I picked up a copy of Mischief Makers yesterday. It’s a weird, quirky, very Japanese platformer for the N64. I have a history with this game, and I’ve been meaning to pick it up since I acquired an N64. 

As a kid, I really loved this game, despite not understanding one thing about it. The characters didn’t make any sense; they all looked like robots. Everything in the game had the same strange frowning face, including the blocks that made up the levels. And the game didn’t use the joystick, which meant that I had to hold the controller on the two outside prongs, rather than the middle and right prongs (which actually makes less sense than the two outside ones, but it was standard and felt correct at the time). 

Despite all those oddities, I still really enjoyed the game. I now understand that I just have a soft spot for any kind of quirky Japanese game, and Mischief Makers is the earliest evidence of that. 

The game itself really isn’t too bad. It’s a little on the easy side, but the platforming is decent and it has a ton of charm. Hopefully it’ll keep my attention long enough to finish it, but with Super Mario Sunshine and Bomberman 64 on the way, I’ll have a lot of distractions. 

That’s enough writing for now. I want to play.