I know a lot of people really despise this game, and honestly I can sorta see where they are coming from. but for the first game with the Princess as the main character.... it's not that bad.
It's a decent enough title created by the same creators of Starfy (aka THE GIGACHAD), and it's kinda surprising that it got released slightly before the resurgance of 2D Super Mario Bros games. But even without taking New SUper Mario Bros into consideration, Super Princess Peach does its own unique thing.

The Princess is fun to control as a 2D platform hero, and her unique mechanic that combines 4 distinct powers (actually 3, I dunno what's the logic about the green one) makes for some cool level gimmicks and interactions. Nothing is really well expanded and used at the strongest potential, but for what it is it's fine.

I know most people dislike the use of EMOTIONS to showcase the princess power, and I can see where these complains come from.... but also I kinda disagree with those statements since these powers are not just relegated to the princess: enemies of past titles are back afflicted by these emotions, and makes for some fun twist to all of them: you get Koopas that sings while walkings, goombas that cry and zooms into your face, and boos that are so pissed that they work the opposite as opposite boos...... also REX from mario world is an enemy, I love Rex. Overall all of thiese twists and recreations of past enemies and bosses brings for me a lot of charm to the title, thanks to the cozy vibes, great music and adorable artstyle and sprite works.

The addition of the differen forms for the parasols and a kinda decent collection of minigames (except the pre-boss ones) offer a bunch of variety that is always appreciated (even though the implementation of forced microphones to move around can result into some annoying phases).

The game overall is totally fine...... until you reach the final level and find out that "Yeah, remember those toad boxes that you imagined being optional to complete the story? NONO GO BACK, free ALL the toads only to get a chance against Bowser". That is one of the worst decisions you can do for a game, forcing an almost platinum completion only to have a chance against the final boss.
That alone drops the quality of the title immensely, since it forces you to replay over half of the pasts levels if you were not careful, dragging a small innocent title for way too long... not to mention that more unlockables shows up in each level after the credits, so you technically gotta come back a third time if you really wanna 100% it

Aside from that, this is not a horrible title: it works, it's fun and Peach I am sure had a good time.
Also this game teach me that if my mother laughs a lot, maybe a "magical sceptre" is hidden somewhere in my house..... thanks guys, I really needed that info when I was 10....

Legit one of the comfiest experience you can ask from a videogame: do you need an adventure that is legit only positive vibes and nothing else? This is the game for you.

It's the perfect "game to fall asleep to", with a great artstyle and a cozy vibe........ maybe too cozy....

Yeah I know a lot of people like this one, myself included, but I just think it's an okay time: the majority of kirby games, while overall simple, are able to combine a chilly atmosphere and designs with a bit of more challenging thingies.

This game has zero challenge; it's a game where you literally can't die at all, and everything is extremely simple: it's still all really adorable, and it's not like there is no variety: the levels has nice gimmicks, kirby got different forms that adds some fresh take on the yarn formula, and some of the bosses are okay (I like the Magician Pumpkin specifically)

And the ability to enjoy the whole experience together with another person alone makes for a memorable time that raises the score on its own.

But yeah I kinda wish a bit more was done in terms of overall challenges. It's a good time.... maybe a little too good.. but still worth giving it a shot because of the incredible presentation and charming visuals

Reviewing licensed games tied to movies is difficult for many reasons: for once this sort of titles are mostly poorly designed and it is clear that devs were mostly just motivated by their paycheck to complete their task; second, since the release has to coincide with the movie, the time of development is incredibly stricted and short, meaning the final result will be either rushed or just poorly designed.

That wasn't the case for this one: I admit I have a lot of nostalgia for this: Madagascar was one of my favorite movies as a kid and it's probably the case because I played the playstation videogame over and over again. But honestly this title is pretty decent.

It's really clear Toys for Bob enjoyed the movie, since they put a lot of effort to a title that admittely, didn't really needed to go hard.

THis could have easily been a poorly designed 3D platformer with nothing to sneeze at. Instead you find yourself kicikng children from the Zoo's fences, jumping around the Manhattan's cars, grappling sailors with a hook and send them to drown in the middle of the ocean, playing arcade machines where you command tanks, riding ostriches..... and also playing minigolf and curling with a polar bear.

Madagascar is a bit of a underrated gem: it take sthe silly premise of the first movie and gives you a set of levels that while short, express a lot of charming variety in a lot of aspects: you got literal stealth sections that are actually fun to navigate followed by collectathon sections that sorta reminds me of Banjo&Kazooie, actions and powerups that are stupidly hilarious (Melman has a freaking helicopter spin like freaking Tails, and Gloria has a Butt Smash) and it even introduces characters and locations that fit the vibe and works kinda well.

Admittely it's nothing incredible, it's still something targetted to kids that doesn't really leave you life-changing experiences... but for what it is, it works really well.
Add to this a presentation and music pretty nice, a decent voice acting and THE BEST MINIGOLF EVER MADE, and you got a nostalgic ride that can be fun to revisit.