Mr. Gimmick is kinda like the anti-Kirby's Adventure. Both are incredibly pretty games with cute protagonists, but while Kirby is relaxing, Mr. Gimmick is absurdly difficult, especially for its true ending requirements and true final boss.

The attack is really slow, can only have one out at a time, and you can ride it which is really neat but it's hard to utilize that practically due to the slowness.

The physics are a common point of praise, and they are really good, but Gimmick always feels like it's on ice as a consequence. I wouldn't consider it a worthy trade-off.

Its physics are very modern and graphics almost as good as Kirby's Adventure, but then it falls into a ton of old Famicom trappings that truly keep this game from shining.

Reviewed on Dec 26, 2021


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