Its design is very similar to a Metroidvania in that it has an open-world game design and certain areas are seemingly sealed off until a later point, but one distinct difference is that Toki Tori 2+ never gives you new abilities that are vital to advancing.Īpart from chirping and stomping, we don't need any other skills to solve the puzzles. While Toki Tori 2+ has a general path that it expects us to take through the game, it's entirely possible to break out of the pattern and tackle the game in any order. The assortment of different creatures and their varying degrees of interaction make puzzles multilayered and harder than the cute visuals may suggest. Bats are disturbed by any sounds we make and will kill us if we aren't careful. Electrical bugs, which can kill us with one hit, are disabled if we stomp next to them. Birds may also be attracted by our chirping and carry us to their nests. If we stomp while standing in front of them, they send out a bubble that can carry us upward to previously inaccessible ledges. We may have to guide little bugs to frogs, which eat them and stay in place.
Since we're only able to influence certain behavior in our immediate surroundings, variety comes with the frequent introduction of new allies, enemies and obstacles. While this as an incredibly small move set, developer Two Tribes manages to get creative and offers quite a bit of variety in the puzzles. This boils down to animals being attracted to our chirping, and they run in the opposite direction when we stomp.
All puzzle-solving is done by either chirping or stomping on the ground, prompting a reaction from our immediate surroundings. Our chicklet cannot jump and is only able to climb small ledges. This is not a fast-paced and fluid experience, but it involves backtracking and trial-and-error sequences to advance through a puzzle. Toki Tori 2+ emphasizes environmental puzzle-solving. How we get there is up to us, even though the level design pushes us along a certain path. From the start, we only have one clear objective: Reach a tower in the distance. The game is not too good at explaining what's going on, which is mostly due to the absence of text and voice. In Toki Tori 2+, we take control of a little chick who must rescue his fellow chicklets and save the world from a corruptive power. If you manage to look past its innocent visual design, you may find one of the better Switch puzzle platformers with interesting level design and Metroidvania elements. This may be the reason why Toki Tori 2+ still flies under the radar and has little recognition, although it was released over four years ago on the Wii U to positive reception. Toki Tori 2+ fails in this regard, with cutesy visuals that could be mistaken for a generic platformer. Most gamers will proclaim that gameplay is king, but graphics and visuals are equally important.
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