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One of the Best GBA Games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 30, 2004
Author: Amazon User

ZOE: The Fist of Mars is easily one of the best Game Boy games ever made. The story is intriguing as are the characters. The graphics are very good during Battle Sequences and cut scenes. For any fan of anime series with giant robots, some romantic elements and plot twists, this is one game you have to buy. Even if you're not a big fan of anime, this game is still worth your money. Outside of the battle sequences, primarily in the map, the graphics aren't very good. The landscapes are not well made. Most of the scenarios are also simple, destroy all enemies maps. There is also a hands-on element called the IAS which allows you to go inside the cockpit of your vehicle to either dodge or hit an enemy vehicle. While this can become tedious and prolongs the fight, you can turn this off along with battle animations, which brings me to the next point in this game. The battle sequences are amazing and are some of the best elements in this game. The scene shows a highly detailed animation of your vehicle performing its attack. The game runs HEAVILY on story and plot, and players who don't like to read and want to get right down onto the battlefield should NOT buy this game. To enjoy it the most, you must have PATIENCE and read through all the scenes.

I think this is a very enjoyable game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

addmittedly, once you can aim well it is a little easy but it is still really, really fun. get it if you don't have anything else to get. : )

For Anime/Mech fans.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is classified as strategy, yet the game takes no strategy to win. The game is VERY easy even for people who have never played strategy games before. The enemies are very easy to beat and the missions usually consist of "Eliminate the Enemy" objectives. In addition, the IAS system (which is basically a targeting minigame) basically lets you choose whether or not you want to be hit or hit the enemy. If you use the IAS all the way through the game you can beat the game without ever getting hit once. The only problem is that the IAS becomes tedious and annoying, so you'll turn it off midway, and the game will still be a piece of cake.

So why did this game win a place in my hcollection? Because it's absolutley beautiful. The battle animations are wonderful and very pleasing to the eye. The mech designs are very cool, and you grow to care for each one, like a collector's item. The battlefields are well detailed as well. The CG pics are far and few inbetween, but put the cherry on the sundae. And to top it with sprinkles, Konami added an amazing musical score to the game, making you feel each part of the game through the music. When a hyper-insane mad-scientist is burning down a city, the music depicts the atrocity and horror through the music, making you all the more eager to stop him.

But the main draw is the story. The game is played through a mission-by-mission basis, but seems more like episodes to an amine series. The game starts out with lots of mysteries and finishes off with 2 different endings, making the game even more replayable. The dialouge inbetween missions help you relate to and get to know the characters and you actually care for what happens to them next. Not many plot-twists, but the story remains constant and well contructed till the end. Very little cheesiness here. My favorite part of the dialouge are the character portraits that come up when a each charater is talking. Each character has 3-8 pics for different emotions, and they are beautifully drawn. The story itself is very well translated and flows smoothly.

So click "Add to cart", and get yourself some headfones too, because this is a theatrical experience for any anime fan, but too easy for a strategy buff.

Depends on the player

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: November 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

After reading all the reviews, and playing the game five or six times, I have come to a conclusion.

You must enjoy anime and /or manga as well as plot to enjoy this game.

I read about ZOE in a magazine, and it stood out. I decided to pick it up a few weeks later, and I played through the entire game in a matter of weeks.
This videogame has extroadinarily long cut scenes, followed by midlength battle sequences. If you like story, great, if you like alot of shooting, not so great.

Don't pay attention to the E status on there, this has quite a few swears, and some adult situations, though you must understand that all of it is written.

I must urge those who say this game has no replay value to try it again. I have played three times so far, and I have gotten two different endings, though I am sure there are more.

If you want a videogame from Nintendo that encompasses all the aspects of life that people like to glaze over, death,..., and sorrow, then get it. I did, and found one of the only games by Nintendo of it's kind.

As I said, it's all about what you want. It all depends on you.

Greatest game for the GBA ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is my favorite GBA game of all time. It's great but a little short (I beat it in a few hours). Other than that I think it's the best game for the GBA.Thanks for reading my review.

Favorite GBA game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Even with an enormous story that takes hours (most-likely) to read, this game is great. The RPG element adds a lot to the turn-based strategy. Targeting an enemy is also a nice feature that can become a great asset once you get used to it. After beating it once I flew through it a second time without a problem, so if you either don't mind reading the story again, or bashing A to skip it all, it does have slight replay value. But even if you play once, it's worth all the money.

Try This Game out

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is really good, if you haven't tried it yet, you should. The battle system is jut like Advance Wars, you move your men all over the map. When you are in range, you can start an attack sequence, in which you aim at the enemy, after you attack it shows an anime sequence of you attacking your enemy. The story line is confusing if you haven't played Zone Of The Enders for PS2, but it is worth the wait to read all the words.

Awesome strategy game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game a while ago, and it's still fun as hell! This game is a great combination, strategy/anime. This game has a couple things in common with Advance Wars, it also has even more stategy than Advance Wars. You gotta pick the right vehicle and attack for the right enemy. This is truly worth the money, oh yeah I forgot to mention the great graphics and storyline!

fun and lot of reading

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 05, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The game is extremly fun and the chrarctors have good personalities. The game has three parts : reading, battle, reading. in the battle you have to use real battle stragies to defeat an overwhelming amount of enemys. At first its trickey to get but it gets easier later on. Two big tips are to read all text. even though it gets boring it is important or you wont understand the mission. and read the instructions or you wont complete a level.

THE GREATEST GAME EVER!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have never played a better game this was my favorate game of all it even beats final fantasy X (barely :))! I think its awesome but some people who aren't in to the story will hate it because there is alot of story and not just mindless war stuff! The only objection to this game is razma is very perverse and there is a little language (so it should be rated T)(...).
PROS:EVERYTHING
CONS:U WILL BE ADDICTED!

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