SNES Game Review: Aladdin

 There were a lot of movie titles that became games in the 1990's.  The Jungle Book, The Lion King, Aladdin are among those.  Aladdin is a movie in the 90's but also a game from Capcom, who seemed to hit on every game they touched for the SNES for the most part.  A lot of this game will be kind of a comparison to The Lion King, which I reviewed a long time ago on this blog (Link is below.)  What do I think Aladdin did well? What did I think it needed more of? All that and more below!

Positives:

1. Graphics: Capcom with Disney hit it out of the park with this and they had to be proud of themselves for this.  A game with the caliber of the SNES to look so good graphically was a major step for them and it was a really cool thing to see the levels so vivid, so good overall.

2. Music: Capcom, Disney, Nintendo.  Music is always the best.  I don't think I need to go further.  But I will anyway :) The music is fantastic in this game, and all the Aladdin music that you love from the movie is brilliant in the game.

3. Not as difficult as The Lion King: Yes this is better in difficulty than the Lion King.  It is more manageable and a lot easier to deal with overall.  The levels themselves I am about to elude on are a major reason for this not being as difficult.

4. The Levels: Absolutely splendid and not as death riddled as The Lion King.  That is a major step better.  The levels themselves are exquisite but they are still somewhat challenging without breaking a controller to have to do everything and dying every single second.  They also are more forgiving in you don't have to be absolutely perfect to do everything on a level.

5. Password system: For the SNES a ton of games that don't have save batteries with them are put well with a password system.  For Aladdin it is pretty simple with some icons rather than a long password you have to put on a pad to remember.  

Negatives:

1. Jewels: Yeah this is the major negative here.  I don't really know the purpose of them but also I don't quite know the reason for them in this game? Also some seem very much too difficult to get so I don't understand quite why the jewels are in the game anyway.  

Overall Rating/Rank:

I thought Aladdin was done very well for the Super Nintendo and that Capcom can be very proud of themselves.  Overall I thought the levels were done very well, obviously the music is fantastic.  The levels themselves are very well done and not as difficult as The Lion King.  Overall I think this game is an 8.7 out of 10.  I would rate it probably 44th on the SNES all-time ranking. 

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