I have played 40 mins of Penguin Wars.
Penguin Wars is a Dodge Ball sports game featuring a collection of cute animal characters. Each character has their own unique speed, stun wait time and charge time stat's. Select a character and obliterate your opponent by piffing balls at the smiling face on the other end of the table. The player with the most dodgeballs on their side of the table when the timer runs out loses. You can get extra points for smacking an cute animal square in the face and stunning them.
Penguin wars has some good ideas and a lot of charming characters but it feels like there could have been more wild mechanics thrown in to the mix with the special characters that pop up on the board or maybe having each main character have their own special charge attack. Making those aspects of the game more crazy and unique would have really helped give the game more strategy and lasting power.
I do think that the charge attack with the fast pace throw offers some pretty nice strategy with its risk/reward timer system.
I am a super fan of Sanrio World Smash Ball on the Super Famicom and this reminds me of that a lot. Smash Ball is what I'd be picking if I want to scratch my Dodge Ball itch in the end - mainly because it's easier to play multilayer for me. But this is good for when I'm not around my SFam. I will play again in future just to destroy that Rabbit with a fast paced charge attack 👌 I didn't play 2 player because I don't have the necessary hardware but that mode would be this game at its most fun, for sure.
PROs
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- Good selection of characters with different stat's.
- Nice to see some "curve balls" with the special characters running across the platform during play.
- Cute Aesthetic with charming character art.
- The charge attack makes for some interesting strategy.
- Stun-locking the Rabbit with a charge attack until you win is the most cathartic thing ever after getting stun-locked over and over in the late game.
CONs
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- Somewhat Shallow Game Play that doesn't have a strong lasting power overall.
- Getting stun locked by a smiling rat AI is just the worst feeling lol. Sometimes you can just sit there for many seconds watching yourself getting absolutely destroyed with nothing you can do about it. 100 percent not fun.
Cow is the best.
Penguin Wars is a Dodge Ball sports game featuring a collection of cute animal characters. Each character has their own unique speed, stun wait time and charge time stat's. Select a character and obliterate your opponent by piffing balls at the smiling face on the other end of the table. The player with the most dodgeballs on their side of the table when the timer runs out loses. You can get extra points for smacking an cute animal square in the face and stunning them.
Penguin wars has some good ideas and a lot of charming characters but it feels like there could have been more wild mechanics thrown in to the mix with the special characters that pop up on the board or maybe having each main character have their own special charge attack. Making those aspects of the game more crazy and unique would have really helped give the game more strategy and lasting power.
I do think that the charge attack with the fast pace throw offers some pretty nice strategy with its risk/reward timer system.
I am a super fan of Sanrio World Smash Ball on the Super Famicom and this reminds me of that a lot. Smash Ball is what I'd be picking if I want to scratch my Dodge Ball itch in the end - mainly because it's easier to play multilayer for me. But this is good for when I'm not around my SFam. I will play again in future just to destroy that Rabbit with a fast paced charge attack 👌 I didn't play 2 player because I don't have the necessary hardware but that mode would be this game at its most fun, for sure.
PROs
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- Good selection of characters with different stat's.
- Nice to see some "curve balls" with the special characters running across the platform during play.
- Cute Aesthetic with charming character art.
- The charge attack makes for some interesting strategy.
- Stun-locking the Rabbit with a charge attack until you win is the most cathartic thing ever after getting stun-locked over and over in the late game.
CONs
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- Somewhat Shallow Game Play that doesn't have a strong lasting power overall.
- Getting stun locked by a smiling rat AI is just the worst feeling lol. Sometimes you can just sit there for many seconds watching yourself getting absolutely destroyed with nothing you can do about it. 100 percent not fun.
Cow is the best.