Review: Floor Kids (Nintendo Switch)

Floor Kids is a new breakdance battle game featuring unique freestyle gameplay, rhythm challenges, and multiplayer sessions.

Pros:

• Hand drawn graphics that look sublime.
• 1.7GB download size.
• Two modes- Story and local multiplayer.
• Opening tutorial.
• Breakdancing gameplay.
• Play along to the beat of the music by freestyling your moves.
• Mini rhythm game pops up during levels, Time your hits than a follow up where you have to press the button rapidly.
• 0-5 star rating system for each level. Stars are used to open new locations.
• Collect cards to unlock new moves but also new characters.
• World map level select
• .Can replay levels.
• Eight dancers to unlock, Each has their own style and techniques.
• Break a deck- Here you can view unlocked cards and see the controls for moves you have unlocked.
• The crowd will call out moves/styles and do these net bonus points.
• Five scoring areas that represent different dance styles- Funk (tap to the beat) Flavour (freestyle) Flow (don’t stall between moves) Fire (crowd requests and Flybe’s (advanced moves)
• Quality varied soundtrack.
• Eight locations to dance in.
• Animations are slick.
• On-screen feedback of score pop-ups.
• Crowd chants and movement really set the atmosphere.
• Score breakdown at the level end.
• Controls- Simply press a button and a direction to perform moves.
• You are in complete control.
• So much fun to play.
• You feel satisfaction from learning moves and creating your own combo.

Cons:

• Load times can be long.
• At times the game feels like a button mash and aimless experience.
• No leaderboards.
• Little guidance.
• No practice area or feedback.
• The mini-games are so quick its really hard to do well.