a great but flawed platformer with a fantastic move set and a lot of content. first of all if you're turned off of the platforming from the start i really recommend turning the move deadzone bar in the settings to none. god knows why its on so high by default, it goes from feeling horrible to great once you turn it on 0 imo. the triple jump, wheel, wall jump, and super jumps are all extremely fun to use. the only thing that stuck out genuinely bad to me was the lack of options when exiting the gliding turf ability. you should be able to jump out of it to gain more height last minute, but instead you're sent falling and it doesn't feel good. most of the time in normal levels it wasn't a bother and i had enough height for it to not matter but in two of the glide-centric trials it is miserable performing some of the glides over large gaps. those trials are one of the many side modes in the game and for the most part they're really good. i didn't bother doing most of the photo hunts and i dont think you should have to do all 50 to get 100% completion, and despite actually liking the combat the arena challenge goes on for way too long and should only be 10 levels instead of 25, but everything else is really fun. the remixed versions of levels are fantastic too, most feel completely different from their original so it doesn't feel like padding. that being said i think the 50 battery requirement forcing you to do a large majority of those remixed levels just to reach the end of the main story was a bad idea, it should've only been 40 max. the five bosses were surprisingly good, with the first and last being the weakest. wish there were remixed versions of the four world bosses to be honest. and lastly as far as visuals go i really like the look of the main characters and the bosses, but otherwise the environments and npcs can look really ugly. hopefully they either patch some of the real big issues out or continue to improve on the game in a sequel, there's so much potential here and some of it is wasted with odd decisions that seem to have turned a lot of people off from the game.

Reviewed on Apr 23, 2022


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