The whole thing's based around Scott Pilgrim's quest to defeat the seven evil exes of his love, Ramona Flowers. It could have been gobbling up quarters in the '90s with the best of coin-ops, yet the gameplay and level designs are decidedly current-day. Like the comic and movie that inspired it, the game is filled with subtle (and not-so-subtle) nods to loads of classic games - and even films - and rocking tunes, too.

Scott Pilgrim is almost 'hyper 8-bit,' somehow managing to be insanely detailed and alive within a pixelated look. Sure, Mega Man 9 and 10 brought back the 8-bit NES look, but they stopped there. It plucks a string inside my silly old heart but it'll be enough to make youngsters sit forward with a grin. The coin-op style intro, the title screen, the sound effects - everything is an homage to video games past and present. I was in love with Scott Pilgrim almost from the moment I loaded it up. And it really does seem like the crews who put it together at Ubisoft Montreal and Chengdu seized the opportunity to make a game in one of their favorite styles, busting out tattered notebooks filled with years-old notes and scribbles under the heading of 'Ideas for the greatest brawler EVER!' It's a matter of debate whether or not they succeeded in creating that, but they did make a shockingly good entry in the genre that pays mucho respect to the old school, while still clearly taking lessons at the new school. %Gallery-95506% Scott Pilgrim is a beat-'em-up in the vein of Double Dragon, River City Ransom, Final Fight and the many other classics of a genre that's been largely ignored by major publishers. This is their love letter to their favorite hobby and, in turn, an invitation to revel in it alongside them. It's clear almost immediately that this is made by people who have gaming ingrained in them down to the sub-atomic level. Unlike that train wreck and so many others that followed (with rare exceptions like Batman: Arkham Asylum), Scott Pilgrim isn't the product of dubious market research, cutting corners to maximize profits or designing a game for the lowest common denominator. Like, since I was falling into pits playing E.T.

The World: The Gameis one of the best video game adaptations I've ever played. Alas, licensed games do generally have that reputation about them. 'Probably designed by Uwe Boll's less talented cousin Steve and coded by a drunken monkey,' you say. There's a movie based on a series of graphic novels opening this week (we saw it a little early), and there's all manner of tie-in merchandise capitalizing on its epic epicness. The Worldthing - it's kind of a big deal. You may have heard of this whole Scott Pilgrim vs.

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