It’s so happy!

Billy Hatcher is one bright, colorful, cheery game. Its liberal use of bright primary colors fits right in with Miyamoto’s GameCube efforts. Character models are simple and the textures look like something you’ve seen before in Mario Sunshine. The main flaw in Billy Hatcher is its framerate. Most of the time, things run quite smoothly; but as soon as some particle and smoke effects enter the picture, things slow down dramatically. Given that we’ve seen special effects run without a hitch in other GameCube titles, we can’t think of any reason why Billy Hatcher couldn’t be further optimized for a more consistent framerate.

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The sound and music is just as cheerful as the graphics. Sound effects are comical in nature and the musical score is comprised mainly of upbeat tunes. For those of you with home theatre setups, Billy Hatcher supports progressive scan and Dolby Surround Pro Logic II.