So, in a haze of #RetroAchievements fuelled doom scrolling, I found a little game on the hub for developer WayForward featuring a female protagonist with magical powers and mythical heritage.
I am, of course, talking about...
Hotel Transylvania for the DS!
It also came out on the 3DS!
For a movie tie-in game, making it a MetroidVania was certainly a choice, a pretty decent one, though not unexpected from the Shantae Developers.
It was a cosy and competent little romp with a kid's first MetroidVania feel to it. The game is generous in that it saves when you enter a new room, and dying puts you back at full health at the room entrance. That being said, some of the platforming can be challenging in places.
I had a lot more fun than I was expecting from this game. It's not an absolute must play, but it could have been a shovelware snooze fest. Props to WayForward on this one and for giving me a decent day's worth of platforming action!