Rainbow Moon Review: Why This Hidden Gem Deserves a Spot on Your Playlist!

by Jim Smale · Published March 15, 2024 · Updated March 10, 2025

Dive into our Rainbow Moon Nintendo Switch review and uncover everything this immersive RPG has to offer. From its engaging strategic mechanics to its enchanting visuals, this review explores how Rainbow Moon stands out on the Nintendo Switch, offering a gaming experience worth diving into. Curious to learn more? Keep reading to see if it’s the adventure you’ve been waiting for!

Rainbow Moon Nintendo Switch Review Pros:

Bright cheerful graphics.
1.8GB download size.
20 save slots.
RPG gameplay.
Two difficulties – normal and hard.
Four playstyle choices, and these determine what items you start with, or the adventurous gives you nothing.
Simple menu layout. Easy to read and understand.
Turn based combat.
Animated and voiced cutscenes.
Battles are in the same vein as Final Fantasy and Disgaea. Move and use items, heal, and fight within a set of moves.
Huge varied locations from the depths of the jungle to the cold snow-capped mountains. Areas unlock as you progress through the game, You are then free to go back and forth.
Tutorial pop ups as you play.
Craft weapons and upgrade at the many vendors found throughout the lands.
Earn exp and level up to increase your stats.
Huge open areas and you can explore freely.
Day/night cycle.
Team attacks can be unlocked.
Earn power tokens to upgrade weapons and add new abilities.
Massive game world taking in many terrain types and weather effects.
Boss fights plenty.
Full stats screen.
Bestiary fills in as you fight new monsters and creatures.
Optional side quests.
Unlock and use battle plans. Battle plans determine where your party lines up in battle.
DLC is bought more to be used as shortcuts instead of adding new content.
Food mechanic where you need to keep eating, otherwise you start losing health.
Unlock warp gates to make traversing the land quicker, and they act like fast travel points.
Random encounters are a choice so you can have as many or as few as you like, Thanks to being able to see the enemies walking about so not random but optional encounters.
End of combat breakdown showing exp earned and any found items.
Treasure chests can be found around the world for loot.
Buy and sell items at the vendors.
You have quite an open world, so you can go off and do what you want in a way.
Isometric view.
Friendlies can be interacted with for optional side missions, or they might sell something.
Fast loading times.
You can save and load when you want.

Rainbow Moon Nintendo Switch Review Cons:

No touchscreen support.
They got rid of the leaderboard upload system to show off your completion.
Unskippable opening cutscene and it goes on for quite a while.
The first hour is slow starting.
The music is average, bordering on repetitive.
A lot of grinding is needed, More so later on.
Doesn’t use any Vita unique features like a touchscreen.
DLC is a shortcut for micro transactions.
Food mechanic is more of an annoyance than a move forward.
The story is a bit cliché and tired in places.
Can be hard to navigate the world with no camera control.
The map is too small in the menu, and making out the icons and navigation is awkward.
Parts of the menu, text in particular, look a bit smushed up.

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