Super James Pond II yɛ saa SNES platformers a ɛyɛ nwonwa, ɛyɛ fɛ a ɛnyɛ ne ho aniberesɛm dodo no mu biako. Wobɔ sɛ apataa —wiɛ, apataa bi a ɔyɛ kokoamni a wɔfrɛ no James Pond —a wo ho so fa dodow a atamfo a wɔyɛ goofy ne nsu ase gags ahyɛ mu ma mu. Nneɛma a wɔde di dwuma no te nka sɛ ɛyɛ floaty kakra mfiase no, nanso sɛ wode wo ho to so pɛ a, woabɔ wo ho akɔneaba na woafa power-ups no bɛyɛ nea ɛyɛ nwonwa sɛ ɛma abotɔyam.

Level binom wɔ hɔ ma wuwiawia wo ho twa awɛmfo a woatwa atɛkyɛ mu (yiw, ampa), bere a afoforo nso tow wo gu nsu ase a wɔtow tuo a ɛyɛ ma mu. Adwini kwan no anya saa mfiase '90s cartoon vibe, a ɛwɔ kɔla ahorow a ɛhyerɛn ne animations a ɛboro so. Ɛnyɛ platformer a ɛyɛ den sen biara wɔ SNES so, nanso biribi a ɛyɛ anigye wɔ ne fɛwdi ara kwa no ho.

Sɛ wowɔ retro games a nipasu wom mu a, eyi fata sɛ wohwɛ — kɛkɛ nhwɛ kwan sɛ Mario-level polish.