yepunderscore
2008
Soulja Boy was right.
2017
Trite, uninspired levels. The writing more often than not feels ham-fisted, with actually witty or funny jokes few and far between. The overworld is overbearing especially given how drab it feels, and separating areas with a quiz show is a laughably bad attempt at capturing the magic of the Banjo's end-game quizzes.
2002
Very good summer game. Very okay video game.
2008
I can't tell if this game is carried off pure nostalgia for me but it's still fun to go back and revisit every now and then, and I don't typically like this genre so.
2012
Neat mechanics bogged down by literally everything else.
2017
Really charming game. Movement mechanics are great and the worlds all feel fleshed out. A fair number of the time pieces feel a bit like a chore to get however. Bosses never felt all too interesting aside from the last one, and half of the worlds in the game (dlc included) are incredibly lackluster and just not that fun to traverse through.
I haven't played like any other 2d Zeldas but this one holds a special place in my heart. Very charming!
1998
Some of the most charming worlds in a 3D platformer, collecting never gets boring and the game just oozes charm. It's what every collectathon should strive to be.
2020
I cried
2018
Surprisingly deep for a game about monkeys popping balloons.
wtf this was actually amazing
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tfw no alcoholic bartender gf
A lot more atmospheric, and the focus on the story does wonders for the game. Every location is magical in it's own right and it really feels like a cohesive world that you get to learn through each three day cycle you do. The loop can understandably be a deterrent for some but for me I found it just helped me get immersed into the world, and put the pressure on for completing each storyline.
2021
Some great levels and a great core movement set to explore these levels in. Sadly the bosses are all rather lackluster, the core game is a bit longwinded with mandatory revisits to stages (even if they are changed up it still feels a tad cheap) and a few of the abilities just did not mesh well with me. On a whole though one of the most promising platformers in recent memory.
Fair bit more interesting and inspired than the predecessor, opting for a 2D platforming style this time. Revisting the stages is a very novel idea, but the overworld is largely unnecessary. It's very cool at first but as they add puzzles and more intricate design to it it becomes annoying when you just want to get to the core platforming.
Also fuck the gimmick of the last level, I heard it's been changed now to be a bit more forgiving but it's needlessly frustrating, even if the idea was good on paper the kind of challenge presented would work far better as an optional post-game challenge or something of the sort.
Also fuck the gimmick of the last level, I heard it's been changed now to be a bit more forgiving but it's needlessly frustrating, even if the idea was good on paper the kind of challenge presented would work far better as an optional post-game challenge or something of the sort.