[Nintendo Switch] NIF NIF Assessment

NIF NIF from Springfox Video games is a colourful and comfy roguelike deckbuilder about saving the forest and your mates. Study extra about it in our NIF NIF assessment!

NIF NIF from Springfox Video games is a colourful and comfy roguelike deckbuilder about saving the forest and your mates. A mysterious goo has turned everybody within the forest right into a mucky mess. It’s now as much as you to make use of your cleansing playing cards to save lots of the day! You’ll be taking management of both the titular Nif NIf or you’ll use Cat to attempt to save the day. Every of them could have a unique deck so that you can use as you tackle the procedurally generated maps that may check your expertise and talents. You’ll get an opportunity to gather seeds alongside the way in which, which you’ll be able to plant in an effort to then work by yourself power-up potions due to the recent soups you may cook dinner. Sure, that is carried out in a mini-game. Sure, there’s additionally a gardening mini-game for the seed a part of the equation!

This sport gives a great leaping level for individuals who are new to the style because it pays homage to the video games which have popularized roguelike deckbuilders whereas distilling its parts right into a extra digestible – and Rated E for Everybody – expertise. It will get that ranking since there’s no violence on this one! It could be a great possibility for youthful players in your life, for people who find themselves new to video video games, and even for seasoned followers within the style who’re in search of one thing a bit completely different however acquainted.

Springfox Video games took NIF NIF to Kickstarter final yr, in search of a really conservative HK$100,000 in funding to work on the sport’s improvement – that might be round $13,000, relying on how the market is doing. As soon as the crowdfunding marketing campaign was over, and because of the assist of over 200 backers, the indie studio ended up with a bit of over HK$111,000 in funding. This allowed them to work on NIF NIF for a Steam launch a number of months in the past in April, adopted by a Nintendo Change launch a few months later.

When you’re new to roguelike deckbuilders, they’re video games through which you begin your journey, properly, again from the beginning. You’ll normally choose from completely different characters – or unlock extra ones as you make some progress throughout every run – that may supply completely different beginning playing cards or deck sorts and might want to profit from what every card can do when in battles. Battles could be a robust phrase to make use of for NIF NIF because it options gameplay segments with none violence. Let’s name them encounters, OK? For every encounter in NIF NIF, your objective will probably be easy: to wash up the completely different creatures who’ve been coated by the nasty goo.

You’ll have to concentrate to Nif NIf – or Cat’s – cleanliness bar, which will probably be proven beneath your character. If it reaches zero throughout an encounter, then you definitely’ll have to begin over. Above a creature will probably be a thought bubble. It will clue you in as to what it should do subsequent. Say you discover it’s going to spray some goo your method. You need to spend Motion Factors (AP) to make use of playing cards. You might spend a single AP to make use of the Mud Bathe card to guard your self for five, which might successfully negate the goo motion from that creature. To wash up a creature, you’ll need to carry its dirtiness bar all the way down to zero through the use of playing cards that clear up the goo. Tissues can definitely assist to get the job carried out!

As you full encounters, you’ll be rewarded with new playing cards, in addition to expertise factors. When you receive sufficient expertise factors, you’ll get to stage up. When this occurs, you’ll get to unlock extra playing cards that you may carry into encounters that will help you succeed. An instance of that is the Cherry, which is a single-use merchandise that may double your energy. You might add Ninja Wipes to your deck, which has an influence of three that’s utilized 3 occasions in a single go. An alternative choice is a Tissue+ improve, which makes your tissue card have an influence of seven as an alternative of an influence of 5. It’s also possible to get some cash, which you’ll be able to spend on the store – extra on this beneath.

You’ll be shifting by randomly generated maps as you choose which transfer to maneuver to subsequent primarily based on the trail you wish to take. These nodes embody common encounters, a campfire the place you are able to do some cooking, burn a card to take away it out of your deck, or get some relaxation to get well your cleanliness, an occasion node the place you’ll get to study extra concerning the world of NIF NIF or can find yourself getting a lift to extend issues similar to max cleanliness or add some additional resistance, an elite encounter the place you’ll go up towards a a lot stronger creature, a store the place you may spend your hard-earned cash so as to add new playing cards to your deck or to purchase some soups to assist you, in addition to a boss node the place you’ll be dealing with the boss creature for that space.

This launch options an in-game achievement system in an effort to work on finishing a sequence of aims as you play by the sport. A few of the aims that you simply’ll want to finish embody successful a run with 20 playing cards or extra, cleansing 2,000 goo, successful a run with no upgraded playing cards in your deck, proudly owning greater than 200 cash throughout a sport, cleansing 500 creatures, taking part in 12 playing cards in a single flip, spending 120 cash in a single store, shedding 10 runs, cleansing a boss on the primary flip, successful a run with 5 playing cards or much less, and cleansing the rabbit after utilizing a carrot soup.

NIF NIF is a colourful and comfy roguelike deckbuilder about saving the forest and your mates. A mysterious goo has turned everybody within the forest right into a mucky mess. It’s now as much as you to make use of your cleansing playing cards to save lots of the day! You’ll be taking management of both the titular Nif NIf or you’ll use Cat to attempt to save the day. Every of them could have a unique deck so that you can use as you tackle the procedurally generated maps that may check your expertise and talents. You’ll get an opportunity to gather seeds alongside the way in which, which you’ll be able to plant in an effort to then work by yourself power-up potions due to the recent soups you may cook dinner. Sure, that is carried out in a mini-game. Sure, there’s additionally a gardening mini-game for the seed a part of the equation! NIF NIF is out on Nintendo Change with a $19.99 price ticket.

Disclaimer
This NIF NIF assessment is predicated on a Nintendo Change copy offered by Springfox Video games.