The first things that strike you when you first start playing Half-Genie Hero are the game’s audio and fantastic visuals. Having previously released on other platforms following a successful KickStarter campaign at the back end of last year, WayForward have now released their colourful platformer on the Nintendo Switch – but is the experience a magical one, or will you wish you hadn’t bothered? Half-Genie Hero is the fourth entry in the Shantae series and, like the previous games, sees the titular protagonist tasked with defending Sequin Land (and her hometown Scuttle Town) from impending doom.
Not often will you see a comparison between a video game and the offspring of Will Smith (no, not the annoying son that can’t act), but Shantae: Half-Genie Hero and Willow Smith’s song both feature annoyingly catchy hooks and a lot of hair whipping. I whip my hair back and forth, I whip my hair back and forth…
