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Antonblast is the angry, raucous and explosive twin of Wario Land, and this year's Pizza Tower

I can't quite decide if Antonblast is destructive genius or just a little bit too chaotic for its own good. Following i…

Following in Wario's preferred mode of 2D platforming - aka: slamming Anton's thick shoulders, gritted chin and whirling, Taz the Tasmanian Devil-style hurricane legs into every obstacle going rather than a polite bop on the head a la Mario, Antonblast is big on screenshake, exploding paraphernalia and pinballing through levels like a raging battering ram. Image credit: Eurogamer/Summitsphere The second level, though, was quite a bit jollier, not least as it took place in the sewers to give us a taste of how Anton handles underwater (pretty wonderfully, I thought), but also because you're given a Rambi-style swordfish companion at certain moments, which took me right back to playing Donkey Kong Country on my SNES. Developer Summitsphere have got that Rambi-style movement down to a tee (based on my slightly shoddy memory, at least), and if that wasn't enough to give you warm nostalgic flashbacks, then Anton was also fired out of multiple quickfire cannons at regular points during that level as well, further strengthening that DK connection.

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