{"id":19644,"date":"2019-11-29T00:01:04","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T00:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=19644"},"modified":"2019-11-17T14:02:00","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T14:02:00","slug":"new-super-luckys-tale-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/29\/new-super-luckys-tale-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"New Super Lucky’s Tale (Switch)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>I have a lot of game consoles, but two that I don\u2019t have are any sort of VR device, and an Xbox One.\u00a0 I don\u2019t have anything against Microsoft, in fact, the 360 was my favorite console of last generation.\u00a0 But game consoles are expensive and there just isn\u2019t enough games on the Xbox One or VR titles that would get me to buy one of those.\u00a0 But one year at PAX I saw a VR game that looked right up my alley.\u00a0 It was a colorful 3-D game called Lucky\u2019s Tale that starred a cartoon fox who looked suspiciously like my favorite SEGA character (minus one tail).\u00a0 And after that, there was an Xbox One title called Super Lucky\u2019s Tale.\u00a0 But now I don\u2019t have to worry about either of those because New Super Lucky\u2019s Tale is now on Switch, a game console I do have!\u00a0 Since I\u2019ve never played the others, I don\u2019t know what\u2019s new or super about it, but New Super Lucky\u2019s Tale is a colorful and cheerful romp that reminds me of the 3-D platformers you could play in the late 90\u2019s and early 2000\u2019s.<\/p>\n

In the game you play as Lucky, a happy young fox who lives with his family and friends.\u00a0 They\u2019re all animals who protect a magic book that can open portals to new worlds.\u00a0 But one day the evil wizard cat Jinx steals pages from the book and separates Lucky from his family.\u00a0 Now Lucky must search worlds for book pages and battle Jinx and his kitten band called the Kitty Litter!\u00a0 He\u2019ll travel through sky castles, farmlands, canyons, tropical islands, and more!<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll start off in a hub world with about five or so main levels in each to tackle.\u00a0 Some worlds are 3-D while others are 2-D platforming sections.\u00a0 It\u2019s about half and half.\u00a0 Each level has four main pages to find.\u00a0 You get one for collecting 300 coins, one for spelling out the letters LUCKY, one is hidden away in a level, and you get one just for completing the main goal.\u00a0 In each hub world are puzzles, marble mazes, and other mini-games for you to complete that can give you extra pages as well.\u00a0 Get enough pages to unlock the boss of the world and move onto the next.\u00a0 Even though it\u2019s a bit of a collect-a-thon, I didn\u2019t really have to do much backtracking at all to get enough pages to progress.<\/p>\n

If it\u2019s one thing the game nails, it\u2019s play control.\u00a0 Very responsive and much better than other modern 3-D platformers like Yooka-Laylee.\u00a0 Lucky can run, double jump, swipe enemies with his tail, and burrow into the ground to escape obstacles and find hidden passages and treasure.<\/p>\n

I only had a few minor problems with the game.\u00a0 As with many other 3-D platformers, sometimes camera angles would be problematic, and judging jumping distances was tricky at times.\u00a0 Boss fights are a bit uninspired, which is a shame since the characters are so much fun.\u00a0 You just avoid a barrage of attacks and swipe a projectile back at them, and repeat the process two more times.\u00a0 Loading times are a bit long, but I did like some of the jokes they tell while loading.\u00a0 Especially the one about the unstamped letter, even though I didn\u2019t get it.\u00a0 The game also runs on a \u2018lives\u2019 system which is a bit outdated and annoying as well.\u00a0 But even though the game doesn\u2019t revolutionize the 3-D platforming genre, it still put a smile on my face and games don\u2019t do that as much as they used to for me.\u00a0 And I certainly enjoyed it much more than other modern 3-D platformers like Yooka-Laylee and A Hat in Time<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Super Lucky\u2019s Tale is rated E for Everyone with an ESRB descriptor of Mild Cartoon Violence.\u00a0 You can stomp on enemies and swipe them with your tail, but they just get dizzy stars and disappear or run away when defeated.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for the text, and younger gamers who aren\u2019t as accustomed to 3-D platforming may have trouble with some of the tougher jumps and obstacles.\u00a0 But I imagine any kid would be delighted to get this game for Christmas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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