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The animation in the game is almost on par with the cancelled TV show the game came from. The game is split up into five parts or "episodes" and play out like cases in a Phoenix Wright game. The writing is sooooo funny! If you are a fan of the show you will like this game a lot.
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I write this review having recently beat the game, it's no that long or difficult. But that doesn't mean it's bad! Harvey Birdman the video game plays a lot like another law based video game(s), the Phoenix Wright series. A LOT. Perhaps that's because both games are made by Capcom, and are probably on the same platform/game construction/engine/whatever you want to call it. Beating the game took me about a week of off and on play, while also watching a few of the episodes from the TV show online. I enjoyed approaching this game casually. It would have took me an afternoon if I had gone after it in a more hardcore gamer mode. Game play is simple. Point and click. Watch video. Point and click some more. But it's still Harvey Birdman, so you know it's going to be fun. Each case plays like an episode from the series. Almost all the original cast is there, exception being Stephen Colbert. Colbert was Phil Ken Sebben and Myron Reducto in the series. The video game sound-alikes didn't do a great job with Phil, but Reducto was good. However there is a great guest appearance of Elliott, the Deadly Duplicator. Those familiar to the show will remember it's simple flash process, which the game was able to closely mimic. This gives the the feel of the show's animation and flow. It also allows for you to "move" about the game (when you play it, you'll understand what I mean). There are also a ton of cameos by many Street Fighter (3 in this instance) characters. I feel like giving this game 3 stars isn't fair, but then again I was a fan of the show. It's about a 79.9 out of 100. Not quite an 80, or 4 stars, or what have you. 5 cases seems just too short. that's it's biggest draw back, too short. For other reviews i would check out: http://www.metacritic.com/game/wii/harvey-birdman-attorney-at-law That's not a metacritic endorsement mind you, I just thought it would be helpful. The game is really meant for one of 4 people: the Harvey Birdman fan, the Phoenix Wright fan, the Capcom fan, or X the Eliminator. It's funny. The graphics are sharp. It's enjoyable. And it's worth about $20, so if you can pick it up for cheap, jump on it.Read full review
I am a big Harvey Birdman fan (Bought all the DVDs) but the game have been a lot more fun. It has a few cut scenes featuring the original cast but most of the time is spent moving back and forth between 3 or so locations and then trying to pick the right clue to win the case. Often it is hard to figure out just which clue or person gets paired with which statement since they have to be done in a certain order... so it feels forced. This takes away a lot of the fun. If you guess wrong too often, the program ends and you have to reload from the last save point. Grade wise a C.
Cool for fans of the show. Kinda' like a choose your own adventure game, where you get to make choices. Not a lot of replay value, but worth a rental or a buy and sell on eBay as I will do. Odd for Nintendo, not really a kids title, would say teen and up.
if you're familiar with the text adventure game based on the show from the adult swim website, you'll be prepared for the garden-of-forking-paths structure of this game made for the wii. while it is by no means wii-centric, it it enjoyable for its deductive reasoning challenges and classic harvey birdman animated gags.
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