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Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo puts a playful spin on Link's Awakening
Every time I come to play Link's Awakening, there's one moment I always look forward to: getting Roc's Feather. That fi…
It certainly looks the part, too, as its colourful sprites and sparky chiptune soundtrack do a brilliant job of capturing that specific era of 2D platformers, right down to the twhip-twhip sound effects that make every one of Pippit's yoyo strikes feel just like one of Link's sword chops. Yes, you can fling it out in front of you for close quarters combat, but many of the puzzles in the current Steam demo rely on you letting it loose from its string so it can pinball round the diagonal corners and edges of each room to hit out-of-reach switches, buttons and turnstile levers. It's a promising start for this strange little bat rabbit (if anyone can suggest a better species of animal for Pippit, I'm all ears in the comments), and if the rest of the game can capture that same kind of Zelda magic that's on display in its demo, then Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo could be quite just the trick for those in need of a little more GBA in their life right now.
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