Mega Man Legends on my Retroid Pocket Nova. Why didn't I know how great this game is? The facial expressions on the characters in the cutscenes feel way ahead of its time despite just being sprites swapped out on a simple cel shaded model. The cartoon aesthetics stand out so well and bring to mind my favorite toon style animation from the following console generation, Wind Waker and Jak and Daxter.

Sure, controls are janky, but this game is impressive so far. In the first area beyond the tutorial, the game throws the following at me back to back:

• An objective-based boss fight where you only have to defeat one of three enemies trading the macguffin back and forth.
• A standard single opponent boss fight with (I think) no fewer than 6 attack patterns.
• A defense mission where a whole town is under attack by several types of enemies as a news reporter updates you as it progresses depending on how much of the town has been destroyed.
• Another single target boss fight that attacks fast from above.

I haven't even gotten to what I think is going to be the primary gameplay loop of dungeon crawling for gear, but I'm hooked.