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Capsule Review: Big Hero 6: Battle in the Bay

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A sidescrolling platformer with hidden collectibles and some enemies to beat up. Unsurprisingly for a movie tie-in aimed at kids, it’s a bit roughly put together, which is a shame because there is solid potential here. The different heroes have different movesets - manipulating physics as Hiro or speeding around as GoGo can be a lot of fun, though unfortunately you can’t play as Baymax or Honey Lemon. While there are hidden paths (generally with collectibles at the end) the platforming is mostly fairly easy and mindless, interrupted occasionally by flimsy-feeling combat and a handful of obnoxiously bad boss fights. There is a story, but it’s thin and totally ignorable.

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