i remember this game from being one of the launch titles available for gba, but after some googling it seems that they only released it on jp and eu wile skipping na, which is sad and may explain why it isnt that well known. anyway i bought rayman advance instead of kuru kuru kururin when i was a child so who cares.

the gameplay is simple, move the rotating stick across the map without hitting walls or obstacles while moving through narrow pathways to end up reaching the goal. pressing a/b speeds up the stick and pressing both at the same time speeds it up even more...and that's everything.

but oh boy this game doesn't stop delivering, as simple as it sounds it starts becoming more challenging and it makes you wonder things about how should you play: am i properly positioned to reach the other side? should i lose precision to gain speed or should i do a pixel perfect movement? is it worth it to get hit by a wall and get a 3 seconds penalty to rush the stage rather than do it correctly? should i risk it? if hare's records are so good then why isn't he the one getting my family together? all this choices can be taken in less than a second or you could take forever to plan your movements...while those 6 numbers on the left side of the screen are taunting you since you know, you could be doing it way faster and better! what will you choose? think faster or go suck it, you are third on the records!

howlongtobeat states that the avg time for completion is around 4-6 hours, and i think that beating machine land 3 took me around 2 hours because i suck, so i think i needed way more time for it. speedrunners can beat this in 15 minutes and man, now i regret getting rayman advance instead of kuru kuru kururin because i could have gotten better too at this and brag about it because this game is truly fun and challenging. on the other hand, rayman advance was just enough to mention it here and that's it. i do care now.