![]() ![]() Rather than commanding your fighters to specific spots on a grid - a la chess - you actively control their movement on the Switch’s left analog stick.Ī low-key Nintendo Direct belies the strongest lineup of 2022 Unlike its predecessor, however, Sparks of Hope incorporates real-time elements in its character movement. ![]() As in Kingdom Battle, missions play out in turn-based skirmishes against a roster of enemies from both titular franchises. Thus begins a planet-hopping trek to stop Cursa and save the Sparks. The manta ray, it later turns out, is controlled by an otherworldly entity named Cursa, who wants to spread the inky, plague-like Darkmess across the galaxy, in order to harness the energy of Sparks - mashups between Rabbids and the Super Mario Galaxy’s star-like Lumas. Sparks of Hope is set in motion when a giant manta ray attacks Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and the cadre of Rabbids who impersonate them. If you want curated lists of our favorite media, check out What to Play and What to Watch. When we award the Polygon Recommends badge, it’s because we believe the recipient is uniquely thought-provoking, entertaining, inventive, or fun - and worth fitting into your schedule. I don’t mind the deliberate inconsistencies - it’s not like Mario games aren’t this way all of the time, with our plucky plumber offering only a few woo-hoos and yippees as those around him speak in coherent sentences - but it may frustrate others.Polygon Recommends is our way of endorsing our favorite games, movies, TV shows, comics, tabletop books, and entertainment experiences. The game also does that thing where some lines are fully voiced and others aren’t, while Beep-O probably says too much (look, I just never took to the thing, sorry Ubisoft). Which makes against-the-clock challenges to grab coins or toss fish into a pond (because, why not) more tricky than they should be. And while the right stick does what it’s so traditionally known for, swinging the camera this way and that, it feels like it doesn’t quite keep up. It’s the free-roaming areas where sometimes a big chunk of rock, a tree or a wall will lodge itself between your eyeballs and Mario’s backside (not so Chris-Pratt flat here). Not in battle, when you can fly around from a drone-like perspective to keep tabs on opposition movements, and lay out your battleplans with some confidence. ![]()
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