Shantae: low-res pixel style!
The half-genie guardian of Scuttle Town is here with her friends and frenemies! This series has great characters, but they sure do show a lot of skin which made this artwork a little tricky. Thanks to WayForward, the Bozons, and all the devs for creating this wonderful little world!
Shantae, Risky Boots, Sky, Bolo, Rottytops
Here’s another WayForward puzzle game on mobile. It’s well done, but so light on content that I finished with it much too quickly.
Ōkami & Ōkamiden, low-res pixel style!
Ōkami is a truly accomplished game from Clover Studio that I (and my spouse!) greatly enjoy. Equally for the sequel on DS, which shouldn’t be overlooked! Here’s the main playable characters from both games, including all the partner characters that accompany you in Ōkamiden.
Amaterasu, Issun, Chibiterasu
Kuni, Nanami, Kagu, Kurow, Manpuku
This spinoff removes the platforming component, delivering an enjoyable block-shifting puzzler suited to the platform.
Hot off the heels of MSF (not that one, the other one), this sequel is more of the same with some fun new puzzley tweaks.
Hover (Revolt of Gamers), low-res pixel style!
I fell in love with this Jet Set Radio Future-inspired sci-fi parkour game earlier this year. It’s a true treasure and I’m very thankful to Fusty Game for making it. Here’s the set of named playable characters, including those that are still exclusive to high-tier Kickstarter backers.
Watabax, Greendy, Otello, Liff, Veelan, Krow, Grind-E, the Great Admin
In a pause between Shantae: Risky’s Revenge and Half-Genie Hero, I played this instalment of WayForward’s loose “Mighty” series of puzzle-platformers. It’s brief but good.
The third full Shantae game takes things in a slightly different direction. Does it work? Yes!
Years ago I played through this game with my brother over a Christmas holiday. Now, we’ve played it again, but this time we both had controllers and it was the Super Turbo Championship edition, and it’s still great!
I’m finally getting around to playing the other Shantae games before Seven Sirens comes out. But first, a revisit to this short and sweet game in Director’s Cut form.
At first glance, I feared this would be disappointing like Arzest’s other Nintendo spin-off project, Yoshi’s New Island. But it turned out much better than that!
Celebrating Hbomberguy’s incredible 101% stream of DK64 that raised over $340,000 for Mermaids UK.
For Game Club, my buddy @cameronreigle (check out his art, it’s amazing, and he’s a lovely guy) picked this surprising 64 classic. I was so glad to revisit it as it was one of my beloved childhood games, and it 100% holds up [adjusts rose-tinted glasses].
Perhaps I played this too soon after Xeodrifter, but I found the simplicity of this retro-throwback style wore thin over my time playing it.
This is the perfect sequel, expanding and refining what made the first game great and polishing the result to a mirror shine. I give it my highest possible rating: a thumbs up.
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