When it comes to Nintendo Switch games, we are in a retention pattern. The next Nintendo console is just around the corner and the new releases for its old have stagnated as a result. We hope Metroid Prime 4: Beyond and Pokémon Legends: Za To be the last system games, but we are only getting ports from some older games until then. If you are used to obtaining a great switch game every month, you may be a bit restless during the next months.
Fortunately, third -party editors are doing their part to fill that void. This week, switch owners have just obtained what could be one of their last essential games thanks to Hello Kitty: Island Adventure. Life’s life is the closest that will get a new animal crossing game on the switch. Taking into account that Nintendo does not have its own games scheduled to launch until March, this is the best option.
Originally released as an exclusive Apple arcade in 2023, Hello Kitty: Island Adventure Take the idea of animal crossing, but replaces Nintendo’s characters with Sanrio’s favorites as My Melody and Kuromi. It is a match made in heaven that has supposedly been worth it by Apple, since the company states that it is one of the most popular games of the service. Now it is widely available in Nintendo Switch and PC (with PlayStation and Xbox releases to come), it is easy to see why.
On its surface, Island Adventure is a fairly standard gender game. Players can buy clothes, catch fish, bake sweets and decorate cabins as you can at the crossroads. It carries its inspiration in the sleeve, even if it is mechanically lighter in some places. However, updates in the last two years have added significantly more content to the game, and everything is available in the new port.
What are you doing Island adventure Memorable is where he departs from his inspiration instead of copying his notes. While it is a Sim Life in its nucleus, it is also a small -scale open world game. Among the daily tasks, players explore an island full of different thematic biomes, from a spooky area to an underwater area. There are story missions to complete in each area and even Breath of the Wild-The puzzle sanctuaries, collectibles and dispersed counterreloj scattered throughout the world. Is somewhere between the crossroads and Infinite Nikki.
There are even characteristics here that the next animal crossing game could borrow. For example, Island adventure adopts a more involved approach to the interactions of villagers than New horizons. It has a bond system, where players can increase their position with each NPC bringing gifts and completing missions. That is a step forward of the flattest approach to animal crossing for the characters that do not make them feel as neighbors as friendly faces that spit phrases. It is clear that Sanrio cares about his characters and wants to make sure they feel like friends with their own different personalities, not of the visitors who move indistinctly inside the city by whim.
If all that sounds great, remember to maintain your expectations under control. This is still a game designed with Mobile in mind, although it comes to consoles. The platform sanctuaries tend to revolve around the non -remarkable puzzle and the central social loop is built to cause the players to register on day after day. It can be repetitive after a while, which led me to bounce the original launch eventually once I felt that I was starting session every day to collect the same few resources and bake the same cakes.
Even with some limitations, Hello Kitty: Island Adventure He feels at home in Nintendo Switch. It is a good heart game full of soft images, beautiful characters and an accessible game. One would think that Nintendo himself did it. It is a small cozy delight that should keep you hot until the long -awaited April of Nintendo Change 2 Straight.
Hello Kitty: Island Adventure It is now available on Nintendo Switch, PC and iOS through Apple Arcade.
