3/5 ★ – JetDusk's review of Battletoads Arcade.

I’m happy to see this game got some sort release through Rare Replay, it’s a game worth checking out. It’s surprisingly violent, and the sprite work is really well done. The problem is it can be just as obnoxiously hard as the NES game despite just being a beat em up instead of a variety of stages. The bosses especially take way too many hits to kill, and the regular enemies can destroy you if you don’t pay attention. A regular rat can combo you out of most of your health, and that can be frustrating. I want to like this game more than I do, but it’s just not as satisfying as it could be with Battletoads obsession with brutal difficulty. I don’t mind a challenging game, but there’s such a thing as too far, and Battletoads is it. I would still highly recommend Arcade over the NES game, it has enough going for it to stand above its own issues.