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The Adventure Pals Switch NSP Free Download Nintendo Switch is already home to some pretty impressive platforming goodness; you may have heard of a certain little game called Super Mario Odyssey, and the eShop offers up an entire feast of delights with the likes of Shovel Knight, Sonic Mania, and Celeste to name just a few. Standing out from this stellar crowd is, therefore, no easy task, but by reminding us of why we fell in love with video games in the first place, The Adventure Pals developer Massive Monster has managed to do just that.ROMSLAB.COM Best Switch Games

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The game sees you and your best friends (Sparkles the giraffe and a rock called Mr. Rock) trying to save the world. You’re not saving the day in any fashion you’ve likely become accustomed to, though, as this time a super villain is threatening a weird kind of domination by turning old people into hot dogs. You’ll be travelling through five platforming worlds, fighting your way through enemies and boss fights, all while soaking in the game’s beautifully bonkers – and absolutely adorable – approach to script writing and character design.

Controls

The controls are simple: you jump with a quick press of the ‘B’ button; hold that button down to glide, using your giraffe’s tongue like a helicopter (which is as utterly glorious as it sounds); use your sword with ‘Y’, allowing you to rack up combos as you hack and slash your way through enemies; and make use of special items like bombs or health potions with ‘A’. You’ll also be interacting with scenery dotted around each stage with the ‘R’ button, usually to blow up targets or open gates to progress through the level, or sometimes to open treasure chests containing life-saving items.

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Every jump and scenery interaction feels great to perform, with precise platforming and a satisfying control scheme allowing you to swing around each stage with ease. The difficulty level rarely reaches anything higher than being just a tad troublesome, with any slightly harder stuff saved for boss fights and levels near the end of the story, but this works well here, allowing you to focus on finding the hidden collectibles and enjoying a stress-free adventure.No Straight Roads Switch NSP 

Script

While all of this is great, and feels like a perfectly good platformer in its own right, the game is undoubtedly enhanced by the world around it. Everything is colourful and cutesy, with numerous characters making us melt with adoration throughout the story, and a script that is full of breaking-the-fourth-wall jokes and shameful puns that had us sniggering from start to finish.

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The whole presentation is obviously very child-friendly, but in a way that also allows light-hearted adults to get just as much – if not more – enjoyment from it; not many games have us jumping out of a friendly toaster, gliding in the air with our giraffe’s tongue-helicopter, before picking up a sleepy kitten and throwing our rock friend at explosive mines that have just been pooped out by a walking hot dog. It’s hilariously brilliant and full of imagination and, for that, Massive Monster, we salute you.Octogeddon Switch NSP 

Levels

The bigger issue comes in the five arena levels that appear once in each world. The premise is great; instead of completing five levels of platforming, you’re placed inside a small arena and have to fend off five waves of enemies, using up your supply of potions to stay alive whenever possible. The problem here is that whenever too many enemies come flying on to the screen at any one time, the game suffers from some pretty nasty slow-down; as you try to fight off your opponents, you’ll actually end up fighting the stuttering framerate to guess when each button press should be performed.

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Despite these niggles, though, which we’d love to see fixed in a future patch if possible, we couldn’t help but fall in love with the game as a whole. There’s an undeniable charm present throughout and, for the most part, the game runs really smoothly and offers some very enjoyable platforming fun that deserves to be played.Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 Switch NSP 

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