MARSUPILAMI - HOOBADVENTURE

Quite surprised with how much I ended up enjoying the game, especially with the new free expansion that doubles the total play time. The overall platforming isn't too difficult at first and has some good ideas/design behind them. There are a few puzzles here and there for optional collectibles, along with time trial challenges, and the expansion even has its own set of harder stages that can be unlocked. Strongly recommended for fans of 2D platformers.

Marsupilami - Hoobadventure is an affordable 2.5 platformer with excellent graphics, game play, and music. It is very similar to the Donkey Kong Country games. It is an easy game for 2D platformer veterans that becomes increasingly challenging deeper in the game, and the time trial challenges add additional challenge to the game. The characters in game use a cartwheel move to attack enemies like in Donkey Kong Country. I wish I could run in the game like in Donkey Kong Country but the cartwheel move creates the necessary sense of additional speed. The game has mechanics like being shot out of barrels in Donkey Kong Country, but much more like wall jumping. The game has mini games and secrets in each level like Donkey Kong Country does. The boss battles are in a challenging side-scrolling obstacle course and they get harder as the game progresses.

Short and simple platformer. It felt like a game I'd have played as a kid and be happy to come back to. Starts off really easy and slowly increases difficulty as you go, with time trials for anyone who wants to get a bit more challenge out of it.

Great game with colorful characters and world