Starting this month I decided I wanted to make a piece of fan art dedicated to each game I play. Which I don't play as many as I used too, so it won't be too daunting of a task. The first is a Punch Time Explosion XL for the 360. I didn't buy it, a friend loaned too me, knowing I love Cartoon Network.

Because its basically Super Smash Bros: Brawl, I decided to recreate the cover but with the CNPTEXL characters instead. I'm actually really happy how this game out, especially for only spending the day on it.

Like I said its basically Brawl but with Cartoon Network characters. Its got an interesting roaster but characters like Captain Planet and Ben 10 stick out, compared to the more stylized characters the rest of the roaster make up. And there's a lot of characters I would think be shoe-ins aren't in it such as Finn, Jake, Scooby, Courage, the Ed's, and various other characters.

The actual game-play is as strong as Brawls, and each characters plays as their own. There's been a lot of opportunity to cut cost with clones but even both version of Ben 10 and the Powerpuff Girls play differently.

The real shame is this has a lot of potential of being a good game. But there's a bunch of minor problems that add up to really knock it down. Mostly the terrible/repetitive voice work, poor storymode animation, and most importantly the terrible menu logic.

Regardless, its worth playing through the story mode at least once.