Any of you remember the comic story of Jazz that came in the Jazz 1 instruction manual? When Jazz is rewarded with a 'rock' that the mice give him for saving their village, Jazz thinks ' Note to self : Next time I visit, bring a cat along.' This attitude is in GBA Jazz which is what really makes Jazz the real Jazz. Ok, so he has lost some weight, waxed his skin, and is wearing Pants ( unlike Spaz, hehe :P ) his attidude to 'wanting to not have to collect coins, 50 bananas, stars ' and ' wanting to retire and live in a tropical planet sipping carrot juice ' is definitly the same as Jazz 1. Anyway, head bands and arm bands arn't in fashion, Jazz needs to keep up with the times . Anyway, if you look carfully at the uniform, you can see that his head band has been turned into a shirt and his blaster has somehow been turned into his jeans.

What I like about the game is the cut scenes, in Jazz 1 at the end of every episode there was a little cut scene often of Jazz kicking some turtle butt, they have used the same style in this game too . At the end of each mission there is a cutscene of Jazz in his space ship being given new orders. This gives the game more of a story line. Jazz 2 never had any real story line, to me it seems that you just escaped from the castle and went to different planets until u found Devan. This game seems to have more direction.

The gameplay takes a bit of getting used to. The movement isn't as good as that of Jazz 1 and Jazz 2 but what do u expect, its on a GBA, its limited. Being able to shoot in different directions takes a bit of getting used to but can be really handy when some turtles are at the top of the slope. Unfortuantly the enemies can shoot at diagnals as well, just because your above or below them doesn't mean your safe :P

In my opinion, the enemies are better than the enemys in JJ2. Most of the enemys in JJ2 just seem to walk left right left right until they bang into you. In GBA Jazz some of the enemys have multiple weapons, the metal turtle thing fires home in missiles, missiles, flames and minigun bullets. Other enemies like the turtles communicate to each other to get ready to mob u ( hehe, their voices are funny ).

Anyway, I think GBA Jazz keeps the Jazz spirit alive and kicking. If you want to have a good laugh and the Jazz spirit is still in you u should buy this game.

Beneath Jazz's cloths there is still a green rabbit who wants to kick some turtle shell..

.... if only it came with a JCS