Mina & Michi is an affordable retro styled release published by publishers Eastasiasoft. The characters are a mixed bit of pixel art. Neither are my style as a stand alone, but here it was cute enough and pleasant on the eyes. It’s the chip tunes that does get a little monotone for those not born from the era. Mina & Michi looks straight out of retro heaven, and minus the rather innovativeMina & Michi is an affordable retro styled release published by publishers Eastasiasoft. The characters are a mixed bit of pixel art. Neither are my style as a stand alone, but here it was cute enough and pleasant on the eyes. It’s the chip tunes that does get a little monotone for those not born from the era. Mina & Michi looks straight out of retro heaven, and minus the rather innovative split controls, it plays like a retro title too. There’s no story to the game and the end game is to move from one screen to the next by collecting keys, gems, and solving puzzles. The type of puzzles in this top-down adventure involves sliding blocks onto switches to unlock the necessary paths. the puzzles are relatively easy, but if you’re not paying attention it’s not difficult to push a block up against a wall and with no pull function then you’ll either have to kill yourself or leave the area and come back. Each time you enter a new screen, everything except the keys you’ve collected will respawn. Gems as well as enemies will be back to terrorize you. The latter is an exaggeration as they only target Mina as Michi doesn’t take damage. After a few screens you will unlock some attacks and Mina’s is ranged, and Michi does a whirlwind melee. But once you realize that Michi is essentially invincible, you tend to use the left controls primarily for getting to a safe area. Overall a fun retro adventure where you can have a co-op with a friend or alone. The controls are surprisingly good, and ignoring the odd mistake feels natural. It’s a shame that you end up relying on Michi most of the game, but it’s one of the better two-player in one experiences I’ve had on my own where I didn’t have to alternate controllers. So if this one sounds like your cup of tea then head on over to the Xbox digital games store and give this one a go today. It’s definitely worth the low price of admission in my opinion.
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