Cash Cow DX Review (Nintendo Switch OLED)

by Jim Smale · Published September 25, 2024 · Updated September 25, 2024

Cash Cow DX Review, Holy cow, it’s all about the moooney! Embark on an udderly moo-velous adventure where you run, jump, and slide to rescue Cash Cow’s riches from the grasp of those sneaky Pig Pockets and reclaim what’s rightfully hers! Make no mistake – this game is tough as nails!

Cash Cow DX Review Pros:

Beautiful retro graphics, full of color.
154MB download size.
Game settings – bezel, scanlines, screen flash, screen shake, rumble, volume, reset scores, and Inertia mode – classic or modern.
Two ways to play – normal and turbo.
Three game difficulties – Easy, normal, and hard.
Arcade presentation.
The goal of the game is to collect all the money in a level.
Local leaderboards for each game mode, game difficulty, and overall.
Two additional modes – gold Rush speed run, and endless marathon.
Practice mode.
You can go through pipes, and fall off in certain parts of the level to appear somewhere else.
Simple controls, just movement and jump.
Avoid obstacles and enemies.
Collect gems for happy hour x2 bonus.
Collect pick axes to get a timed attack that one shot kills all enemies.
Warning signs pop up when near an enemy.
The game is all about speed.
A handy percentage of collected money is at the top of the screen.
Highly addictive.
You get three lives.
Excellent Chiptune soundtrack.
A lot of fun to play.
So simple to learn but so hard to master.

Cash Cow DX Review Cons:

Every mode requires you to finish the game first in easy then normal then hard.
Takes some getting used to as the jump is not that high so mastering that can be tricky.
Learning levels can be a mission in itself.
I found sometimes it felt like the hit ox of your character was massive.
Cheesey Ai in places.
Couldn’t get any online leaderboards.
No multiplayer options.
You cannot remap the controls.
Doesn’t have its own in-game achievements. More of an FYI as a lot of these guys’ games have achievements built in.