Review: Q-Yo Blaster (Nintendo Switch)
Q-YO Blaster is a shooting game, with peculiar characters, strange enemies, weapons and many explosions.
Pros:
- Pixel art graphics.
- 185mb download size.
- Shmup gameplay.
- Local leaderboards.
- Two control types.
- Joycon support.
- Eight levels.
- Big boss fights.
- Bullet hell elements.
- Two modes-Classic and arcade extreme.
- Two difficulties-beginner or normal.
- Pick your character, 6 of them each with different stats for damage/speed/fire.
- 3 teams to add to your character-endurance, damage or mixed.
- 2 special move choices-shield or super shot.
- Slick animations.
- Cuphead feel in terms of animation execution and play style.
- Difficult.
- End of each level grants you one pick of a power-up like faster movement, better bullet spread or 1 up.
- Image cutscenes.
Cons:
- Continuing after a game over involves pausing and continuing.
- Difficult.
- The slowdown in places.
- No online leaderboards.
- Can’t rebind controls.
- Slow mover.
- Limited modes.
- No free play.
- Little replayability.
