega CD)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (video game)
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Fighting Edition
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