The perfect platformer comes to the perfect platform
Sam Byford, writing for The Verge on N++ coming to Switch:
N++ is a sequel to N+, itself an expanded version of the 2004 freeware game N, and its minimalist aesthetic may not immediately impress. Even videos don’t quite convey the game’s appeal. I’ll just say it here, then: N++ is a staggering achievement and one of the greatest platforming games ever made.
This is because N’s creators, Raigan Burns and Mare Sheppard, are really, really good at making N levels. They’re as good at making N levels as anyone is at anything. They make N levels like Jiro Ono makes sushi, and each level in N++ is an exquisite nigiri of precision platforming design. N++ is what happens when you spend more than a decade on the same simple idea, refining your technique and sharpening it to perfection.
N++ is what happens when you cut away everything else. No story, no characters, no world, nothing but the game. N++ is pure, radical minimalism. It is also a perfect fit for the Switch and a great game to buy if you want to support female auteurs in game dev.
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