amphibious_ReViews

With Metroidvanias stand tall amongst my favorite game genres, I'm always excited to stumble upon a new one, especially if it has a unique twist. Gato Roboto is an excellent bite-sized example of that, giving you a mech suit that facilitates the formula-standard upgrades but occasionally requiring you to step out of it to run around as an agile, yet powerless, housecat! That gimmick, along with the smooth controls, excellent pacing, short playtime, and small price tag make Gato Roboto a wonderful introduction to the genre. The game begins with an astronaut crash-landing at an abandoned research facility on a small remote planet. He's trapped in his ship and facing fatal injuries, so he sends his surprisingly intelligent pet cat to explore the base and find some means of rescue. After a little exploring, you'll discover the mech suit and the game will really pick up. Most of the map will be closed to you until you discover the item or ability you need to open up a new pathwa...

Mii Trek was one of the StreetPass games that I truly looked forward to. The simplicity of directing my adventuring Miis and the excitement of making important discoveries made this a perfect successor to both Find Mii and Puzzle Swap . There's really not much to Mii Trek, and it feels like some of its major features were shoehorned in to help pad the game out, but I think it actually fits nicely within the StreetPass Mii Plaza for precisely those reasons. You're placed in the role of an archeologist seeking ancient artifacts, and your StreetPass tags make up your team for each expedition. Each of those tags contributes to the team's stamina meter, presumably based on the number of steps they had taken when they were tagged according to their 3DS pedometer. Since all of my tags were received exclusively through NetPass, most of the people joining me weren't walking with their 3DSs and contributed the minimum 500 steps (which gets you just about nowhere). This made the ...