Prinny 1•2: Exploded and Reloaded Review (Nintendo Switch)

Wait, is this really the main character, dood!? Get ready for an explosive adventure starring the Netherworld’s worst hero: Prinny! When their demonic master, “Beauty Queen” Etna, tasks her lowly Prinny Squad with fetching anything her heart desires, it is do or die, dood! This double dose of games features updated graphics, intense gameplay, and familiar faces from the DISGAEA series!

Pros:

• Decent Anime-style graphics.
• 813mb download size (Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero?) and 1.1GB download size (Prinny 2: Dawn of Operation Panties, Dood!)
• English or Japanese voice work.
• Prinny 1-Two difficulties-Standard and Hells Finest.
• Prinny 2-Three difficulties-standard, baby and Hells Finest.
• Analog and d-pad support.
• Revive point-respawn point you activate by ground pounding.
• Tutorial signs at the beginning. Unlock a tutorial shop that allows you to do advanced tutorials, repeat them, and earn extras.
• Blocken- blocks that can be destroyed but will respawn when you leave the screen. (Prinny 2)
• Platformer gameplay.
• Aerial attacks that change the camera angle as you do it. (optional)
• Boss fights.
• End of level breakdown-a rank given on performance like time and how many deaths.
• 1000 lives.
• Fast loading times.
• Actions-slash, double jump, aerial attacks, ground pound.
• Can pan the screen up and down to look around. (Prinny 2)
• Combo counter.
• Eryngi- an enemy that damages you if you hit them but if you hip pound them you will jump higher and take no damage.
• Levels have a countdown timer but reset upon death.
• 3 hits then the death system.
• Collect food and kill enemies for the score.
• Likable lovable character, sorry likable loveable DOOD!
• In-game cutscenes.
• Can skip cutscenes.
• Orbs-collect them from bosses and they unlock new things back in the main hub.
• Such a fantastic soundtrack.
• Can play levels in any order.
• Levels take on a lot more action with background interactions, bigger levels generally. (Prinny 2)
• Delivery samurai-pay to have a weapon delivered to a level and use it for just that level. (Prinny 2)
• Vehicles are in the game! (Prinny 2)
• Each level has a difficulty rating.
• Combo attacks by stunning enemies and grouping aerials and ground pound together.
• Enemies will be familiar with Disgaea fans.
• Lucky dolls-Collectibles.
• Difficult but fair.
• Combo counter works as in you fill it up with the cake pickups and stunning enemies then cash them in as you fill the bar and you can earn more points or hit points back. The bar depletes over time and if you attack or take damage.
• Hang onto ledges.
• Watch level replays to see how it’s all done.
• Secret routes.
• Bite-sized levels.
• Boss fights are self-contained so you always restart there.

Cons:

• Has a weird almost smear to it all so it looks a bit blurry.
• No air control on jumps.
• Hard to judge aerial attacks.
• Difficult.
• Annoying hit back mechanic.
• A lot of cheap deaths.
• Can’t see below yourself.
• The tutorial is very basic.