I understand your "pain" about you wanting to play one way while your daughters choose another. I enjoy playing these types of games with my youngest daughter together - Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Super Mario Wonder, and so on. But while I keep saying "look, we could explore this way a bit, I'm sure there's a secret there", she just charges ahead to get to the end, dragging me along too or, even worse, making us lose a life because the screen cuts me off. I too grew up understanding that platformers were about going off the beaten track to explore.
I am curious about this game, it sounds entertaining and when I eventually get a Switch 2 this might be one of the first games I get for it. Hope to hear more about it from you.
My 8 year old really enjoyed the co-op mode throwing rocks as Pauline using mouse controls while I controlled Donkey Kong. It is, however, totally chaotic as they can just keep throwing things, including explosive rocks right next to you, or taking the platform from under you! It was some rare time just the two of us, going to be interesting how the labour divides when my 5 year old is around too (she’s only seen the intro so far)
"Most of said time was spent with me biting my lip, as I watched my daughter run through the opening bits of a video game I had been very much looking forward to playing. By “run” I mean sprint, as in skipping past every single flashing object, every collectible, every extra thing this game is chock full of.
THIS ISN’T HOW YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO PLAY!!!!!111111 went my brain
It would be both embarrassing and required truth to say my heart skipped a few beats as she whisked past the parts of the game that usually bring me joy. “Do you want to see if…?” “Nop3.” I cannot believe I’m saying this out loud, but watching her rush through felt like spoilers."
I remember when we got my son a Switch years ago, and I realized that this is the first console in which I wasn't Player 1. It's awkward.
Listening to the Pauline “discussion” rang true of so many “discussions” heard in my house. Power to you brother
I understand your "pain" about you wanting to play one way while your daughters choose another. I enjoy playing these types of games with my youngest daughter together - Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Super Mario Wonder, and so on. But while I keep saying "look, we could explore this way a bit, I'm sure there's a secret there", she just charges ahead to get to the end, dragging me along too or, even worse, making us lose a life because the screen cuts me off. I too grew up understanding that platformers were about going off the beaten track to explore.
I am curious about this game, it sounds entertaining and when I eventually get a Switch 2 this might be one of the first games I get for it. Hope to hear more about it from you.
My 8 year old really enjoyed the co-op mode throwing rocks as Pauline using mouse controls while I controlled Donkey Kong. It is, however, totally chaotic as they can just keep throwing things, including explosive rocks right next to you, or taking the platform from under you! It was some rare time just the two of us, going to be interesting how the labour divides when my 5 year old is around too (she’s only seen the intro so far)
"Most of said time was spent with me biting my lip, as I watched my daughter run through the opening bits of a video game I had been very much looking forward to playing. By “run” I mean sprint, as in skipping past every single flashing object, every collectible, every extra thing this game is chock full of.
THIS ISN’T HOW YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO PLAY!!!!!111111 went my brain
It would be both embarrassing and required truth to say my heart skipped a few beats as she whisked past the parts of the game that usually bring me joy. “Do you want to see if…?” “Nop3.” I cannot believe I’m saying this out loud, but watching her rush through felt like spoilers."
I remember when we got my son a Switch years ago, and I realized that this is the first console in which I wasn't Player 1. It's awkward.