Poi Explorer Edition - Nintendo Switch

Do you like Mario 64 and Mario Sunshine? Do you like the looks of Zelda Wind Waker? Then drop everything you're doing and buy this cheap and amazing game! This has no plot essentially, you are an explorer that is collecting Medallions (think stars in 64). There are all sorts of extra side levels and collectibles beyond the main "story" levels. Think the side levels in Sunshine where you lose FLOOD. There are moon levels that make me think of Mario Galaxy, Sliding levels that make me think of Mario 64 slide races, and a good amount of collectibles. The levels are structured very similar to Mario 64, you chose a level and then a Medallion of collect. Some of them can be collected out of order but some of them have to be selected before the "mission" will load that specific scenario. The character controls are beautiful and remind me a lot of Mario Odyssey, where the better you get with the controls the more crazy the acrobatics you can pull off are. Everything just feels right here. I hope they make a sequel!

I've owned the digital version for a few months and really wanted a physical version so I got this. This platformer takes a lot of inspiration from Mario. So if you can play that, you'll feel right at home playing this. There is a slight control issue. They're not bad, just a little slow so be ready to adjust your timing. There's lots of hats to collect/unlock just by playing the game. Some give you special outfits while others just give you an extra bonus from taking damage. Story is fairly straight forward. You see the distant star and travel to it, unlocking worlds, gear, and friends along the way who help you out. I do want to let yall know. You can't redeem gold points for this game. Even though it's physical, the way it is set up, North America accounts cannot redeem points.

Its a good platformer game, and works well for an introduction to the style of gameplay for younger or less skilled players. Spring boards and a couple other features have bad physics and implementation and can lead to frustration in younger players however. It has the foundation of a great game there, but the developers didn't get there. Better model work, texture works, lighting work, and changes to some physics would have made the game so much better. It shows throughout a lack of polish that other games in the genre have. If you can get past the "cheapness" of the presentation, there is fun to be had. One warning: it gave me major motion sickness when watching my wife play. Something about the games camera, detail level, or something else just made it impossible for me to watch for more than 15 minutes.

3D platformers are few and far between, so it’s always worth playing one when they’re on the market. And Poi is actually quite good. Sure, it doesn’t have the same production values of a Mario 3D game, or its depth, but I found myself quite entertained collecting the game’s 100 medallions for about 10-15 hours.

Poi came out at possibly the worst time with Mario Odyssey releasing only 3 days after. But Poi is actually a fairly fun platformer in the vein of Mario 64. The moveset is basically pulled directly from Mario 64 and the progression is as well. It's obviously a low budget title but it's got charm and I feel that's worth something.

This is a great game that has a lot of exploring gameplay. Beautiful graphics

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This Game is basically is Mario 64 clone. It short but fun. The Game has some hit box problems. I like this Game.