Koa and the Five Pirates of Mara Reviews

Fun 3D platformer based on the previous game, Summer in Mara. (I suggest playing or watching that first if you want a better understanding of the story, world and characters.) Like in Summer in Mara, each area is an island that you get to by driving your boat around the sea. As you advance, you unlock upgrades to your boat and map pieces allowing you to explore further. Stages tend to have collectibles which can be used to unlock cosmetics. You don't have any control over the camera, so that can make certain areas difficult with the fixed camera. Backtracking on a few levels was made quite difficult due to this.

Very beginner friendly and fun game. Fits me just fine since I suck at crash bandicoot. Time trials were very forgiving and collectibles werent placed in impossible to reach locations either. Despite its relative shortness, they really put a lot of effort in it. Now to hope Chibig will release more material for Mara, in form of expansions for Stories Of Mara or something else.

A short, but fun little Super Mario 3D Land/World-esque platformer. Level design is relatively standard fare, but worth the play if you enjoy 3D platformers. It's very cute, nice to look at, and has some good music. It mostly feels good to control, although I'm not a fan of the roll and run buttons being the same button and wish that we could rebind them separately. I was also shocked to see a touch of Phantom Hourglass DNA in this as well. I know these characters are referencing story from past games I haven't played, but I honestly didn't mind, made the world feel that much more real that people had this history going on. Only real negative point to me are the controls in the odd underwater level, they're bafflingly limiting and I strongly dislike them. Thankfully that's only a small percentage of the game.