Roll on 2023 - and even more games.

Lunistice

Possibly my most magical Christmas as a kid was in 1997, aged 12.

You guide Hana the Tanuki about as she dreams, aiming to get her to the Moon.

A composite image made of thirds of screenshots from three different games, L-R: Escape Academy; Coromon; Lunistice

Hana properly speeds along, bouncing and spinning her tail to thwack enemies with a lovely splat effect.

Dont expect something open-world likeSonic Frontiers, because Lunistice is deliberately meant to be a linear, short experience.

Good grief, could we use more of those.

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Its not a long game, but youll definitely get a few evenings worth of headscratchers out of it.

Coin Crewsroadmapfor the game includes another paid DLC with another five rooms in spring.

A free major update is coming early next year, too.

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Coromons critters are, surprisingly, not your average Rickey Rouse or Monald Muck knock-offs of the real thing.

Theyre nicely designed, cute little examples of an alternative take on the whole animals-with-superpowers schtick.

Coromons animations are slick and pretty charming both in and out of battles too.

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Despite the attempts to make Coromon its own thing, the many similarities to classic Pokemon are unavoidable.

Frankly, thats one of the major reasons to pick up the game.

See, TRAGsoft have steered into this.

Kudos, TRAGsoft, kudos.