Uzzuzzu My Pet (Switch)
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Posted on June 26th, 2023 by
A large orange dog, a fat pink cat, a cute grey and white kitten, and a little white puppy with something always in its mouth are the stars of Uzzuzzu My Pet. Supposedly they are in short little CG animated segments on TikTok, and are popular in Korea…I guess? I don’t know, I don’t mess with TikTok. And now they’re in a virtual coloring book on your Switch!
Roniu’s Tale (Switch)
Posted on June 21st, 2023 by
When I was a kid, I loved single screen block pushing puzzle games on the NES. Some of my favorites included the Adventures of Lolo series and Kickle Cubicle. Now there’s a new game in that vein that you can buy as a homebrew NES cartridge, but you can also download it on the Switch. Roniu is a magician’s apprentice who isn’t happy with his lot in life, so he ventures into a dungeon to find his fortune. Inside he finds a ghost of a girl who has been trapped down there for a long time, so together they solve single screen room puzzles.
The Adventures of Poppe (Switch, PC)
Posted on June 19th, 2023 by
Poppe is a brave hunter, but he’s only about an inch tall! Help him travel through a giant sized world fighting bugs and leaping over chasms in this 2-D platformer adventure. The ‘small character in a giant world’ theme makes me think of other games like Blue’s Journey or Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers. It’s available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Kana Quest (Switch, PC)
Posted on June 14th, 2023 by
A long while back, my favorite video game company, Namco (makers of Pac-Man), made a puzzle game series in Japan called Mojipittan. If you’ve ever played Taiko Drum Master or Go Vacation, you might have seen characters or music from that game. I really wanted Mojipittan to come to the US, but it used the Japanese written language to make the puzzles, kind of like Scrabble. But because of the way Japanese written language works, there’s no way they’d be able to translate it to English. But now we have something a little similar with Kana Quest. It doesn’t play like Mojipittan, as it’s more of a sliding puzzle game where you must match sounds that Japanese written symbols make with other tiles to solve the levels. It’s available on Switch and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Volley Pals (Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on June 12th, 2023 by
Volley Pals is a arcade style, pick up and play volleyball romp for up to four players. Choose from a selection of wacky characters, like a cheerleader, blob alien, monkey, etc., and play a simple game of volleyball on an assortment of courts. It’s available to play on Switch, Xbox consoles, and PC, but reviewed on Switch here.
Color Pals (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S)
Posted on June 7th, 2023 by
Color Pals is a single screen precision 2-D platformer where you control a little colored block. You can collect lightning bolts to change to a different color. But the trick here is that you can only touch blocks of your own color, otherwise you’ll die and have to start the level over again. Collect keys to open blocks and stars for points, too. Make it to the portal in the level to move onto the next. Color Pals is available on current consoles but reviewed on PS4 here.
Pretty Girls 2048 Strike (PS4, PS5, Switch, PC)
Posted on June 5th, 2023 by
Pick a pretty anime lady in a uniform to fight other pretty anime ladies in monster costumes and battle by playing a number sliding game in Pretty Girls 2048 Strike. It’s available on PlayStation consoles, Switch, and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.
Zool Redimensioned (PS4, Xbox One, PC)
Posted on June 2nd, 2023 by
Back in the 90s, 2-D mascot platformers were all the rage, thanks to Sonic. There were so many that I got downright tired of them and skipped out on quite a few. Also this was about the time I was really big into 16-bit RPGs like Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger, so yeah. Anyway, one of these mascot platformers I missed out on was Zool. He was a ninja gremlin guy who tromped around 2-D levels based on themes like candy, tools, toys, music, and more. Zool was on pretty much all the consoles at the time, but hasn’t been heard from since. There’s a rumor that the infamously bad Wii game Ninjabread Man was originally going to be a 3-D Zool title, but I’m not 100 percent sure on that. Anyway, now Zool is back on some modern consoles and PC (reviewed on PS4 here) with all sorts of new modes and features.
nPaint (Switch)
Posted on May 31st, 2023 by
With the Switch’s portability and touch screen features, I’m surprised they haven’t made an Art Academy game for it yet. But until that happens, here’s another basic paint program you can doodle with.
Dogfight: A Sausage Bomber Story (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X/S, PC)
Posted on May 29th, 2023 by
Sausage Bomber originally started out as a 2-D horizontally scrolling mobile game shooter. And now a sequel of sorts is available for all current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here. It’s a cartoony shooter with all sorts of hot dog puns and up to four can play at the same time!
