The Hardcore Retro God (Review #47 - Mole Mania)
Channel: The Hardcore Retro God
Date: 2020-01-15

Original Release Date - April 2017

After more than 2 years, IT'S FINALLY BACK!  The very same review on Miyamoto's lesser-known Game Boy title from Season 4 which was taken down from here earlier due to a myriad of issues that dare not speak their description HAS BEEN DRASTICALLY REWORKED AND IMPROVED FOR EVERYONE'S CONVENIENCE.

As the provided description states (verbatim, from said date):

"After over a month, your ever-so-intelligent-and-witty "friendly neighborhood" YOU-KNOW-WHO makes a well-deserved return!  Which title does my latest diatribe revolve around, one might inquire?  It's on a very UNDERRATED Game Boy title that few [if a possibly fair deal of us - Yours Truly, included] were aware of...a top-view puzzle dig-a-thon revolving around the exploits of a debonair mole by the name of Muddy on his quest to rescue his family (specifically, his wife Maggie and their 7 kids) from the clutches of a demented, uptight human farmer by the name of Jinbe.

Developed by Nintendo's own 4th R&D division (aka Entertainment Analysis & Development), in association with Pax Softonica (Balloon Kid, Donkey Kong GB and Wave Race), MOLE MANIA was first released in Japan during the Summer of '96 - and less than a year later in our ol' US of A (precisely, February 1997 - hence, about time we've celebrated the maniacal mole's [belated] 20TH ANNIVERSARY)."