{"id":99215,"date":"2019-08-27T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/switch-eshop\/whipseey_and_the_lost_atlas"},"modified":"2019-08-27T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T15:00:00","slug":"review-whipseey-and-the-lost-atlas-a-kirby-clone-thats-over-in-the-blink-of-an-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/08\/27\/review-whipseey-and-the-lost-atlas-a-kirby-clone-thats-over-in-the-blink-of-an-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Whipseey And The Lost Atlas &#8211; A Kirby Clone That&#8217;s Over In The Blink Of An Eye"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/825e91cb4caf2\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/825e91cb4caf2\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div id>\n<aside class=\"picture embed pictures\" id=\"screenshots\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/screenshots\/98623\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/screenshots\/98623\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"Whipseey and the Lost Atlas Review - Screenshot 1 of 6\"><\/a><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cJump and whip your way through this epic adventure,\u201d begins the opening blurb for the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/whipseey_and_the_lost_atlas\">Whipseey and the Lost Atlas<\/a><\/strong> listing on the Nintendo eShop. It undoubtedly does feature jumping, yes, and there\u2019s certainly a decent amount of whipping to be found, but calling it <em>epic<\/em> is a bit of a stretch; we\u2019ve had hiccuping spells that have lasted longer.<\/p>\n<p>You play as Drew, a young lad who finds himself in Whipseeyland where he\u2019s transformed into a pink blob. He has to find the magical orbs that will help transform him back into a human and go back home. Within seconds of starting the game, it\u2019s pretty clear where Whipseey\u2019s main influence lies: this is very much an adventure that\u2019s inspired by the early <strong>Kirby<\/strong> games, given its retro-style visuals, cheery chiptune music and the small matter of the hero being a pink blob.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than having Kirby\u2019s swallowing and floating abilities, however, Whipseey is instead armed with a magical whip that can not only attack enemies but also be used to hook onto parts of the scenery to swing across gaps, or spun like a helicopter blade to help you fall slower. It\u2019s a basic but fun mechanic and for a while, the game is extremely enjoyable; gleefully strolling through each stage is a treat and while it may look like the Kirby games, it certainly isn\u2019t as easy. There are some tricky moments to be found here and the boss fights can put up a bit of a challenge until you learn the patterns.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a great start, but around 45 minutes into the game we reached a cutscene where Whipseey turned back into a boy. \u201cWell, that\u2019s an interesting twist,\u201d we thought. Turns out it was a <em>very<\/em> interesting twist: we\u2019d finished it. We quickly checked our game save and, sure enough, 100% completion. This is no word of a lie: this game has a total of five stages and takes less than an hour to beat. The argument could be that it\u2019s only \u00a34.99, but there are free demos out there that offer more gameplay than this.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"conclusion\">\n<h2 class=\"heading\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>On paper Whipseey is a lovely tribute to the days of the Kirby games, but when the entire game is shorter than just the first world of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nes\/kirbys_adventure\">Kirby&#8217;s Adventure<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 which is already available as part of the Switch Online NES collection \u2013 we just can&#8217;t recommend you spend your money on it. If this was a free demo teasing a full adventure we&#8217;d be demanding you play it, but if this is really all there is that&#8217;s incredibly poor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cJump and whip your way through this epic adventure,\u201d begins the opening blurb for the Whipseey and the Lost Atlas listing on the Nintendo eShop. It undoubtedly does feature jumping, yes, and there\u2019s certainly a decent amount of whipping to be found, but calling it epic is a bit of a stretch; we\u2019ve had hiccuping [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99215","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}