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Complex and powerful generals of the Black Moon turn up unexpectedly, give a couple of lines and die pathetically, while those of the Death Busters receive even less attention. They don’t pull this off flawlessly, far from it. It’s a clever device that allowed the creators to draw upon the huge pool of monster and character designs, while also giving the player precisely what they wanted: to revisit key moments from the anime without it feeling repetitive or exploitative. It has a strange semblance to The Vision of Escaflowne in that regard, an anime that premiered the year after.

The shaman Apsu’s fate alteration powers resurrect the defeated enemies of Sailor Moon in a pleasingly vague manner.

To this end she enlists 5 disenfranchised youths who suffered from the attacks by the Black Moon in Sailor Moon R, and begins meddling with fate. A shaman in future Crystal Tokyo is attempting to alter fate to cheat her impending death and, we presume, take control of the premier power in the Solar System, the Silver Crystal.

All of them ignore the number 1 thing that Sailor Moon fans would want out of a computer game: story.Īnother Story’s plot, when taken as a whole, isn’t particularly long or complex. In fact for all intents and purposes, it is, but the dedication from the writers and animators to capture themes, dialogue and characters from the show and the manga will really take you by surprise.Ī big problem with other Sailor Moon games is that they’re all either side-scrolling beat-em-ups, 1Vs1 fighters like Street Fighter or, you know, that inescapably crap puzzle genre. By all accounts, it should be a shoddy cheap mess designed to cash-in. Which is why Sailor Moon: Another Story’s greatest asset is surprise. The number of crappy game adaptations is only beaten by the number of crappy movies based on computer games.Īnime typically fares up a little better than other media, but creating an RPG based on a hyper-popular shojou show that respects the source material while creating a new story worthy of the name? The first expectation is, unfortunately, to disappoint. One has certain expectations of a computer game-tie in of a popular TV or movie franchise. You can check all the individual sections of the game on the Another Story page, but they won’t be necessary to follow this review, which is intended to stand in its own right. I just couldn’t stay away from Sailor Moon: Another Story, could I? Seeing as my playthrough lasted 11 parts (which is several more than I expected), it’s only right that I compile my thoughts on the game in a final review.