Charming little game, for sure! It has some nasty slowdown that hinders the experience a bit but I think the positives outweigh these drawbacks. Neat animal transformations albeit with an awkward change input. Cute and colorful with a large variety of environments and enemies, most of whom are also cartoonish animals. The stages make fairly good use of the bouncing and rolling features, though they’re a lot more satisfying once the mechanics are fully mastered.

Other than the crippling slowdown, my main complaint about Armadillo would be the weak bosses. Other than maybe two of the fights, the game’s bosses can be cheesed to death before they can fire a single shot. Regardless, the game’s flaws are well worth enduring. There’s a fair bit of challenge to a lot of the platforming late in the game as well.