Hi-Fi Rush has a superpower: it teleports me back to my elementary and middle school years. Then, there was nothing quite as special as a Saturday morning. Not only did I not have school, but I could tune into my favorite cartoons and see something wondrous.
Whether it's Goku finally beating Frieza after 20 episodes, Dexter inadvertently unleashing the latest horror on the city in Dexter’s Lab, or Ash losing yet another Pokemon Championship, there was a certain boundless energy to Saturday morning cartoons. A spirit of adventure and innocence that still crucially captured big picture themes, like Hey Arnold’s commentary on poverty.
It’s become exceedingly hard to recapture the spirit that ‘80s and ‘90s weekend slate of animated shows had. But it’s increasingly starting to look like video games are the place to do it, and Hi-Fi Rush is the blueprint.
