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Perfectly wonderful! I loved the art and the story. If you've played Keita Takahashi's other works (Katamari Damacy maybe being the most well known), you know what you're in for. If you're new, the game is quirky, fun, makes use of being a video game, and ultimately has a heart warming story. I'm so glad to have played through this! Note: the game does not support cloud saves. So you'll likely need to start and finish on the same device.

Look, you either love a Keita Takahashi game, or you don't get it at all. Which one do you think you are? Have you fed your inner child recently? Fostered your sense of whimsy? Have you practiced your T-pose lately? Laughed at a poop joke?

Great game. Please add Steam Cloud saves and a way to toggle/disable the halftone filter!

This is the kind of game you just buy and take for what it is. The story was such a nice touch that it supplanted the wacky mechanics, which I was not expecting. I was also not expecting to care about the characters, but even the merchants had room to be actual characters instead of just NPCs. I felt let down by the performance and lack of cloud saves, but enjoyed my time playing through the story. I think it skewed for a younger audience (dog butt, I get it), but why fault it for that? The very much optional minigames (and there are a lot of them) are unhinged and brilliant madness that you will be bad at. As I mentioned in my [i]Wattam[/i] review, these Takahashi games are supposed to be a little frustrating to play and that's their gimmick: It's okay so long as you try your best because [i]you[/i] are the perfect shape.

Such a delightfully weird game. Can't say I loved everything about the story as it was both too predictable and all over the place, but man, I'm such a sucker for these silly characters. The gameplay ranged from mini-games to exploration, and while neither were super strong, I did end up having a good time with them. Not a ton of songs on the soundtrack, but the two main themes at the start and end of each episode are all-timers. Fluffy dog forever!

This game has a very, very sweet sentiment, but... it's often just not very fun. I don't think it needed the boldness of Katamari, but the whimsy is lost on a big chunk of this game. I really love elements of it - Giraffe and her song are extremely charming to me for instance - but other elements feel wildly mundane and repetitive to where I question if the targeted younger audience would even enjoy playing it. The bigger issue that makes it hard to recommend comes from the very clunky navigation, bug issues, and optimization. I had multiple bugs that required me to quit out of the game entirely, and one instance where the game said it saved, but strangely did not save my story progress, just my money and purchases. Navigation in the game prioritizes a cinematic view over one that helps the player get a sense of direction. It was hard to know which way I was facing because the locked camera kept flipping around before crosswalks and in front of large structures. It leads to a game that's pretty to watch, but frustrating to play. Even when you're able to navigate the world, you are mostly greeted with collectable coins and shops rather than a town you can interact with and grow to love. If all the bugs and optimization were suddenly fixed overnight, I don't think that would "fix" the overall experience for me. It's a shame, I think the reason many people find themselves writing a lot about this game is that there's enough good stuff there for people to SEE the vision, but not enough to really FEEL it. Despite it's issues, I can see the love poured into the game, but the issues are still harder to ignore when it comes to games that lean on player experience.

Pure Keiko Takahashi magic in a comparatively conventional form. A perfect tool to teach young kids about impairment as well introducing adults to the social model of disability. A surprising, touching, drily hilarious game. Worth a punt for sure.

A cute, short little story about celebrating differences.

would like some performance optimisations because a game that looks like this should really run better on deck but otherwise i have loved every minute with this game

It's not going to rock your world, but the game is very cute and feels like what'd happen if Keita Takahashi made a Nickelodeon cartoon - but you get to be in control with the game's litany of funny vignettes and sequences. I don't think it's going to be for a lot of people, but it was definitely made for the child in me - and sometimes that kind of joy is really lacking in stuff these days. The latter half of the game's eight episodes is definitely the stronger half, and it dives into the trademark oddball sincerity that Takahashi's games are best known for - so that alone made it a worthwhile play. Also, the music in this is super fun and it's a shame that there's no news on whatever or not that'll be releasing anywhere.