Cute character design? Check. Breath of the Wild style exploration? Check. Funny writing with silly objectives? Check. Emotional story about growing up and the melancholy of leaving childhood behind? Check.

There is always something to find while exploring and traversal is always fun. The characters are hilarious and charming. It is easy to get lost, but the island is so small it is easy to find one self. It's not the deepest game. However, it does everything it sets out to do so well that it doesn't matter.

Even knowing what Lil Gator Game was before playing, I was not prepared for the nostalgic gut punch it delivered. I am not a nostalgic person, so that is high praise.