Belle Boomerang

This right here, this is a good example of how to do modern retro platformers. I don't really have any big gripes with it, so I'm not gonna bother with a pros and cons list. It's the perfect length. 100% on the harder of two difficulties took me 6 hours. The music and art design are top notch. The writing flows very nicely and adds a lot of identity to the characters you occasionally chat with. No typos or awkward sentences that I could find. This feels like it could legitimately be an NES game, but the difficulty hit me as completely fair and designed with a modern eye. This keeps it free of retro game jank. Everything is tight and responsive, and the abilities are super unique and an absolute treat to use. Also, the level setpieces are incredibly varied, with a lot of cute visual tricks, but nothing felt out of place. There are clear nods to Kirby and Mega Man, but all in all I did not feel like I was playing either of those games in the slightest. Belle Boomerang is her own heroine, and the game stays firmly in "inspiration" territory, never becoming a ripoff. Also, the boss fights are some of the most creative I've seen in a game like this, and learning them was a blast. Worth every penny. I got it on sale, but after playing through it I can easily recommend it at full price. The only warning I have is that according to a friend, some of the platforms can potentially blend a bit with the background. This was never a problem for me during my entire playthrough, but it bears mentioning. Otherwise, this game does everything it sets out to do with aplomb.

muito bom, fez eu quebra o pc 3 vezes, porém, ainda sim é bom

Jogo extremamente divertido e com desafios na medida certa! Virou um dos meus jogos favoritos!

This was a very pleasant surprise! It's a old school platformer with charming graphic that emind me alot or kirby adventure. that said, your character moveset is more greared toward platforming than offense, and all the stage are really well design, keeping this in mind, without feeling cheap or repetitive. The boss battles are another highlight, providing interesting challenge and have a gereat flow/setpiece pace. And the whole dynamic of having all stage play out like, well, an actual stage, complete with chat with the ennemies/actors in between, gives the whole adventure a very pleasant vibe. The music also fits the NES era damn well, all while being pleasant to the ears. The game challenge is high but never unfair even at the 'retro' harder difficulty level, which was more than welcome. This is not a cheap nostalgia bait, this is professional work and the real deal. If you remotely love platformers, this one is a winner! ^^

Enjoyable, well made platformer. I downgraded the difficulty from retro to newcomer, while I was able to play the retro mode without any issue the frequency of checkpoints made me switch, though this had the additional effect of decreasing enemies numbers and health which I wasn't happy about, since I am sure I can handle that combination of enemies, but I don't have the motivation or the time to play with that amount of checkpoints. If you are interested I would suggest starting with the retro mode, and if you change your mind you can change the save file difficulty, but it is one way only. You can downgrade only!

Belle Boomerang es uno de esos juegos que parecen sacados directamente de una NES alternativa donde todo era más colorido y encantador. Es un plataformas retro con un estilo muy marcado: niveles cortos, enemigos con patrones claros y un ritmo que te obliga a estar atento sin llegar a frustrar. Lo que más me sorprendió es lo bien que mezcla lo adorable con lo desafiante; Belle puede parecer dulce, pero el juego no te regala nada. El boomerang es el alma del gameplay, y está muy bien aprovechado: lo lanzas, rebota, vuelve, y cada situación te obliga a usarlo de forma distinta. Además, los cambios de habilidades y las transformaciones le dan variedad sin romper la esencia clásica. Es de esos títulos que te recuerdan por qué los plataformas retro siguen funcionando: controles precisos, diseño cuidado y una estética que te entra por los ojos. Si te gustan los juegos con encanto y un toque old‑school, Belle Boomerang es una joyita.

Fun little game. I just wish the ending of the game wasn't such a stark difficulty contrast. For some reason I struggled a lot to finish the final boss and second to last level on first completion, but it felt fine on subsequent playing. Plays more like a puzzle platformer and that's pretty cool :3

Got this for free from a giveaway on narwhalnut's bluesky. It's a nice lil' 2D platformer, has collectables as an incentive to redo levels, if you're unsure on whether you're feeling it or not I'd give it up to the waterfall level. There's tricky platforming challenges from there onwards but nothing unfair. The pixel art is pretty and you can fullscreen the game on PC. Its also available on Switch I think? If you're wanting some 8bit gameboy nostalgia. Dunno about the Switch2 as I'm unfamiliar with that newer console. Plot is a simple 'stop the bad guy' which works for the genre the game is referencing. (Retro 2D games) If like me you can't initially understand what key does which and mash them going aaaa when opening the game figure out which key is the down button, go to options and change your keybindings to whatever makes sense for you.