Dunkadillo is a recreation about an armadillo who can flip himself right into a basketball. You realize, from the man who introduced you Be Courageous, Barb, a recreation a few gravity defying cactus making an attempt to gather her phrases of affirmation, and Dadish, a recreation a few radish who’s a dad making an attempt to get his children again whereas avoiding a collection of evil quick meals gadgets. Is it any good? You wager. Right here’s our evaluate.
Per week or so in the past, I reviewed Be Courageous, Barb as the primary of three video games launched in 2025 by Thomas Okay Younger. It wasn’t good, however I actually loved it. And provided that it’s solely one among three video games the man has managed to launch in the identical 12 months, the truth that it’s pretty much as good as it’s is all of the extra spectacular.
Effectively, Dunkadillo is the second recreation Younger launched this 12 months, and speak about the precise recreation on the proper time. Dunkadillo launched on September ninth, and it simply brightened up my day. September could be a difficult month, what with children going again to highschool and readjusting to that schedule. So having one more batch of online game consolation meals was a welcome pleasure.
Anyway, you play as Dill the armadillo. Your pal Pickle (a fish who appears kinda like a pickle) will get kidnapped by a large tentacle, so naturally, you go after him. It’s a goofy premise, which is to be anticipated, nevertheless it works nicely sufficient to get you to the sport itself, which is a enjoyable new tackle Younger’s acquainted formulation.
Just like Be Courageous, Barb, Dunkadillo makes use of polygonal graphics, nevertheless it corrects that bizarre digicam angle subject, permitting you to view the sport from a comparatively straight-on perspective. Which is nice, as a result of Dunkadillo is all about difficult platforming! You realize these spring sneakers Mario will get in Tremendous Mario Bros. Surprise? The place is he continuously leaping? That’s Dunkadillo. You’re in basketball kind, and it’s a must to bounce your means via levels to gather tremendous enjoyable buying and selling playing cards, and finally make a basket via a hoop to finish levels. The same sounds and trappings are all right here, with a bizarre new batch of enemies like frogs who attempt to whip you with their tongues.
It’s all fairly easy. You get the gist of the sorts of stuff you’re going to be doing within the first minute of enjoying, and it’s far more enjoyable than I believed it was going to be. See, I hate Mario’s spring sneakers. I hate Spring Mario in Mario Galaxy. It’s simply not my factor, and it messes with my mind. So enjoying a complete recreation that’s mainly that (with a double bounce) appeared like I wasn’ t going to love it, nevertheless it’s really actually cleverly designed, and wrapped up in some unbelievable presentation. The music is fantastic, the character designs are nice, and the best way bosses present up with a giant warning on display that claims “Dangerous Boy Approaching” is hilarious.
If I’ve one complaining about Dunkadillo, it’s that there simply isn’t sufficient of it. Not that it isn’t value its modest $10 price ticket, as a result of it completely is. However it’s lacking that trademark snarky dialogue that makes Dadish so nice. There’s nearly no writing on this recreation in any respect. There’s additionally no approach to simply view all of the playing cards you acquire. Most levels within the recreation have a hidden buying and selling card that includes paintings depicting numerous characters from Younger’s different video games. You get to see them if you acquire them, however that’s it. When you view them as soon as, you by no means get to see them once more except you replay the stage and get the cardboard once more. This stuff are sensible, and showcase the foolish names Younger’s personal child gave them. It’s an enormous bummer that I can’t simply scroll via them.
Anyway, that makes Younger 2 for two in video games of 2025. Dadish 4 comes out December 18th, and I can’t wait to provide it a go. In the meantime, Dunkadillo is a strong recreation that’s nicely value your time.
Dunkadillo is out there now for Nintendo Swap and Steam.
